Twelve Stack Diamond Stunt Kites, Isle of Palms, South Carolina, USA

What better way to re-kindle childish glee than with a kite - even better is a fancy twelve-stack stunt kite.

Each panel is roughly three feet long on each side with a 100-foot long tail.

Here kiteman flies two twelve-stacks at the same time. It looks like a challenge to keep both kite stacks separate while crossing lines and performing stunts - not to mention it requires four hands - for that reason he wears a  harness to hold two of the lines and his hands hold the other two.

He even receives a bit of an upper body workout when the wind is strong.

You can get an idea of the force the wind is exerting by the angle of his body.

If ever there was call for a video clip, this is the time.  Still photos just don't do justice to showing the graceful movement of kites slicing through the breeze.

But they sure are pretty, and they make a great swooshing sound as they dance in the wind!