Author Archives: Dave Shattuck

Issue 70: Windless Kite Festival

Yeah, we’re on the road again, this time to the 9th Annual “Windless” Indoor Kite [...]

Issue 70: Windless Kite Festival Gallery

Photos by Dave Shattuck

Issue 68: Kite Poems

Our friend Luis Claris Skoczdopole is a retired Plastic Surgeon living in the Penthouse of [...]

Issue 68: Washington State Intl Kite Festival (WSIKF)

The Washington State International Kite Festival (WSIKF) – An absolutely GREAT one this year… WSKIF!!! [...]

Issue 67: Southern Oregon Kite Festival

Yeah, it seems strange… I’ve been doing Kite Festivals for Kitelife for a fair number [...]

Issue 67: Lincoln City Summer Festival

Yep. We’re on the road again… but this one’s almost a “local” – just a [...]

Issue 66: ProFile: Chris Goff

Dubbed “petite phenom” by some of his French competitors early on, Chris Goff has earned [...]

Issue 65: ProFile: Paul de Bakker

I first had the pleasure of meeting Paul de Bakker nearly four years ago in [...]

Issue 65: Spring Kite Tune Up

Well… it’s here – officially anyway. SPRING!!! Yeah, some folks are still knee-deep in that [...]

Issue 64: Windless Kite Festival

This little indoor festival is in it’s EIGHTH year… …and getting better every year, too! [...]

Issue 63: Wind Party in Buenos Aires

There is a wide variety in Kite Festivals. Some are small local celebrations, meant only [...]

Issue 61: ProFile: Joe Hadzicki

Tell us a bit about growing up in a family that’s so heavily involved in [...]

Issue 61: Lincoln City Summer Fest

Yep, I’m headed back to Lincoln City again.  This place kinda feels like “home away [...]

Issue 60: Skagit Valley Tulip Festival

Well, we sometimes find ourselves flying kites in strange places. But the place where Team [...]

Issue 60: Lincoln City Indoor Kite Festival

Yep – we’re headin’ off to the Lincoln City Indoor Kite Festival again. Sure, we’ll [...]

Issue 59: Windless Kite Festival

Yeah – Kite-fests come in all shapes, sizes, and flavors…  From the “biggies” like the [...]

Issue 59: Up The River Indoor

Yep, it’s another Indoor Festival.  Seems like that’s about all a kiteflier gets to do [...]

Issue 58: Goin’ Across the River to KTAI

Somehow, this just doesn’t feel right…  I mean, this IS a “kiting” event, right? And [...]

Issue 58: Wind Party 2007

I’ve been at this a few years now, and I’ve had a chance to learn [...]

Issue 57: ProFile of Heads Up Kites

Did you happen to read the ProFile of Pam Kirk and Mike Dennis in the [...]

Issue 57: ProFile: John Freeman

As Kitelife grows in readership, we’ve tried to keep looking for ways to expand the [...]