1. Wind lines up as best you can as per usual after the entanglement / ditch - try not to let the ends wind around each other.
2. Choose a non-windy, private grassy area with shade! Crack open a beer and play relaxation music. (Let your inner force flow with nature)
3. Lay lines out as best you can.
4. Find what looks like the least tangled line.
5. THE most important rules:
A. Straighten the line you're working on (let the other lines loop around it).
B. Pull it through knotted bits from the bar end (don't thread the ends through). C. Never pull tighter any line which is tangled.
6. Work in small stages, starting from the kite end, if required. Twiddle it to see which way to pull thru (always pull the line from the bar end of the knot).
7. Put the untangled line to the other side of the bar.
8. Repeat with the next least tangled line.
Important note.
When frustrated do not pull really really really hard in all directions on the lines. Trust me, it only makes it worse.
employ neighbours kids/nephews/nieces... five bucks to untangle and lay out straight for inspection, before i wind them up, and a spare bar, that helps, if all else fails, one super doob, the wailings of sir bob, deep contemplation/meditation, half hour tops you're done....then one more super doob reward...
Also, if it's a mega birds nest, try to keep all lines as loose as possible and look for loops, not knots (if you see what I mean !). It's usually where a loop has wrapped around another line/s or sometimes a group of looped lines. I've had instances of pulling out one loop and the whole thing has magically untangled. Just knowing which loop is holding it all together. Lucky me, eh ! Just to balance it up though, last week I had a 2 hour, 4 liner special. Ouch...
Just take your time and try to remember that if you do get rid of the tangle, it will have saved you the cost of 4 new lines - try to let that inspire you.
Ahh grasshopper, Zen and the art of kitestring detangling. The other penance aside from the walk of shame.
I measure my tangles in beers drunk while untangling. A 3 beer tangle is pretty serious.
This photo was taken after the fact, note the lack of trim rope where it broke through, leaving me with a catastrophic ditching out the back at Scarbs followed by a self rescue with tangled lines after a half hearted effort at line winding while still in deep water.
If you are a chiropractor or something and earn more than $100 per hour throw the whole lot in the bin and get a new set of lines 
hehe lsdt tangle was 4 beers. lost my kite at point scetchy got back a nest... the thing that helped me the most was to realise they are just lots of loops there is no ties in the lines so i just got to get the loops out. also its a good idea to tune your lines after you do this ull find they have generally stretched unevenly .. or mine did anyway
Do chiropractors earn more than $100 per hour, or just charge more than $100 an hour? If they are one man bands they must have overheads, if they work for someone they probably get paid a percentage or wage or something...
I did take a photo of it after all, thought I hadn't. That's already half a beer in, getting ready for the hard yards.
aaaah.... vely implessive but will wait for any other potential masters to post fotos.
Green Pat
Just looking at that photo makes me a little quesy....
My advice. Get your girlfriend to help you. Tell her it will be a good bonding experience and that tangled lines are a metaphor for your relationship. If you can untangle lines together, you can get through anything.
Then just sit around, sort of fiddling with the lines, drink beer and get her to sort it out.
P.S Don't give her any beer. It will affect her fine motor skills and decision making abilities, hence taking her longer to sort the lines out.
r
90% of tangles happen with your lines still fully attached to the kite.
Get your soggy tangled mess to the beach and do not, I repeat do not undo your lines from the kite. Like everyone has said, work on finding and undoing the loops and keep it all loose. The minute you begin pulling one line here and pulling through there, you will make it worse.
Undo the loops with kite attached to the lines right then and there at the beach.
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She can have a quick break to roll up a jazz ciggy though - but of course she can't inhale.
I had a knot once
It was rather tight
Needed to get it loose
Or I'll end up in a fight
So a little hot water
Some wiggle and wobble
A pin to get it started
And straight it was once more.
Damn anyone else bored?!
So shouldn't be in the office right now!
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I did take a photo of it after all, thought I hadn't. That's already half a beer in, getting ready for the hard yards.
holy jamalama -HOW did you get it like that in the first place?
I would like to use the original rules, but with an extra step.
Don't tell your mates about the kitemare on hand, instead organising a downwinder. At the meetup point, insist you leave your car there and take theirs.
Once your at the upwind carpark, get your gear out and say, "OH CRAP!... I forgot about this... arrrrggghhhh!".
Now, stand back and watch how quickly the lines untangle.
[}:)] I'm such a good friend.
WARNING !!!
Once it gets to being a 6+ stubby birdsnest you risk making the problem worse not better.
Solution - save it till tomorrow & concentrate on drowning your frustration.
Easiest way is to get someone to re-launch your kite and all the tangels pull straight out
ALSO, ensure your lines are differing colours, that way it's MUCH easier to see the way the line is tangled. I shudder at the thought of 5 white lines.
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