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WindFire Designs Kite Repair Service

We believe that if a kite is repaired properly, not only will it perform flawlessly, but you may even want to show it off.

WindFire Designs provides a complete service for kite repairs of any kind. We specialize in kitesurfing kites and have done literally thousands of them. We also do plenty of ram-air foils. When your kite is with us for repair, we proceed with care and precision and with fast turn-around depending on our current workload. Special part orders and other junk can make a repair take longer but we'll tell you that stuff.

Why we think our service is the best:

  • All our repairs are guaranteed forever.
  • Dimensionally perfect within < 1 mm.
  • OEM fabrics, thread, needle guages, and stitching patterns.
  • Fast personal service. 18+ years of kite design, building and repair experience.
  • UV resistant fabric and thread that will never gather sand or mildew.
  • All our repairs are totally compliant with the natural stretch and shape of your kites.
  • Good-will and customer-oriented pricing and payment policies.
  • Most importantly, we love what we do everyday.

Our specially modified sewing machines allow us to line up and repair rips fiber-for-fiber. WindFire Designs kite repair means zero performance loss.

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Still worried? If you are unsure about the repairability of your kite, simply email us a picture showing the damage and we'll let you know.

Go ahead, rush us. Write Time Sensitive (or something equally witty) on the outside of your box. Usually we can meet any deadline without extra charge.

Read why our cusomers love our service:
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On Mar 1, 2009 Mike Gavin wrote:
Tim,

Thank you for the great service. I was very impressed by the way you conduct business. You will have all my future kite repair business.

Have a great year!!!
Mike Gavin

Thank you Mike!


Our current workload status is (updated May 132010): 'busy but turning them out'

5 day turn-around

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WindFire Designs has two blogs

Kite Repair blog - Things we learn while repairing your kites.
This is a post there with advice and instructions on How to do adhesive kite repairs.

WindFire Designs Studio blog - News about our studio, art, and designs

WindFire Designs on Facebook - Slightly more casual interface for our company - enjoy


We are trying to have minimal impact on the environment. Your kites will get a ride on the truckbike to be shipped.

boxes of repaired kites on the truckbike

We have also done paraglider repairs for a long time, but now it's official. Visit our dedicated paraglider repair site.

Talk to a human

352 219 4269 for free estimates or email us at kiterepairs@gmail.com

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Common questions about our kite repair service
Payment: Please email us to learn how payment works.  You'll find our customer-oriented offer is both easy and unusually generous. All advice is free! If you are not satisfied with our work, we'll do the work over or refund your money. It's that simple.

Cost: Some damage looks bad but is relatively easy to repair. The flip side? Some looks small and simple but actually takes longer because of the position in the kite's structure. Our customers often tell us that our prices are extremely reasonable.  We intend to keep hearing that.

 

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Repairs should look really cool (a corollary of "chicks dig scars")

Our prices relate only to the time we spend on your repair. We also have no minimum charge.  The price-range of repairs is generally between $25 and $180.  Please contact us for a free evaluation.

Bladders

We repair ANY brand of kite with any type of damage including but not only:

Cabrinha, FlexiFoil, North, Airush, Naish, Ozone, Wipika, rrd, GlobeRider Kites, Liquid Force, Caution, WindWing Slingshot Gaastra and cabrinha crossbow and switchblade repair

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Bladders: We exclusively work with and recommend Jim Haddox for any kite bladder damage. Together, our two shops act as one smooth and fast service. If your bladder has failed along with fabric damage, simply let us know that you'd like us to help on your repair ticket. 

 

Bladder Replacement and Repair: Jim Haddox "Bladderman" Your best option!

Jim Haddox does amazing professional bladder work with industrial heat-welding equipment that is often better than OEM. He has thousands of bladders in stock with better prices than we've seen anywhere else. Feel free to send us your kite and ask us to handle it.

About the people who do your repairs
tim elverston building a flame kite
Tim Elverston (the Stitchiter) has worked professionally as a kite designer and builder for over 15 years. I've flown kites since I was 3 and had a Peter Powell at 9. What I really do is art but I disguise it as work so people don't notice. Read some thoughts on kite repair here.
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Paul Forrestel (kite monkey) sewing like a maniac day in and day out. Kicking out kites like, you know, tomorrow.

Time lapse of Tim and Paul repairing kites

Time lapse video of us sewing on kite repairs all afternoon. Note the change in light from the windows in our shop. The time lapse video was made with an open source program called Gawker. I was working on an Ozone Access [blog link] and paul fixed two Best Waroos. The camera was shooting a frame every 30 seconds. I then extended it out to four times the length. The music is our friends Strut from Asheville NC.

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What do some of our customers have to say?
 

Testimonials

We've collected some of our favorite responses to our service. Thanks to all of our great customers.

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May we also suggest viewing our portfolios below. We are artists as well.
Our portfolios:

 

Shops that we partner with:

Click here for links to trusted kiting professionals that may be near you. 

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Kite repair in Florida and all of the USA.

Kiteboarding or kite boarding or kite surfing and snow kiting

Repairs on any kite Gaastra, Cabrinha, Takoon, F-One.

Slingshot Fuel, Naish Shockwave North Rhino Kite

Have your kite repaired by the best in the business.

WindFire Designs repairs kites including Wipika Matrix, Cabrinha Crossbow, or Switchblade. And we work on Singshot Fuel Kites Repaired. Best kite surfing kites repaired and traction kites. Pro Professional kite repair.

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Repairs on any kite for kite boarding, kite surfing and snow kiting including (this list is just an example of our range):

Wipika Matrix, Indy Kite Repair
Cabrinha crossbow and switchblade, Contra, revolver co2 Kites Repaired
F-One Impact, M6, Tribal Kite Repair
Slingshot Fuel Kite Repair
Naish Shockwave, Raven, Boxer, Element Kites Repaired
North Rhino, Vegas, Toro, Buster, Fabio, Husky, Lizard Kite Repair
Flexifoil Blade, Bullet, Rage, Ion, Fusion, Blade III, Sabre Kite Repair
Takoon Air, Wook, Nova, Kool2 kite Repair
Gaastra Vision 2, Force 2 kite Repair
Flow form kite repair
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Professional kite repair

We get customers from all over this country and Canada. Here are just a few of the cities we've serviced:

  • USA Kite repair
  • Florida Kite Repair
  • Emeryville CA
  • Darien CT
  • Jensen Beach FL
  • Charlotte NC
  • Duluth MN
  • Charleston SC
  • East Islip NY
  • Winter Park FL
  • Reno NV
  • St Petersburg FL
  • Plattsburgh NY
  • South Hero VT
  • Miami FL
  • Mishawaka IN
  • Healdsburg CA
  • Grand Rapids MI
  • Lynbrook NY
  • Cape Canaveral FL
  • San Mateo CA
  • Orlando FL
  • Tampa FL
  • Center Valley PA
  • Plano IL
  • Cape Coral FL
  • Savannah GA
  • Slidel LA
  • West Palm Beach FL
  • Winter Park FL
  • Mandeville LA
  • Fort Walten FL
  • Lake Park FL
  • Pensacola FL
  • Randolph NJ
  • Ponte Vedra FL
  • Gulf Breeze FL
  • Gloucester MA
  • Jupiter FL
  • Ft. Lauderdale FL
  • Portsmouth NH
  • Naples FL
  • Atlanta GA
  • Sarasota FL
  • Daytona FL
  • Stuart FL
  • Jackson WY
  • Juno Beach FL
  • Gainesville FL (our home town)
  • Jacksonville FL
  • Melbourne FL
  • St. Augustine FL
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