Category Archives: Kite Columns

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 74: Drachen Archives: DOTA @ Burning Man

My 2010 Burning Man experience started with a full-fledged white-out of blowing dust and sand. [...]

Issue 74: News Reel

Afghanistan: “As I stood on the roof of the Ministry of Interior headquarters last evening [...]

Issue 74: REVisions: A Retrospective

30 issues. No, that’s not the amount of emotional baggage I carry around on any [...]

Issue 74: Featured Store: G-Kites

In the summer, people strip down to just one sweatshirt on Oregon’s beaches. The water [...]

Issue 74: Buggy Newz: Life’s a Beach!

This worked well but as I got closer to the coast the rain started, as [...]

Issue 73: From the Editor

We’re enjoying the peak of summer with many wonderful kite events going on, and we [...]

Issue 73: Kites… Life.

One of my primary areas of focus and interest over the past 2-3 years is [...]

Issue 73: AKA Corner

American Kiteflier’s Got Talent! Have you noticed that kites seem to be everywhere lately? Several [...]

Issue 73: Dave’s World: Wildwood

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

Issue 73: Drachen Archives: Master of Paper and Flight

For the last twenty years, there has been a shining star in the kite flyers’ [...]

Issue 73: News Reel

Canada: Despite fears of police response, a small group of protesters flew kites on a [...]

Issue 73: REVisions: What to Expect in a Mega-Mega Fly

Here I sit, with really only one thing on my mind, much like it has [...]

Issue 73: Buggy Newz

Parakart and Buggy madness in the UK! This years race series has taken place at [...]

Issue 73: Featured Store: Harbor Wind & Kite Co.

Each month we’ll be featuring one of the fine retailers who have been so supportive [...]

Issue 72: From the Editor

Well, I suppose I’d like to open up this issue of Kitelife by looking forward [...]

Issue 72: Kites… Life.

Welcome to my ramble zone, there’s no shortage this time around and I’m feeling a [...]

Issue 72: AKA Corner

AKA Corner Resources, downloads and convention! Greetings.  Barbara Meyer, AKA President, asked if I would [...]

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 [...]