Poppers - Set of Six: 
I sold line laundry for thirty years. We made a lot of cool stuff. But Poppers were the best!
These line climbers were originally called “bumpershoots” because they looked like umbrellas. I changed the name after the sharp popping noise they made as one hit another going up and down the line.
Here’s how they work. Poppers are threaded onto your flying line. Send one up. Give it a moment and then send another. And then another. When the first Popper reaches the kite, the wind collapses it and it comes sliding down the line. It reaches the next one and with a “pop”, it collapses too! With enough line and good hands, you can send up half a dozen! They come down fast, but if you shake the line at the last minute, it slows and stops the whole bunch and you look really really good…
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Kitemaster Pete Rondeau was making these for me. But when he couldn’t keep up with demand, Premier began making them. They sold theirs for $42 each. Pete’s were made in solid colors and quite honestly, better than the production model. So this set is red, orange, yellow, green, blue purple. They are used but I’ll include our black dacron line and a wooden line winder for $125 plus shipping. All you need is a kite and some wind!
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