Category Archives: Issue 68 (Sep/Oct)

Issue 68: From the Editor

Times are ‘a changing… Two major north american kiting organizations (AKA and KTAI) and their [...]

Issue 68: Kites… Life.

Well, I’d like to speak about community, cooperation between the various walks of kiting be [...]

Issue 68: AKA Corner

May this message find you well and enjoying kites. Here is the latest from the [...]

Issue 68: Dave’s World – Ten Days in Colombia

I’ve been wanting to come to Columbia for years. The events here are organized by [...]

Issue 68: Dave’s World – Rockaway Kite Festival

After flying all night to New York, my first thought as I got off the [...]

Issue 68: News Reel

Article Index: Vishwakarma Puji – the Hindu Deity for Kitemakers India – Kolkata kite festival [...]

Issue 68: Kite Poems

Our friend Luis Claris Skoczdopole is a retired Plastic Surgeon living in the Penthouse of [...]

Issue 68: Kite Comics

This issue marks the second set of kite cartoons we’ve had made for Kitelife Magazine, [...]

Issue 68: Kite Songs

Below are two different songs from the late 1800’s that happen to have the same [...]

Issue 68: Mad Way South – The Sahara Challenge

“Mad Way South is a trans-Tasman challenge like no other – man and machine pitted [...]

Issue 68: REVisions – WSIKF

You see, we had this devious little plan. We’d sneak over to Long Beach a [...]

Issue 68: Featured Store – The Kite Shoppe

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

Issue 68: Empty Spaces – Francis Rogallo

In the weeks since Francis Rogallo died at the age of 97 (12 January 1912 [...]

Issue 68: Empty Spaces – Bill Lockhart

A Tribute to a Dear Friend and Kitemaker. . . Most of you probably didn’t [...]

Issue 68: Washington State Intl Kite Festival (WSIKF)

The Washington State International Kite Festival (WSIKF) – An absolutely GREAT one this year… WSKIF!!! [...]

Issue 68: 13º Festival de Verano (Espanol)

– Click here to read this report in English – Me gustaría comenzar este artículo [...]

Issue 68: 13º Festival de Verano (English)

– Haga clic aquí para leer este informe en Inglés – I would like to [...]

Issue 68: Let’s Paint Rosario’s Sky Festival

Hi everybody…I wrote some articles about this Festival and I would like to remind you [...]

Issue 68: Frank Mots Kite Festival

Sometimes, you can go to a festival one year but unfortunately have to miss the [...]

Issue 68: Whidbey Island Kite Festival

Sometimes, you become a regular visitor to a festival and then sometimes, the universe conspires [...]

Issue 68: Family Day Kite Festival

Months of planning go into this event, as it’s unlike many kite festivals that we [...]