Author: Matt and Keegan Myers
Published: Kiteboarding Magazine, www.kiteboardingmag.com
If you want to make your kite as small as possible for your next kiteboarding trip, follow this process. Remove the wingtip battens from their pockets. Take extra time to squeeze ALL remaining air out of each bladder individually. Lay the kite out flat and fold the trailing edge up on top of the rest of the canopy so that fold is approximately in line with the end of the last strut. Starting at one wingtip, begin making small folds, approximately 10-12”, folding like a towel to the center strut. Repeat this starting at the other wingtip. Now fold these sections together and begin folding from the trailing edge to the leading edge. Your folded kite should now be the size of a large folded beach towel. You can easily put two kites in a normal kite backpack using this method.