Category Archives: Issues (1998-2011)

The complete archive of our original bi-monthly e'zine (electronic magazine) devoting to kite flying of all kinds since day one… Our current format is a dynamic feed, so those articles (2011 onward) can be found in the other general categories (see our full timeline).
With literally thousands of articles in the archives, you'll find features on stunt kites, fighter kites, inflatable show kites, kite making, kite competition, interviews with renowned kite personalities and event coverage from some of the greatest kite festivals on earth.
To browse by year, please use the navigation menu on the right side of this page.

Issue 69: Lincoln City Fall Festival

Ah, Lincoln City, how I love thee! As I’ve discussed before, this is where I [...]

Issue 69: SPI Competition

November 7-8, 2010 It was great to have the South Padre Island Kite Competition/Festival back [...]

Issue 69: Kites Over Granbury

The 3rd annual Kites Over Granbury kite festival was held in Granbury, TX this past [...]

2009 AKA Convention: Day 6

Holy smokes was it cold this morning! While there were rumors of impending snow, the [...]

2009 AKA Convention: Day 5

We appeared to have a larger number of particiants in our morning workshops today, likey [...]

2009 AKA Convention: Day 4

The schedule was pretty relaxed today with comprehensive kitemaking competition continuing both indoors and out, [...]

2009 AKA Convention: Day 3

The first wave of todays morning workshops were “Recruiting for Fun” by Gayle Woodul, “Judging [...]

2009 AKA Convention: Day 2

Tuesday morning saw quite a deluge of rain, still cold, putting a slight damper on [...]

2009 AKA Convention: Day 1

With fifteen conventions under my belt as of this one, I do like arriving at [...]

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 [...]