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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 |
| Meg Robinson-Albers |
| Corey Jensen |
| Dallas Oliver |
| Gene Merrill |
| George Weber |
| Karen Weber |
| Donna McCown |
| Kitty Seward |
| Steve Donovan |
| Russell Hammond |
| Chris Shultz |
| Laura Berg |
| Jim Strealy |
| Penny Lingenfelter |
| Ezequiel Fernández |
| Scott Skinner |
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| Founder |
Mike Gillard
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One of the things I have long enjoyed about reading this publication (before I stepped into my current role of Editor at Large...) has been the articles that show up from all over the globe. And this issue has that in spades with stops in China, Japan, Thailand, Guam, France and all over North America! And, I'm sitting here in Wildwood, New Jersey, putting the final touches on what is our 60th issue. Thats a pretty cool milestone! |
| Once I return home on Monday, I will have logged 14 flights in the space of one month, so for those who have helped get articles and pictures together for this issue, you have my huge thanks. A bunch of weeks at home is looking pretty good right now, but, you'll never find me complaining about kite fest travel. |
| For the last couple of issues in this space, I have mused on the lack of sunny weather and wondered when it would arrive once more and I think I can safely say that we are through snow and coldness, at least for 2008. Of course, I say this with my fingers crossed and by offering various platitudes to the weather gods of your choice. It was certainly a long winter for anyone located in North America, but, now that we are through it, it's time to dust off the kites and get some flying done! With that being said, of course we'd love to hear about where you have gone, what festivals or workshops you have attended and share the pictures from these happenings with the kiting world at large. Below under "Join the Team", you can find a good look at what we need with submissions and as always, we appreciate every single one of them. Without your input, this would be a small magazine indeed and I'm happy to report that issue by issue, the article count continues to climb, allowing all of us to experience what happens around the globe where kites are involved. |
| One of the things John has undertaken with his reworking of the Kitelife site is a unification of logins across all of the features. Now, you can login once and have your forum access, galleries, videos and all the other features membership brings with it. Maybe it's time to renew yours, or, as John is celebrating a birthday in June, any new yearly subscribers between May 29th and June 16th are being entered into a draw for a complete Revolution B-Series package! Check the Kitelife forum for further details on this giveaway, and always, check into the Kitelife Store to check out any new t shirt designs that may be lurking. And, more than anything else, we'd like to thank everyone for their patronage to the sites. Without you, there wouldn't be much point and we're grateful to every single one of you for your help over the years. |
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AKA Corner
President Gary Engvall fills us in on what's been happening with the AKA including info on how you can participate in the board meetings. |
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Dave's World : Thailand
Always on the go, and always with a story to share, Dave fills us in on his recent trip to Thailand for this annual international kite festival. |
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Dave's World : Guam
Dave has been busy enough that we decided to run two articles by him, this time from across the International Date Line in Guam! |
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KiteChi with The Coreylama
Corey returns after some time out in the desert at NABX and ponders what all of us can do for the AKA and kiting itself, or, what the AKA can do for us. |
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Drachen Archives : Gloria Stuart
Scott Skinner remembers this 97 year old actress, most recently known for her Oscar-nominated role in "Titanic", whom he met years ago in China and again in Seattle. |
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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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REVisions: Megaflys Worldwide!
Back and forth across oceans and continents, a monkey takes a few trips around to fly in megaflys around the globe, exchanging skills, cultures and language! |
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iQuad in Japan
In the first of a two part article, the Editor heads to Japan with iQuad on a Drachen Foundation and Revolution conceived tour, first stop, the town of Fujisaki! |
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World Sport Kite Championships
Once again returning to the beaches of Berck Sur Mer, this time with Ezequiel Fernández reporting in, from a competitor's viewpoint. |
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Great Lakes Kite Festival
Kitelife returns to a long running festival on Lake Michigan, which is better known as Grand Haven... One of those "legendary" fields with tons of sport kite history. |
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Skagit Valley Tulip Fest
Our Geezer travels north to find the iQuad guys Tip-Toeing Through the TULIPS! Are they completely LOST? No, they're bringing it to a whole new kind of audience! |
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Cervia Kite Festival
International kite traveller Meg Robinson-Albers checks in with us from the 28th edition of this world famous kite festival in Cervia, Italy. |
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Weifang International Kite Festival
Steve Donovan writes about the 24th iteration of this festival in China, including the 4th year of the Weifang World Sport Kite Championships. |
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NABX 2008
The annual buggy event of the year, held across 2 states and three lake beds. And this year, with changes on the horizon, it starred the Desert Turtle. |
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Cloudbusters Kite Festival
The 3rd annual running of this festival nearly had some extreme weather, but kites and good family fun prevailed, Dallas Oliver tells us what happened. |
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Morro Bay Kite Festival
Penny Lingenfelter heads down north to California for some great flying both indoors and outdoors in the beautiful coastal town of Morro Bay. |
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East Coast Rev Clinic
New Rev flyer, Laura Berg, shares her experiences at the 1st annual East Coast Rev Clinic, held this Spring in Wildwood, New Jersey. |
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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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Southern Oregon Kite Festival
Brookings is one of those lovely, laid-back fests where folks usually don’t go home without having next years reservations! |
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Berkeley Kite Festival
The Bay Area’s 21st great annual kiting bash, where we’re promised more fun that mere mortals can handle… and LOTS of Wind, too! |
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Windscape Kite Festival
Head out to the Canadian Prairies in Saskatchawan, Canada for a dose of hospitality, great people and great kite flying for kids of all ages! |
Photo Collections
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