Author Archives: John Barresi
Issue 39: ProFile with Barry “Bazzer” Poulter
One our favorite characters in kiting may be best known for his very colorful personality [...]
Dec
Issue 39: Milking the Breeze
Now to touch on one of the most challenging aspects of kite flying, light or [...]
Dec
Issue 39: AKA Grand Nationals
If there is one event that I try and make a point of always attending, [...]
Dec
2004 AKA Convention – Day 6
Welcome to the last day of our 27th annual convention… The morning brought more seminars [...]
Oct
2004 AKA Convention – Day 5
After finding some much needed coffee, I wandered over to the convention center yet again [...]
Oct
2004 AKA Convention – Day 4
Finally, a day off… After being tied to the sport kite competition fields for my [...]
Oct
2004 AKA Convention – Day 3
Good day, good flight… Workshops continued this morning, while many of yesterday’s competitors were scanning [...]
Oct
2004 AKA Convention – Day 2
Hello and welcome to another day of the AKA Convention! Today we had the first [...]
Oct
2004 AKA Convention – Day 1
Drum roll please… Oh yes ladies and gentlemen, the American Kitefliers Association annual Convention is [...]
Oct
Issue 38: From the Editor
Hello and welcome back for issue 38 of Kitelife! We’re especially proud of this month’s [...]
Oct
Issue 38: Letters to the Editor
Having been a part of the greater kiting family for so long now, I always [...]
Oct
Issue 38: ProFile with the Bay Area Sundowners
When I started flying in August of 1990, I stumbled into my first kite festival [...]
Oct
Issue 38: Washington State International Kite Festival
For years I had heard all about WSIKF, but never made it having been a [...]
Oct
Issue 38: Berkeley Kite Festival
Having first picked up a kite in the bay area, I always make a point [...]
Oct
2004 Washington State International Kite Festival – Day 8
This has been a truly amazing festival, and I’m sorry to say that this is [...]
Aug
2004 Washington State International Kite Festival – Day 7
Saturday opened with the classic fog often found in the Northwest, with my money on [...]
Aug