Category Archives: Issues (1998-2011)

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 [...]

Issue 70: AKA Corner

How many times have you flown a kite this New Year? Don’t let the weather [...]

Issue 70: Dave’s World: Gound Control

Some days it is just too windy. Some days the field is too crowded. And [...]

Issue 70: Dave’s World – Safety, Safety, Safety

A perfect flying day for me means not having to worry about someone getting hurt. [...]

Issue 70: News Reel

Travel/Tourism: Kite travel time share: the best of all world’s with a great business model! [...]

Issue 70: Outstanding Fields – Seaside, OR USA

Hi! While I read Luc Parent’s gorgeous recommendation for the Iles de la Madeleine, in [...]

Issue 70: Kite Comics

Kite Comics by Dan Thompson This issue marks the second set of kite cartoons we’ve [...]

Issue 70: REVisions – The Drill Bit

The Drill Bit A couple of weeks back, a thread popped up in the Rev [...]

Issue 70: Drachen Archives – German Submarine Rotary Wing Kite

Having attended the High Altitude Wind Power symposium at California State University in Chico, I [...]

Issue 70: Guide to Nose Replacement

Materials needed: Soldering iron with pointed tip (30 watt, no more, no less) Metal Ruler [...]

Issue 70: Kite Plan – Tekaweya

This kite design challenged us more than any other we ever set out to create. [...]

Issue 70: Kite Plan – Ohashi’s No-Bridle Kites

When is a bridle not a bridle??When it is a single line attached to a [...]

Issue 70: Featured Store – Picture Pretty Kites

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