Category Archives: KL Archive

Issue 54: Tricks Party South

New competitors and seasoned flyers alike traveled to Huntsville in March to compete in a [...]

Issue 54: Northwest SKC

What? WHAT? An AKA/NWSKL sanctioned Kite Competition – right in my own back yard? Gosh, [...]

Issue 54: Weifang Kite Festival

On the 19th to 23 April 2007, the Weifang International Kite Festival and 3rd World [...]

Issue 54: Festival Layang-Layang

This trip to Malaysia’s premiere International kite festival was my fourth year in a row, [...]

Issue 54: Bend Kite Festival

How wonderfully unusual! I mean… First off, I’m going to a Kite Festival in Bend, [...]

Issue 54: Skagit Valley Tulip Festival

Northwest Washington’s Skagit Valley comes alive with brilliant color each spring. During the month of [...]

Issue 54: Cloudbuster Festival

The Second Annual Cloud Buster Kite Festival held in Perrin, Texas was preceded by a [...]

Issue 54: Musashi Kite Club Festival

“Rain with possible snow” was the forecast Saturday night, the day before the 18th Kite [...]

Issue 53: From the Editor

Welcome to yet another issue of Kitelife, published just as we’re getting into the full [...]

Issue 53: AKA Corner

Greetings to all in kite land from here in Minnesota where the lakes are still [...]

Issue 53: Dave’s World

Saturday afternoon, a frigid wind was blowing across the ice in Clear Lake Iowa. Kiters [...]

Issue 53: Drachen Archives: Au fil des Vents

The Drachen Foundation recently placed a database of its library archive online for the public [...]

Issue 53: Featured Store: A Wind Of Change

Each month we’ll be featuring one of the fine retailers who have been so supportive [...]

Issue 53: Riding the Bull

I was sitting around the office this past January and got an email from Carl [...]

Issue 53: Multiple Sport Kite Flying (part II)

Hi friends of Kitelife. Do you remember my first article about MKF? Well, this is [...]

Issue 53: REVisions: Indoors, Pairs and More!

Last time I sat down to write REVisions, where I dealt with the basics of [...]

Issue 53: Empty Spaces: Shane Hill

“Empty Spaces In The Sky” pieces are never easy for us to write at Kitelife, [...]

Issue 53: Silver Fox 2.5 STD by Flying Wings

Specifications Manufacturer: Flying Wings Model: Silver Fox 2.5 STD Wingspan: 98″ Height: 36″ Weight: 12.6 [...]

Issue 53: Kite Party 5

Kite Party Number 5!  What more need I say? Okay, this is the Fifth Annual [...]

Issue 53: Mid-Florida Regional SKC

If you judge the success of a comp only by the number of flyers entered, [...]

Issue 53: South Padre Island Kite Festival

Let me introduce you to the joys of winter on the Pacific Northwest. It typically [...]