Category Archives: KL Archive

Issue 57: ProFile: John Freeman

As Kitelife grows in readership, we’ve tried to keep looking for ways to expand the [...]

Issue 57: REVisions – Own Your Hover

What? Its coming up on winter already? I’m scraping frost off of my car? How [...]

Issue 57: The Cygnet’s Centennial

The Cygnet’s Centennial I’ve been extremely fortunate, I’ve have had many very special moments during [...]

Issue 57: On Film: The Kite Runner

Based on one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, The Kite Runner is [...]

Issue 57: AKA Grand Nationals

There are kite festivals, and then there are Kite Festivals!  But there is only one [...]

Issue 57: Tokyo Bay Flight Party

When I started flying in the early 90’s, many of the top sport kite pilots [...]

Issue 57: Tokyo Bay Flight Party (results)

Free Flight Precision Dual Line 1 Kazuaki Akimoto 65.60 2 Tadahiko Matsumoto 65.57 3 Masahiko [...]

Issue 57: Dieppe Kite International

Perception is a funny thing. Growing up in Western New York State, on the US–Canada [...]

Issue 57: Lincoln City Fall Festival

What? It’s fall already?  With the AKA Grand Nationals over, this left one single outdoor [...]

Issue 57: Niagara Falls International Kite Festival

Back in 1848, there was a dilemma. It was desired to have a bridge that [...]

Issue 57: Santa Cruz Kite Festival

The phone Rings… it’s Scott Weider,  and he says,  ”Hey Buddy. Wanna Go to Santa [...]

Issue 57: Callaway Kite Fly

My wife and I took our four month old daughter to Callaway, NE for the [...]

Issue 57: Carolina Kite Fest

The 20th annual Carolina Kite Fest was held on October 27th and 28th  at the [...]

Issue 57: Kites Over Granbury

Planning for The 2nd Annual “Kites Over Granbury” festival started on September 4, ’07 with [...]

Issue 57: Camas Indoor Festival

As the weather starts to turn chilly and the opportunities to fly outside begin to [...]

Issue 57: South Padre Island Competition

Windchasers Kite Shop, owned and operated by Guy Blatnik, held the 11th Annual SPI Kite [...]

Issue 57: Family Day Kite Festival

For seven years in the 1970s San Francisco was home to the Family Day Kite [...]

Issue 57: Tokyo Bay Flight Party (Gallery)

Photos by Akiyoshi Odagawa and Sumiko Yamashita

Issue 57: Red Bull Kite Performers in Perth (Gallery)

Photos by John Barresi, Chris Goff and Lam Hoac

Issue 57: Niagara Falls Kite Festival (Gallery)

Photos by John Barresi

2007 AKA Convention: Day 5

Well, unfortunately, it had to happen sooner or later this week, the day was for [...]