The store
Buy the kite once. Change its face every season.
The Haitian-styled fighting kite is a frame built to be re-covered — cut down, patched, recovered and flown again. Every kite package includes your entry to Kite Wars 2027.
Catalog
Kites
Haitian-styled fighting kite
Re-coverable frame, championship-legal span, one pre-designed cover face of your choice. Includes 2027 individual entry at the early-bird rate — $110 once the host city is announced.
$95
Kites
Kap Timoun youth kite
Lighter frame for the youth lanes, blunted tail, and a finder-keeps cover face in championship colors.
$42
Covers
Replacement cover faces
Three printed faces in the founding-edition patterns. Fits every Kite Wars frame; swaps in under a minute.
$28
Covers
Custom printed face
Upload artwork, a flag or a photograph. Printed on the cover panel and fitted to your frame before shipping.
$35
Apparel
Kite Wars field cap
Washed cotton, embroidered mark, stiff brim for staring into an afternoon sky.
$32
Apparel
Koupe Fil tee
Heavyweight cotton, screen-printed front and a lane number on the back. Unisex, XS to 3XL.
$36
Apparel
Marshal's field jacket
Wind-shell in championship colors, taped seams, and pockets sized for spare spars and line.
$115
Gear
Line, winder and spares kit
Championship-legal line, a hardwood winder, spare spars, thread and repair tape in a canvas roll.
$24
Gear
Safety kit
Cut-resistant gloves and impact eyewear to the championship standard. Issued free with every entry — this is a spare.
$48
Collect
Founding-edition pin set
Three pins: the kite, the blade, the cup. Struck in a numbered run for the first edition.
$19
Collect
The Kite Wars poster
Letterpress, two colors on cotton paper, 50 × 70 cm, printed with the founding-edition rulebook cover.
$26
Collect
Kite-building bench kit
Paper, palm-rib spars, thread, template and the illustrated build guide from Kite School.
$58
35
Custom cover
Put your own face in the sky — $35
A flag, a family name, a shop, a portrait. We print your artwork on the cover panel and fit it to the frame, so the crowd knows whose kite just went hunting. Pre-designed faces are included free with every kite.
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Buy any kite and add the custom face at checkout.
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Upload artwork — we send a proof within three days.
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Printed, fitted and shipped, or held at the venue desk.
Bundle and save
The Contender bundle — kite, entry, cap, tee, three spare faces
Everything a first-time competitor needs for championship week, in one box, shipped or waiting at the venue desk.
$149
$199
Includes your 2027 entry and world-ladder place.
Ships worldwide
Flat-rate air freight, free over $120, or collect free at the venue desk during championship week.
Built to be re-covered
The frame outlasts the face. Buy once, replace the printed cover each season for $10 a panel.
No blades sold
Blades are issued, sealed and collected on the field by marshals. We never sell or ship them.
Proceeds to the purse
Store margin funds prize money, youth lanes and the officials' certification week.