Category Archives: Other / Misc
AoxomoxoA – what is it?
If you’ve been in kiting for a little while, you’ve probably heard the term “AoxomoxoA” [...]
Apr
Rainy Day Flier?
Suppose you’re walking in the rain with a loved one, under an umbrella – but [...]
Apr
Wind Map
While cruising the kite forums, I came across this link to a windmap put together [...]
Kite Flying with Intent
After six plus years of doing sport kite workshops and clinics (both dual and quad [...]
Mar
Kite Festival Cancelled Due to Civil War
Excerpt from PBS.org, in a kite feature from Yemen: A bunch of kids are running [...]
Mar
Drachen Archives: Japanese Prints
Scott Skinner has one of the most unique collections of Japanese prints in the world [...]
Mar
Kite Purity Test
This was first published in rec.kites back in Christmas 1996. It has been updated slightly. [...]
Feb
Pothecary’s Corner: How we started – Part three.
Before I get in to this I would genuinely like to thank all those people [...]
Feb
Happy Endings with State Parks
I’ve used several of these pages to keep you informed about developments in the Oregon [...]
Feb
Kite Cartoons by Mark Parisi
While scanning the web for good kite stuff, we came across these kite cartoons from [...]
Feb
News: Coping through kite-flying
There’s a celebrity sitting next to you. Connor Doran, an 18-year-old Central Oregon Community College [...]
Issue 81: Kites… Life.
New kites to look out for… The SuperFly After working with Carl Robertshaw for many [...]
Dec
Issue 81: Dave’s World – State Law
Some days it feels like I spend all my time fighting fires when what I [...]
Issue 77: Kite Comics
by Dan Thompson This issue marks the second set of kite cartoons we’ve had made [...]
Apr
Issue 76: Kite Comics
This issue marks the second set of kite cartoons we’ve had made for Kitelife Magazine, [...]
Feb
Issue 75: Kite Comics
This issue marks the second set of kite cartoons we’ve had made for Kitelife Magazine, [...]
Dec
Issue 74: Kite Comics
This issue marks the second set of kite cartoons we’ve had made for Kitelife Magazine, [...]
Oct
Issue 74: A Novice Position in the Mega Grid
100 Rev kites in a 10 x 10 stable grid formation…. That was the plan, [...]
Oct
Issue 74: The Story Behind the Photograph
This is a photograph of Jeff Howard at El Mirage in 1998, and I have [...]
Oct
Issue 73: Kite Comics
This issue marks the second set of kite cartoons we’ve had made for Kitelife Magazine, [...]
Aug
Issue 73: Kite & Bike Dreamtour VI – Part 2
So here we go again. After 8 years, I am about to experience my favourite [...]
Aug