Axel II The second way to learn the Axel and the way i learned is this, fly the kite to the edge of the window to the point where the kite starts to stall as the pressure on the sail drops, as you feel the kite slowing down pull on the INSIDE line to start the nose of the kite turning upwards, as the wing tips become parallel to the ground pop with the OUTSIDE hand (to initiate the flat spin) and return the hands to a neutral position and be prepared to move forward to provide enough slack to complete the trick. The way i learned the Axel was to break it down into stages (left to right, turn up, pop, slack) as it was on the edge of the window things were alot slower, as i progressed i turned these stages into a single flowing movement. Once you have the Axel nailed on the edge of the window start moving it towarsd the centre of the window until you can do a nice flowing , flat axel , mid-window in a reasonable wind.