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Editor/Publisher |
John Barresi |
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Assistant Editor |
Dave Shattuck |
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Directors-at-Large |
Troy Gunn
Central USA |
Al Stroh
Southwest USA |
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Contributors: |
David Gomberg |
Al Hargus |
Karen Gustavson |
Gina Hsiung |
Bruce Lambert |
Thijo van Beek |
Al Stroh |
Brent Jensen |
Kay Beusing |
Jim Fielder |
Sam Ritter |
Castor Uycoque |
Ron Hardie |
Robyne Gardner |
Devinder Sehgal |
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Founder |
Mike Gillard
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Hello and welcome back for issue 38 of Kitelife! We're especially proud of this month's content, featuring three interviews with well known kite specialists and some very in depth articles on making kites and about some of the history of kiting. I'll be in Taipei, Taiwan as this issue hits the web, and you can look forward to an exciting report in our next issue, as well as a special photo gallery and another video added to our subscribers area sometime later in October. |
| For our international readers, we have added an easy to use link below the banners shown to the right... Just click on your flag and you can have this issue translated into Spanish, German, Italian, French, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese and Korean. The conversion isn't perfect, but should be a great help regardless! The translation will also follow you from page to page as you click the various links... Look for this feature to be added to our past issues in the near future. |
| Fighter kite enthusiasts will be pleased to see we've included coverage from the Fighter Kite World Cup at WSIKF, and talked Bruce Lambert into sharing more of his experience and knowledge with us... A long time Kitelife contributor, we missed Bruce and had to bring him back! |
| As promised, you'll also find a full report from this year's WSIKF, and an eight minute video added to our subscribers section... Be sure to check that out, and from October 11th through the 17th you can look forward to seeing our now traditional daily updates from the AKA Grand Nationals, to be held in Seaside Oregon for the 3rd time! |
| As many of you know, we're striving to move Kitelife to a dedicated server... Due to the incredible popularity of the video section, and our upcoming plans to archive every issue of Kitelines published since the 1970s, we're in need of a great deal more bandwidth, which a dedicated server will provide. In addition, we have over a dozen new videos to add including Team High Performance's 1993 championship World Cup routine... To help us reach this goal, we're hoping to have 50 new subscribers by January 1st, 2005! |
| As thanks to those of you who become official Kitelife Subscribers, we're giving away two great kites in our next monthly prize drawing... Going out to two separate winners will be an 11' Ghost Pyro Delta single line and the new Phoenix Supreme dual line kite from HQ Kites. For $2.95 a month or less, you can help us to continue pushing the envelope of kiting media on the web! |
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AKA Corner
A word from the President, and a personal invitation to come participate in this year's AKA national convention to be held in Seaside OR. |
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Dave's World
David Gomberg takes us on a four day trip to the world famous kite festival in Dieppe, France... With fliers from 39 countries! |
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Letters to the Editor
Sometimes our readers take a moment to comment on the projects and issues here at Kitelife, and we're always happy to share them with you. |
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Join the Team!
We're working hard to connect the various genres within kiting, and are striving help make us stronger as a global community! |
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ProFile: Bay Area Sundowners
This legendary team has competed, flown with the Blue Angels and traveled the world... After nearly 20 years, they're still flying! |
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Ben Franklin's Electric Kite
Al Hargus has researched this famous folk tale, checked the history and brought some very interesting results for you... Now you decide. |
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ProFile: Carl Bragiel
Three kites, one man... Ever wonder how these guys do it? We sat down with Carl to get a peek inside the how and why of this specialty. |
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Under a Blue Moon
Jim Fielder takes us on a journey to North Carolina to fly kites under a Blue Moon... What kind of kites? Blue Moon of course! |
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ProFile: Christoph Riddle
Traction kiting is taking the world by storm, led by people of all ages... At 15 years of age, Christoph is already traveling with the sport! |
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Bruce Lambert's Tips
Thorough point-by-point tips on how to tune your fighter kite, including bowing the spine, tow point location, balance and weighting. |
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How to build a Tangler Fighter Kite
Northwest fighter kite expert Bruce Lambert brings us an in depth "how to" and thorough plans for the Tangler fighter kite, make it and fight it! |
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"No Secrets" Trains - Part 2
A long time in the coming, we finally managed to put the remainder of Al Hargus' kite train handbook in digital format... Enjoy! |
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Kites for the Environment
Dr Devinder Sehgal shares with us his ideas on raising environmental awareness through kites, and some of his related projects in India. |
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Yaripa Kite Festival
On a tour of several festivals in Colombia, Thijo van Beek enjoys culture, classrooms and kites... Flying high in the mountains! |
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Berkeley Kite Festival
Kids activities, sport kite competition, the "Octopile" and much, much more... Since 1989 the BKF has been putting on one heck of a show! |
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Southern Oregon Kite Festival
Continuing with a distinct community feel, the SOKF features an all star show of fliers and kites from around the country! |
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Fighter Kite World Cup
Hosted by WSIKF and tucked away on the south end of the field, these guys take their kite fighting seriously and still have lots of fun! |
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Cleveland Kite Festival
Al Hargus brings us a report from the Ohio lakefront where the OSEK has been flying and educating the public about kite flying since 1977. |
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Indiana Trick Clinic
What do you get when you combine kites, Hoac, Kunoff and other kite instructors? The ITC, and tons of awesome tricks to learn! |
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Steveston SKC
Located near Vancouver BC, the SSKC brought fliers from the NWSKL together to compete and share in all sport kite disciplines. |
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Big Bang by New Tech Kites
Flight test and review of one of Dodd Gross' latest entries into the market, well suited to tricks and a good performer for the price! |
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One Sky, One World - Long Beach
Since 1986 the OSOW event has brought fliers worldwide on a single day to celebrate kiting and world peace, fly for humanity! |
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AKA Grand Nationals
Come check out the premier event of the year... The AKA's national convention will be held in Seaside OR for the 3rd time! |
Photo Collections
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