Category Archives: Issues (1998-2011)

Issue 4: Buggy Newz

So… You want to go buggy, huh? It sure does look like a lot of [...]

Issue 4: Notes from a Broad – West to East to West Again

I met Miriam Schafler at the 1997 OKR Retreat and as we kept meeting at [...]

Issue 4: The New World Cup

Analysis by Bert Tanaka – A NEW RULE BOOK? Recently, AJSKA, AKA and STACK completed [...]

Issue 4: NFKA Fighters

Today NFKA had its June meeting/fly at Ocean Shores, WA and it was a great [...]

Issue 4: Mid-American SKC

Shootout at the K’zoo Corral or….”Same Fun, More Points” (quote from Russ Faulk) From its [...]

Issue 4: Best of Rec.Kites

Written by John Doe Welcome to The Best Of REC.KITES! We are attempting to extract [...]

Issue 4: Dave’s World

The response to my Trilobite Disaster last month was so overwhelming, that I decided to [...]

Issue 4: AKA Corner

I am sad to announce the end of a great kiting event–the Junction, Texas International [...]

Issue 4: Visual Eyes

Talkin’ Technique This month I want to address some items that may seem fairly simple, [...]

Issue 4: Kitemaker Profile – Neil Taylor

Here is the second in my series of articles featuring kitemakers from around the world. [...]

Issue 4: Junction Kite Retreat

Au Revoir Junction – 1989 – 1998 There are certain events that seem to have [...]

Issue 4: Speedsailing

My wife and I arrived at Heathrow airport on Friday, October 9 with just three [...]

Issue 4: Twisted Lines Festival

Topeka, Kansas I can’t begin to tell you how much fun this was. Perfect weekend, [...]

Issue 4: Kite History 101 – Guglielmo Marconi

Guglielmo Marconi and the Kite that Launched the Wireless Communications Era The Italian inventor Guglielmo [...]

Issue 4: Ohio Cup

June 27-28, 1998 Bowling Green, Ohio This first-time event, held in northeastern Ohio on the [...]

Issue 4: Photo Gallery

Picture of the Month Rick Fiala reports that “I used a really good camera, and [...]

Issue 3: Kites… Life.

Well, here we are again! Thanks for joining us for the third issue of Kitelife. [...]

Issue 3: Tangents and Trivia

So, here we go again! Has a month passed already? I’m not sure about the [...]

Issue 3: AKA Corner

In our last column, we mentioned a lot of reasons for joining the AKA: the [...]

Issue 3: 4play

They say music soothes the savage beast.  Trust me, a kite zipping through the sky [...]

Issue 3: Visual Eyes

Films Filters and Miscellany Before I go into more specifics about setting up shots, I’d [...]