Category Archives: 2010

Issue 71: Kites… Life.

Quite often, it seems like we’ve got more pans in the fire than one could [...]

Issue 71: AKA Corner

NKM and the AKA online… If you want to have a great time celebrating the [...]

Issue 71: Dave’s World – Full Circle

Thirty years ago, I stumbled across a small kite festival at the D River Wayside [...]

Issue 71: Dave’s World – Thailand Intl Kite Festival

Looking out at photos of the field, there is one thing you notice and one [...]

Issue 71: Drachen Archives – Relegated to the Back Room…

As I was starting to organize all of the assorted objects that are not kites, [...]

Issue 71: News Reel

Japan: Shirone Kite Festival is a 360 year old kite festival which features kite battles [...]

Issue 71: Kite Comics

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

Issue 71: KAP N900 PUSH Project

What is KAP? KAP (Kite Aerial Photography) is the art and technique of using large [...]

Issue 71: REVisions – 100 Revs at WSIKF

I thought I had mentioned this in the last Revisions in Issue 70, but upon [...]

Issue 71: Buggy Newz – PKA Icicles Buggy Weekend

Westwood Ho! Beach, North Devon, UK. 30-31st January 2010 Saturday events: –  1 Hr enduro [...]

Issue 71: Rokkaku Workshop

Okay, we’re on our way again. This time, it’s Theresa Norelius and I – on [...]

Issue 71: Origin of the word “KITE”

Numismaster.com posted an article recently about the origin of the word ‘kite’. The beginning of [...]

Issue 71: Kite Plan – Crowell Cross Deck

I am not sure how everyone else builds kites, but I will assume that anyone [...]

Issue 71: Kite Plan – Stacked Deltas

Whether the Marconi-rigged kite actually gets added performance from its overlapping jib and Venturi slot [...]

Issue 71: Featured Store – Kites R Us

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

Issue 71: Kite Party 8

Roughly 8 years ago, a bunch of people from the Gone With The Wind (GWTW) [...]

Issue 71: 3rd Annual West Coast Rev Clinic

The third annual WCRC was held March 19-21 in Long Beach, WA with John Barresi, [...]

Issue 71: Penshaw Rev Weekend

The idea behind this weekend started back in 2008 at Sunderland Kite Festival where Stephen [...]

Issue 71: Kite Party 8 Gallery

Photos by Takako Barresi

Issue 70: From the Editor

Welcome to the 70th issue of Kitelife, the latest in over twelve years of online [...]

Issue 70: Kites… Life.

Sitting alongside my wife, I’m starting this article at 35,000 feet somewhere over Arizona on my [...]