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| Editor/Publisher |
| John Barresi |
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| Editor at Large |
| David Hathaway |
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| Assistant Editor |
| Dave Shattuck |
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| Directors-at-Large |
Troy Gunn
Central USA |
Terry Cornell
Southeast USA |
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| Contributors: |
| David Gomberg |
| Corey Jensen |
| Gary Engvall |
| Shanna Rowlands |
| Meg Robinson-Albers |
| Renea Nielsen |
| Scott Spencer |
| Dano Wright |
| Donna McCown |
| Gustavo Di Si |
| Gustavo Sonzogni |
| Larry Hoffman |
| Kelly Mayhew |
| Scott Weider |
| Kelly Mayhew |
| Rick Hawkins |
| Bob Harvard |
| Vern Balodis |
| Gabriel Palimoli |
| Fraser McNelly |
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| Founder |
Mike Gillard
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Many years ago, when I was hanging out in kite focused IRC groups and participating in rec.kites, I remember waiting with a lot of anticipation for a new "thing" that was about to hit the internet, a magazine called Kitelife. An ambitous project by Mike Gillard and a handful of people helping him, I read it every month it came out. So, it's been kind of neat to see it come full circle for me, finding myself the Editor of a magazine that I've read for so long. |
| And now? We're onto the first issue of 2008, and my second issue at the helm. The first one was definitely a good, steep learning curve and this second one has gone much smoother. |
| Meanwhile, John is buried in a complete redesign of the Kitelife site. I've seen the new "look" and I think its going to look great. it'll give us some better flexibility in the future as well, making it a little easier to bring new sections to the site. With a little luck and a whole lot of coding, you should see the new site sometime during the next several months. |
| And speaking of the next issue, we'd pledged recently that we wanted to have more articles within these pages that dealt with "kite life" beyond sport kites. So, if you'd like to help out with this, please take a look at the Join The Team section below. We'd like to see some articles on fighter kites, buggy events, the making of single line kites, really just about anything at all to do with the idea of a "kite" and whats happening around the world with them. And if there is topics you'd like to see us cover in better detail, just
and I'll find the people needed if I have to. Promise. Given the staggering amount of festivals Kitelife will find ourselves at this year, come up and tell us directly if you'd like, we love meeting people and any help we can give you in getting an article together is simply yours for the asking. |
| And, don't forget! Valentines is just around the corner and I know my special Valentine would love a Kitelife membership, or perhaps one of the new t-shirt designs? This might be the thing that will buy you a few extra brownie points for the upcoing seasons... |
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AKA Corner
Gary looks back on a recent trip to Florida for the Treasure Island Festival and what makes flyers unique, competing or not. |
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Dave's World
Dave takes us, and Susan, down to the Cape Fear Kite Festival, in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina |
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Kites... Life.
Publisher John Barresi reflects on some of the social dynamics of kiting and how it seems to be subtly changing and expanding. |
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Kite Chi with Coreylama
Corey muses on a recent surge of kites within mainstream media and culture, from movies to television and beyond. |
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Join The Team!
Our staff here at Kitelife extends a heartfelt invitation to share your experiences, your insights, your knowledge, and delight in kiting. |
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Goin' Across the River
Dave "Geezer" Shattuck takes us on a tour of what's new at this years KTAI trade show, what's exciting and what's coming to a store near you this year. |
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Empty Spaces: Tom Brailey
Friends share their memories of an important figure in fighter kites for North America who recently passed away. |
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Empty Spaces: Rick Gardner
Vern Balodis tells us about his memories of a long time friend and long time, multi-faceted kite flyer. |
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Dead Bird Buggy Bash
There's many things to do for a good Thanksgiving weekend and Meg Robinson-Albers checks out what the buggy crowd do! |
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Treasure Island Kite Festival
Need a break from the cold of winter? We sure did so we sent a Monkey to Florida to check out the Treasure Island Festival! |
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Wind Party 2007
John and Geezer head back to Argentina to check on how far the festival has come with simply one year of new development. |
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Yokohama Kite Festival
Across the Pacific Ocean, Larry Hoffman shares a story from a recent festival near Uminokoen in Japan this past November. |
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Dunstable Rev Clinic
Fraser fills us in on how England's second Rev skills training weekend went at Dunstable in mid January... |
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Townsville Kite Festival
Troy Gunn managed to squeeze in two festivals while he was down in Australia recently, here's his second report! |
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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. |
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National Kite Month
April is just around the corner and that means it's time to get your plans for National Kite Month together. Rick Hawkins offers some help. |
Photo Collections
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We offer a wide variety of kite related apparel through our shop at CafePress with the Kitelife logo, Kitengruven, Quadengruven, Shut Up and Fly, WWJF, and even offerings from our very own sponsored performance team, iQuad! |
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