PowerKiting is basically where you get pulled behind a big huge kite on skates, in the water with a board, or on a buggy. I was wondering if anyone here powerkites? I have been wanting to get into the sport but I havnt been able to. I was thinking that it would be really fun to get pulled by a powerkite while unicycling. You could jump soooooo high, but you might have to have some sort of strat in system or something. Just a thought…
Alex
Seems to me it would call for something more like a BC wheel… perhaps you could get Max to explore the possiblity of toe clips for his BC once his foot heals?
-C
u nutter!
yr mad that would be f***scary!
Re: PowerKiting on a unicycle
i’ve flown a smallish stunt-kite while riding the uni before
nowhere near big enough to get any air
it was quite nice to have some kind of stability as u could set up the kite to ‘lean’ or pull against it in case u lost balance on the uni
with that kind of added stability, i dont think the toe-clips u will need if u strap-on a powerkite will be a major issue
it will be awesome to watch
I went to a Kite festival the other weekend, and there was a demo of the PowerKites.
i was wondering the same thing! I would love to try it, but they are quite expensive… Maybe when im older! 
Joe,
Kites
Power kiting is a very popular set of sports–three wheeled buggies, skates, and surf. They can get somewhere around 30 (thirty!) feet of air! 
It’s usually done with four line kites that have few or no sticks to break.
I have thought about unikiting(?), but I am not good enough at the uni part yet. I have somewhere around 30 kites (I can’t get an accurate count, somehow 
).
For those that are in New England, there is a stunt kite competition to be held at Brenton Reef Park, Newport, RI, July 18, 19, and 20th. They don’t usually have power kiting, but may have some of the surfing variety. Go to it, you’ll be amazed at the variety, shapes, stunts, and teams of kite flyers.
If you go to CobraKites.com They have a some pretty good priced kites. Brian could you giveme some advice? I was looking at the Bullet 2.5 from cobrakite.com is this a good kite? I am interested in buggying and maybe some landboarding and of course some unikiting. I wiegh about 155 # if that helps.
Alex
Sorry, that’s one part of kite flying that I’ve not gotten into, I can however refer you to the American Kitefliers Association. There are others, of course, but the AKA site will have links to others and, I believe, to some that are about traction kites.
One thing I can tell you is to get some one to help you learn to fly. Traction kites are the most dangerous kites to fly, large, fast, powerful, and difficult to learn. Some beginner kite surfing lessons are three hours long, two for the kite and only one for the surf board. You can have some one show you how to fly a smaller quad-line kite, just to learn how to control it.
Another thing, join a kite organization–the AKA membership includes insurance, others may also–imagine what might happen when a kite line, that has 50 pounds of tension on it, hits something or somebody. It could easily slice a lot of things.
I’m not trying to scare you out of this, but it is a dangerous sport. It sounds like fun, I’ve just not tried it.
build your own! I’ve made quite a few, including some real biggies (8.5 sq. m biggest so far) look at http://www.xs4all.nl/~pdj/nasaplan.htm
for the easiest to make powerkite there is, the nasa. Start at 1 sq m or so to learn with, then get carried away (literally). Anyone who can make curtains can handle the sewing.
The BC wheel seems a logical move, but balance is going to be damn hard, if not practically impossible. best make one up and try I suppose…
hey i own a 3.5 meter power kite and an off road uni and have tried unicycling on it very hard as no foot straps but possible well worth having a go if possible
happy unicycling
rob
There has been a kite and bc wheel in london for months now 