From the tradition diamond and delta to animal and geometric shapes. Single line kites are made in all sorts of different shapes, styles and sizes. Most of today's single line kites are made with ripstop nylon sails instead of plastic or paper. These are the kites that most people are familiar with and flew as children. Because of the great amount of power and lift these kites can generate, we don't recommend you purchase a power kite if you have no experience flying sports kite, it is better to star with a dual line parafoil to learn the basics before purchasing on of these.

Most power kites today don't have any spars and controlled by four lines on handles or a control bar, the top to lines control the direction of the kite and the bottom two lines are the brake lines to slow the kite down. Power kites, sometimes called traction kites, are the engines used to pull a kite buggy at speeds up to 50 mph, help a kite surfer race across the surface of the ocean, and propel a mountainboard across open terrain and skiers through snowy fields.

Parafoil Sport Kites - No spars to break, fast and strong pulling kites great to learn to fly with.

Some can be flow just by the act of walking backward.

Low Wind and Indoor Stunt Kites - Great for when there is little of no wind.

Very sharp and precise turns can be made, yet they are also good as trick kites.

Ballet Stunt Kites - These are kites that are often used in competition.

Freestyle Stunt Kites - Designed to perform all the radical tricks.

Beginner Stunt Kites - Tough kites designed to take a beating from new fliers.

Unlike standard stunt kites, parafoils have no spars (sticks) so they make a great first choice for those who want to learn sport or power kite flying as they will not break due to a hard crash landing. However, they are built for speed and pull not to perform tricks. Parafoil sport kites are similar to standard stunt kites in that they are flown using two lines. With enough practice and experience these kites can perform a variety of amazing acrobatic tricks. Stunt kites are flown using two lines, the direction of the kite is controlled by pushing or pulling on the right or left handle or a combination of both. With constant improvements in technology and materials, kites are now used for many different recreational activities including kite buggying, kite aerial photography, kite kayaking, kitesurfing, kite mountainboarding, trick flying and of course for just having fun at the park or a beach. Today kites are used mainly for recreation use. Downed pilots and shipwrecked seaman used kites to lift an antenna for the famous Gibson Girl radio which would transmit an S.O.S. During World War II kites where used as target practice by anti-aircraft crews. Before the advent of airplane, a Samuel Franklin Cody designed a kite that was capable of lifting a man in the air, which was used by the military for battlefield reconnaissance. In the early 1900s Guglielmo Marconi used kites to help support antennas in early radio experiments. Almost everyone is familiar with Benjamin Franklin's electricity experiment using a kite flying in a storm. Kites were originally used for scientific and military purposes. Kites have been flown for thousands of years, having first been developed in China about 3,000 years ago.

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