From the World Kite Museum:

A sport kite pilot since 1990, John has earned top awards in nearly every category of competition including 5 individual dual line and 6 quad line national championships during the last fifteen years, as well as qualifying for world team championship competition in 1993, 1995 and 1997... Since March of 2005, he has revamped his skill set with a wide variety of newer "slack line" or "pitch" tricks which he has used to establish a strong presence in Hot Tricks and Tricks Party competition during the last year.

Although John enjoys and takes competition very seriously, he most enjoys sharing his experience with other fliers, traveling to over twenty events and festivals around the country each and every year... Generally providing informal workshops or one-on-one coaching, this May workshop with the World Kite Museum in Long Beach (Washington) on April 13th and 14th will mark the first time that John has taken time out of his busy schedule to offer more formal instruction to the general public.

One of John's favorite expressions is, "Hey, it's just kites", his style is easy-going and friendly, so count on this beach workshop to be a laid back and enjoyable opportunity to learn more about the amazing world of sport kites from an experienced flier.

There will a limited number of kites on hand for people to use in the basic and intermediate dual line flying portions of the workshop, only one or two kites will be available for the advanced dual line flying / dual line tricks portions, and most likely only one kite for the quad line segments... Registrants are advised to BYOK, or Bring Your Own Kite, if possible, as well as a note book and pen.

Video cameras will be allowed, and even encouraged.

Although an has been outline set for each day, there will be some flexibility depending on the skill level and interests of our registrants... Schedule is subject to change.

May 13th - 10am to 4pm

• Basic dual line flying - Launch, control, use of wind window, landing.
• Intermediate dual line flying - Squares, circles, relaunching (ground flip, sleeping beauty, leading edge).
• Advanced dual line flying - Stalls, optional landings (spin & snap), flying shapes.
• Open dual line flying - "Round table" discussion, items of interest.
• Basic dual line tricks - Fade, flic flac, axel, 1/2 axel, coin toss.

May 14th - 10am to 4pm

• Intro to kite mods (dual line) - Yo yo stoppers, back up stoppers, leaders, yo yo line, use of weights.
• Intermediate dual line tricks - Cascade, K2000/Superstart, lazy susan, yo yo launch, flapjack.
• Advanced dual line tricks - Yo yo/roll up, lewis, multiple yo yo, wap do wap, backspin, jacob's ladder.
• Open dual line tricks - "Round table" discussion, items of interest.
• Quad line 1 - Adjustments, tuning, handle modifications.
• Quad line 2 - Launch, control, use of wind window, landing.
• Quad line 3 - Advanced control techniques.

Registration for this workshop will be $25 USD for non-AKA members and $20 USD for AKA members.

Anyone interested in registering for this workshop should reach the World Kite Museum directly:

World Kite Museum
(360) 642-4020

Also, if anyone would like more specific information or with questions about certain portions of the workshop, please feel free reach to John here:

John Barresi
(503) 890-0280

As a registrant for this workshop you will also receive a computer CD with over a dozen trick tutorial videos by Randy Greenway, and one lucky winner will be drawn at random from all the registrants to receive a great prize package including a performance sport kite, lines, and a one year subscription to Kitelife (full details to be announced at a later date).