Category Archives: Competition
2005 World Sport Kite Championships – Day 2
Morning broke with light overcast, and we discovered Team Atemoc right outside our window. The [...]
Jun
2005 World Sport Kite Championships – Day 1
Today’s event kicked off with team warmups on the competition field from 9:00am to 12pm, [...]
Jun
2005 World Sport Kite Championships – Day 0
We’re underway here in beautiful Lincoln City, Oregon! We actually arrived at about 11:30 on [...]
Jun
Issue 42: Innovative vs. Freestyle
As the sport kite scene was coming into it’s own in the late 80’s, many [...]
Jun
Issue 42: Freestyle World Cup
This was my first experience going across the ocean, let alone to a country where [...]
Jun
Issue 42: Cutting Edge Spring Fling (results)
EVENT RESULTS: NIP 1st Ron Potts 62.733 2nd Jim McPherson 60.800 3rd Scott Ralston 58.300 [...]
Issue 42: North American Buggy Expo
Our friend Steve Irby is in the ‘A’ line with us as we board our [...]
Jun
Issue 42: Lincoln City Indoor Festival
As one of three annual kite events put on by Sandy Pfaff and Ron Sears [...]
Jun
2005 East Coast Stunt Kite Championships – Results
NIP – Novice Individual Dual-line Precision Score 1 Chris Mitchell 70.90 2 Andy Burtchfield 41.20 [...]
2005 East Coast Stunt Kite Championships – Day 5
What a great week it’s been here in Wildwood, getting to see all my old [...]
May
2005 East Coast Stunt Kite Championships – Day 4
Sunday was the final day of outdoor sport kite competition, and we’re headed into our [...]
May
2005 East Coast Stunt Kite Championships – Day 3
On the first day of sport kite competition at this year’s ECSKC, and with Rick [...]
May
2005 East Coast Stunt Kite Championships – Day 2
We’re officially underway! Unlike yesterday’s conditions and despite scary forecasts for the last few days, [...]
May
2005 East Coast Stunt Kite Championships – Day 1
Welcome to Wildwood folks… I know we’re posting a day early but hey, we’re here [...]
May
Issue 41: Judging with Hans
Warning – A word of warning to begin with, this is not a recipe for [...]
Apr
Issue 41: ProFile with Shawn and Patty Tinkham
When we first approached Shawn and Patty Tinkham about the possibility of a Kitelife interview [...]
Apr
Issue 41: Up The River Indoor Festival
So, John and your humble “geezer” are on the road again for the Up The [...]
Apr
Issue 41: 3Snowkite World Championships
February 10th (unofficial) From February 14th to 20th of 2005, sport fans and party people [...]
Apr