Decathlon Wing 165

This was my first kite - bought in France from the Decathlon sport chain store and originally it came with a fibre glass frame, handles, and cheap polyester line. It has been very much designed as a 'fun' beach kite, rather than a 'serious' kite - but has kick started my whole interest in kites. On advice from my local kite shop I replaced the normal braided cheap lines with proper dynema lines - this really did improve the kite's performance. Suddenly the whole thing became much more responsive and fast. The replacement of the original glass fibre frame with carbon was a bit of an experiment to see how it all works - basically it has made the kite much lighter & will fly in lower winds. However the kite now has a greater tendency to stall - it needs a lighter touch.

Purchased: May 2000