Salida Sled

Kite plan in PDF format

Salida Sled (1998, 2002 & 2016) is a pocket kite; a small tail free kite that can always be carried, complete with line and winder, in any pocket or purse. It is made out of one single piece of material (ripstop or plastic) and it needs only two (plus two) seams.

One input when designing it was to make it so it did not collapse as frequently as ”standard” sleds do, so that is why the shape is a ”cone”: The idea is that by making the rear end smaller the air pressure inside the skin should build up and keep like a bubble.

Another input was to make it tail free.

Salida is the name of the opening step/figure when you start dancing tango.

Andreas Ågren