Author Archives: John Barresi

Waning Blue Moon (updated 10/18/17)

We’ve just come across some very sad news for the kiting community! It would appear [...]

Wind Map

While cruising the kite forums, I came across this link to a windmap put together [...]

Used kites, but not forgotten…

Looking for a good place to buy, sell or trade used kites? Whether you’re on [...]

Kite Flying with Intent

After six plus years of doing sport kite workshops and clinics (both dual and quad [...]

Kite Party X

The tenth annual Kite Party (KP) in Huntington Beach (CA) was held on March 10-11 [...]

2012 Revoclinic Gandia

Just over four years ago, I had some good discussions with Tonet (Team Bolau) by [...]

Keeping Focus

As we covered in our recent Kites… Life column, the very popular Focus Kites (Paul [...]

Kites… Life: New Horizons

A long strange road, but the sun is rising! Please bear with me as I’m [...]

2012 Festi-Vent sur Glace

It’s safe to say we were initially hesitant when we got an email about going [...]

Issue 81: Kites… Life.

New kites to look out for… The SuperFly After working with Carl Robertshaw for many [...]

Issue 81: Hydrodynamics and Kites

Where wind meets water, flying through the barrier… First, a couple of big disclaimers… One [...]

Issue 81: Around the Bend

What is dogstaking, or “reverse flying”? A little history When I started flying, it was [...]

Issue 80: From the Editor

From the Editor While some of the world is just gearing up for their kiting [...]

Issue 80: Kites… Life.

Where are we, and where are we going? Here we are again, this time for [...]

Issue 80: AKA Grand Nationals

The convention returns to Wildwood! Traditionally, we’ve done daily updates from the American Kitefliers Association [...]

Issue 79: From the Editor

From the Editor It’s been a great year thus far and we’re now past the [...]

Issue 79: Kites… Life.

Singapore is booming! For the past 3-4 years I’ve been observing a modern kiting phenomenon [...]

Issue 79: Indoor Flying Fiesta

NTUC INCOME Kite Festival Singapore When I was first contacted about an event an indoor [...]

Issue 78: From the Editor

Wow, seventy-eight issues! It always fills me with nostalgia, a lot of memories (both personal [...]

Issue 78: Kites… Life.

Changing the game From the beginning of sport kite competition (circa 1987), participants were very [...]

Issue 78: What is Virtual Freestyle?

Video kite competition, online! We’ve been watching Virtual Freestyle (VF) with great interest since the [...]