I gave my uncle Tom a "trainer kite" for Christmas, and we went to the beach to play with it on Boxing Day. I'm not sure if Tom actually flew it, but pretty much everybody else in the family did! The kite is a HQ Rush III 250. When the wind picked up from 7-10 knots to 10-14 knots, I rigged up my actual kite and went kiteboarding. It was another fun in Edisto Island, South Carolina. If you want to visit Edisto, check out the information on my dad's blog about how you can rent our beach house. johdou.blogspot.com