Today, we’re opening a brand new space on QuadKites.org: “Behind the Scenes”.

A place to discover what really goes on behind the festivals, bootcamps and events that bring our passion to life.

🎤 We’re kicking things off with an interview with Thierry Deschamps, who runs 2-line and 4-line kite bootcamps every year in Normandy. We talked logistics, tricky moments, clever tricks, group energy… All the stuff you don’t always see when you’re attending — but that makes a huge difference.

📖 The interview is available in English and French, and it’s a must-read if you’ve ever wondered what it takes to run a great kite event.

👉 Read Thierry’s interview

And this is just the beginning — more stories are on the way, always focused on the people who make sport kiting happen.

Got a story to share? Know someone who should be interviewed? 💬 Reach out — this webzine is yours too.

Happy reading and steady winds! 🪁

We’re super excited to share our brand-new section all about sport kite competition!

To kick things off, we’ve published the full set of official compulsory figures based on the International Sport Kite (ISK) rules, version 3.0 (April 1st, 2017).

Whether you’re just getting started or already flying in comps, this section gives you:

• A clear list of all compulsory figures by discipline: individual, pairs, teams — dual-line and multi-line
• Diagrams + the official ISK descriptions for each figure
• Handy tips to help you understand the notations and sharpen your skills
• All available on mobile-friendly web pages, in English and French!

🧭 Browse the figures, boost your precision — and discover new ways to have fun in the sky.

👉 Check out the competition figures

Since the beginning of the year, I’ve been working on some exciting new projects to grow our shared passion. Here’s a sneak peek at what’s coming:

🗣️ Exclusive interviews to dive into the behind-the-scenes of kite flying – from pilots to makers.

🏁 A brand new “Competition” section, to follow, understand, and share our challenges and victories.

🗺️ A dedicated web site for kite spots, with maps, weather forecasts, and local tips.

🪁 And fresh new quad kite plans: super ultra light, ultra vented… we’re pushing the boundaries!

👉 First content is dropping very soon!

If you’d like to lend a hand, share ideas, or simply support the project, just reach out – I’d love to hear from you! 💬

See you in the wind!

We’re continuing our work on English and French subtitles for the Kite Forge tutorials, in partnership with John Barresi.

🎬 Subtitles are already available for the following tutorials:

✅ Tuning Theory

✅ Flight & Control

More to come soon – stay tuned!

And as always, feel free to share your feedback or give us a hand if you’d like to help this project fly even higher! 🪁💬

Enjoy the ride!

We’ve just made our PayPal donation system simpler: faster, easier, and with lower fees. Why? Because hosting this treasure trove of kite knowledge costs several hundred euros a year. Yes, really.

So, as chocolates are flying low and wishes are flying high this season, why not chip in? Every euro counts to keep our site running smoothly and help our community grow!

Happy New Year 2025! We wish you unforgettable moments with friends, tight lines, and kites dancing in the wind! 🎉

Have you seen the new Kite forge tutorials yet?

In partnership with John Barresi, we’ve been creating English and French subtitles for a few weeks now. These subtitles are currently available for 4 tutorials:

• Wind window
• Side slides
• Reverse flight
• Figure 8 and 180s
• Flat relaunches – NEW
• Axels

We’re preparing subtitles for the remaining tutorials. We’ll soon be making a page dedicated to these tutorials, with a few embedded videos.

Enjoy!

We’ve redesigned the Jst-4-fn course to learn team flying. We’ve added more than 50 team-flying animations. You can now learn over 90 maneuvers! We’ve organized them into 5 sections:

• Basics & easy maneuvers
• Intermediate maneuvers
• Advanced maneuvers
• Very advanced maneuvers
• Flight examples

Enjoy!

QuadKites.org is now officially available in English! From now on, you can read our content in English without an automatic translator. We did the translations with Deepl, a customized kite glossary and a lot of proofreading. This English version was very important to us, as around 60% of our visitors are non-French speakers!

We’ve disabled the built-in automatic translator. You can translate our pages using your browser or a translator.

We hope you enjoy the English version! Send us your comments and suggestions.

Enjoy your visit!

We’re preparing some great new features, and they’re already available. We’re continuing to improve them before making them official:

1. Our website will be available in two languages: French and English. This new English version is almost ready. We are actively translating all website content. The aim is to offer a version of better quality than the automatic translation by Google. It’s already available, albeit incompletely at the moment.

We plan to disable automatic translation. You’ll be able to use browser-native translation if you need to.

2. We’ve almost finished a new version of the Jst-4-Fn pages. This time, you’ll be able to discover over 90 animated maneuvers to help you learn how to fly on horseback!

We hope to stabilize and formalize these 2 new features soon! We’ll keep you posted. Have a great vacation!

We’re proud to add 3 courses for learning to fly:

• Fly 4 fun by Guido Maiocchi: 187 videos in English! The course is very complete and well explained.
• Club 38: you can discover the club’s course, our opinion and read the accelerated course. Warning: this page contains spoilers!
• Rev clinics: quad line courses run by the Iquad team. We’ve found the topics covered and the schedule.

These courses took us many hours to document. We hope you enjoy them!

Enjoy the flight!