These represent the more traditional kites many of us are familiar with, flown on a single string and often flown with tails, although the kites available today are notoriously more stable and easier to fly than the old "newspaper and stick" kites you might remember from your youth.

Among the various single line genres, some of the most popular types fall under the classification of Flat, Bowed, Box or Cellular, Delta, Sled, Foil, Rotor or Compound, each using a different shape and frame to achieve a different look or performance in the wind.