Author Archives: Kitelife Archive

Issue 52: Windless Kite Festival (gallery)

Issue 51: Featured Store (Gomberg Kites)

Each month we’ll be featuring one of the fine retailers who have been so supportive [...]

Issue 50: Featured Store: WindPower Sports

Each month we’ll be featuring one of the fine retailers who have been so supportive [...]

Issue 50: ProFile: Jon Trennepohl

Jon Trennepohl has been around sport kiting for a while…  And if you’ve not had [...]

Issue 50: ProFile: Carl Robertshaw

One of the true greats of kiting, Carl has definitely made his mark in kiting [...]

2006 Washington State Intl Kite Festival (WSIKF): Daily Updates – Day 6

Yep, this one’s late… Couldn’t be helped, however. After nine days on the road, the [...]

2006 Washington State Intl Kite Festival (WSIKF): Daily Updates – Day 5

Today was a most interesting day that started out with a 7:00 AM wake-up call. [...]

2006 Washington State Intl Kite Festival (WSIKF): Daily Updates – Day 4

WOW, what a day! It all started with a 6:45 alarm, followed by the extra [...]

2006 Washington State Intl Kite Festival (WSIKF): Daily Updates – Day 3

Thursday… “Handcrafted Comprehensive Competition,” the program says, and further mentions that the rules and guidelines [...]

2006 Washington State Intl Kite Festival (WSIKF): Daily Updates – Day 2

Wednesday kicked off with a heavy bit of the classic northwest ocean mist we get [...]

2006 Washington State Intl Kite Festival (WSIKF): Daily Updates – Day 1

Welcome to WSIKF! We arrived around 10pm on Sunday night, after driving up directly from [...]

Issue 49: Featured Store: Into The Wind

Each month we’ll be featuring one of the fine retailers who have been so supportive [...]

Issue 48: Featured Store: Cutting Edge

Each month we’ll be featuring one of the fine retailers who have been so supportive [...]

Issue 48: Empty Spaces

Bill (Pa) Burley March 19, 2006 Pa Burley will be sorely missed in our lives… [...]

Issue 48: Snowkite World Championship

Welcome to the 2006 Snowkite World Championship in Vadsø. The riders are now competing for [...]

Issue 48: Midwest Area Kitemakers Retreat (gallery)

Photos by Grant Lovett, Ron Schwartz, Rick Agar, and the Larkey Family

Issue 48: Weifang Intl Kite Festival (gallery)

Photos by Chris Shultz, Doug Mullins, & Kitelife

Issue 48: Berck Intl Kite Festival (gallery)

Photos by John Barresi & David Hathaway

2006 World Sport Kite Championships: Day 5

With a little wariness we woke up this morning, hoping to not here the howling [...]

2006 World Sport Kite Championships: Day 4

High winds and land sailers on the beach last night, gave some preview of what [...]

2006 World Sport Kite Championships: Day 3

Somewhere in this sleepy little town, in a small shop along Rue Carnot, there is [...]