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Issue 32: AKA Grand Nationals

As Kiting editor Mike Gillard and I arrived at the host Hope Hotel on Sunday [...]

2003 AKA Convention and Grand Nationals (Day 3)

Wednesday morning brought crystal blue skies and a steady 4-6mph breeze again, but was still [...]

2003 AKA Convention and Grand Nationals (Day 2)

As things are winding down I find myself glowing from a full day of excellent [...]

2003 AKA Convention and Grand Nationals (Day 1)

While we didn’t originally plan to include Monday in the nightly updates, I arrived in [...]

Issue 31: AKA Corner

Fliers that have been to a national convention understand. So here is an invitation to [...]

Issue 31: Kite Competition Acronyms (category definitions)

  Event Definitions – Do you know your NIP from your MIB? You may have [...]

Issue 21: AKA Corner

I hope you are all noticing a new level of excitement, involvement, and activity within [...]

Issue 20: AKA Corner

I’m delighted to once again be serving as President of the American Kitefliers Association and [...]

Issue 20: National Kite Month 2001

Baraphobics Anonymous Lately I’ve realized that I suffer from baraphobia: the fear of gravity. Face [...]

Issue 9: AKA Corner

by Richard Dermer, AKA President This is an exciting time of year to be an [...]

Issue 9: Tangents and Trivia

Chapter Nine – You Want To Do What? This chapter really starts way back in Detroit, [...]

Issue 6: Dave’s World

Two Great Events To Finish The Year Photos by Beth Drake, Mike Gillard, Robin Haas [...]

Issue 6: UK View

Hi Folks. Well the season is over for me and it’s time to take a [...]

Issue 6: AKA Photo Gallery

AKA photos by: Beth Drake, Mike Gillard, Robin Haas, Brian Johnsen, Mike Smathers

Issue 6: AKA Nationals

23rd Annual AKA Convention Ocean Shores, WA October 1998 Fighter coverage by Bruce Lambert Photos [...]

Issue 5: Dave’s World

World Cup IX – The Best One Yet? I’ve been looking forward to the World [...]

Issue 5: Tangents and Trivia

A History Lesson CHAPTER FIVE – “HOW FAR WILL YOU DRIVE FOR A KITE FESTIVAL?” The [...]

Issue 5: Sportkite Issues

Part 1: Peace in our Time? In the last issue, we wrote: AKA and AKM, [...]

Issue 4: Kites… Life.

In the last six weeks, I have been fortunate enough to attend four great festivals, [...]

Issue 4: Notes from a Broad – West to East to West Again

I met Miriam Schafler at the 1997 OKR Retreat and as we kept meeting at [...]

Issue 4: The New World Cup

Analysis by Bert Tanaka – A NEW RULE BOOK? Recently, AJSKA, AKA and STACK completed [...]