Category Archives: Dave’s World

Issue 74: Dave’s World: Balikpapan (How the Story Ended)

August 31, 2010 Six months ago, a group of us traveled to Balikpapan in Borneo [...]

Issue 73: Dave’s World: Wildwood

Getting to Wildwood wasn’t easy. For a 7 a.m, flight out of Portland, we have [...]

Issue 72: Dave’s World – Japan Tour Part 1 – Yes, We Can!

Mike Agner, Jim Martin, and Al Sparling were waiting for me at Narita Airport when [...]

Issue 72: Dave’s World – Japan Tour Pt 2 – Shi Tomodachi

Shi means “four” in Japanese. And tomodachi are “friends”. After a week sleeping on futons [...]

Issue 72: Dave’s World – Japan Tour pt 3 – Kite Frenzy in Hamamatsu

Wah-shoi! Wah-shoi! — the chanting is everywhere!! You hear it on the festival field, in [...]

Issue 71: Dave’s World – Full Circle

Thirty years ago, I stumbled across a small kite festival at the D River Wayside [...]

Issue 71: Dave’s World – Thailand Intl Kite Festival

Looking out at photos of the field, there is one thing you notice and one [...]

Issue 70: Dave’s World: Gound Control

Some days it is just too windy. Some days the field is too crowded. And [...]

Issue 70: Dave’s World – Safety, Safety, Safety

A perfect flying day for me means not having to worry about someone getting hurt. [...]

Issue 69: Dave’s World – Rochester, A Personal Point of View

I have to admit it. Writing up the AKA Convention is always hard for me. [...]

Issue 69: Dave’s World: Flying a Perfect Pilot Parafoil

September 1, 2009 We often get questions about the Pilot Parafoil. Why don’t they fly [...]

Issue 68: Dave’s World – Ten Days in Colombia

I’ve been wanting to come to Columbia for years. The events here are organized by [...]

Issue 68: Dave’s World – Rockaway Kite Festival

After flying all night to New York, my first thought as I got off the [...]

Issue 67: Dave’s World – Wildwood

Susie doesn’t come to Wildwood anymore. She is a veteran of the old days with [...]

Issue 67: Dave’s World – Windscape

We’re back in Saskatchewan and Swift Current for the Windscape Kite Festival. Wheat fields stretch [...]

Issue 66: Dave’s World – An Inaugural Event in Vietnam

Invitations to “The Dance of the East Sea” came in late-February. This was the first [...]

Issue 66: Dave’s World – Art Displays in Berck

My first morning in France, I went down to breakfast and asked for an omelet. [...]

Issue 65: Dave’s World – Pasir Gudang

Getting to Malaysia isn’t hard. It just takes time. In my own case, I flew [...]

Issue 65: Dave’s World: Tips and Techniques

The Tire Technique… A few years back, I was flying at a festival in New [...]

Issue 64: Dave’s World: Kite Copies

I recently received a letter from Robert Van Weers in New Zealand which he asked [...]

Issue 63: Dave’s World: South African Experience

Peace Park in the Khayelitsha Township is a dusty, windblown patch of ground in a [...]