Balloons and kites don’t usually mix well. Balloon pilots prefer little or no wind so [...]
I have to admit that I was a bit skeptical when our good friend Keith [...]
Twelve or so years ago, I was flying in Tasmania. The festival was winding down [...]
Regular Update readers have heard me rave about Guam before. Think of the best elements [...]
Ever since the Mega Kite Series was first started, we’ve been dreaming of the chance [...]
I keep hearing that the good festivals are slipping away and that few gatherings seem [...]
Susan and I are just back from South Africa. This was our fourth trip to [...]
Mike Agner and I are just back from the huge German festival of Lunen. What [...]
The first time I visited the International Kite Museum in Weifang was back in 1989. [...]
The sun beamed out of a beautiful blue sky Saturday morning, and as the wind [...]
Saturday afternoon, a frigid wind was blowing across the ice in Clear Lake Iowa. Kiters [...]
There aren’t a lot of exciting kite trips in December and early January. So when [...]
I’m flying home today after five days in Nantong, China — home of the exquisite [...]
I’m pretty certain there was a sign somewhere on the table that said “Look out [...]
The international kite festival in Dieppe France is clearly one of the great kite gatherings [...]
As we travel our exciting planet, Susan and I observe that kiting “success” is relative. [...]
Susie and I are used to driving to the airport on kite weekends. So it [...]
Hugh Blowers summed it up the first day. “There’s all the wind you need”, he [...]
We arrived in Bangkok at midnight – eight road-weary Americans and twenty huge bags of [...]
We’re traveling home today from sunny Florida where we’ve spent the past week at the [...]
Kids. What can we do with them at our events? I’ve see all kids of [...]