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 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 [...]

Issue 67: Pacrim Kite Festival

I’ve been to many festivals over the last few years, traveling with iQuad. All over [...]

Issue 67: Newport Kite Festival

Newport Kite Festival was revived after a couple years off.  Previously ran by Sue Moskowitz [...]

Issue 67: Ocean Shores Intl Kite Challenge

Oddly for a person who was used to doing a festival every few months in [...]

Issue 67: Parksville Kite Festival

Sometimes, we manage to miss out on fun events that are quite literally in our [...]

Issue 66: From the Editor

Welcome, we’ve done our very best to round up a wide variety of articles and [...]

Issue 66: Kites… Life.

It’s always interesting when it comes time for me to write one of these, with so [...]

Issue 66: AKA Corner

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

Issue 66: Dave’s World – An Inaugural Event in Vietnam

Invitations to “The Dance of the East Sea” came in late-February. This was the first [...]

Issue 66: Dave’s World – Art Displays in Berck

My first morning in France, I went down to breakfast and asked for an omelet. [...]

Issue 66: Drachen Archives – Gold for the Serious Kite Researcher

On a recent trip to the National Art Education Association convention, held this year in [...]

Issue 66: News Reel

“Garbage Moguls” – A new reality show about Terracycle Written by Reenita Malhotra – Published [...]

Issue 66: Kite Poems

A Kite author unknown I often sit and wish that I Could be a kite [...]

Issue 66: Kite Comics

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

Issue 66: Featured Store (WindPower Sports)

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