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Issue 5: View From the Rear
This is Part Two of the continuing saga of my rookie experiences in buggying. I was lucky enough to have a few days off just before the East Coast Sport Kite Competition. The three days preceding the...
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Issue 5: World Cup Preview
World Cup 1998 promises to be a special one. It will be part of one of the world’s biggest and, more important, part of one of the world’s greatest kite festivals. Contrary to its reputation as a...
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Issue 5: Desert Evening
a short story by Bob Childs It’s 8 pm in the desert as the sun sets over the mountains. The temperature cools to a comfortable 80 degrees giving rest to my thermometer measuring 118 earlier in the...
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Issue 5: Brookings
Southern Oregon Kite Festival Brookings, OR July 18-19, 1998 This was the 6th running of the Southern Oregon Kite Festival, sponsored by KCRE radio and the Port of Brookings Harbor. Let me start by...
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hot, HOT, HOT in Wichita KS There are three things you almost never want to hear at a kite competition. #1 A TV weatherman saying, “The Kansas winds should give us a break today, unless you’re a...
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Issue 5: Eyes To The Skies
Eyes To The Skies Balloonfest July 3-6, 1998, Lisle IL This is the first of two reports in this month’s issue about non-traditional kite events. The Eyes To The Skies fest is a monstrous affair, with...
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Issue 5: Kite Festival Ede
On Sunday, the 23rd of August, the kiteshop Het Vliegertje in Nijmegen organised the Kite Festival Ede. This annual festival is organised on the Ginkelse Heide (Heide = Heath/Moor), near the N224 on...
View ArticleIssue 5: WSIKF Results
WASHINGTON STATE INTERNATIONAL KITE FESTIVAL August 17-23, 1998 EVENT RESULTS: MONDAY Trains Most Beautiful: Bob and Bea Murphy Most Unique: Bill Cox Longest Train: John and Carol Vrolson Arches Most...
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Issue 5: WSIKF
Washington State Interational Kite Festival Event Coverage by Elain Genser, Sharon Musto, and Bruce Lambert. Photos by Robin Haas. Click HERE for Event Scores Attendance may have been slightly down...
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Issue 5: Michigan Sportkite Classic
or…. Can I Do My Tricks Now? Livonia, MI August 8-9 Photos by Rick and Robyne Gardner 6 year old Madeline McDuff provides us with the title of this event report. Little Madeline, after flying her...
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Issue 5: Canal Days
A Smashing Success August 2, 1998 Bob White and myself woke up to a wonderful sunny day with a southeast breeze off of Lake Erie after spending the night in Bob White’s RV on the events kite field....
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Issue 5: Berkeley Kite Festival
Tidbits from Berkeley This event report will stray from our normal formula. We solicited impressions of the event from some of the participants, we hope you enjoy the results. Many of the pictures are...
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Issue 5: A Special Experience
Recently I had the good fortune to be contacted by Pam Brasseux of Camp Periwinkle to put on a kite demo and offer kite lessons. This is a summer camp for patients at the Texas Children’s Cancer...
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Issue 5: Kite History 101
MOVING ALONG! George Pocock and the Beginnings of Modern Traction Kiting. One of the more athletic and daring aspects of the modern kite scene is the emergence of kite powered buggying as a means of...
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Issue 5: Doin’ it Indoors
We’re half way through summer and the last thing most people have on their mind is indoor flying. However, being summer, the evening hours often bring dead calm once the sun begins to set. What a...
View ArticleIssue 5: 4 Play
Murphy’s Law Well, here we are again. This time, yes I did it, I am a happily married kite flier. After the big wedding my thoughts have gone back to the wedding day over and over. In doing so, and...
View ArticleIssue 5: Visual Eyes
Taking The Photo Before You Take The Photo: Previsualize For the past couple of months I’ve been talking about camera equipment, features, and camera handling. Now I’m going to delve into the meat of...
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Issue 5: Buggy Newz
Hey again… This time let’s talk about the differences between two and four line power kites and their use as buggy engines. Where ever you see buggies, quads seem to be the popular engine of choice...
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Issue 5: Novice Class
Thanks again for joining me in Novice Class. I would like to introduce you to some great Novice kite fliers that I have had the opportunity to get to know through the Eastern League events. Hopefully,...
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Issue 5: Kitemaker Profile 2 – Richard Gareau
Now that Kitelife has gone bi-monthly, I will try to include profiles on more than one kitemaker in each edition. In which case, there are separate articles for each kitemaker. This profile looks at...
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Issue 5: Kitemaker Profile – Ray and Gail Wilmer
Now that Kitelife has gone bi-monthly, I will try to include profiles on more than one kitemaker in each edition. In which case, there are separate articles for each kitemaker. Last month I introduced...
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Issue 5: UK View
So what have I been up to for the last couple of months? Some of you that read rec.kites or have bumped in to me will know, I fractured my wrist and that kept me out of action for a while. But watch...
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Issue 5: Tangents and Trivia
A History Lesson CHAPTER FIVE - “HOW FAR WILL YOU DRIVE FOR A KITE FESTIVAL?” The Chicagoland Sky Liners applied for chapter affiliation to the American Kitefliers Association as soon as we became a...
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Issue 5: Dave’s World
World Cup IX – The Best One Yet? I’ve been looking forward to the World Cup in Dieppe for many months now. It seems like a strong group of American spectators are headed over. I’m not surprised. More...
View ArticleIssue 5: Kites…Life
The Schoolyard Bully, The Village Idiot, and Kiting on the Internet Provocative title, eh? After reading the first draft of my intended article, I decided that you would be better served if I canned...
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