Category Archives: Issues (1998-2011)

Issue 40: Remembering Cris Batdorff

In 1987 I was flying with Eric and Dorothy Wolff and Frank Fiesler for the [...]

Issue 40: Team Tirades (manuevers)

One of the goals of any serious team is to create a maneuver that is [...]

Issue 40: Milking the Breeze (part 2)

This follow-up article brings us back to the subject of light wind flying techniques, except [...]

Issue 40: Empty Spaces: Merv Cooper

The kite community lost a good friend this Christmas… Dr. Mervin Cooper, longtime treasurer/event organizer [...]

Issue 40: 3rd International Goa Kite Carnival

We’d been gearing ourselves to hold the 3rd Goa Kite Carnival towards the third week [...]

Issue 40: Wind Party in Buenos Aires

Every now and then, some concept or idea comes along and just “smacks” you between [...]

Issue 40: Contours in Utah

In October 2004, the famed Australian kite maker Robert Brasington visited Utah for the first [...]

Issue 40: Newport’s First Night 2005

The event was held on Dec, 31st in a new venue for indoor kite flying [...]

Issue 40: 3rd Intl Goa Kite Carnival (gallery)

Photos by Jose Sainz

2005 KTAI Trade Show – Day 4

Knowing full well that things would be slow with all of the late night socials [...]

2005 KTAI Trade Show – Day 3

Time to fly! Today we finally put the “fliers” in “kitefliers” with most of the [...]

2005 KTAI Trade Show – Day 2

Off to another day at the races… With this being the first official day of [...]

2005 KTAI Trade Show – Day 1

Welcome to the Kite Trade Association’s annual trade show!  I know we’re a day early [...]

Issue 39: From the Editor

Coming ‘atcha! Welcome back for our latest issue of Kitelife… We keep trying to raise [...]

Issue 39: AKA Corner

Most of you know by now that we’ll be hosting the World Sport Kite Championships [...]

Issue 39: Dave’s World

Fifteen years ago, on my first trip to Japan, Susan and I were privileged to [...]

Issue 39: 2004 Spirit of Kiting Award (KSOK)

For the first time ever, we at Kitelife felt it important to create a special [...]

Issue 39: Letters to the Editor

We don’t hear from our visitors HARDLY enough, and are always thrilled to post comments [...]

Issue 39: ProFile: Dodd Gross

Back when I started flying in the early 90s, Dodd Gross already had a couple [...]

Issue 39: Ben Franklin Project (part 2)

After collecting all my “evidence” about Franklin’s claimed Electric Kite Flight (see Part 1 – [...]

Issue 39: ProFile with Barry “Bazzer” Poulter

One our favorite characters in kiting may be best known for his very colorful personality [...]