Category Archives: Dave’s World

Issue 62: Dave’s World

Balloons and kites don’t usually mix well. Balloon pilots prefer little or no wind so [...]

Issue 61: Dave’s World

I have to admit that I was a bit skeptical when our good friend Keith [...]

Issue 60: Dave’s World: Thailand

Twelve or so years ago, I was flying in Tasmania. The festival was winding down [...]

Issue 60: Dave’s World: Guam

Regular Update readers have heard me rave about Guam before. Think of the best elements [...]

Issue 59: Dave’s World: Hat Trick in Kuwait

Ever since the Mega Kite Series was first started, we’ve been dreaming of the chance [...]

Issue 58: Dave’s World

I keep hearing that the good festivals are slipping away and that few gatherings seem [...]

Issue 57: Dave’s World: Down to South Africa

Susan and I are just back from South Africa. This was our fourth trip to [...]

Issue 56: Dave’s World: Livin large in lunen

Mike Agner and I are just back from the huge German festival of Lunen. What [...]

Issue 55: Dave’s World: Weifang Kite Museum

The first time I visited the International Kite Museum in Weifang was back in 1989. [...]

Issue 54: Dave’s World: Berck

The sun beamed out of a beautiful blue sky Saturday morning, and as the wind [...]

Issue 53: Dave’s World

Saturday afternoon, a frigid wind was blowing across the ice in Clear Lake Iowa. Kiters [...]

Issue 52: Dave’s World

There aren’t a lot of exciting kite trips in December and early January. So when [...]

Issue 51: Dave’s World: The Whistling Cities of Nantong

I’m flying home today after five days in Nantong, China — home of the exquisite [...]

Issue 51: Dave’s World: The Highs and Lows of Being a Kite Celebrity

I’m pretty certain there was a sign somewhere on the table that said “Look out [...]

Issue 50: Dave’s World: Three Beautiful Days in Dieppe

The international kite festival in Dieppe France is clearly one of the great kite gatherings [...]

Issue 50: Dave’s World: Kiting in South Africa

As we travel our exciting planet, Susan and I observe that kiting “success” is relative. [...]

Issue 49: Dave’s World: Lincoln City Summer Festival

Susie and I are used to driving to the airport on kite weekends. So it [...]

Issue 48: Dave’s World: Weymouth

Hugh Blowers summed it up the first day. “There’s all the wind you need”, he [...]

Issue 47: Dave’s World

We arrived in Bangkok at midnight – eight road-weary Americans and twenty huge bags of [...]

Issue 46: Dave’s World: KTAI

We’re traveling home today from sunny Florida where we’ve spent the past week at the [...]

Issue 45: Dave’s World

Kids. What can we do with them at our events? I’ve see all kids of [...]