How it's made: Kitesurfing Tube kite how is a kite made

Building a tube kite from scratch.
So here we show you how to make a kite from the beginning till the end.
This was the Harlem Go v5 model that I made and it turned out great!
Thanks to
Jeroen, Stef and Alex for helping out on this project

[@oceancolors]

ouahhh .... thanks

[@victorlooijestijn5757]

You are welcome 🎉

[@markoniibek3325]

Thanks for the video, very impressive! It's actually one of the first videos I have seen that shows how a kite is created from scratch😮

[@victorlooijestijn5757]

This is also one of the hardest thing to show because the factories are having there secrets that they dont want to share. So we had to make it our self

[@Hook2Me]

I wish this video to be a full hour tutorial. I would love to know more about how to build the shapes and how to twist kite aspect

[@KaroroCad]

You can check out @KaroroCAD for videos on how to get started on kite design.

[@victorlooijestijn5757]

@@KaroroCadImpressive stuff that's so cool because you video's are the process before this all! I advise to start off your first DYI kite with an existing model because then you can see if you did it correctly but it's not so easy to get your hand on a product file of a product kite.

[@ayev8tor]

Fantastic video! Thank you from Phoenix Arizona

[@victorlooijestijn5757]

Thank you so much for your kind message :)

[@GustBustersKite]

Super interesting stuff. Keep it coming!

[@victorlooijestijn5757]

Not sure if we do it again but if you like to learn more we could make a video about something that you guys would like to know. Just let me know what ;)

[@johnravensbergen3324]

Super interesting to see the process!

[@victorlooijestijn5757]

Thank you :)

[@sebasgab]

Thanks for sharing!!!

[@victorlooijestijn5757]

You are welcome

[@bluedabadeedabadaa]

So impressive to see; big up to the team&you 🤗💙

[@victorlooijestijn5757]

Thank you very much

[@KaroroCad]

Thats very cool Victor - thanks for taking the time to make this!

[@victorlooijestijn5757]

Thank you so much for the kind message. There where quite some moments in the process where I was on the point of stopping but thanks to the support of the team we kept going :) And so glad I did because I learned a lot from it

[@sanderpsychologie]

Impressive! How many hours do you think it costed total from start to finish?

[@victorlooijestijn5757]

I was super inefficient and we calculated it was around 400 hours of work but also a lot of the time is picking up the project and remembering where you stoped as we did this in the low moments so some times we did not work on it for hours

[@covakoma1064]

​@@victorlooijestijn5757can you please tell me where did you get materials and what type of materials did you use. That is my biggest problem. I just started to watch, I will have more questions. Do you have some contact mail or something ?

[@covakoma1064]

I just warched whole video. What materials did you use. What program did you use to calculqte shape of kite. Why you made a lot of smal pieces, I would go bigger. How is kite on water is it good? Where to buy materials? What type of ripstop did u use 4x4 or something else? I am planing to build kite for 4 years this will help me a lot. As far as I can see most important thing here is sewing. I would go all white with blue details

[@Woutergerritsen]

Lekker gesticked Vic 👌🏼👌🏼

[@victorlooijestijn5757]

hahaha, almost perfect right

[@Baptiste_L]

Great great video ! Can you give us some info about the 3 struts alternative to the Force ? I would like a 3 struts kite made by Brainchild for freeride and all around ! Keep going with your great work !

[@victorlooijestijn5757]

I would love to but this is information I can not help you with :) But keep an eye on the Harlem website and social media because as soon as they want to tell you something they will on there socialmedia

[@covakoma1064]

Save video ❤

[@victorlooijestijn5757]

Thank you

[@yiimbob7805]

Very nice and interesting video! Why do you brummel lock the splices and not just splice and stitch them? Would be easier to get exactly the same length and takes less time doesn't it?

[@victorlooijestijn5757]

100% true for the bridles this would work but for kite lines not in my opinion and if you repeat the same process it's super easy to get the same length in my opinion and it will never break open or wear that's why I trust this more :)

[@kulfonbustardo1588]

Ahhhh sweet video now i see a easier way to repair full kite is to roll up all the fabric 😅 before trying to jam the whole kite between little gap betwèen the needle and rest of the machine

[@victorlooijestijn5757]

Yes always check how to place your kite as that is the key to a succesfull nice repair! Glad you learned something

[@Wayneshore1970]

Awesome vid - really interesting to see how much work goes into it! How long did it take in hours? And are kites in the factory all sewn by hand like that?

