John Barresi

From David Gomberg: It is difficult for me to write all of you with this devastating news. Mike Gillard died unexpectedly earlier today. His family found him at home. They believe he suffered a heart attack. As you know, Mike was one of the pillars of AKA and a major contributor to making contemporary kiting what it is today.In addition to being the driving force behind the new Kiting Magazine, he has chaired our Sport Kite Committee, was principle architect in the development of our sport kite rules and the center spoke of the global cooperation in sport kite competition. Mike was Chief Judge for the World Sport Kite Championships last year, and was scheduled to serve as Chief Judge at the new international completions in Weifang China this April. He was a dear, dear friend. I'm in touch with the family and will get you news about further support. Damn. Lift a glass tonight to a good guy who worked hard to spread the joy. dg - - - Many of you know, Mike was the founder of Kitelife... A good friend of mine for many years now, and a former teammate on the World Cup team Captain Eddie's Flying Circus in 1997. I'm a bit speechless at the moment, but wanted to pass this on through our forum.

Hehehehe... Drawing is fast approaching.

I'll be putting something on really long lines... Either my VIP, or the Wren. What color is yours? I'll need something in the blue/black spectrum. Guessing 25-30' lines, depending on how much clutter there is around the "field".

Music was emailed to me.

558... Hoowah!

Hehehehe... 474 mph, got my manhood back.

Damn, Shannon just banked 392 mph! Looks like I need more practice at spanking the Monk.

Oh yeah... Topping out at 374 mph... Can't seem to find that original post on this forum with our high scores.

2,146 viewings on Egan's video in February alone, up through today... AMAZING! A paltry 1,034 on mine.

Man, that water music is so slow and untextured... Going to have to come up with a dual line kite that is sufficiently floaty and slow.

Yeah, I been around a while... Yours truly, from the 1991 Northwest Stunt Kite Championships: Courtesy of Mike Pederson (of Team RamJet fame)!

Hi Bram, the Sweety is one of my favorite indoor kites... I'll have to try that!

Sent the members access info to your Hotmail address Penny.

They're different Penny... I'll look it up and email it. FYI - 2006 Up the River Festival video has been added to the members archive!

The KL subscribers vid for UTR06 is on it's way to the members section... I left out my patented "nut sheller" move, had to preserve what little dignity I have left. Check the subscribers section in about 20 minutes or so.

Ooo, 3 pictures of me will kill their circulation for sure!

I have no contact info for Maddy, sorry.

We've just added two more exclusive videos to our subscriber section, featuring medley footage from both the South Padre Island Kite Festival and St. Augustine SKC Tricks Party USA event in 2006... If you're a member, you have free and immediate access to both of these vids in our members section: http://www.kitelife.com/members If you're not already a subscriber, you can sign up here: http://www.kitelife.com/subscribe Hope you enjoy the vids, we'll be adding more soon!

I don't know about that exact kite, but here is one of the foremost mini kite sites on the web... Plans are there too: http://miniatures.kitingusa.com/ Edited your email address so spam bots don't pick it up.

And I'll have to remember not to fly on frayed lines.

Hear hear! Stephanie looked awesome when I saw her on the Indoor Rev late in the day on Sunday, she might giving Monkey a run for his money... We'll get her out there yet.

All taken in context Jason, your sentiment is understood and appreciated. The only hurdle here is time and assistance... Mini-tutorials (ala RandyG) have been on my to do list for several months, but I currently don't have the time between various organizational roles, travel, competition, personal life and work on Kitelife. I hope to do it sooner than later... And would probably put them in the subscriber's section, all things considered.

Yeah, he scored an 88 if I remember right.

*snicker*

Nothing for clockwork yet... There's more to it than text can tell, really requires some video... It's on my long list of projects.