I was at the beach sharing my love of power kiting with a couple new flyers over the weekend. Apparently while we were distracted by the task of Not
Dying, some kid swiped one of my kite stakes, one of these: https://bigmikeskites.com/products/peter-lynn-ground-stake-w...
That thing is great in the sand, less great in dirt. What are you guys using to hold your kites down in a variety of terrain?
These things work great in dirt and grass and you can get them at Home Depot, Lowes, Target, sporting good stores, etc. Just buy some plastic hose /
tubing to make a sheath to protect yourself or your kite if you pack or carry it.
Depower Quiver: 14m Gin Eskimo, 10m Gin Eskimo III, 6m Gin Yeti, 4.5m Gin Yeti (custom bridle and mixer)
Fixed Bridle Quiver: MAC Bego 400, JOJO ET Instinct 2.5 & 5.5, Lil Devil 1.5, Sting 1.2
Rides: Ground Industries
Golf ball attached to threaded metal rod for sand. Go raid a golf course for free golf balls, and Lowes or home depot for some rods. They're fairly
simple to make. Drill a hole slightly smaller than the rod, screw it in. You could also cut off the top of a giant nail and wedge that in.
Here's a version of someone doing it on a coleman spike, looks a little overkill, I think just wedging your spike or rod in works fine, no collar or
glue.
I would highly recommend NOT doing this on a carpet, and finding a vise or workbench etc... riffclown is a professional, amateurs like us need to take
more care...
I like my HQ ground stake. It comes with a sheath that you can hang off one of your harness straps so that it is always with you.
Works well in dense sand, grass, dirt.
When the ground is frozen I use an ice shelter anchor similar to this one.
FB: Pro Foil 5.5m, PL Reactor II 3.5m, Radsail 3m
Depower: GIN Shaman 12m & 6m, Shaman2 9m (incoming), PL Venom II 13m, Venom I 10m
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