Category Archives: General Topics

Issue 48: Lincoln City Indoor Festival

Simply put, the Lincoln City Oregon Visitors and Conventions Bureau (VCB) puts on a dandy [...]

Issue 48: Midwest Area Kitemakers Retreat

I just returned from the 18th annual Midwest Area Kitemakers Retreat, (MAKR,) in Oregon, Illinois. [...]

Issue 48: WKM Sport Kite Workshop

All right, so we find ourselves loading the kite-van on Friday morning, May 11th – [...]

Issue 48: Snowkite World Championship

Welcome to the 2006 Snowkite World Championship in Vadsø. The riders are now competing for [...]

Issue 48: Midwest Area Kitemakers Retreat (gallery)

Photos by Grant Lovett, Ron Schwartz, Rick Agar, and the Larkey Family

Issue 48: Lincoln City Indoor (gallery)

Photos by David Hathaway

2006 World Sport Kite Championships: Day 5

With a little wariness we woke up this morning, hoping to not here the howling [...]

2006 World Sport Kite Championships: Day 4

High winds and land sailers on the beach last night, gave some preview of what [...]

2006 World Sport Kite Championships: Day 3

Somewhere in this sleepy little town, in a small shop along Rue Carnot, there is [...]

2006 World Sport Kite Championships: Day 2

When it comes down to the World Championships, it’s not an easy thing to win [...]

2006 World Sport Kite Championships: Day 1

A bit under the weather this morning, perhaps something in the previous night’s dinner… We’ve [...]

Issue 47: ProFile: Egan Davis

Although relatively new by “pro standards”, Egan Davis has been making waves as a competitive [...]

Issue 47: REVisions: Competition Kit

So, you’ve decided that your flying has reached a point where you’d now like to [...]

Issue 47: TBA or not TBA?

Discussion around the Kitelife Office: Okay – Kitelife Magazine is supposed to be all about [...]

Issue 47: Up the River Indoor Festival

Tucked away in the dashboard of the MonkeyMobile (a blue 2005 Mustang lately!) I have [...]

Issue 47: Review – French Connection

Specifications Manufacturer: New Tech Kites Model: French Connection Wingspan: 90 ” Height: 41″ Weight: 354g [...]

Issue 47: Review – Freestylist

Specifications Manufacturer: Skyburner Kites Model: Freestylist Wingspan: 88″ Height: 41″ Weight: 298g Type of kite: [...]

Issue 47: Review – Nebula

Specifications Manufacturer: Ron Phipps Model: Nebula Wingspan: 84″ Weight: 317g Type of kite: Polyvalent (tricks [...]

Issue 46: Applique – How do they do it?

The focus of this article is to help explain with both words and photos just [...]

Issue 46: A Modest Proposal to Change the World

In the last issue of Kitelife (#45) there is an excellent letter from Terry “TeeCee” [...]

Issue 46: St. Augustine SKC

After a nice long spell of rain it was time for some west coast getaway.The [...]