Axel Take Off This is possibly my favorite way to launch a kite, instead of the usual fly straight up, the Axel take off makes the kite do a 360 degree rotation as it leaves the ground, very cool. With the kite stood on both wing tips, put a tiny bit more pressure on one flying line, then simultaneously release that line and pop the other and then give the kite slack to rotate, it should jump straight from wing tips on the ground into an Axel rotation, as the kite finishes the rotation, pull on the lines to accelerate away.