"11 Great-Looking Kites To Make
From Quick'n'Easy To Awesome 8-Footer"

Re-live Your Youth ... But With Better Kites This Time!

Hi! I'm Tim Parish, a 50+ 'kite nut' who has researched many types of kites for this website. And made quite a few kites of my own, of course.

It's been a lot of fun testing and refining these designs so that you too can have plenty of enjoyment and success.

Even using cheap garden-bag plastic results in a fine-looking kite. Like the Dowel Sode on the book cover, up there on the right. But of course, you can use any colored plastic you like.

With this book, you're set for a wide range of weather conditions. If the Dowel Box Kite (fresh wind version) won't stay up, most of the others will. And if it seems dead calm out there... Don't be too sure! Tow up the Dowel Dopero or the Dowel Rokkaku and watch it find just enough breeze to hang way up there at 400 feet. Beautiful. You'll never be stuck at home.

"Book looks great and just what I (and my Grandson) wanted."
- Bruce H. (UK)

These Are The Kites You Can Make...

• The Dowel Series. (performance Sled, Diamond, Barn Door, Rokkaku, Sode, Delta, Roller and Dopero, all 1.2m (4ft) tall and transportable)
• The Dowel Boxes. (a moderate wind and a fresh wind version, both 1.2m (4 ft) long)
• A 2-Dowel Kite. (a 3-spar Sled which is 2.4m (8ft) tall when set up)

This book should prove to be a handy kite-making reference for a long time to come. I hope it returns it's value back to you, many times over!

Cheap materials keep the costs way down. What's more, most of the 'tools' are probably lying around your house somewhere already! Nothing fancy is required, believe me.

If the very cheap 'tools' are not at hand already, it's easy to find something like a pair of scissors in a store. In fact, a supermarket would probably have everything except the hack-saw. Most items would be easy to borrow if required.

Even the knot-tying is explained, step by step. You'll soon know them all, and they will definitely come in handy for future projects.

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You Get All This In The Download...

• Instructions for two new bonus kites that are not on the My Best Kite website. The Dowel Box Kite (Fresh Wind Version) and the huge 2-Dowel Sled for light winds, which is almost collapse-proof with its 3-spar design.
• 191 pages of single-line kiting goodness!
• 11 kite designs, including that new box kite specifically for fresh winds. Most will fly well in very light through to moderate winds.
• More than 300 illustrative photographs, many of them close-ups.
• Detailed step-by-step instructions for each and every design.
• Detailed 3-view plans for most designs.
• A clickable Table of Contents so detailed, there's 5 pages of it!
• Appendices for Knot Tying, Making A Winder, Making A Bowed Horizontal Spar and more. Hence the instructions are rather complete.

Do these kites really fly that well? Don't take my word for it. See what others say...

"I attempted to make my own kite ... and failed miserably. I made a quick and dirty version of the MBK Dowel Diamond kite and was absolutely amazed at how easily it took off in even the slightest breeze. ... Thanks so much for the help!"
- Ben K. (KY, USA)

"I enjoy the site very much, and we love the Dowel Barn Door! ... It flew beautifully all of last summer."
- Larry S. (CO, USA)

"Suddenly the Sode rises straight up and it is flying like a dream. My 50 meter flight line did just rush through my fingers and let the kite fly at good 80-90 degrees. ... Finally I got the winder under control and could see how the kite just soared above me. MMM… pure joy!"
- Johan (Sweden)

"I just wanted to let you know about my experience flying my very own and first MBK Delta ... Many thanks for the detailed instructions. I'm not sure why I started making kites this year, but so far it's been very enjoyable. If I end up spending all my free time building kites, it's probably your fault."
- Eric L. (Japan)

That's $19 US. If you are not from the US, the order form will probably show you the price in your own country's currency. Click above to find out.

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