Let me tell you what you won't find on this  page first. There are no pictures of the  latest trick or traction designs, and no  pictures of commercial kites. The reason? I do owe some of those kites, but there  are lots of (better) webpages about such kites. What you will find here is a bizarre collection of kites that are unusual, especially well  crafted, or that I just happen to like.
A Hembra ("Stunkites" plan) with floral  design,  no guessing where I got the inspiration :-) The black applique work is done on both  sides of the  fabric, sandwiching  the  green fabric. This way there is no  visible seem.
	The ideal kite for Halloween, imagin knocking  on your neighbours window with one wingtip! It flies a bit slow, like an ace/trlby kite. but it  sure frightens the heck out of people at night. The original design was a small polyethene  kite by J.P.Kuil, this ripstop version  is 2x2 mtr
Call me old fashioned, but I still like the shape  of the Hawaiian delta. I know, it can't do tricks and it's not precise enough for ballet, but  it still comes out of my bags occasionally for a relaxed hour of flying.
	The applique work on this soft foil was inspired  by all the dogs trying to chase my stuntkites,  always ending up with a bewildered and  somewhat dizzy look in their eyes.
An attemp to build a very fast Flexifoil. The AR  is 5, the profile thicknes is 85% of the usual  Flexifoil, the number of ribs is more than  doubled, and the ribs are crossvented to prevent tip collapsing. Result: faster than  the regular speedfoils in light winds, but accelleration problems in high winds and sesitive to turbulation. (but it looks good, doesn't it?)
	The speedfoils as described in "Stuntkites". Much faster and manouvrable than the regular  flexifoil, and looking less baggy. It makes me  wonder why Flexifoil doesn't make them this way
A summer eve with not to much wind,  the ideal coditions for flying a large stack, at least large enough for me. If you  gather a lot of kite flying friends you  can construct much larger stacks. The current world record is over  200 flexifoils, but you"ll need special gear to fly such a stack.
	A slightly altered version of the Relax, a kite described in Shimmelpfennigs book  "Phantatishes Drachenwelt", and one of the first kites with skincurving. The name  says it all, it is a very relaxing kite to fly. Very good tracking, and an even pull all over the wind window. I even use it  for powerkiting in stormy weather.
One of the best kites to learn  the basics of Quad line flying,  the Twin. Easy to build and  al,ost indestructable.
	Every experienced kiteflier knows it, you can perform the most amazing trick with your  high performance delta, and know one might  notice, but pull out a train of ACE/Trlby kites and cars stop withe screaching tires. The plastic  skins of the original ACE wear rather fast, but I like the original striped design. I painted the design on ripstop with help of a templlate for a more permanent skin.