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 77: ProFile: Daniel Prentice (pt 1)

A quiet force in kiting, part one… Before we get started, let us “summarize” a [...]

Issue 77: Pothecary’s Corner

Selecting a kite and dreaming on about long tails… Buying a sport kite Draw a [...]

Issue 77: REVisions: Clinics, learning, B2 and iQuad in Asia!

So, there I am, wandering around the sand at the West Coast Rev Clinic, the [...]

Issue 77: KiteMap.org (where to fly kites)

A new kite fliers’ community-based resource Kite flying needs little in the way of resources [...]

Issue 77: Featured Store: WindPower Sports

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

Issue 77: Windless Indoor Kite Festival 2011

The longest running Indoor Kite Competitions and Performances in the world! (I think. Please let [...]

Issue 77: Isla Blanca Kite Festival

Not too hot, not too cold ~Soft cool sand between my toes, that’s sunny “Isla [...]

Issue 77: Kite Party 9

Kite Party. Kite Party 9 in fact. Make note of the complete lack of the [...]

Issue 77: West Coast Rev Clinic IV

Sometime ago, roughly just over four years ago, we held what we believe to be [...]

Issue 77: Lincoln City Indoor Festival 2011

“Oh, My… How I DO love the power and majesty of Nature here in the [...]

Issue 77: Kite Party 9 Gallery

Photos by Jim Strealy, John Chilese, TK Barresi

Issue 76: From the Editor

Well, I’m here to tell you it’s been a tough winter for content and we [...]

Issue 76: Kites… Life.

What a great year we had for kiting in 2010! At least that’s my opinion… [...]

Issue 76: AKA Corner

Do you know what the AKA does for you? In another forum, a question was [...]

Issue 76: Dave’s World: Star Farker

Back in the early 90’s, the Star Watcher by Jordan Air was one of the [...]

Issue 76: Dave’s World: Travel – Tips and Trips

We’ve seen a lot of online posts lately asking about traveling with kites. And I [...]

Issue 76: Drachen Archives: Digitizing

When we make art, or kites, it’s often a convergence of factors that guides our [...]

Issue 76: News Reel

Community/Activism: “…The flying of angel-shaped kites marked the culmination of the Pink Purse campaign, a [...]

Issue 76: Kite Comics

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

Issue 76: Pothecary’s Corner

Introducing Us Please allow me to introduce ourselves. Some readers may have met us already [...]

Issue 76: REVisions – Bazzer, Xtras and B2s!

What to write about in the dull winter months between festivals? Actually, truth be told [...]