Author Archives: Dave Shattuck

Issue 51: Camas Indoor

Okay, where to start with this one? Gosh, I don’t know. This is the very [...]

2006 AKA Convention: Day 5

Wow, it’s Friday already… This convention is nearly over – and we’re all having so [...]

2006 AKA Convention: Day 4

Thursday at the 29th AKA Convention and Grand National Competitions is kind of a day [...]

2006 AKA Convention: Day 2

Okay, if yesterday was the start of the 29th AKA Convention – then today was [...]

2006 AKA Convention: Day 1

And so it begins! The 29th Annual American Kitefliers Convention, in Des Moines, Iowa. Like [...]

Issue 50: Kites… Life.

The Equation is: Kites + Life = Kitelife. Pretty simple, eh? Well, maybe… but it [...]

Issue 50: Orting Kite Festival

All right everyone… The 2006 AKA Competition Season is finally over, and we’re all nearly [...]

Issue 50: Summer Heat

After you’re into a competition season for a while, every event you attend begins to [...]

Issue 50: Whidbey Island Kite Festival

Well, we’re off again – headed north this time, off to the annual Whidbey Island [...]

Issue 49: Kids Day at WSIKF

We all pay our “lip service.” Everybody says it: KITES are for KIDS of all [...]

Issue 49: A Day at Vanier

Well, normally I’m excited, even energized, by a road-trip to a kite festival… Maybe it [...]

Issue 49: Northwest SKC

Here we go AGAIN! On the Road to “My Next New Adventure!” Yeah – headed [...]

Issue 49: Ocean Shores International Kite Challenge

Well… I’m off to a kite fest again.  This Friday night, I’m headed for the [...]

Issue 49: Westport Windriders Festival

I suppose I go to enough kite festivals now that I’m getting somewhat jaded by [...]

Issue 48: Lincoln City Indoor Festival

Simply put, the Lincoln City Oregon Visitors and Conventions Bureau (VCB) puts on a dandy [...]

Issue 48: Cutting Edge Spring Fling

You know, for many of us – attending / participating in kiting events is just [...]

Issue 48: WKM Sport Kite Workshop

All right, so we find ourselves loading the kite-van on Friday morning, May 11th – [...]

Issue 47: TBA or not TBA?

Discussion around the Kitelife Office: Okay – Kitelife Magazine is supposed to be all about [...]

Issue 44: ProFile with Gayle Woodul

One of our favorite kite personalities, this fiery Texan has proven she’s a force to [...]

Issue 44: REVisions: Beyond the Basics

For more summers than not over the last 8 years, my life at WSIKF (link) [...]

Issue 43: ProFile with Brian Champie

I first met Brian Champie at Kite Party #1 in Huntington Beach.  This big Teddy-Bear [...]