Tag Archives: competition

Issue 57: AKA Corner

People ask me all the time how I got in to kite flying. The answer [...]

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 (results)

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

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 [...]

2007 AKA Convention: Day 5

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

2007 AKA Convention: Day 4

Here, lets get this out of the way early this time. When I woke up [...]

2007 AKA Convention: Day 3

With daily updates that have been filled with dire weather predictions, I certainly expected today [...]

2007 AKA Convention: Day 2

So just how did the day turn out after such dire predictions of rain, lightning [...]

2007 AKA Convention: Day 1

And welcome to the 2007 edition of Daily Updates from the AKA Grand Nationals! This [...]

Issue 53: Mid-Florida Regional SKC

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

Issue 53: Up the River Indoor

This business about going to Arlington is getting to be decidedly “old hat.” I’d certainly [...]

Issue 52: Windless Kite Festival

The winter in the northwest can be an odd time. From about May to the [...]

Issue 51: Camas Indoor

Okay, where to start with this one? Gosh, I don’t know. This is the very [...]

2006 AKA Convention: Day 6

And finally, we reach Saturday, the last official day of the 2006 AKA convention in [...]

2006 AKA Convention: Day 5

Wow, it’s Friday already… This convention is nearly over – and we’re all having so [...]

2006 AKA Convention: Day 4

Thursday at the 29th AKA Convention and Grand National Competitions is kind of a day [...]

2006 AKA Convention: Day 3

Well ok, I suspect its my turn. The other Dave has done much of our [...]

2006 AKA Convention: Day 2

Okay, if yesterday was the start of the 29th AKA Convention – then today was [...]

2006 AKA Convention: Day 1

And so it begins! The 29th Annual American Kitefliers Convention, in Des Moines, Iowa. Like [...]

Issue 50: Steveston SKC

Is it over already? Is the fight for a spot to the Grand Nationals for [...]