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We’re glad to be your Worldwide Kite Partner and won’t waste time with a lot of pretty words and fluff, instead we’ll just let you know KiteLife® is completely owned and operated by full time kite flyers as a nexus and general resource for those who enjoy either recreational or hardcore kite flying with single, dual or quad line kites, indoors or out… The vast majority of this website is also FREE TO USE, thanks to our official KiteLife Subscribers and Site Sponsors who generously support our efforts.
That’s the whole pitch, so I invite you to browse our resources below and via the navigation links at the top of this page!
John Barresi – Owner
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As thanks for helping support our efforts to keep this resource alive, subscribers receive the following benefits:
- Automatic prize drawings every 4-6 weeks
- Access to our full archive of Kite Tutorials
- Special forum recognition
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Kite Tutorials
Browse the most highly acclaimed kite tutorials available online, with over 30 tutorials (roughly half are FREE TO VIEW) all composed to take the pain out of advancing on indoor and outdoor quadline kites – get your Whump on!
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We have an ever expanding assortment of quality kite products, services and memorabilia in our online shop including handmade precision accessories like quad tuning leaders and bridles, sail upgrades, stickers and more!
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Kite Magazine (Archived)
Editor's Picks(view all)
- How does Kite Competition Evolve? (3/17/2013)
- Working the Wind Window (9/26/2012)
- Radio Equipment for Team Flying (7/31/2012)
- When it Becomes a Kite Routine (6/28/2012)
- Kite Flying with Intent (3/30/2012)
- Modding a Rev Indoor (3/1/2012)
- The Glider Craze (2/15/2012)
- Issue 81: Hydrodynamics and Kites (12/1/2011)
- Issue 81: Around the Bend (12/1/2011)
- Issue 77: KiteMap.org (where to fly kites) (4/1/2011)
- Issue 40: Milking the Breeze (part 2) (2/1/2005)
- Issue 39: Milking the Breeze (12/1/2004)
Kite Plans(view all)
- Some Fodder for Creativity (12/28/2012)
- Issue 71: Kite Plan – Crowell Cross Deck (4/1/2010)
- Issue 71: Kite Plan – Stacked Deltas (4/1/2010)
- Issue 70: Kite Plan – Tekaweya (2/1/2010)
- Issue 70: Kite Plan – Ohashi’s No-Bridle Kites (2/1/2010)
- Issue 65: Kite Plan: The “Sedgwickcube” (4/1/2009)
- Issue 51: What are you flying? Oh, nothing. (12/1/2006)
- Issue 45: The Original Eddy Kite (12/1/2005)
- Issue 45: Flying Nun Kite Plan (12/1/2005)
- Issue 38: Tangler Fighter Kite Plans (10/1/2004)
How Tos(view all)
- Videos: Kite Making by Kieron Jansch (1-3) (2/11/2012)
- Issue 58: Multiple Sport Kite Flying III (2/1/2008)
- Issue 46: REVisions: Bicycle, Bicycle! (2/1/2006)
- Issue 46: Applique – How do they do it? (2/1/2006)
- Issue 42: Laminating a Bamboo Spine (6/1/2005)
- Issue 40: Milking the Breeze (part 2) (2/1/2005)
- Issue 39: Milking the Breeze (12/1/2004)
- Issue 38: Bruce Lambert’s Tips – Adjusting a fighter kite for optimum performance! (10/1/2004)
- Issue 38: Tangler Fighter Kite Plans (10/1/2004)
- Issue 31: Crossing Lines (8/1/2003)
