Category Archives: Issue 53 (Mar/Apr)

Issue 53: From the Editor

Welcome to yet another issue of Kitelife, published just as we’re getting into the full [...]

Issue 53: AKA Corner

Greetings to all in kite land from here in Minnesota where the lakes are still [...]

Issue 53: Dave’s World

Saturday afternoon, a frigid wind was blowing across the ice in Clear Lake Iowa. Kiters [...]

Issue 53: Drachen Archives: Au fil des Vents

The Drachen Foundation recently placed a database of its library archive online for the public [...]

Issue 53: Featured Store: A Wind Of Change

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

Issue 53: Riding the Bull

I was sitting around the office this past January and got an email from Carl [...]

Issue 53: Multiple Sport Kite Flying (part II)

Hi friends of Kitelife. Do you remember my first article about MKF? Well, this is [...]

Issue 53: REVisions: Indoors, Pairs and More!

Last time I sat down to write REVisions, where I dealt with the basics of [...]

Issue 53: Empty Spaces: Shane Hill

“Empty Spaces In The Sky” pieces are never easy for us to write at Kitelife, [...]

Issue 53: Silver Fox 2.5 STD by Flying Wings

Specifications Manufacturer: Flying Wings Model: Silver Fox 2.5 STD Wingspan: 98″ Height: 36″ Weight: 12.6 [...]

Issue 53: Kite Party 5

Kite Party Number 5!  What more need I say? Okay, this is the Fifth Annual [...]

Issue 53: Mid-Florida Regional SKC

If you judge the success of a comp only by the number of flyers entered, [...]

Issue 53: South Padre Island Kite Festival

Let me introduce you to the joys of winter on the Pacific Northwest. It typically [...]

Issue 53: Binalong Bay Kite Weekend

For the past twelve years the Kite Flyers of Tasmania have descended on the small [...]

Issue 53: Zilker Park Kite Festival

Every now and then, something goes right for a change. Oh, it’s nothing we’ve done [...]

Issue 53: Up the River Indoor

This business about going to Arlington is getting to be decidedly “old hat.” I’d certainly [...]

Issue 53: Zilker Park Kite Festival (gallery)

Photos by Dave “Geezer” Shattuck