Category Archives: General Topics

Issue 68: Fighter Kite World Cup

First of all, a big thank you to Chuck Lund for representing us to the [...]

Issue 67: AKA Corner

May this find you well and thinking about, or doing things with, kites. Here in [...]

Issue 67: REVisions – Gearing Up for WSIKF

As George Gershwin once said…  “Summertime, And the livin’ is easy”. As a Monkey always [...]

Issue 67: No Wind, Low Wind Flying

Somewhere there is a mythical world where the breeze. are always a constant, perfect 10-12 [...]

Issue 67: Ocean Shores Intl Kite Challenge

Oddly for a person who was used to doing a festival every few months in [...]

Issue 66: ProFile: Chris Goff

Dubbed “petite phenom” by some of his French competitors early on, Chris Goff has earned [...]

Issue 66: REVisions – Summer Swing!

It never fails, I always end up writing Revisions in some odd location a wee [...]

Issue 66: Multiple Kite Flying (Windless Indoor – Outdoor Part II)

¡More than challenging and funny sport…! I would like to share with you new experiences [...]

Issue 66: Pictorial: Johan Hallin (Sweden)

When I first met Johan Hallin from Sweden, and saw his beautiful feather kites flying [...]

Issue 66: 内灘世界の凧の祭典

– Click here to read this report in English – 英語はこちら 5月2日から5月5日にかけて、 私たちは内灘世界の凧の祭典（石川県内灘町）、 浜松まつり凧揚げ合戦（静岡県浜松市）に参加してまいりました。 5月2日、 [...]

Issue 66: Uchinada Kite Festival

– Click here to read this report in Japanese – 日本語はこちら Meeting up with George [...]

Issue 66: Great Lakes Kite Festival

Last year when I trundled off to Grand Haven for the 21st Annual Great Lakes [...]

Issue 65: AKA Corner

I hope this finds you well and thinking about kites. Here is the latest from [...]

Issue 65: Drachen Archives: Traditions of Woodblock

In Japan in the early 18th Century began a great kite-hysteria that lasted through most [...]

Issue 65: ProFile: Paul de Bakker

I first had the pleasure of meeting Paul de Bakker nearly four years ago in [...]

Issue 65: REVisions: 3D Flying / Catch & Throw

A few years ago, I showed up at a local kite festival, all hell-bent on [...]

Issue 65: Kite Plan: The “Sedgwickcube”

We first saw this kite bobbing over the boardwalk at Ocean City, Maryland during the [...]

Issue 65: That Airbrush Look, from a Can!

I admire the beautiful appliqué work of today’s kite artists. But one long-time kitemaker told [...]

Issue 64: The Soul Fliers

Memorable ballet routines, like works of art, consist not of a planned series of strokes, [...]

Issue 64: Shoot ‘Em!

All around the field at every competition and tournament you will see photographers. Every time [...]

Issue 64: Windless Kite Festival

This little indoor festival is in it’s EIGHTH year… …and getting better every year, too! [...]