Three Football Kites and an Octopus

My 2,119th kite video. With some kind of football ("soccer" to some) tournament going on at the moment, I decided to get out my neglected football kites and give them an airing.
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[@SingaporeCityWalks]

Nice football kites. Freddy is cute especially with eyes and mouth. He must be happy on this nice day.

[@JimNicholls]

I drew those features on him (rather badly) as I thought he looked better with them. Maybe I can improve them sometime.

[@kiteflyingdownunder....car6272]

Watching the tentacles on your Octopus got my imagination going. If you had an Octopus on your football team you wouldn't need any other players.

[@JimNicholls]

Perhaps I should try to find some boots that would fit one of my octopus kites, Carl. I'm not entirely convinced that your idea is practical, though.

[@EddyBorkelmans]

Thank you Jim for using the Belgian flag as tail on your blue/white footballkite. Many greetz from a sunny Belgium😊😎

[@JimNicholls]

That's the tail it came with, Eddy, so I had no choice, but I'm happy that you like it. Good to know you're having some sunshine, and maybe a chance to fly a kite or two.

[@MarkAGroh]

Beautiful display...again , nice to see your collection

[@JimNicholls]

Glad you liked it, Mark.

[@craigh3381]

Nice display...thank you for sharing Jim

[@JimNicholls]

Thanks for watching, Craig, and your comments are always appreciated.!

[@pfkites8967]

. We need this kites to win the German European Championship. Good video😀

[@JimNicholls]

I don't know if it will help, but good luck anyway.

[@vikramsinghkite4358]

Good Football ⚽ Kite Octopus 🐙 Kite flying sir

[@JimNicholls]

Thank you, Vikram.

[@googleuser3553]

Very harmonious display!

[@JimNicholls]

Glad you enjoyed it, Sheryl.

[@user-ce7ic1ze2u]

Very nice! 👍

[@JimNicholls]

Glad you like it, Evan! As usual, you are the first to comment.

[@ronstewart9792]

Very cool Jim, thanks, Ron

[@JimNicholls]

You are very welcome, Ron.

[@deweygravesjr.122]

Nice video Jim. Love the theme. Too bad that guy didn't take pictures of your kites up high. Thanks Jim!

[@JimNicholls]

He might have done, Dewey, but if he did I haven't seen them.

[@longbeachpeninsulawaphotos]

The sky was full of action. On and Off the "field." Tim and one other from Alaskiters will be at the kite festivval here in August.

[@JimNicholls]

Good to know that Tim and friend will be there for your big event.

[@belizehouseforrent6138]

Love it!! (Would love to see a video of how you launch your Octopus kite, especially by yourself. I have the same kite (because of one of your earlier video's), and I yet to be able to master the launch.)

[@JimNicholls]

Launching is basically just as I showed here. I hold the kite up to let it inflate, then let go and gradually let the line out, pulling from time to time to keep tension on, and it will gradually climb if there's enough breeze (it doesn't need a lot). Making a video to show it in more detail would be tricky, but maybe sometime.

[@MarkAGroh]

Easy to launch, like a large trilo~​@@JimNicholls

[@chaojiang3133]

Large kites today

[@JimNicholls]

It's the tails that make them look big, Jiang.

[@EmmettHardin-bg9rw]

Hey Jim! I was wondering if you could review some kites from Temu Ik they are probably terrible but I would love to hear your thoughts thanks!

[@JimNicholls]

Very unlikely, as I very seldom buy kites these days. If I were to buy again from China it would probably be from AliExpress as I have used them many times and know which sellers are most trustworthy. I have no experience of Temu and haven't heard much about them here in New Zealand.