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From the Editor
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Many of you have heard the idea that if you could get six million monkeys with six million typewriters (or, Macs), through the liberal application of statistics, they will eventually type up a copy of some Shakespeare. However, this month, there is one monkey and one Mac so, there isn't very good odds that there will be any Shakespeare within this issue. This month, John's travel schedule is such that he felt he needed to turn over all the fun work to me, so I'm wearing the Editor cap for this issue.
John has been to Niagara, the AKA Nationals, Lincoln City, Japan, Australia and he's currently in Argentina, all within the last two months. Hopefully the magazine looks much like it always does, I've for the most part followed in the same road as we have for many issues. My nefarious plot to redo the entire issue in Helvetica fell upon deaf ears.

Lucky me, this issue is also one of the largest we have run in a long time, coming in at THIRTY separate sections, including a brand new column we will be featuring in every issue, written by Corey Jensen and a revival of an editor's column called "Kites... Life".

It should be noted, we received several reports from visitors to the Kitelife site that they were getting trojan warnings from their antivirus software after loading up our home page, and a few others. We researched the problem for a few weeks, poring through code, looking for the problem, until we picked up on a nifty article that pointed out similar issues with sites using the Doubleclick ad server, one of those used on Kitelife.

Needless to say, all of those offending ads have been removed, making our site safe once again! If you find any of these trojan-loading ads that we missed, or experience any other problems while using the Kitelife site, please don't hesitate to immediately.

Given this issue has arrived on December 1st, its worthwhile mentioning that Christmas is 25 days away and you know, we have a large selection of kite-related stuff in the Kitelife Store that be great for any kite flyers on your list. Or maybe a membership to Kitelifers.com for the vast area of videos and other extra goodies? That doesn't even require shipping, it'll be instant! And from all of us here at Kitelife, have an excellent holiday season, any way you choose to celebrate it.

   Cordially yours,

  
   Editor at Large
   Kitelife Magazine

Next Prize Drawing to be held January 15th, 2008!


Kite Columns
AKA Corner
Our new AKA president, Gary Engvall extends warm greetings and shares how he got into kiting, along with some of his experiences.

Kites... Life.
An old column reborn, thoughts, observations and musings from Kitelife's publisher... Some food for thought, and critique.

Daves World
Dave's World
Join the fabulous Gomberg duo as they travel to South Africa for a few new adventures, friends, some elephants and kite flying!

Kite Chi with Coreylama
A veteran writer and kite lover, Corey makes a welcome return to Kitelife with this new column... We're very happy to have him back on board.

Drachen Archives: A Cody
Drachen Foundation archivist Renea Nielsen discusses this beautiful hand-made Cody from their vast collection of antique and special kites.

Join The Team
Our staff here at Kitelife extends a heartfelt invitation to share your experiences, your insights, your knowledge, and delight in kiting.

Feature Articles
Featured Store: Kites R Us
We'll be visiting with one of our retail sponsors each issue, getting a little insight into their store, owners, managers, and their specialties.

Toro, Toro, Toro...
The third installment from Red Bull's Kite Performers team, this time from Perth, Australia where this group brought their show to thousands.

ProFile: Heads Up Kites
Continuing a previous story, a history of the Flight Squadron and Heads Up Kites, as experienced by Pam Kirk and Mike Dennis.

ProFile: John Freeman
Dave "Geezer" Shattuck sits down with John Freeman to discuss kites, construction and the philosophy of his kites.

Revisions : Own Your Hover
If you're trying to master the Revolution kite, the key is a solid hover in any orientation... Tips and techniques from a monkey.

Bell's Cygnet Kite
Headed far north, Meg Robinson-Albers journeys to Nova Scotia for the 100th anniversary of Alexander Graham Bell's Cygnet kite
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On Film: The Kite Runner
Previewed recently at the AKA Grand Nationals, The Kite Runner opens in movie theatres for everyone very soon.

Festival Reports
AKA Grand Nationals
Following up on our daily updates, the "geezer" relates his own adventures from the 30th annual AKAGN, held in Ocean Shores, WA last October.

Tokyo Bay Flight Party
Finally, Kitelife has their first opportunity to visit Japan for new friends, sport kite competition a new Rev mega fly world record!

Dieppe Kite International
Journey out to New Brunswick in Canada for the North American side of the annual Dieppe Festival.

Lincoln City Fall Festival
The final Lincoln City festival for 2007 was certainly never dull and often kind of wet, despite the sunshine!

Niagara Kite Festival
Steve de Rooy and David Hathaway report on the Niagara Kite Festival... An all-star list of performers and kite makers, well worth the trip.

Santa Cruz Kite Festival
Jay Nunes finds himself far west of home and enjoying every minute of it at the 1st Santa Cruz Kite Festival

Callaway Kite Fly
Jason Stotter tells us about great people and a great festival held recently in Callaway, Nebraska.

Carolina Kite Fest
Don Dixon reports to us from North Carolina with news, highlights and photos from the 20th Annual Carolina Kite Fest in Atlantic Beach

granbury
Kites Over Granbury
A Texan kite festival held to benefit a great cause. Dallas Oliver has all the details on this 2nd annual event.

Camas Indoor Competition
How to have an excellent time inside when it's really sunny out. David Hathaway heads to the Camas Indoor festival and finds out.

South Padre Island Competition
Donna McCown shares her experiences and photos from a recent competition/festival in Texas.

Family Day in San Francisco
Ashley Wells shares with her thoughts and experiences from San Francisco's Family Day festival, held this fall at Marina Green.

Coming Events
Festival/Comp Schedules
Looking for an event? You can find full schedules and contact information for events all over the country on the web sites listed here.

Treasure Island Kite Festival
Is it their first or eleventh festival? Jay Nunes fills us in on the first big outdoor festival of 2008

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Editor
David Hathaway

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Dave Shattuck


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Terry Cornell
Southeast USA

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Corey Jensen
Pam Kirk
Mike Dennis
Meg Robinson-Albers
Steve de Rooy
Kelly Mayhew
Renea Nielsen
Don Dixon
Chris Goff
Lam Hoac
Donna McCown
Jay Nunes
Jim Pearsall
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Akiyoshi Odagawa
Takashi Akutsu
Sumiko Yamashita
Gayle Woodul
Dallas Oliver
Donna Oliver
Jason Stotter
Brett Morris
Brent Sutherland
Melissa Sutherland
Derek Sutherland
Ashley Wells
Ronda Brewer
Amy Doran
Tracy Erzin
Lauren Nowenstein

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