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Stunt Kite Quarterly

Welcome to the SKQ web archives! Published from 1988 to 1993 by Cris Batdorff and family, Stunt Kite Quarterly packed into each issue more dedicated sport kite information and competition coverage than any other magazine in history and featured some of the most prolific and renowned kite writers such as Lee Sedgwick, Al Hargus, Bob Hanson, Roger Chewning, Andy King, and many others.

With such a rich and deep tapestry of our history hidden away in personal collections for so long, we here at Kitelife felt it to be of the utmost importance to make the pages of SKQ available yet again in nearly original format... After a great deal of consideration, we decided to include all advertisments as well to illustrate the history and evolution of sport kiting with full accuracy.

On the next page you'll find a link to the Kitelife Forum, where we encourage you to exchange your ideas regarding SKQ or any other topic.

Each issue took our editorial staff between four and eight hours to convert to searchable PDF format, and is now available as a complete collection... Please read the disclaimer below before proceeding.


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Although you may see subscription information throughout these archived issues of these publications, no further issues have been or will be made and thus a subscription is not required... However, if you would like to contribute and support Kitelife's generous hosting and electronic archival efforts we encourage you to subscribe to Kitelife.

Many of the advertisers you will see in these archived pages may no longer be in business, and/or products may no longer be available.

The publishers of Kite Lines, Stunt Kite Quarterly, Kitelife, and their constituents are not responsible for any outdated information and are providing this service strictly as a contribution to kiting as a whole... Readers also maintain sole responsibility for their use of information herein, and for any attempted contact with former Kite Lines advertisers or featured individuals, teams, clubs and associations.

All issues in part or in whole have been reprinted in PDF format with express permission and blessings from the former editor-publisher of Kite Lines, Valerie Govig, Stunt Kite Quarterly and Susan Batdorff, and may not be distributed outside of Kitelife or reproduced in whole or in part (except for personal use), without express written permission from both parties.

The publications available in this electronic format may not be used to directly generate profit in any way, and is available free of charge to the public thanks to the original publishers.


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