John Barresi

KiteMail.com (our free email service) may be CLOSING.

Leaving at 1:30pm, landing in DC at 1am, should hit Wildwood around 6am or so (allowing for stops)... See you soon, looking forward to a long weekend of play and competition!

made it to San Antonio with TK, driving down to SPI now... Arrival around 9pm or so.

May Rev Clinic - didn't GE many shots yesterday, will try to get more today... GREAT so far, the new curriculum is working very well and the students are all grins.

Montreal Kite Festival

Next Mexicoach back to the US, one hour.

Off to Delta Park for our PDX New Years Fly, yay! Spence, Bazzer, us and a bunch of other folks... No rain (1st time in 3 years), wind, going to be cold but fun!

Off to see our friends down under... PDX > LAX > Brisbane, 2 hrs for first flight, 4 hrs waiting at LAX, 14 hrs to Oz.

Oh boy... It's the big day, going in for the real work today... Please send me good vibes, wish me success.

Oh man, what a $&@%# amazing day on Antelope Island... Light wind for much of it, but the highlights kept on coming...

Ohhhh, great day in Seaside... Spent 3-4 hours on my new dual line today, glassy smooth 5-10 mph winds, just perfect at AKAGN!

Ohhhhh yeah, best sushi in Portland... Dieski Kashiwagi-san, oyshi katta, arigato!

One hour twenty minutes early for Prince, and line is already over two blocks long (we're block and a half) - small capacity of 1400, should be a great show... Cold out here, hope they open the doors soon!

One year down, many to go.

Only because there are so many photos posted from our visit to Singapore now, I'm moved to issue a clarifying statement... The North American group (Steve, Spencer, TK and myself) do NOT endorse The "King of Kites" company or their activities... We made a surprise visit to their store yesterday, and were saddened to find FOUR PAGES of Rev copies in their catalog.

Out for dinner, pretty popular joint.

Phew, it's a cold one here in Portland today... Less than 2 weeks ago, I was sweating my butt off in Malaysia - total climate shock. :/

Pleased to report that I flew too much today to take a single photo at the clinic.

Question to those who were at the Oceanic bar on Sat night at AKAGN in Wildwood and watching the Dennis band perform... Who was on drums? I was in poor shape at that point and can't recall, any help would be appreciated.

So, who's up for meeting at the usual Mission Bay Park flying (SDKC) spot on Saturday?

Sunday flying at Mission Bay Park is 90% go... Headed back to Tijuana on Sat to have my permanent crowns and bridge put in, will have to confirm the last 10% on Sat afternoon just in case anything odd happens.

The fate of KITEMAIL has been decided, read on...

The forum reorganization and tweaking is going well, I'm really happy with it so far... Now it's mostly a matter of moving all the old magazine content over, likely to take me the better part of a year.

The Japanese contingent arrives in Brisbane!

Thoughts of love and appreciation to Kenji Ueda, lost to us on 9/6/11 (Japan time)... Rest well friend, thank you for the time with us.