Attaching Lines To A Kite

Attaching Lines To A Kite
Howdy, Corey Jensen with Wind Power Sports, Las Vegas, Nevada, baby. The winds have died down a little bit this afternoon. We’ve got a few moments to go over some of the details. Right now we are going to use the larks head to attach the flying lines to the bridle of the kite. In the old days there were clips and swivels but all that weighed out on the tip of the bridles; not a good deal and they become abrasion points. Now flying lines, these happen to be a sleeved pair and in a loop. Here on the bridle of the kite is what is called the pigtail and it is a piece of line that sticks out and has a small knot right on the end. Now these lines are color coded. There is a small black mark on one and that denotes the left line. So I am going to use the right line on the right side of my kite. With that loop you fold it over and make the larks head knot, insert the pigtail through the larks head, pull the larks head tight and slip it up right behind the knot and that tension will hold it for the rest of the day. Now I’ve tied little tiny loops right at the end of my sleeves on the loops so that I have something that I can easily grab a hold of at the end of the day in order to remove my lines. This is the end of my flying line and it ends with a loop and at the end of the loop, I’ve tied a small knot and I will explain that in just a moment. Fold this loop back, over on itself usually with the thumb and the forefinger inside and that creates what is called a larks head. The pigtail at the end of the bridle has a knot at the end and that goes through the larks head and then the larks head is pulled tight and snugged up right behind the knot. To remove the line at the end of the day that is why I have tied this little knot at the end of my loop; some of my friends don’t have fingernails, this is real handy for them.