You are now ready to launch. Initially forget about the brake lines. Hold the handles and point the bottom towards the kite so the brake lines go slack. Pull back on the top lines and tug – the kite should lift and accelerate up. Keep pointing the BOTTOM of the handles towards the kite. Steer as if you were flying a standard 2 line kite, pulling left and right to guide it up. Depending on the type of kite it will steer well or very sluggishly. An elliptical kite (eg: Blade, Mosquito) will respond very well however a rectangular kite (eg: Skytiger) is slower. Try steering the kite right and left. As the kite approaches one side it will slow down and begin to sink  - at this point turn in the opposite direction. If it sinks too much you may have to walk or run backwards to keep the kite’s speed up and get it to turn faster. You will notice that a moving kite pulls harder than a stationary kite (for example when its directly overhead or at one edge of the wind window).

Using the Brake Lines

Up to now we have been flying the kite with fairly slack brake lines and the BOTTOM of the handles pointed forwards. Guide the kite directly overhead and now gently pull the bottom of one handle further backwards towards you. The kite will immediately turn in that direction and much faster than before. As it gets into the turn gently point the BOTTOM of the handles forwards again and repeat the process with the other handle. The kite should respond with fast turns. Try not the pull on the top lines if you can  - simply get a feel for the turns using the brake lines.

Landing

With the kite directly overhead gently pull the BOTTOM of the handles towards you and keep the top lines balanced. The kite will begin to reverse and sink. Don’t pull too much on the brakes  - too quickly and some kites can tuck under and flap around. You will have to balance left and right brakes to get the kite to land gently. This is not very easy for beginners so practice in the lightish wind.

The SAME technique can be used to stop the kite in mid air – if the kite is flying across the wind window, pull on both brake lines hard – the kite should stop. You can then fly off again by releasing the brakes.