Category Archives: Other / Misc

Issue 56: ProFile with Pam Kirk & Mike Dennis

One of the joys and delights of working on Kitelife is the opportunity to “interview” [...]

Issue 51: What are you flying? Oh, nothing.

Yup, as the title suggests I built a flying zero, nothing, nada, zip, zilch! Well [...]

Issue 51: A bench in Canada…

Thank you “Everyone” for the outstanding honor you have bestowed on me. What a total [...]

Issue 50: Workshops… Magic?

Where to start? Well, I guess my age is where I begin.  I’ve been a [...]

Issue 49: Kids Day at WSIKF

We all pay our “lip service.” Everybody says it: KITES are for KIDS of all [...]

Issue 49: Flying in Patagonia

Patagonia Argentina, magic land, nature in pure state where the great Dinosaurs inhabited million years [...]

Issue 49: A Day at Vanier

Well, normally I’m excited, even energized, by a road-trip to a kite festival… Maybe it [...]

Issue 46: Betty’s Last Convention

This was Betty’s 14th convention; Her first was an impromptu, impulsive thing to attend the [...]

Issue 46: Kites vs. Kite Birds

AHMEDABAD — As many as a million kites soared aloft over Indian cities on January [...]

Issue 45: Tangents w/out Trivia

Yep, you read that right, a total ban of kite flying, and kite sales by [...]

Issue 45: Kite Bugs

Someone came up to Ronda at Fort Worden 2001 and said “I found these at [...]

Issue 44: Tangents w/out Trivia

Quite a few people have talked about the decline of participants in our hobby and [...]

Issue 43: Mega Flag Experience

Walking inside the Mega Flag is an absolutely remarkable feeling. The light filters down in [...]

Issue 43: A Day in the Power Zone

As a long time sport kite participant, I’ve been around all kinds of kiting activities [...]

Issue 41: The Cuban Experience

Kiting is truly a passion! You know, every now and then Kitelife runs across a [...]

Issue 41: The Cuban Experience (Espanol – Vivencia Cubana)

Las cometas son verdaderamente una pasión! Ustedes saben, de vez en cuando Kitelife va detrás [...]

Issue 41: Flying High Down Under

Kitelife last reported on Bob Moore’s World Record Altitude attempt in our November/December issue, and [...]

Issue 40: Full Circle… Got Kites?

In the late 80s kiting saw the spread of home grown kite events around the [...]

Issue 39: Flying High, Down Under!

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

Issue 37: A Newbie’s Adventures in Sport Kiting

Part 1: Spongebob made me do it. It was with the sense of dread common to [...]

Issue 36: Magic at Ocean Beach

What it is about certain people who magically promote happiness into your soul and even [...]