Category Archives: Issue 48 (May/Jun)

Issue 48: From the Editor

Greetings, welcome to issue 48! First off, I’d like to comment on the incredible increase [...]

Issue 48: AKA Corner

Soon enough, it will be AKA election time again. AKA is governed by a twenty [...]

Issue 48: Dave’s World: Weymouth

Hugh Blowers summed it up the first day. “There’s all the wind you need”, he [...]

Issue 48: Drachen Archives: Featured Items

No one (to The Drachen Foundation’s knowledge) owns an original Roch Donzella “Monobloc” kite from [...]

Issue 48: Letters to the Editor

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

Issue 48: Featured Store: Cutting Edge

Each month we’ll be featuring one of the fine retailers who have been so supportive [...]

Issue 48: REVisions: Trip to Quad Heaven

Many years ago, when I first picked up a kite, there were a few magazines [...]

Issue 48: Empty Spaces

Bill (Pa) Burley March 19, 2006 Pa Burley will be sorely missed in our lives… [...]

Issue 48: Review of Gallego by HQ Kites

Specifications Manufacturer: HQ Kites Model: Gallego and Gallego Supreme Wingspan: 94″ (Gallego) 96″ (Supreme) Height: [...]

Issue 48: Lincoln City Indoor Festival

Simply put, the Lincoln City Oregon Visitors and Conventions Bureau (VCB) puts on a dandy [...]

Issue 48: Berck International Kite Festival

Take the largest kite festival you can find in North America and multiply the attendance [...]

Issue 48: Weifang International Kite Festival

Getting There… This was my third year in a row to attend this (wonderful) 23rd [...]

Issue 48: Great Lakes Kite Festival

I think that 2003 was the first year my family and I went to the [...]

Issue 48: Cutting Edge Spring Fling

You know, for many of us – attending / participating in kiting events is just [...]

Issue 48: White Rock Kite Festival

2006 marks the 5th year of the Festival of Wind, Waves & Water, held annually [...]

Issue 48: Midwest Area Kitemakers Retreat

I just returned from the 18th annual Midwest Area Kitemakers Retreat, (MAKR,) in Oregon, Illinois. [...]

Issue 48: WKM Sport Kite Workshop

All right, so we find ourselves loading the kite-van on Friday morning, May 11th – [...]

Issue 48: Wind Dancer Sky Dazzle

As we made our way to Seaside for the the second outdoor NWSKL event of [...]

Issue 48: Cloud Buster Kite Fest

Mitchell Resort and RV Park in the small village of Perrin, Texas hosted their first [...]

Issue 48: Snowkite World Championship

Welcome to the 2006 Snowkite World Championship in Vadsø. The riders are now competing for [...]

Issue 48: Midwest Area Kitemakers Retreat (gallery)

Photos by Grant Lovett, Ron Schwartz, Rick Agar, and the Larkey Family