Author Archives: John Barresi

2005 East Coast Stunt Kite Championships – Day 5

What a great week it’s been here in Wildwood, getting to see all my old [...]

2005 East Coast Stunt Kite Championships – Day 4

Sunday was the final day of outdoor sport kite competition, and we’re headed into our [...]

2005 East Coast Stunt Kite Championships – Day 3

On the first day of sport kite competition at this year’s ECSKC, and with Rick [...]

2005 East Coast Stunt Kite Championships – Day 2

We’re officially underway!  Unlike yesterday’s conditions and despite scary forecasts for the last few days, [...]

2005 East Coast Stunt Kite Championships – Day 1

Welcome to Wildwood folks… I know we’re posting a day early but hey, we’re here [...]

Issue 41: From the Editor

Welcome to the 41st issue of Kitelife Magazine, almost exactly seven years after our first [...]

Issue 41: Letters to the Editor

We don’t hear from our visitors HARDLY enough, and are always thrilled to post comments [...]

Issue 41: Kite Party 3

With so many competitions and festivals around the country, Kite Party was created with the [...]

Issue 41: Review of Speedfoil RM10 by Premier Kites

Specifications Manufacturer: Premier Kites Model: RM10 Wingspan: 120″ Height: 24.5″ (spar to trailing edge) Type [...]

Issue 41: Review of Cherry Bomb by New Tech

Specifications Manufacturer: New Tech Kites Wingspan: 66″ (168cm) Height: 30″ (76cm) Type of kite: Entry [...]

Issue 40: From the Editor

It’s been a lonely winter holed up here in Oregon without any kite festivals to [...]

Issue 40: Letters to the Editor

We don’t hear from our visitors HARDLY enough, and are always thrilled to post comments [...]

Issue 40: Full Circle… Got Kites?

In the late 80s kiting saw the spread of home grown kite events around the [...]

Issue 40: Milking the Breeze (part 2)

This follow-up article brings us back to the subject of light wind flying techniques, except [...]

2005 KTAI Trade Show – Day 4

Knowing full well that things would be slow with all of the late night socials [...]

2005 KTAI Trade Show – Day 3

Time to fly! Today we finally put the “fliers” in “kitefliers” with most of the [...]

2005 KTAI Trade Show – Day 2

Off to another day at the races… With this being the first official day of [...]

2005 KTAI Trade Show – Day 1

Welcome to the Kite Trade Association’s annual trade show!  I know we’re a day early [...]

Issue 39: From the Editor

Coming ‘atcha! Welcome back for our latest issue of Kitelife… We keep trying to raise [...]

Issue 39: Letters to the Editor

We don’t hear from our visitors HARDLY enough, and are always thrilled to post comments [...]

Issue 39: ProFile: Dodd Gross

Back when I started flying in the early 90s, Dodd Gross already had a couple [...]