John Barresi

Nothing in Portland that I'm aware of... It's a pretty quiet town for kites these days. Please, let me know if I'm wrong.

I hate to say it, but I had to use copy/paste... I couldn't even log into the "edit" portion of my messages, and had to do it old school from the post itself.

Also worth checking out is Goodwinds Kites, they have an extensive collection of kite making materials as well... Also, they are one of our sponsors. http://www.goodwindskites.com/merch/list.s...acing.shockcord

Hehehe... How'd you guess?

Just to let you know, KL has on the shelf for upcoming prizes: 3x AKA Convention DVDs 2x 12-foot inflatable Octopus kites 2x authentic Indian fighter packages with Manja 1x Revolution I Sedgwick series w/handles We can look foward to some nice fighter packages from One World Kites in the near future as well.

Greetings, I use Zone Alarm 3 as a firewall against hackers, cookies, etc... When I went into the preferences, I found that I could add kitelife.com/forum and mail.kitelife.com as 100% acceptable URLs to accept cookies from... While still blocking 3rd parties and malicious code. Since I did this, the "View New Post" resets when I leave and come back... And the forum remembers me so I don't have to log back in every time. Please confirm or challenge this discovery.

Everything seems to working now, except for "View New Posts" which will not reset and remove posts once they are viewed, and you return and come back. Please actively let me know what issues you are still running into. Your help is appreciated.

Feel free to post those pictures now... Upload should be working fine.

Here's me and Ray Bethell in 1994, Honolulu Hawaii... The last Hawaii Challenge ever held, picture at bottom. I was 18, I'm now 28... This first picture was taken October of 2002, AKA Grand Nationals in Ocean City MD.

As some of you may have noticed, there are two persistant issues with the forum right now... 1. Log in does not "remember" you when you leave and come back. 2. New posts do not reset once they're viewed, and have to marked as read manually. I am testing and working on the forum cookies, which might be the issue. Thanks for your patience!

Interesting... If you find a web site for Boreal and still want to share the kite with readers here, be sure and post it as even the Kitebuilder link you added requires a log in with user name and password. I'm indifferent, but wanted to make sure you knew.

Nifty technique... Nice and streamlined. FYI Richard, I'm over in the Hawthorne District of Portland.

By all means Terry... Go ahead and post that one, as you're clearly going to credit KL with the message. You'll need to save the photo to your computer, then upload it to Kitebuilder... When people click on the link you put here, it asks for a Subscriber user name and password. Thanks for the video props... It tickled me pink that so much of the footage choreographed so easily with the musical track... And I thought the music was so appropriate!

I should have Progcraft fixed up... ? Kram, if you could send me your preferred user name and password for the Subscriber's area I'll set it as such. Not sure what the issue is, but you two just popped off the password list... It's an independent database, and can't influence the rest of your activity here at KL while I check on the problem. Once you're in it takes minute to load up, even on DSL or comparable... The MPG file is 38.2MB and generally won't start in IE until it's all downloaded.

In my own dated experience with Revs I have found almost every one needs a tightening of the sail after awhile... Particularly when flown in bigger winds. I pull it taught and retie the bunji, not so I'm stretching the sail further... Just taking all the slack out when the end caps are back on. I usually call it quits when the end corner of the sail starts to pull past the end cap, then it's an autograph kite so I can have all the famous kitefliers out there sign it. An old unconfirmed rumor... I've heard Revolution may have some kind of deal where when the sail is just totally stretched and gone, they'll exchange it for a new sail... This may just be an old kite's tail[i/], but worth checking into.

For those of you that don't know, Kitelife is host to the largest collections of sport kite competition and demonstration footage available online... As of 6/26/09 we host over 425 video files of Masters class routines and demonstrations from individuals, pairs and teams. Demo/Comp - http://kitelife.com/forum/index.php?app=downloads&showcat=1 Tutorials - http://kitelife.com/forum/index.php?app=downloads&showcat=105

