I recently started selling SkyDog kites.   You will soon find a series of reviews here for the different kites. 

 

The Thunderstruck is priced around $45 and is a very nicely done kite.   It is a good size for a beginner and has some really nice flying characteristics. 

 

The packaging for the kite is a very attractive high quality and durable sleeve for the kite to slide into when rolled up.   It is black and has a bright red and white SkyDog Logo on it.  An instruction pouch is on the front of a fold over top that doubles as your line holder.

 

Flying:   The Thunderstruck will compete head to head with the HQ Bolero.  Closely priced,  the Bolero is slightly larger,  but the Thunderstruck flies in much lighter winds.

 

With that being said,  the Bolero will fly in higher winds,  but more of my time is waiting for those higher winds and I would rather be flying. 

 

There are no bad tendancies with this kite.  We flew it initially in 3-7 mph winds.  NOT ideal conditions!   But where a HQ Bolero would not get off the ground because of the light wind,  the Thunderstruck got up without a problem. 

 

This kite will even do some basic tricks as our resident trickster Chris was able to make it do stuff that when I try the same tricks,  it just tangles itself up.  LOL.  Pilot needs work....that is all I got to say.

 

John helped with the flying while I took the pictures.   If you are a beginner or even an intermediate dual line kiter,  you will enjoy what the Thunderstruck has to offer.  There are 3 attractive designs to choose from as well.  Find them at this link.