Category Archives: Kite Columns
Articles from our long-time contributors
Drachen – Perusing a Kite Archive
Perhaps the following images and details from articles will spur some of you to action. [...]
Jun
Video Cumulus (6-4-12)
Just a few of the kite flying videos we’ve enjoyed over the past couple of [...]
May
How We Started – Part Four
I left off last time at the beginning of Marilyn finally agreeing to fly pairs [...]
May
History of Sport Kite Competition – Pt 2
How do you compare Apples to Oranges After the 1987 SKC season ended our imaginative [...]
May
AKA Corner
This is a summary of the actions taken and reports given at the quarterly board [...]
May
History of Sport Kite Competition – Pt 1
The Wanderings of a “Kite Addict” [box type=”note” style=”rounded” border=”full”]Editor’s note: This is the first [...]
Apr
World Sport Kite Championships (WSKC 2012)
I arrived a day behind everyone else in France. My flight out of Portland boarded [...]
Apr
Revisions – Heeeeee’s baaaaaack!
I toyed with many article titles for this comeback article. Rising like a Phoenix, Where [...]
Apr
Dave’s World: Thailand – Better Late than Never
Blame it on Peter Lynn. And while we are at it, we can blame a [...]
Apr
Drachen Archives: Japanese Prints
Scott Skinner has one of the most unique collections of Japanese prints in the world [...]
Mar
AKA Corner – March 2012
One year ago, northern Japan was devastated by earthquakes and a tsunami. To commemorate this [...]
Kites… Life: New Horizons
A long strange road, but the sun is rising! Please bear with me as I’m [...]
Feb
Drachen: Deb Cooley
Deb Cooley I jumped into kiting with both feet in 1984 when I attended my [...]
Feb
Pothecary’s Corner: How we started – Part three.
Before I get in to this I would genuinely like to thank all those people [...]
Feb
Corner Bits: Garden Banner, Portsmouth Kite Fest
Web site I would like to say thank you to all those people who have [...]
Feb
Happy Endings with State Parks
I’ve used several of these pages to keep you informed about developments in the Oregon [...]
Feb
Behind Closed Doors at KTA
The Gomberg Team has just returned from the Kite Trade Association Convention in Las Vegas. [...]
Jan
Issue 81: Kites… Life.
New kites to look out for… The SuperFly After working with Carl Robertshaw for many [...]
Dec
Issue 81: AKA Corner
It’s that time of year, time for holidays and celebrations! Whatever you celebrate, we wish [...]
Issue 81: Dave’s World – State Law
Some days it feels like I spend all my time fighting fires when what I [...]
Issue 81: Dave’s World – Cape Town
People often ask if this is our first trip to Cape Town. They seem surprised [...]