Hey guys,
Below is taken from another forum,
Winds at local have been good at night but crappy during the day, anyone got any tips on night kiting.
This past season me and my friends tried some different techniques on the best way to go about night kiting after we read about it here online. We made a few attempts with different products to see what works best and we found this to be the ultimate answer.
The conditions need to be right for night kiting, good visibility, and a good amount of ambient light in the area so you dont go running into a stump or something.
We found these work well (LED glowstick, walmart) to light up the wingtips of the kite. This allows you to see the darker tips of the kite so you dont drag it on the ground by accident.
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And by the way... For those of you that have not night kited, it is one of the coolest experiences ever. Get some of your friends out at the field and throw some glowsticks on them too, its pretty awesome to see a few blinking sticks way away and two in the air. Almost UFO worthy lol
Keep kitin people!
Are you the maniac that was tacking out past the cargo ships today? They looked like they were in line with Rotto.
Rave 
Kite party Oh yeah pass the chill pills round 
Could use glow in the dark condoms if da boyz a budget
ps just kidding bout the pills 
Tried it on a rising full moon with no other ambient light, on the back beach at Lancelin a few months ago. It was fricken awesome
I had the glowstick near the inflation point but it was useless and I won't bother next time. There were only two of us in the water and the kite were perfectly silouhetted by the moon anyway.
We always used to set the shark lines over night back in the old days
I think there used to be a lot more sharks back then to
We have thought about it heaps of times but if you have kited all day then your usually too pissed and tired to bother especially when the full moon brings a full tide and hungry fish.
Another use for glow sticks is splatter the ink on all the ghost crabs
At least in the day time you have a chance of seing a shark coming and you might be able to fight it off with your board NIGHT time you wont no until its eating you !!
Sharks are attracted to shiny glowing things
Sharks attack and feed mostly from dusk to dawn.
Get some fishing-lures so you have something to eat afterwards.
Text from the below URLhttp://www.buzzle.com/articles/glow-fishing-lures-catch-more-fish.html
"However, glowing lures capitalize on low light conditions and tend to stand out and say, "Bite Me!" The bright oranges, blues, violets, yellows, and even greens create a huge contrast between the lure and its surroundings. This helps a fish take notice, and entices it to attack. In fact, many fish species have eyes that select these colors when searching for prey."
We get some cars on the beach with high beam on and the full moon behind us, works well. Stick one on your board if you loose it.
Hmmm..Night kiting sounds interesting. It could work nicely in flat water, but choppy water maybe not. The idea of slamming into a wall of white water that i can't see or prepare for doesn't sound that enticing
On the other hand, maybe i should just buy a million glow sticks and scatter them throughout the water
picture this,
moonlight night, with glow thiing on kite tips, mainly to know were the leading edge is would not look at it all the time as it would mess with eyes being adjusted to the moonlight.
steady 20-25kt easterly
flat water spot (I'm not devoldging here but have poosted on HOOKUP FORUM to get someone to go with, bait my hooks ect)
I'm imagining the sound of the water as I load up and pop then quiet..................then touch down then water again shhhhhhhhhhhhh
PS if your scared of sharks stay out of the water[}:)][}:)]
We did it a while back and got some pretty cool photos from it fair play we were in the UK so no sharks to worry about. Few things really
There's no need for glowsticks, they're too small to really be noticeable unless they're really powerful
For taking photos, you need someone to light the rider to give the camera something to focus on, can just use a hand torch but anything is better than nothing
We had a car parked at the edge of the lagoon with it's lights on just to illuminate the shallow area at the edge, it didn't light any of the main riding area and I think that was the best way to do it.
It was an awesome experience and one I'd definitely like to do again, although I'd only ever want to do it in flat water on a spot I knew really well! You can see some pics here: www.brackleshamboardriders.co.uk/?p=933
Sharks are make believe like the tooth fairy, santa and jesus. I reckon it is a mint idea and let us know where and when!!
I'll be a bit busy that night.......can't think of anything worse. Trawling back and forth while trying to find my board in the dark. No thanks !!!
Goodness me, this topic has come up over the years and I'm sure some of the old boys are having a laugh. I posted back in 2005 about night kiting in Shark Bay, where I used to live, just after I came in. I did this a few times on the full moon and low tide outa the front of Denham.
Recipe:
1 six pack of good brew
One 3 paper of your best herbal remedy
A c kite with no depower
20 knots of sweet se
Head out into the bay, by yourself of course, hack the living bejesuss outa the flats
Come back in , toke on herbal remedy followed by brew
Head back out, watch the phophorecence (bugger of a word to spell!) spraying outa the back of your board for the next hour.
watch the full full moon while kiting in the glow of phosphos
Try to land c kite
Put the experience into your personal archive
Life is good....
Lurch, you forgot to mention that the toasty warm water is part of the recipe too.
Green Pat
are you thinking of anyone in particular, , or just in general perhaps?
[}:)][}:)][}:)]
whats the big secret old boys
got any good tips to pass on
or is it that youv'e all grown bitter and twisted enough to feel we should figue it out for ourselves why do people do that, life is to short to be selfish you should know becasue your old you know who i'm talkin to
Suits me I love the adventure
kites and equipment have come along way old chaps
look forward to getting home next week and hopefully getting some pics, contrast looks epic in some night shots i've seen thanks chris6791.
show you old boys how its done new school style
Old a little biter very twisted
the secret is that humans dont really like to share and its fun to watch the crashes :)
maybe try some water proof bike lights on your bar
or some of those head lamp things
and one on your kite in camera position reversed to shine on the canopy the whole kite would glow like a floating Chinese lantern and also reflect light back to the rider
tis hard to have an original thought with 7 billion ppl on the planet
bahhahumbug
Darki
