Editing Sport kite (section)

===Traditional dual-line sport kites===

Controllable dual line kites have been around since at least the mid-1800s, and likely much earlier considering the history of kites into antiquity.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.my-best-kite.com/history-of-stunt-kites.html |title=A History of Stunt Kites |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=My Best Kite |access-date=23 June 2022 |quote=Dual-line kites have been around for a surprisingly long time. Possibly the first recorded two-liner was made and flown by a Swiss man, Dr. Colladon, in the mid 1800s.}}</ref> Multi-line sport kites were popularized by designs of [[Francis Rogallo]] and [[Domina Jalbert]], which were used in televised water skiing shows and movies in the 1960s. The Rogallo wing's simple design of triangular fabric was easy for amateurs to construct on their own. Larger kites were capable of pulling pilots or lifting passengers in water ski shows, smaller designs were flown by pilots on beaches or stands. Traditional sport kites were most prevalent from the 1970s through the 1990s. The sport kites were increasingly built for precise control, which featured heavily in competitions and demonstrations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kite.org/about-kites/history-of-kites/|title=History of Kites|website=kite.com|date=20 October 2020 |publisher=American Kiteflyers Association}}</ref>

Kites are generally considered traditional or "old school" when they are flat and lack modern features. Traditional sport kites are generally flat when not billowed under wind pressure, although some later and transitionary models may include short standoffs. They often are heavier than modern kite designs with a straight-line triangular appearance. Flying was generally limited to linear flying and precise turns relying on straight-on wind pressure. The addition of standoffs, small rods to continually maintain the sail tension and the billowed shape, with kites becoming able to perform actions on slack lines generally and the ability to perform multi-dimensional acrobatic tricks marked the transition from traditional to modern designs.<ref>{{cite podcast |url=https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-ybzrm-fbae71 |title=Sport Kite Podcast Episode 6: Is it New School or Old School? |website=Sportkite.org |host= |date=24 February 2021 |time=07:55 |access-date=14 April 2022 |quote=I can think of two ways of looking at old school / new school, and one indeed is the standoff, the development of and implementation of the standoff, is where slackline tricking started, is where new school started, everything before being old school. My personal understanding of it and my timeline of things is around 2000-2001 when this whole new generation of multi-axis, multi-combo type tricks were introduced to the scene both in Europe as well as in the states.}}</ref>