Category Archives: General Topics

Issue 38: “No Secrets” Trains Pt. 2

When I wrote the original No Secrets Handbook of Kite Trains back in 1990 (and [...]

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: Fighter Kite World Cup

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

Issue 38: Indiana Trick Clinic

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

Issue 38: Steveston Sport Kite Competitions

Whew, what a weekend we had July 24th and 25th… After a few late glitches [...]

Issue 37: Confessions of a KGB Addict

My name is William, I am 31 years old, and I am an addict. If [...]

Issue 37: Crazy Eddy 2

Hi! Welcome to part two of my Crazy Eddy kite arch project. If your just [...]

Issue 37: Northwest SKC 2004

Registration Friday night starter the 18th Northwest Stunt Kite Championships with a friendly get-together at [...]

Issue 36: Kite Surfing

Setting off an explosion of industry-specific vacations, schools and resorts worldwide, kite surfing is officially [...]

Issue 36: World Team Sport Kite Championships 2004

Let’s start out with some background on how I came to attend the World Sport [...]

Issue 36: Dead Bird Buggy Blast 2004

On the third Thursday of November every year you can find family’s across America gathered [...]

Issue 36: Lincoln City Indoor

“It’s unbelievable! I’ve never seen anything like it before.” That was the mantra of spectator [...]

Issue 36: World Team Championships (gallery)

  Photography by Azemi Ariffin (Malaysia), Georges (France), Kamarul (Malaysia), Noralia Azemi (Malaysia), Watnu (Germany) [...]

Issue 35: Dave’s World

Sequestered in a hundred year old Army post at the extreme northwest tip of the [...]

Issue 35: Crazy Eddy

Hello…  No, I’m not opening a used car dealership. In fact, I’m a kitebuilder. My [...]

Issue 35: On-Line Kite Project 1.0 – Della Porta

Kitebuilder.com recently presented a very new and encouraging variation on the traditional kite building workshop. [...]

Issue 34: Virtual Kite Makers Retreat

In our ongoing mission to gather and present useful concepts or programs to the larger [...]

Issue 34: BCKA Indoor Fly

Aiyana Markling and I met for the first time last summer at an Ocean Shores [...]

Issue 34: 2nd Annual Windless Kite Festival

Your family is taking a weekend trip to Long Beach Washington for the three day [...]

Issue 33: Extremes

I’m a creature of extremes. Most of my kite flying happens either indoors or while [...]

Issue 33: Dead Bird Buggy Blast (gallery)

Photos by Jason Robbins