Category Archives: 2006

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

Issue 48: Weifang Intl Kite Festival (gallery)

Photos by Chris Shultz, Doug Mullins, & Kitelife

Issue 48: Berck Intl Kite Festival (gallery)

Photos by John Barresi & David Hathaway

Issue 48: Great Lakes Kite Festival (gallery)

Photos by Grant & Mason Lovett

Issue 48: Lincoln City Indoor (gallery)

Photos by David Hathaway

2006 World Sport Kite Championships: Day 5

With a little wariness we woke up this morning, hoping to not here the howling [...]

2006 World Sport Kite Championships: Day 4

High winds and land sailers on the beach last night, gave some preview of what [...]

2006 World Sport Kite Championships: Day 3

Somewhere in this sleepy little town, in a small shop along Rue Carnot, there is [...]

2006 World Sport Kite Championships: Day 2

When it comes down to the World Championships, it’s not an easy thing to win [...]

2006 World Sport Kite Championships: Day 1

A bit under the weather this morning, perhaps something in the previous night’s dinner… We’ve [...]

Issue 47: From the Editor

The 2006 kiting season is off to a running start with summer fast approaching, and [...]

Issue 47: AKA Corner

AKA is back in the raffle business. Several years back, the Association organized a series [...]

Issue 47: Dave’s World

We arrived in Bangkok at midnight – eight road-weary Americans and twenty huge bags of [...]

Issue 47: Drachen Foundation Archives

Three years ago the Drachen Foundation completed an ambitious, multi-year project designed to draw the [...]