Category Archives: Issue 1 (Apr)

Issue 1: Kites… Life.

WELCOME to the first issue of Kitelife! We hope you enjoy it; we have had [...]

Issue 1: Tangents and Trivia

These pages will document the wanderings of a confessed kite addict. I’ve learned an awfully [...]

Issue 1: Tip Stand

When asked to write a column for Kitelife, I thought, “What can I possibly say [...]

Issue 1: Fugedaboudit

For those of you who don’t get the Donnie Brasco reference, “Fugedaboudit” is the sort [...]

Issue 1: 4play

The first time I picked up a quad line kite, I practically was forced to [...]

Issue 1: Welcome to the Machine

This is where it all happens: the masterpieces, the joy, the frustrations and the nervous [...]

Issue 1: Dave’s World – Weifang

The first time I traveled overseas, it changed my life. I was on my way [...]

Issue 1: Novice Class

Initial Greetings Thank you for stopping by the novice’s corner. This purpose of this column [...]

Issue 1: UK View

We stand at the beginning of a new season and everything seems to be changing. [...]

Issue 1: Doin’ It Indoors

So few activities in life give us as individuals an opportunity to express ourselves, to [...]

Issue 1: Visual Eyes

What is probably the thing we kiters do second to flying at a festival? No, [...]

Issue 1: AKA Corner

Greetings! Kitelife has graciously offered me this space to give regular reports on the activities [...]

Issue 1: The Singing Kites of Kelantan

My Standard Two (equivalent to American second grade) school teachers disliked the fliers and their [...]

Issue 1: Editing Kite Ballet Music

One of the most difficult decisions our kite team has to make each season is [...]

Issue 1: First Flight Workshop

The ‘First Flight Workshop’ is intended to decrease new flier anxiety (in regard to competing [...]

Issue 1: Quest for the World Cup

Phew……..What a year!!! For Sky Dance 1996 had been quite a year. Winning the European [...]

Issue 1: Like Kite Flying? Join a Club!

You started with a beginner stunt kite or maybe a small single line kite. Soon [...]

Issue 1: A Look at Ballet

At the last US Figure Skating Nationals in Philadelphia, Michelle Kwan scored Sixes, perfect scores, [...]

Issue 1: Why We Fly

Do you remember the first time you flew a kite? Or how about the first [...]

Issue 1: Roaring Forties Festival

Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Ten years ago, in 1988, Australia’s first World Kiting Festival was held [...]

Issue 1: Buggy Boogie Thang

Dateline: El Mirage Dry Lake, S. California. On Friday, January 9th, we landed at Los [...]