# Windless kite flying **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 4, 2013, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windless-kite-flying/649290 "2013-02-04T05:44:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windless-kite-flying/649290/1 "2013-02-04T05:44:01Z")
I’d never heard of this before encountering [this video](http://www.youtube.com/user/videosbymtp/videos). There are clearly some who take this seriously. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windless-kite-flying/649290/2 "2013-02-04T06:20:58Z")
It’s kite _dancing?_ ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windless-kite-flying/649290/3 "2013-02-04T06:33:31Z")
Nifty! ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windless-kite-flying/649290/4 "2013-02-04T09:17:34Z")
It seems like the same group of people who might enjoy [Freestyle Canoeing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fnlU-F9y5Q), otherwise known as the Kenny G of the boating sports. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windless-kite-flying/649290/5 "2013-02-04T16:36:05Z")
My link in the OP goes to a page offering many videos. The one I meant to link to is [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnI5iwsyM9U). ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windless-kite-flying/649290/6 "2013-02-04T16:59:07Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > It’s kite _dancing?_ It’s _The Man Who Loved Kite Dancing_ ! > **[The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Loved_Cat_Dancing)** > > The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing is a novel written by Marilyn Durham first published in 1972. > The novel is set in the American West in the 1880s, but is not written in a genre style. It is the story of Jay, a man of the West, and his offbeat relationship with Catherine, a woman from the East who is fleeing an unhappy marriage. Jay kidnaps Catherine on his way to rob a train and together they travel through the Wyoming Territory. Catherine eventually discovers that Jay is haunted by the murder of... ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windless-kite-flying/649290/7 "2013-02-04T17:20:19Z")
Hey, someone was doing that at a juggling convention I went to a year or so back- I thought he’d just made the idea up. Evidently not. He wasn’t as good as that guy in the video though. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windless-kite-flying/649290/8 "2013-02-04T18:23:08Z")
Wow that is boring. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windless-kite-flying/649290/9 "2013-02-04T18:50:49Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Wow that is boring. You must be a traction kite sort of guy.