Category Archives: General Topics

2005 AKA Convention and Grand Nationals – Day 4

Waking up early yet again, I stolled down the boardwalk to see scores from Experienced [...]

2005 AKA Convention and Grand Nationals – Day 3

Having had a brief two hour doze after completing yesterday’s update, another amazing day of [...]

2005 AKA Convention and Grand Nationals – Day 2

Welcome back to another daily update folks, and in all directness, I’ll ask you to [...]

2005 AKA Convention and Grand Nationals – Day 1

And full circle it comes… The last time the AKA Convention (AKAGN) came to Ocean [...]

Issue 43: A Day in the Power Zone

As a long time sport kite participant, I’ve been around all kinds of kiting activities [...]

Issue 43: REVisions… Why Not?

If you are somewhat new to Revolution flying (or, you don’t get out very much [...]

Issue 43: World Sport Kite Championships

All right… We’ve just come through the first KITING World Championship event held in the [...]

Issue 43: Weifang Kite Festival

A Journey to the Far East… Kelly Reed, Adam Siens, Hans Jansen Op De Haar, [...]

Issue 43: Wind Dancers Sky Dazzle

Yeah! It was time for another competition! The Wind Dancers Sky Dazzle kite festival was [...]

Issue 43: San Ramon Wind and Arts Festival

This year marked my third trip to the San Ramon Winds and Art Festival. Always [...]

Issue 43: Northwest Stunt Kite Championships

What better way is there to finish off a week of team competition down in [...]

Issue 43: World Sport Kite Championships (gallery)

Photos by John Barresi and Bud Hayes

2005 World Sport Kite Championships – Day 4

“Easing into the day” is always my favorite way to start one… but it was [...]

2005 World Sport Kite Championships – Day 3

Thursday broke bright and clear – and without a whisper of wind! We went showered, [...]

2005 World Sport Kite Championships – Day 2

Morning broke with light overcast, and we discovered Team Atemoc right outside our window. The [...]

2005 World Sport Kite Championships – Day 1

Today’s event kicked off with team warmups on the competition field from 9:00am to 12pm, [...]

2005 World Sport Kite Championships – Day 0

We’re underway here in beautiful Lincoln City, Oregon!  We actually arrived at about 11:30 on [...]

Issue 42: ProFile with Ron & Sandy Gibian

If we’re very lucky, at least once in our lifetime we’ll meet someone we just [...]

Issue 42: Innovative vs. Freestyle

As the sport kite scene was coming into it’s own in the late 80’s, many [...]

Issue 42: Team Tirades: Maneuvers 3

In my last two discussions about team maneuvers I talked about the possibilities of altering [...]

Issue 42: Laminating a Bamboo Spine

There is one aspect of bamboo spines in fighter kites I have never liked. I [...]