With such a rich and deep tapestry of our history hidden away in personal collections for so long, we here at Kitelife felt it to be of the utmost importance to make the pages of SKQ available yet again in nearly original format... With the SKQ publisher's consent, we are doing just that. Began by Cris Batdorff, SKQ published it's first issue in the Summer of 1988... Included were articles from places like Hawaii, New Jersey, Texas, San Francisco and Chicago, as well as specific tip sections from renowned kite fliers and innovators from such greats as Lee Sedgwick (above). Each issue took our editor between four and eight hours to convert to searchable PDF format, and are being released every other month (if not sooner) starting January 1st, 2004. After a great deal of consideration, we also decided to include all advertisments as well to illustrate the history and evolution of sport kiting with full accuracy. The SKQ archives are absolutely free to view, are somewhat large at 12MB each or so, and should be available on CD as an entire collection by year's end. Check out what we have so far: http://kitelife.com/forum/index.php?autoco...amp;showcat=113

We'd like to hear your opinions and input on issue 34 of Kitelife... Praise or critique, we have broad shoulders and want to grow for the better. What did you like, what didn't you like? Please share, and tell us about it!

For those of you who are Kitelife Subscribers, make sure to check out the video collage we created from our trip to this year's Uttarayan Festival in Ahmedabad, Inda... Over five minutes of great footage and a rich music track. http://www.kitelife.com/members/ We learned a lot on this last international trip and hope to do much better in Malaysia, but we're satisfied with the first try at such a video... Considering the vidcam battery only gave me 20 minutes or so on the main day of the festival!

Reminder gang, the old forum will be deleted on February 7th... If there are any posts that you think would be useful to save, please make sure to re-post them here before the 7th, otherwise they'll be gone for good. http://www.kitelife.com/portal

These guys are very impressive... We just created a whole line of logo wear and accessories, with high quality print and images. Kitelife Store

After receiving a request for an article on how to make and tune an active (turbo) bridle, I did some research and found Andy Wardley (inventor) already has the information available on the web! http://www.andywardley.com/~abw/kites/active/index.html

The next featured prize in our Kitelife Subscriber's area is valued at over $300, and will be a complete ready-to-use kit with handles, lines, kite and board... Over the foot slip-in/out straps included, not pictured. Ground Industries' Flight Deck Off-Street Complete Mountain Board (click photo for info): Here is Windzup's blurb on the Little Devil power foil: The Little Devils are Ozone's all-round traction kite. Designed for all types of traction fun from buggying to snowboarding, skiing to mountain boarding, skate-boarding, roller blading, kite surfing, even riding your granny's wheelchair. Whatever your traction passion, 'Little Devils' produce solid, sturdy, user-friendly power. Constructed using the latest technological innovations from the world of paraglider design the 'Little Devil' series delivers easy handling, brilliant resistance to luffing and enough performance to put most competition kites to shame. The profile is thicker than a lot of conventional kites to provide extra stability in gusty winds or in the hands of the inexperienced. Combined with a hi-tech planform and a low drag line plan the 'Little Devils' are trimmed and tuned to balance performance, stability with handling that is ideal for all types of traction kiting. All Ozone kites are built to the same standards as our rigorously tested and certified paragliders. This consistent and millimetre accurate construction creates kites that are incredibly tough and keep their shape and factory trim even after prolonged use. This special blend of parafoil characteristics help make the 'Little Devils' stand out from the crowd. Little Devils come ready to fly with 4 lines, handles, manual and bag. Flyable with 2 or 4 line control. Quick and easy to change between 2 line and 4 line control. Are we excited or what? For those of you that don't know, someone is going to win this fabulous package on February 7th as thanks for being a official subscriber... And for helping us maintain our ever-broadening selection of kite media. You can sign up from the home page.

9:53am... My "Unread Posts" have just reset from yesterday, while I was updating my Avatar... I didn't mark anything read, but had read all the posts listed. I am checking with Invision support to verify and pre-empt any problems that could arise, same with the Avatar upload... I know it gives some trouble except when using a referring URL, until it is remedied please feel free to email me with your avatars and I'll add them manually.

We're officially looking for someone who is familiar with PHP and mySQL... Tasks would include general maintenence on the forum, and assistance with a creative project on Satori Kites. It's not a full time job, not even a part time job... Perhaps a weekly or bi-weekly look over, just to keep the dust out. If you fit the bill and feel what we're doing here, please email me directly so we can discuss ideas. John Barresi Publisher/Editor Kitelife Magazine