Category Archives: Kite Columns

Kites… Life.

It’s been a long time since we’ve published anything for our online magazine (March 2014 to [...]

Drachen: Beauty and Design

Here are some comments on refined beauty and design.  Take a look at the two [...]

Drachen: An Unearthed Treasure

A few months ago, I was in Santa Fe, New Mexico to participate in the [...]

Drachen: Werner Ahlgrim

FanØ, Denmark brings together some of the most amazing kite builders in the world when [...]

Looking Up

Tilt your head back and look up, take a deep breath and then look back [...]

Kites… Life.

Working up toward a point, I’d like to highlight the fact this is the first [...]

Drachen: Quiet Sophistication of the Barriletes Gigantes

To help celebrate the release of the Drachen Foundation’s Wings of Resistance, The Giant Kites [...]

Drachen: A Tale of Two Collectors

For almost thirty years I have collected Japanese woodblock prints (ukiyo-e) that have images of [...]

Empty Spaces: Nobuhiko Yoshizumi

Nobuhiko Yoshizumi was among the most revered of miniature kite artists in the world and [...]

Some Fodder for Creativity

In my last article for KiteLife I wrote about the importance of not plagiarizing original [...]

AKA Corner

Greetings, For the first time on our AKA Corner piece in KiteLife, I’m pulling double [...]

Learning About Laundry

Some time back, I published an overview of Line Laundry. You can see the details [...]

Homage, Plagiarism, and Outright Theft

I clearly remember my second trip to FanØ, Denmark, when, as I was driving down [...]

Video Cumulus (9-16-12)

Just a few of the kite flying videos we’ve enjoyed over the past couple of [...]

Kites… Life: It goes on!

Well, I haven’t done one of these since February 24th and I figured it’s high [...]

Dave’s World: Inaugural Event in Kenya

In August, Susie and I were honored to join the first Kenya International Kite Festival [...]

Video Cumulus (9-6-12)

Just a few of the kite flying videos we’ve enjoyed over the past couple of [...]

Empty Spaces: Jørgen Møller Hansen

Perhaps it is a bit “odd” to have so many individuals write about one kitemaker. [...]

History of Sport Kite Competition – pt 3

The American Kite Magazine National Stunt Kite Circuit The American Kite Magazine National Stunt Kite [...]

Dave’s World: Dots in Cervia

Variety and creativity are often hallmarks of European kite festivals, and the kite makers at [...]

AKA Corner

The Summer issue of Kiting is in the mail! It will arrive in US mailboxes [...]