Category Archives: Issues (1998-2011)

Issue 57: From the Editor

Many of you have heard the idea that if you could get six million monkeys [...]

Issue 57: AKA Corner

People ask me all the time how I got in to kite flying. The answer [...]

Issue 57: Kites… Life.

As Kitelife prepares for its 11th year in publication with 2008 right around the corner, [...]

Issue 57: Dave’s World: Down to South Africa

Susan and I are just back from South Africa. This was our fourth trip to [...]

Issue 57: Kite Chi with Corey Jensen – Living That Kite Life

Okay, I don’t know if you all know Corey Jensen. Oh, never mind some of [...]

Issue 57: Drachen Archives – A Cody

On October 16, 1908, cowboy showman and kite enthusiast Samuel Franklin Cody became the first [...]

Issue 57: Featured Store: Kites R Us

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

Issue 57: Toro, Toro, Toro…

Red Bull gives you wings, all kinds of wings, even those on kites… Sadly, the [...]

Issue 57: ProFile of Heads Up Kites

Did you happen to read the ProFile of Pam Kirk and Mike Dennis in the [...]

Issue 57: ProFile: John Freeman

As Kitelife grows in readership, we’ve tried to keep looking for ways to expand the [...]

Issue 57: REVisions – Own Your Hover

What? Its coming up on winter already? I’m scraping frost off of my car? How [...]

Issue 57: The Cygnet’s Centennial

The Cygnet’s Centennial I’ve been extremely fortunate, I’ve have had many very special moments during [...]

Issue 57: On Film: The Kite Runner

Based on one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, The Kite Runner is [...]

Issue 57: AKA Grand Nationals

There are kite festivals, and then there are Kite Festivals!  But there is only one [...]

Issue 57: Tokyo Bay Flight Party

When I started flying in the early 90’s, many of the top sport kite pilots [...]

Issue 57: Tokyo Bay Flight Party (results)

Free Flight Precision Dual Line 1 Kazuaki Akimoto 65.60 2 Tadahiko Matsumoto 65.57 3 Masahiko [...]

Issue 57: Dieppe Kite International

Perception is a funny thing. Growing up in Western New York State, on the US–Canada [...]

Issue 57: Lincoln City Fall Festival

What? It’s fall already?  With the AKA Grand Nationals over, this left one single outdoor [...]

Issue 57: Niagara Falls International Kite Festival

Back in 1848, there was a dilemma. It was desired to have a bridge that [...]

Issue 57: Santa Cruz Kite Festival

The phone Rings… it’s Scott Weider,  and he says,  ”Hey Buddy. Wanna Go to Santa [...]

Issue 57: Callaway Kite Fly

My wife and I took our four month old daughter to Callaway, NE for the [...]