How To Fly A Stunt Kite

First you need to set up your kite with the bridle
facing in the direction of the wind.
Insert all of your rods and check to see that there are no tangles
between the rods and the bridle.
Now, with your kite flat on it's back,
grab your lines
and begin walking backwards into the wind,
away from your kite.
Keep good tension on the lines as you are walking back,
but do not let the kite take off until you are ready!
When you have reached the end of your lines,
secure both straps (handles) in your hands,
as you keep your eye on the kite.

Now you are ready to launch the kite.
You only need help if you are not on grass.
On grass with a tug of the lines the nose of the kite will come right up.
You will feel the force of the wind in your kite.
Work with it to keep your kite standing.
Now both of your arms should be evenly stretched out in front of you and
you should be standing with one foot back (ready to step back).
Now tug in a downward motion with both hands as you are stepping back
(Be sure to keep your hands as even as possible).
With your hands at your side, the kite has nowhere to go but UP, so don't try to make adjustments. Just let the kite go up to the top of the wind window.

Once you have your kite at the top of the window you can try to fly it back and forth around the sky (Pull left Go left / Pull right Go right).

Landing

To land (even in a good wind), fly down at an angle. When you get close to the ground, push on the line that is closes to the ground and walk to the kite as you push on both lines at the same time. The kite will land on its back, but once you have done this a few times, you can land the kite on its wingtips.

Tricks
Most of the kiting community will say that you need to learn the stall before you can do any slack line tricks. The stall is what I just asked you to use for landing your kite. The same motions can be used as your kite is crossing the window. If the wind is strong you will need to be more dramatic (quicker). It is basically two push turns in quick succession. If your kite is crossing the window (going to the left), then you push first with your left hand and follow it up quick with a push by your right hand. For a stall you may or may not need to walk to the kite with the pushes. It all depends on the wind. Your kite will hang there in the sky after you complete the motions, but not for long. This is the time you have to start your trick. As you get better, your stalls will be longer and you can slide the kite across the window.
Now you know the basic stall, but what do you do from there. Well let me first say that I don't think you need the stall, but I will take you through how you can use it as a platform before I teach you how to do all of the same tricks without a stall.

The Axle
Right after you stall your kite... Push on one line and pull it back fast. You need to pull back just a little more line than you pushed out. You want to give a good tug, but not too hard. Now for me that will make the kite axle very nice, but most instructions on this trick ask you to push the other line right after you pull back on the first line. However you do the trick it will make the kite do a flat 360* turn from the stall.

The Axle Without The Stall
Your kite needs to be crossing the window (as high or low as you wish). With strong winds you will need to be quick and pull harder. Doing an axle with no stall is the same motion as a standard axle. Just push on the line closest to the ground and pull it back fast. In most cases you will need to pull a little harder than you do with a standard axle, but you can't do this trick wrong. If you pull too hard, then you will get a double axle (Genie Pop)... Hey look, now you know two tricks!

Back Flip And Lazy-Susan
From a stall you can do these tricks anywhere in the window. The lazy-susan looks real nice near the ground.
To back flip the kite from a stall, just walk to the kite and push on both lines. That's it! The kite will be in a deep back flip (on its back and flying).
To Lazy-Susan the kite you need to be in a back flip first. Once in the back flip (the nose must be dipped down), pull on one line just hard enough to spin the kite a full 360* and that's a Lazy-Susan.

Back Flip And Lazy-Susan Without A Stall
First the back flip. In a way this is a stall, but it is see more as a trick. From almost any direction of travel you can go into an instant back flip (this will not work when your kite is going up). To back flip with no stall just use an exaggerated push on the line closest to the ground. You may or may not need an under-exaggerated push with the opposite hand.

To Lazy-Susan From An Instant Back Flip
Jus pull on the line opposite of the one that you used to start the back flip. Your kite will spin 360* and that's an instant Lazy-Susan.

Here is one easier trick to start from the back flip
The Jacobs Ladder
This starts like the lazy-susan. Just pull on one line from a deep back flip. In this trick you only want the kite to come around 180*. Once the nose of the kite is pointing at you, pull on both lines. This will flip the kite over and around into what's called A Fade. The nose of the kite will be pointing at you (kite on its back) and the lines will be passing over the nose of the kite. To complete the jacobs ladder just pull on one line and the kite will flip wing over wing into flying position. To continue the jacobs ladder push on both lines then start all over. A complete jacobs ladder has 3 successions (3 rungs).

The Fade
One easy way to get into the fade is to use the instructions on the jacobs ladder from a back flip.
Most pilots have there own ways of starting a fade, but the traditional way of entering the fade is simple. Just fly down and push on both lines (this will pancake the kite with the belly down and nose away), then pull back on both lines. The kite should flip into the fade. To fly in the fade just remember that all you need are small movements. Slack will make the nose of the kite lift and the kite will rise. Tension on the lines will drop the nose and the kite will drift down.

Tricks from a fade
Flic-Flacs, Jacobs Ladder and Backspin.
Flic-Flacs are easy too. Start out with some tension on the lines in a fade, then a big push with both hands will pancake the kite. Now pull back with both hands quick. The kite will come back to fade. Repeat this as many times as you would like.

Jacobs Ladder from Fade
Fallow the directions above for the JL from back flip, but in this case the fade is your first position and the back flip is next. Repeat this as many times as you wish.

The Backspin
This trick starts from the fade. To back spin the kite, just wait 'til one side of the kite dips down then pull with the hand that's on the same side as the dipping wing. Repeat as many times as you wish.

Now you have a whole list of cool slack line tricks to practice... Have Fun!