Issue 50: Kites… Life.
The Equation is: Kites + Life = Kitelife. Pretty simple, eh? Well, maybe… but it also can be pretty complex when you think about it! And, here at Kitelife, we sometimes DO think about things like this…...
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Issue 50: Drachen Archives
The following story tells of an interesting experiment with kites performed by Dr. Alexander Graham Bell well before his experiments with tetrahedrons and pursuit of flight. It also brings us to an...
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Issue 50: Dave’s World: Kiting in South Africa
As we travel our exciting planet, Susan and I observe that kiting “success” is relative. And nowhere is this better illustrated than our experience of the past few days. We went directly from the huge...
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Issue 50: Dave’s World: Three Beautiful Days in Dieppe
The international kite festival in Dieppe France is clearly one of the great kite gatherings on the planet. For ten days, fliers from around the world gather here to share their kiting culture, flying...
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Issue 50: AKA Corner
After six years, this will be my final AKA column for KiteLife. Most of you know I’m stepping down as president. And so I want to take this opportunity to thank the magazine and congratulate them for...
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Issue 50: From the Editor
Well folks, here we are… Our 50th issue, and nearly seven years of work behind us! It all started with Mike Gillard’s dream of bringing a kiting publication to the North American public when there...
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2006 AKA Convention: Day 1
And so it begins! The 29th Annual American Kitefliers Convention, in Des Moines, Iowa. Like most of the attendees, John Barresi and Monkey (David Hathaway) and I (Dave ‘geezer” Shattuck) flew in...
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2006 AKA Convention: Day 2
Okay, if yesterday was the start of the 29th AKA Convention – then today was the start of the Convention’s programs and workshops and the Grand National competitions that’re part of the convention....
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2006 AKA Convention: Day 3
Well ok, I suspect its my turn. The other Dave has done much of our writing so far for these updates. The first day, I squeezed a few paragraphs out and then last night, nada, so today… I have excuses...
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2006 AKA Convention: Day 4
Thursday at the 29th AKA Convention and Grand National Competitions is kind of a day off, or at least a “Slow Day!” And, believe me, that’s a GOOD thing! And, boy – were we ever ready for a break… We...
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2006 AKA Convention: Day 5
Wow, it’s Friday already… This convention is nearly over – and we’re all having so much fun, nobody’s noticed! And I wouldn’t either, except that all the competitions are completed, so all the...
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2006 AKA Convention: Day 6
And finally, we reach Saturday, the last official day of the 2006 AKA convention in Des Moines, Iowa. Sometimes it has seemed like a very long week (particularily if you are a monkey who has tba’ed in...
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Issue 51: Painting Rosario Sky
Rosario City is located 300 kilometres from DC to the North and it was built beside the Paraná River. Without a doubt this is the most important City in Santa Fe Province and it is famous for its Flag...
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Issue 51: Camas Indoor
Okay, where to start with this one? Gosh, I don’t know. This is the very first time for this event, and I’ve kind of been into it from the gestation-point. So let’s start there… I received a phone...
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Issue 51: Lincoln City Fall Festival
Well, we’re off again… On the road, headed to little old Lincoln City, Oregon this time, one of our favorite places in the whole world to fly kites and enjoy life! Why is Lincoln City a favorite?...
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Issue 51: A bench in Canada…
Thank you “Everyone” for the outstanding honor you have bestowed on me. What a total surprise, to be so honored by the BCKA and from Kite Friends from all over the world, plus one’s home town which...
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Issue 51: What are you flying? Oh, nothing.
Yup, as the title suggests I built a flying zero, nothing, nada, zip, zilch! Well sort of, almost, kind of. The kite itself has the official name of “Circoflex”. Seeing it flying congers up so many...
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Issue 51: REVisions: What’s New?
This issue, I’ll touch on a few topics that have cropped over since I last wrote in this space. It’s been a very busy fall season for me, so here’s some of what went on. AKA Grand Nationals Des...
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Issue 51: ProFile with Zach Gordon
We’re sitting around the Kitelife office before we head off the the AKA Convention / Grand Nationals. I was trying to prep a little, going through last year’s competition scores on the AKA website....
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Issue 51: Featured Store (Gomberg Kites)
Each month we’ll be featuring one of the fine retailers who have been so supportive of Kitelife and other areas of the kiting community…The retailers you’ll find here are established, proven vendors....
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