Colourful Parrot Kites and more

My 2,101st kite video. On a fine autumn day we were able to fly a good selection of kites. If you are interested in the Parrot, see here: www.picturepre... or intothewind.co... .
Anyone wanting to check out all my "How to..." videos on various aspects of kite-flying can now find them all easily on my Playlist at / jimskitesnz .

[@kiteflyingdownunder....car6272]

Wow. what a cloudless blue sky. The kites looked just perfect in that breeze. Grouping and training the Cuttlefish together makes a splendid show. Always impressed by Peter's unique Dart.

[@JimNicholls]

I told you you should come up here for some good weather, Carl! We've had quite a few good days now, although a hard frost yesterday, followed of course by blue sky and very little wind.

[@longbeachpeninsulawaphotos]

The cuttlefish would look good for Halloween. The parrot kites get me in the mood for (my) sunny, Summer days ahead.

[@JimNicholls]

Let's hope your summer is a good one, but the weather everywhere seems more unstable these days.

[@craigh3381]

Nice mixture of kites...I liked the parrots and dart mostly...thank you for sharing Jim.

[@JimNicholls]

Thanks for watching, Craig, and I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@cyntil4362]

Wonderful display!..it sure is a great feeling after you launch one kite, to realize, 'hey, there's enough wind, I can fly a few more'...😊

[@JimNicholls]

Yes, that's certainly true, and luckily the wind picked up as the afternoon went on. We get a lot of windless or near-windless days at this time of year, and it's a matter of luck whether we can fly or not.

[@SingaporeCityWalks]

I love the giant cuttlefish kites. They look so innocent and raw. Love the music too. It reminds me of tunes I heard in the 1960's. Peter is very innovative. I love to watch his self-made kites. I will be travelling to Taiwan with wife and son tomorrow, the 29th. Will be posting some SG or Thai videos while there. Cheers!

[@JimNicholls]

I think I said that the cuttlefish came from China, but actually the first two that I bought came from Passion Kites in Singapore. I bought a few items from there, long ago, and I see they are still in business so I guess kites are still flown locally. I haven't seen a kite video from Singapore for a long time, however.

[@SingaporeCityWalks]

@@JimNicholls There are very few places where you can fly kites in Singapore as we are a small island nation of only about 700sq km. Marina Barrage is the only popular place where one can fly the basic kites. There has been no kite festival for a few years already. Sadly, kite flying is a dying activity here. You won't be seeing any kite video from Singapore...unless I go and make one.

[@MarkAGroh]

I need to fly the parrots more often... they are fun on one line. Nice selection of kites today, thanks Jim~

[@JimNicholls]

Yes, the parrots are good, Mark, and one of the few ITW products still available these days.

[@ronstewart9792]

Great display Jim, thanks, Ron

[@JimNicholls]

Glad you liked it, Ron. We have been lucky with the weather recently, and I hope it continues like that for a bit longer.

[@deweygravesjr.122]

Very nice video Jim. Looked like a beautiful day. Great looking display. Thanks Jim!

[@JimNicholls]

Thanks, Dewey. Yes, it was a lovely autumn day, and luckily we had just enough breeze to make it a flying day.

[@user-ce7ic1ze2u]

Looks beautiful!

[@JimNicholls]

Thanks, Evan!

[@pfkites8967]

Very good video parrots look beautiful. Peters dart kite is a great idea😊

[@JimNicholls]

Thank you. Yes, the Dart was a good idea, and it flies well in even a very light breeze.

[@PanyingPilot]

I was going to go fly my bucket tail squid at Pismo last time. Its on the list for the next time out. Good choice of music too, Jim.

[@JimNicholls]

Music's always a problem, Glenn, as you know. At least 95% of KZbin's audio library is rubbish, and trying to find an acceptable piece that hasn't been used too often is sometimes very time-consuming.

[@PanyingPilot]

@@JimNicholls Agreed, Jim. If only money weren't an object, we could really tap into what we really want to express.

[@vikramsinghkite4358]

Very Active kites flying sir 🙏🏼

[@JimNicholls]

I'm glad you enjoyed it, Vikram.

[@googleuser3553]

Catchy tune, do you know the name of the song or artist? Love Peter's handmade kites!

[@JimNicholls]

Sheryl, it's called "Calor Blanco" and is in the KZbin free audio library. Yes, Peter makes some very good kites.

[@NB_KITES]

Fantastic ❤..where did you buy the squid kite?

[@JimNicholls]

They came from China a long time ago and I don't think they are available now.