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"Alright, so now that my lines are fully wrapped up and I've got everything, you know, put away the way I want it to, I'm going to take this kite and I'm actually going to walk it off the beach so I can put it away and either grass or someplace where it's, you know, a nice soft or, you know, concrete even works, but you want to make sure there's nothing too rough on it or abrasive. But, most importantly, I want to make sure I get all this sand off of this kite before I put it away, otherwise, all it's going to do is just pretty much rub up in that kite when it's put away, act like sandpaper, and it just kind of takes out the stitching, you know, scuffs up the kite, just, really just poor maintenance to put it away with all of this. So, go ahead, I'm going to pick it up; I'm going to really shake it off. This sand here is really fine, so I've got to do my best to get all of it off because, you know, it can really harm the kite. You see, even though, it's already, I shook the living day lights out of it; it's still all over it. And I'm actually just going to have to take the whole thing off and just kind of brush it off with my hands. So, if it was windy enough, I could just pick the kite up like this, rotate it over, and it'd be floating right now off the ground, but it's not. So, I've actually got to hold the kite by one of the wing tips in a fashion that keeps it off the ground, and I'm going to go ahead and I'm going to walk off the beach with it and put it away, on some grass, hopefully. So, again, I'm taking the kite off the beach to make sure I can get all the sand off of it. Right now, things I've got to look out for are all these sort of, little dune area right here. I want to make sure I'm not getting any of my bridals or my kite snagged on any of it. So, because we live here, this is how we do it. I'm actually going to walk along the railings here, start on the right one and switch over once I'm past the sign. So, let's hope this one works. Normally there's wind to make the kite fly. Right now I'm going to have to do my best to do it on my own, so."
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