Diamond Kites

Ever Reliable And Iconic!

Shops have had no trouble selling nicely constructed and decorated kites in the Diamond shape for decades.

For an online example, there's the Prism Stowaway Diamond kite. The spars are cleverly designed to fold down into a very compact package. People are just drawn to the familiar diamond shape.

The simplest kind of Diamond is just a set of 2 crossed sticks of equal length, attached to a diamond shaped sail. With the crossing point set at 25% down from the nose, the kite does not even require a bridle. The flying line can simply be attached directly to where the sticks cross. In fact, this is exactly how our MBK Simple Diamond is made.

We've been to a few kite festivals over the years and taken plenty of photos. However, festival fliers tend to avoid the Diamond since it is so 'been there done that'! Never mind, from the 100s of images we have I did manage to spot 3 examples, which are displayed further down this page.

Diamond Kites We Have Seen At Festivals

Here's 3 photos of Diamonds, all of which feature streamer tails. That's an indication of how popular this quick-and-easy style of tail has become! The classic line-and-bows type of tail is not often seen nowadays. Except perhaps in children's books and on T.V. shows!

This yellow Diamond really sums up the modern role of the diamond shape kite. Fun fun fun! A simple, fool-proof kite for the young or young-at-heart. If I remember correctly, this one was actually flying with all the other kites on the Registered Kite-fliers side of the jetty.

Most Diamonds at the Festival tend to be smaller and flown from the public-flying area. The smiley-face idea is often used on simple flat kites, to good effect.

Streamers form the tail. There's no simpler way, apart from using just one longer streamer.

This black colored Diamond was easily spotted against the blue sky. In fact, I think black kites always photograph well, in a variety of weather conditions.

Black stands out so well against brilliant light sky blue, or white clouds or anything in between it seems. Plus a totally black kite just projects a different image to anything more colorful. More masculine perhaps, not to mention appealing to an older age group.

The streamer tails are colored though. Wouldn't it be a bit boring if they were all black...

Any fairly simple flat kite design lends itself to being arranged in an arch. Here's an impressive example of small Diamond kites all arranged along a long line. It must have been at least 30, maybe 50 meters long. This arch was self-launching, so from time to time the kites just lay there on the dunes when the wind died down.

See if you can spot the far end of the arch in the photo. Also, there's some kite shadows on the sand. As usual, every little Diamond has a streamer tail.

That's about it for this page on Diamond Kites. Hope you enjoyed the pics and the info!

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