Author Archives: David Gomberg
Issue 62: Dave’s World
Balloons and kites don’t usually mix well. Balloon pilots prefer little or no wind so [...]
Oct
Issue 61: Dave’s World
I have to admit that I was a bit skeptical when our good friend Keith [...]
Aug
Issue 60: Dave’s World: Thailand
Twelve or so years ago, I was flying in Tasmania. The festival was winding down [...]
Jun
Issue 60: Dave’s World: Guam
Regular Update readers have heard me rave about Guam before. Think of the best elements [...]
Jun
Issue 59: Dave’s World: Hat Trick in Kuwait
Ever since the Mega Kite Series was first started, we’ve been dreaming of the chance [...]
Apr
Issue 58: Dave’s World
I keep hearing that the good festivals are slipping away and that few gatherings seem [...]
Feb
Issue 57: Dave’s World: Down to South Africa
Susan and I are just back from South Africa. This was our fourth trip to [...]
Dec
Issue 56: Dave’s World: Livin large in lunen
Mike Agner and I are just back from the huge German festival of Lunen. What [...]
Sep
Issue 55: Dave’s World: Weifang Kite Museum
The first time I visited the International Kite Museum in Weifang was back in 1989. [...]
Aug
Issue 54: Dave’s World: Berck
The sun beamed out of a beautiful blue sky Saturday morning, and as the wind [...]
Jun
Issue 53: Dave’s World
Saturday afternoon, a frigid wind was blowing across the ice in Clear Lake Iowa. Kiters [...]
Apr
Issue 52: Dave’s World
There aren’t a lot of exciting kite trips in December and early January. So when [...]
Feb
Issue 51: Dave’s World: The Whistling Cities of Nantong
I’m flying home today after five days in Nantong, China — home of the exquisite [...]
Dec
Issue 51: Dave’s World: The Highs and Lows of Being a Kite Celebrity
I’m pretty certain there was a sign somewhere on the table that said “Look out [...]
Dec
Issue 50: Dave’s World: Three Beautiful Days in Dieppe
The international kite festival in Dieppe France is clearly one of the great kite gatherings [...]
Oct
Issue 50: Dave’s World: Kiting in South Africa
As we travel our exciting planet, Susan and I observe that kiting “success” is relative. [...]
Oct
Issue 49: Dave’s World: Lincoln City Summer Festival
Susie and I are used to driving to the airport on kite weekends. So it [...]
Aug
Issue 48: Dave’s World: Weymouth
Hugh Blowers summed it up the first day. “There’s all the wind you need”, he [...]
Jun
Issue 47: Dave’s World
We arrived in Bangkok at midnight – eight road-weary Americans and twenty huge bags of [...]
Apr
Issue 46: Dave’s World: KTAI
We’re traveling home today from sunny Florida where we’ve spent the past week at the [...]
Feb
Issue 45: Dave’s World
Kids. What can we do with them at our events? I’ve see all kids of [...]
Dec