Track one
Build
Frames, bridles, covers and tails. Start here if you have never made a kite.
6 lessons
Track two
Fly
Wind, launch, height and control. The half of the sport that is not fighting.
5 lessons
Track three
Fight
Crossing, sawing, defending and reading the other competitor's hand.
7 lessons
Track four
Repair
Ten-minute fixes between heats, and how to re-cover a frame for a new season.
4 lessons
Build8 min
Build a Haitian kite from paper and palm rib
The frame, the bow, the bridle — the way it is done on the hill, with a printable template.
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Build6 min
Tying a bridle that holds an angle
Two-thirds up the spine, and why a centimetre changes how the kite answers your hand.
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Fly6 min
Reading afternoon wind before you launch
Thermals, tree lines and why four o'clock is the hour every Haitian kite competitor waits for.
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Fly5 min
Launching alone, on a short field
The run, the flick, and getting height in the first twenty seconds so you are not a target.
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Fight9 min
The cut: angle, tension, and when to give line
Why sawing beats pulling, and how champions win the crossing before the blade touches.
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Fight7 min
Defending: height, patience and the drift out
Surviving a heat is a score too. How to hold air while a faster competitor wastes their line.
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Safety5 min
Fitting a blade the sanctioned way
What marshals check, why blades are sealed, and how to practice the format without one.
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History11 min
Kite fighting from Port-au-Prince to Lahore
The same game, invented separately on four continents, and how the rules differ.
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Repair4 min
Field repairs between heats
Tape, thread and a spare spar: bringing a cut kite back into the next bracket in ten minutes.
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Workshops
Learn it in a room, with a frame in your hands
Build workshops run in partner cities through 2027 and on the two practice days before the bracket opens. Bring nothing; leave with a kite you made and a bridle you tied yourself. Schools and youth groups book as a block at no cost.
Miami
Build workshop, all ages
Autumn 2026
Paris
Build workshop + coached practice
Winter 2026
Montréal
Build workshop, schools welcome
Spring 2027
Host city
Two practice days before the bracket
Summer 2027
A lesson a month, in your language
New builds, wind reading, cut technique and repair. No event marketing in the school list.