I bought an original Team Hawaiian stunt kite in the late ‘80’s and I’m wondering if there’s a collector market for older units like mine. I’m too old to fly it and my grandkids show no interest in it so I’d like it to go to someone who would love it as much as I did.

Spent a nice afternoon flying a kite with my 75 foot tube tail on it for the first time. I wasn't sure the six foot delta could lift it, but with 15kt winds it was pulling strong even with the added weight. I obviously don't know how to estimate the lifting power of a kite yet...

Lying on on the grass in the sun and watching a kite while listening to the sounds around me is a habit I should have started years ago. While there, I noticed a faint sound coming from the plastic hoop for my kite line. Putting it closer to my ear, I could clearly hear the sound of the wind over the line, like the toy one can make with two cans and a tight string.

I spent the next several minutes caring not how I appeared since there was no one to watch, playing with a tight string like I was 30 or 40 years younger. I damped the sound just by putting my finger on the string, plucked it, shook it while watching the waves zig-zag up the line...

The spell broke when I realised I was holding a very tightly pulling line inches from my eye, which transformed me back into the over-sober, over-cautious adult that I am these days, but it was a nice afternoon anyway, and a good memory.