Founded by the late Mike Gillard in April of 1998; Kitelife was created with the desire to provide a professional and effective kiting publication, going so far as to be awarded the Kite Trade Association's "Best Website" award in 1999. With Mike's vision driving the way, we've featured some of the most notable and respected authors, performers and kite makers in the world.

We'd like ot think that Kitelife has helped to fill the vacuum left with the extinction of amazing full color print publications such as American Kite Magazine, Kite Lines and Stunt Kite Quarterly.

In January of 2003, Mike teamed up with John Barresi to take this resource to its next level... Having spent the 1997 sport kite season flying together on Captain Eddie's Flying Circus to a National Championship, John shared the same desire to contribute to kiting through promotion, education and stimulation in his role as Webmaster of Kitelife.

With Mike's taking over Editorship of the AKA's Kiting Magazine in the few years following, full ownership of Kitelife was fully assumed by John effective August 1st of 2003 in order to carry KL on to new heights... Our services and readership is growing by leaps and bounds each month, and we look forward to even more!

Over the past several years, Kitelife has expanded it's offerings to include archiving out of print publications such as Stunt Kite Quarterly and Kite Lines, both competition and demonstration sport kite videos, and an online community where kite enthusiasts from all over the world can interact, exchange knowledge and learn.

Additionally, Kitelife has become very involved in web site design for key businesses and organizations throughout kiting, assisting with and facilitating kite promotion in an increasingly internet-educated world.

Kitelife Mission

1. To maintain an un-biased, open media resource and communication portal for kite clubs, festivals, fliers, kite makers and spectators worldwide.
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2. To document and share kiting through superior event reporting, interviews, history and general information whenever possible.
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3. To archive historic publications and multimedia in an effort to preserve the tapestry woven by kiting over the course of history.
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4. To focus only on the upward and outward promotion and philosophy of kiting as a whole, while reaching out to fliers, clubs and leagues worldwide.
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5. To promote fliers, teams and festivals from within the industry, from all walks of kiting, and to acknowledge those that are a part of the tapestry itself.
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6. To provide a evenly moderated conduit, forum and well-balanced point of communication for all walks and facets of kiting.
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7. To help bring attention to the many types of modern and traditional kiting through communication and outreach to the global media such as newspaper, magazine and television.
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8. To cover Kitelife operations and growth through moderated advertising, raffles, essential services, and festival promotion in a specific, non-intrusive and bold fashion.

If you feel that Kitelife is not staying true to these principles, we always encourage readers and supporters to contact us with a direct and sincere description of the issue at hand while sharing any ideas you have on how to improve on our services... We usually respond by email within 48 hours unless called away to a festival or are under a deadline for our bi-monthly issue, but you will get a reply respectably quick in any case as I care deeply about the quality of service that we bring to our readers.

As always, we welcome content submissions from our readers for use in Kitelife Magazine, and encourage you to share your experiences, sharing your knowledge with others who might find the same passion.

   Sincerely yours,

   
    Editor/Publisher
    Kitelife Magazine