Buy good quality bridle from a kite shop.

It must be strong and thin. Measure accurately the length of the other bridle.

The one you will be making will probably be made slightly differently but it will have to be of exactly the same length as your original bridle. Make a second identical bridle and replace both. Make then fit your new bridles before removing the old ones. This will enable you to ensure that they are indeed of the same length as the old ones once fitted.

Cut the bridle length at least 15cm longer than the one you must make in order not to get too short a line once the knots are made and after fitting around the spars.

Only cut the pieces sticking out of the knot after fitting is complete. Burn the end to avoid fraying .

Make two outer bridles of exactly the same length.

Tick the spots where the buckles must make their knot (1) so as to be able to put
it in the right place.

Beware of discrepancies, a knot being likely to use up to 1/2 to 1 cm of bridle.

Make a knot at the point of tying of the inner bridle (2). Also make a knot on each side 1 cm away (3). This will allow you to tune your kite depending on the wind. Also make two inner bridles of exactly the same length.

Make a knot at the tying point of the linking buckle for the kite lines (4 or 5 depending on the types of bridling).

Make a buckle for tying the lines, in general approx. 8 cm long (6).

Link the inner bridle to the outer bridle by a lark'shead knot (7 and 7 a) tied to the middle knot. The other knots will be used to shift the buckle for flight tuning at your convenience. Link the buckle (6) to the knot (4 o 5).

When you are ready to fly, link your lines to the buckles by a lark's head knot. To put your equipment away, undo this knot. The lines do not therefore stay tied to the kite when it is put away.

Buy spars in a kite store. If your spars are of fibreglass, take this opportunity to replace them by carbon ones. Get advice from the salesperson as to the diametre required.

To avoid the crumbling of the spars to be cut, tape up the part to be cut in a piece of insulation tape.