Author Archives: Hans Jansen op de Haar

Issue 62: Eurocup 2008

Once again kites shaded the beach of Scheveningen. For the 30th time the old fisherman’s [...]

Issue 50: Oostende Kite Festival

“Happy rotor hour” ? No, it isn’t a helicopter demonstration. It is one of the [...]

Issue 49: Guiyang Kite Festival

?And never the two will meet”? There are many, very different kite festivals around the [...]

Issue 41: Judging with Hans

Warning – A word of warning to begin with, this is not a recipe for [...]

Issue 39: Judging the Judges

Why should we judge the Judges? Competition is done, scores are posted, who cares? The [...]

Issue 6: World Cup Perspective

As with all serious events and festivals, good and timely preparations are essential. So for [...]

Issue 5: World Cup Preview

World Cup 1998 promises to be a special one. It will be part of one [...]

Issue 2: Unified Rulebook Proposal

[box style=”rounded” border=”full”]Editor’s Note- For the six years that I have been involved in sportkite [...]