[@victorlooijestijn5757]

I was not super efficiënt as the factory so I worked 400 hours on it. But the factory is doing exact the same as indeed here only on a more efficient way.

[@Wayneshore1970]

@@victorlooijestijn5757 Thanks Victor, helps to explain why kites seem expensive...a lot of work goes into them!!

[@victorlooijestijn5757]

​@@Wayneshore1970100% man we as kites would like a cheap kite good labor conditions that is not working together.

[@cyberanswer]

Thank you very much for this. It's very interesting. It must be very difficult without a laser CNC machine?

[@victorlooijestijn5757]

Yes super hard to get it perfect straight then.

[@covakoma1064]

You can use rrgular cnc with knife that is folowing path you can even 3d print that knife. If you dont have that too, you need some space. Plot parts on big papers A0 or bigger. Then stancil that shape on ripstop, than cut it with sicors or blade knife slowly and precisly. After that you have to sew whole kite and I think that is most difficult thing. You can do it with hand but it will take you a lot of time. Old Singer machine that do zig zag saw is good. Anyway dont listen to me I am just planing my way to do custom kite 😂

[@cyberanswer]

@@covakoma1064 That's interesting. And I learnt the paper size A0 and 4A0. I'm good at sewing v69 but i don't have a professional machine to sew v92. How do you get around that part? I guess you know to use Seamstick? Best of luck making your kite :) Thanks for the reply.

[@covakoma1064]

@@cyberanswer Well i dont know how to go around that, use hands every night for a month or two let it be your stress relief hobby 🙂 or just buy old singer machine that can do that. I dont have experience with that tape. Best for you is to look at your fabric kite f1 or cabrinha or some other brand and see small details. Wish you all the best

[@cyberanswer]

@@covakoma1064 An old Singer can sew v92? Are you sure one can sew this heavy weighted thread? And they have a zigzag pattern? I have an old Singer (as well) but with just a straight stitch. I haven't tried v92. I was told my home machine won't sew v69. Actually it works but not v30! Seamstick - ok so you don't know this tip. It is used by manufacturers to stick the pieces together. You then sew over top of the tape. I think they use 8mm or 10mm. Measure your kite panel joins and you'll know.

[@Xtremecaves13]

Just curious, How much you spent in materials to build the 9m kite.

[@victorlooijestijn5757]

This is hard to calculate as that we have quite some roles of material laying at the HQ of Harlem. But you need at least the bladder set of 150/200 euro's or you need super big sealing machines. then you need for a 9m around 9m of dacron for the LE and stuts and around 10m of canopy if you can cut efficiently. So you can do the math Oh and not forget labor we calculated 400H x 40 euro's making this kite a cost price of 16000+ euros 🤐 So if there is someone that would like to buy it we can sell it for the cost price 🤣 Bidding start from 16k 🤣

[@Xtremecaves13]

Hi Victor, Thank you !!!

[@victorlooijestijn5757]

So we got a fist bidder😂😂

[@covakoma1064]

​@@victorlooijestijn5757oh boy that is out of my budget, I thought if i do my kite I would save some money😂😂😂 dont calculate your time bro 😂😂😂

[@victorlooijestijn5757]

@@covakoma1064 😂 it's more like a joke but the factories are super efficient and yha a kite is not cheap but they produce kites cheaper as that you ever will be able to do yourself :) and better

[@Sports_activities_]

Hi brother i need kitesurfing please help me how can i get this one

[@victorlooijestijn5757]

I could help you on a standard Harlem kite. You could contact me on [e-mail]

[@Sports_activities_]

Your Instagram links are not working

[@victorlooijestijn5757]

Oh that's strange my name is @v.ctor_L on Instagram

[@tilmann13]

quite a wrinkled rag - especially at the outer struts :)

[@victorlooijestijn5757]

It ain't a 10 for sure not.

[@alexanderbehak4623]

"I hope you can build your kite!" Step 1: own a laser cutting machine :D

[@victorlooijestijn5757]

Hahahah, this you don't need to own you can go to you closes print shop that makes stickers they could help you or you cut it by hand (but this will add loads of hours and super hard to do so precise)

[@PlanB_Hodl]

First

[@victorlooijestijn5757]

Nobody that takes that away from me ;)