Category Archives: Other / Misc

Issue 36: Re-discovering Kite Flying by Jorge Arellano

It was just the end of holidays, June 2004 to be exact. It seemed that [...]

Issue 34: Book Review – Someone Bigger by Jonathan Emmett

Sam and Dad had made a kite. They’d made it large. They’d made it light. [...]

Issue 34: Book Review – The Kite Festival by Leyla Torres

On Sunday morning, Fernando Flórez’s grandpa spreads out a map and asks him to close [...]

Issue 33: Blowin’ in the Wind

Well, here we are back again – talkin’ about kites and other stuff that puts [...]

Issue 33: Extremes

I’m a creature of extremes. Most of my kite flying happens either indoors or while [...]

Issue 32: A Fine Gathering on Kite Hill

Shucks, just another normal summer day in the upper left-hand corner of the map – [...]

Issue 32: Flying on Mt Hood

“Hey Wonder Boy, let’s go to Mount Hood and fly our kites” “Go where?” “Mount [...]

Issue 31: Rum N’ Max

A friend who lives about forty miles north of San Antonio, Texas sent me a [...]

Issue 31: Indoor Inspirations

Have you seen Indoor No-wind kite flying yet? Have you tried it? No? Well, hopefully [...]

Issue 20: Kite Tails from A Broad

So the season for outdoor flying is over….well at least it is for me. As [...]

Issue 9: Kiting News

Spar Wars It looks like the next generation of kite spars is on the way. [...]

Issue 9: Anchors Aweigh

Anchors Aweigh: The Care and Feeding of a Good Kite Anchor Recently, when a kiting [...]

Issue 9: Sportkite History

It has come to my attention that there is an interest in the history/evolution of [...]

Issue 8: Kite Colors

The Influence of Color on the Flyability of Kites A great deal has been written [...]

Issue 8: Hot Shotz – Matthew McGee

Mention the word competition to some sport kite enthusiasts & you’ll immediately get the hand. [...]

Issue 8: Psychology of Kiting

Satire by Joseph Samuels Introduction- The history of kites was recorded more than 2500 years [...]

Issue 8: Confessions of a Dual Line Junkie

An Introduction (Of Sorts) I can’t help but feel that some explanation is necessary regarding [...]

Issue 8: Antarctic Power-Kiting

The evening breeze was strengthening as I collapsed my telescopic ski poles and threw them [...]

Issue 3: Dave’s World

The Great Trilobite Disaster or “In just One Idio-second” After the festival in the United [...]

Issue 3: Ballad of Austin EOL

How to start a Kite Team…or maybe not? The history of the Austin End Of [...]

Issue 3: Funny Pages

We are pleased to publish humor columns from Joe Lavin. Joe is a syndicated writer [...]