Category Archives: Issues (1998-2011)

Issue 63: Niagara International Kite Festival

The 2008 edition of the Niagara Falls International Kite Festival often looked and felt more [...]

Issue 63: Wind Party in Buenos Aires

There is a wide variety in Kite Festivals. Some are small local celebrations, meant only [...]

Issue 63: Second Annual Idaho Kite Festival

If October 1-4 does not ring a bell for the second annual Idaho Kite Festival, [...]

Issue 63: Capetown International Kite Festival

It’s almost an unbelievable question: “Do they fly kites in South Africa?” It’s usually followed [...]

Issue 63: Kites Over Granbury

Flying Kites for Kids in Crisis is a kite festival held in Granbury, Texas. Granbury [...]

Issue 63: Qatar Kite Festival

The first kite festival in Doha, Qatar was a fabulous experience. I arrived in Qatar [...]

Issue 63: Lincoln City Fall Fest

This is an event I look forward to year after year, the reception from the [...]

Issue 63: Red Bull Revisited (photo gallery)

Photos by Chris Goff

Issue 62: From the Editor

Over to the left, you can see a rare combination of completely blissed out and [...]

Issue 62: AKA Corner

Convention: Convention was great. We had plenty of room. We had good wind when we [...]

Issue 62: Dave’s World

Balloons and kites don’t usually mix well. Balloon pilots prefer little or no wind so [...]

Issue 62: Drachen Archives

As director of one of the largest collections of kites in the world, I often [...]

Issue 62: Choreographing Ballet Routines

Editor’s note : The pictures included in this article are from the 2008 AKA Grand [...]

Issue 62: The Kite That Bridged Niagara

Mighty Niagara Falls, once known only to the local Native Americans, was being transformed. Sightseers [...]

Issue 62: Revisions, The UK Edition

As I eluded to within my two articles regarding my trip to the UK, something [...]

Issue 62: Portsmouth Kite Festival

Late last year, I think just after WSIKF, I received an interesting email. When John [...]

Issue 62: Empty Spaces: Sharon Torres

Sharon Torres – 6/26/47 to 7/31/08 This summer the beach skies are missing one kite. [...]

Issue 62: Bristol Kite Festival

In between the Portsmouth and Bristol festivals, a few things happened that bear mentioning before [...]

Issue 62: MOTS Kite Festival

This festival started much like any other. I departed for John’s house on Thursday so [...]

Issue 62: Eurocup 2008

Once again kites shaded the beach of Scheveningen. For the 30th time the old fisherman’s [...]

Issue 62: Berkeley International Kite Festival

The song goes that you will leave your heart in San Francisco when you go [...]