Category Archives: Issue 45 (Nov/Dec)

Issue 45: From the Editor

Happy Holidays and welcome to yet another issue of Kitelife – what a long, strange [...]

Issue 45: AKA Corner

It is curious to watch people who become AKA members, and then after a while, [...]

Issue 45: Dave’s World

Kids. What can we do with them at our events? I’ve see all kids of [...]

Issue 45: Letters to the Editor

We don’t hear from our visitors HARDLY enough, and are always thrilled to post comments [...]

Issue 45: ProFile – David Gomberg

As a “pup” with only 15 years of kiting behind me, it seems like David [...]

Issue 45: Kites at the US Open

High Flyers Flight Team coordinated the kite demonstration program scheduled for Sunday, September 11th in [...]

Issue 45: ProFile – Stephanie Hiebert

As one of the true “workhorses” in modern sport kiting, Stephanie Hiebert is seemingly always [...]

Issue 45: REVisions: Getting a Handle On it!

So, with this issue, I’ll wrap up some of the basic things newish Rev flyers [...]

Issue 45: ProFile: Tristan Underwood

At only 9 years of age, this young man from Canada has already been competing [...]

Issue 45: The Remaking of a Legend

Introduction I had been building and flying what I thought were real Eddy style kite [...]

Issue 45: The Original Eddy Kite

Based on the Eddy Kite Patent No. 646, 375 issued on March 27, 1900. Introduction [...]

Issue 45: Kites for Kabul

For orphaned children in Afghanistan, there is no hope of ever having a true family. [...]

Issue 45: Tangents w/out Trivia

Yep, you read that right, a total ban of kite flying, and kite sales by [...]

Issue 45: Sweet Kite Poetry

Release Breezes riffle soothingly — Through my hair, across my skin. Soft sand beneath my [...]

Issue 45: Flying Nun Kite Plan

I’m not sure exactly how old this kite design is, but I imagine it’s at [...]

Issue 45: Kite Bugs

Someone came up to Ronda at Fort Worden 2001 and said “I found these at [...]

Issue 45: Taipei International Kite Festival

Since 2000 Jeanette & I have been fortunate enough to be invited to the Taipei [...]

Issue 45: Niagara International Kite Festival

The Niagara Festival began on a cold and rainy Friday, October 7th, held through the [...]

Issue 45: 18th Annual Carolina Kitefest

The days leading up to the Carolina Kitefest were somewhat unsettling. First the weather called [...]

Issue 45: Whidbey Island Kite Festival

Fall had set in, marking it time for the Whidbey Island Kite Festival. This is [...]

Issue 45: Devonport Kite Festival

This year a record crowd estimated to be in excess of 7,000 people attended the [...]