Category Archives: General Topics
History of Sport Kite Competition – Pt 1
The Wanderings of a “Kite Addict” [box type=”note” style=”rounded” border=”full”]Editor’s note: This is the first [...]
Apr
World Sport Kite Championships (WSKC 2012)
I arrived a day behind everyone else in France. My flight out of Portland boarded [...]
Apr
Revisions – Heeeeee’s baaaaaack!
I toyed with many article titles for this comeback article. Rising like a Phoenix, Where [...]
Apr
AoxomoxoA – what is it?
If you’ve been in kiting for a little while, you’ve probably heard the term “AoxomoxoA” [...]
Apr
Rainy Day Flier?
Suppose you’re walking in the rain with a loved one, under an umbrella – but [...]
Apr
WSKC 2012 is coming!
That’s right, the eighth World Sport Kite Championships is scheduled to take place during the [...]
Apr
Used kites, but not forgotten…
Looking for a good place to buy, sell or trade used kites? Whether you’re on [...]
Mar
Kite Flying with Intent
After six plus years of doing sport kite workshops and clinics (both dual and quad [...]
Mar
Virtual Freestyle: Round 22
Another round of Virtual Freestyle is in the books, with a grand total of 18 [...]
Mar
Review: Revolution Race SPL Rods
If you are at all in tune to the news coming from Revolution Enterprises, then [...]
Mar
Modding a Rev Indoor
This January marked the debut of my new indoor Rev team Flyform. Along with John [...]
Mar
Video: iFlite Implusiveness – Surreptitious Shenanigans
I love everything about this video… The comfortable couple, indoor flying, just lovely! We should [...]
Feb
Videos: Kite Making by Kieron Jansch (1-3)
Having just seen the third in his series ourselves, we thought our readers might enjoy [...]
Feb
Limited run of the Mojo by Blue Moon Kites
Just caught this tasty tidbit from the Blue Moon Kites website, per designer Ken McNeil [...]
Feb
News: Coping through kite-flying
There’s a celebrity sitting next to you. Connor Doran, an 18-year-old Central Oregon Community College [...]
Video: Flyform at 2012 Windless Festival
Final performance by FlyForm on Sunday at the 2012 Windless Kite Festival in Long Beach, [...]
Jan
Issue 81: REVisions – Wrap Up
The year is finishing, what to do from here? EVERY year, I dread this particular [...]
Dec
Issue 81: Around the Bend
What is dogstaking, or “reverse flying”? A little history When I started flying, it was [...]
Dec
Issue 81: Ocean Shores Indoor
First annual indoor event and competition takes flight in Washington! Photos by Lisa Root October [...]
Dec
Issue 80: Colorado Landboarding
The lifestyle, the energy and the excitement! On the edge of kite-world, and on the [...]
Sep