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 39: Milking the Breeze

Now to touch on one of the most challenging aspects of kite flying, light or [...]

01
Dec
Issue 39: ProFile with El Fabuloso Team

Reading up on the 2004 World Team Championships in Berck sur Mer and talking with [...]

01
Dec
Issue 39: Tangents w/out the Trivia
December 1, 2004

Several months ago Peter Lynn, the world renown kite flier, and kite builder flew his [...]

Issue 39: Judging the Judges
December 1, 2004

Why should we judge the Judges? Competition is done, scores are posted, who cares? The [...]

Issue 39: Flying High, Down Under!

November 10, 2004 My name is Bob Moore, I live in Sydney, Australia and have [...]

01
Dec
Issue 39: World Kite Museum
December 1, 2004

What’s happening at The World Kite Museum (WKM)? Well… Actually, a fair amount! Way back [...]

Issue 39: AKA Grand Nationals

If there is one event that I try and make a point of always attending, [...]

01
Dec
Issue 39: Taipei International Kite Festival

The trip to Taipei, Taiwan for the 2004 Taipei International Kite Festival was my fourth [...]

01
Dec
Issue 39: Festival International De L’Air

The Theme for this year’s festival in Base Nature, Frejus France was the country of [...]

01
Dec
Issue 39: Whidbey Island Kite Festival

Well, here we go again… Charly and I are off to another Kite Festival – [...]

01
Dec
Issue 39: Whidbey Island Kite Festival (results)
December 1, 2004

Open Individual Indoor Unlimited Jerry Cannon Ray Underwood Egan Davis Scott Davis Tristan Underwood Wayne [...]

Issue 39: Carolina Kite Festival

The 17th Carolina Kite Fest was held October 23rd and 24th, 2004 at A Place [...]

01
Dec
Issue 39: Review of Spirit by New Tech

Specifications Manufacturer: New Tech Model: Standard configuration, SPIRIT Wingspan: 80 inches Height: 32 inches Standoff [...]

01
Dec
Issue 39: AKA Grand Nationals (gallery)

Photos by John Barresi

01
Dec
Issue 39: Taipei International Kite Festival (gallery)

Photos by John Barresi

01
Dec
Issue 39: Whidbey Island Kite Festival (gallery)

Photos by Dave “Geezer” Shattuck

01
Dec
2004 AKA Convention – Day 6

Welcome to the last day of our 27th annual convention… The morning brought more seminars [...]

16
Oct
2004 AKA Convention – Day 5

After finding some much needed coffee, I wandered over to the convention center yet again [...]

15
Oct
2004 AKA Convention – Day 4

Finally, a day off… After being tied to the sport kite competition fields for my [...]

14
Oct
2004 AKA Convention – Day 3

Good day, good flight… Workshops continued this morning, while many of yesterday’s competitors were scanning [...]

13
Oct
2004 AKA Convention – Day 2

Hello and welcome to another day of the AKA Convention!  Today we had the first [...]

12
Oct