Category Archives: 2008

Issue 63: From the Editor

  In a nice change of pace, this was one of the few issues I [...]

Issue 63: AKA Corner

Hello there. I hope this finds you well and with time and weather to fly [...]

Issue 63: Dave’s World: South African Experience

Peace Park in the Khayelitsha Township is a dusty, windblown patch of ground in a [...]

Issue 63: Drachen Archives: Making Kites Fly

The front end of every exhibition is the vision. It was Francisco Toledo’s vision to [...]

Issue 63: REVisions RECapped

This time last year, I was rambling on about the coming year’s events for Revolution’s [...]

Issue 63: Empty Spaces: Scott Spencer

It was with a heavy heart that we recieved an email from Mike Dallmer recently, [...]

Issue 63: Empty Spaces: David Davies

Editor’s note : A true orginator in the world of kite design, David Davies invented [...]

Issue 63: Red Bull Revisited

Yes folks, not only have the Kite Performers team succesfully completed another year with the [...]

Issue 63: Tokyo Bay Flight Party

I’d put away my fleece jacket and wind-proofs after the STACK Eurocup at Scheveningen in [...]

Issue 63: Niagara International Kite Festival

The 2008 edition of the Niagara Falls International Kite Festival often looked and felt more [...]

Issue 63: Wind Party in Buenos Aires

There is a wide variety in Kite Festivals. Some are small local celebrations, meant only [...]

Issue 63: Second Annual Idaho Kite Festival

If October 1-4 does not ring a bell for the second annual Idaho Kite Festival, [...]

Issue 63: Capetown International Kite Festival

It’s almost an unbelievable question: “Do they fly kites in South Africa?” It’s usually followed [...]

Issue 63: Kites Over Granbury

Flying Kites for Kids in Crisis is a kite festival held in Granbury, Texas. Granbury [...]

Issue 63: Qatar Kite Festival

The first kite festival in Doha, Qatar was a fabulous experience. I arrived in Qatar [...]

Issue 63: Lincoln City Fall Fest

This is an event I look forward to year after year, the reception from the [...]

Issue 63: Red Bull Revisited (photo gallery)

Photos by Chris Goff

Issue 62: From the Editor

Over to the left, you can see a rare combination of completely blissed out and [...]

Issue 62: AKA Corner

Convention: Convention was great. We had plenty of room. We had good wind when we [...]

Issue 62: Dave’s World

Balloons and kites don’t usually mix well. Balloon pilots prefer little or no wind so [...]

Issue 62: Drachen Archives

As director of one of the largest collections of kites in the world, I often [...]