Category Archives: Reports

News on past and present kiting events

Issue 39: Festival International De L’Air

The Theme for this year’s festival in Base Nature, Frejus France was the country of [...]

Issue 39: Whidbey Island Kite Festival

Well, here we go again… Charly and I are off to another Kite Festival – [...]

Issue 39: Whidbey Island Kite Festival (results)

Open Individual Indoor Unlimited Jerry Cannon Ray Underwood Egan Davis Scott Davis Tristan Underwood Wayne [...]

Issue 39: Carolina Kite Festival

The 17th Carolina Kite Fest was held October 23rd and 24th, 2004 at A Place [...]

2004 AKA Convention – Day 6

Welcome to the last day of our 27th annual convention… The morning brought more seminars [...]

2004 AKA Convention – Day 5

After finding some much needed coffee, I wandered over to the convention center yet again [...]

2004 AKA Convention – Day 4

Finally, a day off… After being tied to the sport kite competition fields for my [...]

2004 AKA Convention – Day 3

Good day, good flight… Workshops continued this morning, while many of yesterday’s competitors were scanning [...]

2004 AKA Convention – Day 2

Hello and welcome to another day of the AKA Convention!  Today we had the first [...]

2004 AKA Convention – Day 1

Drum roll please… Oh yes ladies and gentlemen, the American Kitefliers Association annual Convention is [...]

Issue 38: Dave’s World

We’ve got a seven hour lay-over in Frankfurt. That’s time enough to check email again, [...]

Issue 38: Under a Blue Moon

Flying kites and the idea of flying with friends has a major appeal to me. [...]

Issue 38: Washington State International Kite Festival

For years I had heard all about WSIKF, but never made it having been a [...]

Issue 38: Washington State International Kite Festival (results)

People’s Choice Flier Neil Dawson Dick Curran Ronda Brewer People’s Choice Kite Eric Wilson Pink [...]

Issue 38: Yaripa Kite Festival

It was good to be back. Ada and I have been in Colombia before, two [...]

Issue 38: Berkeley Kite Festival

Having first picked up a kite in the bay area, I always make a point [...]

Issue 38: Southern Oregon Kite Festival

It happens every summer; for 2 days in July and for the past 12 years, [...]

Issue 38: Fighter Kite World Cup

The Call went out to all fighter kite fliers to meet at the 2004 Washington [...]

Issue 38: Cleveland Kite Festival

Kitefliers from all across the Midwest gathered on September 11-12 for the Cleveland Kite Festival [...]

Issue 38: Indiana Trick Clinic

In the winter of 2003 a program was proposed to the master kite flyer living [...]