Category Archives: 2009

Old Kitelife issues from 2009

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 [...]

Issue 68: Fighter Kite World Cup

First of all, a big thank you to Chuck Lund for representing us to the [...]

Issue 68: Washington State Intl Kite Festival Gallery

iQuad Night Fly – by Scott Weider Day Shots – by David Shattuck

Issue 67: From the Editor

We’re in full swing for what you might call the peak kiting season in North [...]

Issue 67: Kites… Life.

I’m looking forward to seeing this issue go live, as it will mean that I’m [...]

Issue 67: AKA Corner

May this find you well and thinking about, or doing things with, kites. Here in [...]

Issue 67: Dave’s World – Wildwood

Susie doesn’t come to Wildwood anymore. She is a veteran of the old days with [...]

Issue 67: Dave’s World – Windscape

We’re back in Saskatchewan and Swift Current for the Windscape Kite Festival. Wheat fields stretch [...]

Issue 67: Drachen Archives – Three Ferries, Plus One

Sitting on the ferry that travels from the Danish island of Fano, back to mainland [...]

Issue 67: News Reel

TheStar.com | World | Artisan’s passion is ancient art of kite making Artisan’s passion is [...]

Issue 67: Kite Poems

By Joyce Carol Oates Some- thing there is in the American soul that soars with [...]

Issue 67: Kite Comics

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

Issue 67: SOLO in Berkeley

I was a bit startled when Nathan Sendan called. He wanted an Octopus. A really [...]

Issue 67: REVisions – Gearing Up for WSIKF

As George Gershwin once said…  “Summertime, And the livin’ is easy”. As a Monkey always [...]

Issue 67: No Wind, Low Wind Flying

Somewhere there is a mythical world where the breeze. are always a constant, perfect 10-12 [...]

Issue 67: Featured Store – Gomberg Kites

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

Issue 67: Southern Oregon Kite Festival

Yeah, it seems strange… I’ve been doing Kite Festivals for Kitelife for a fair number [...]

Issue 67: Berkeley Kite Festival

Held during the last weekend of July every year at Cesar E. Chavez Park in [...]

Issue 67: Lincoln City Summer Festival

Yep. We’re on the road again… but this one’s almost a “local” – just a [...]