Also try Carkeek Park (Seattle's North Park neighborhood), Marymoor Park (Redmond), Gene Coulon Park (Renton), Jefferson Park (Seattle's Beacon Hill), Magnuson Park (Seattle's Sand Point), and Marine Park and Boat Launch (Everett). Deltas ride on the wind and don't pull, while diamonds ride against it.įor places to fly your kite, try the aforementioned Discovery Park and Gas Works Park. The easiest kite shape to fly is the delta (triangle), not the diamond. The ideal wind is 7 to 10 miles, when a flag is starting to fly straight out from a flagpole." "Any time the wind speed is more than 12 miles per hour, it's probably too strong for kids and dads to go out kite-flying. He also notes that a really windy day is not a good time to go fly a kite. "Even variety-store kites are made of plastic, which makes sense in the Northwest in the spring." "Few kites we sell are paper," Conrad says. Ken Conrad, owner of Great Winds, says adults spend $20 to $40 for a kite for themselves, and $5 to $10 for one for a child. People who have tried stunt kites find single lines kind of quiet." 1 alternately in Gas Works Park and Discovery Park.Ĭonnie Mackenzie, City Kites owner, says most novices opt for single-line kites, but they can start with a dual-line stunt kite: "We've had 6-year-olds doing stunt kites. to dusk the first Wednesday of the month, April 7 through Sept. City Kites shows videotapes on kite-flying, and sponsors Fun Night in the Park, 5 p.m. Or buy a kite at a variety store or local speciality shop such as: Gas Works Park Kite Shop, City Kites/City Toys, Great Winds Kite Shop, the Museum of Flight store, Mainframe Kite Shop (Tacoma), or Four Winds Kite Shop (Everett). Drop-in family workshops, included in $3 or $5 admission, start at 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2 and 3 p.m.
Learn kite-making at workshops at the Museum of Flight, 9404 E.
Kite-making is a creative outlet flying them cuts across age and ability.
"It's a stress reliever, physical exercise or a meditative exercise where you let your thoughts just drift away." "Flying kites brings out the kid in all of us," says Kathy Goodwind, owner of Gas Works Park Kite Shop, 3333 Wallingford Ave. Triangles and diamonds of blue, red and yellow swoop and dip above parks and beaches during the March winds and through the autumn as kite fanciers take advantage of their prime time to fly.
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