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Kite Lines Is the Comprehensive International ...J Journal of Kiting, Uniquely Serving to Unify the ::> Broadest Range of Kiting Interests QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE WORLDWIDE KITE COMMUNITY BEAUTIFUL MAKE'rHE Is PIN SKYGALLERY: BERCK­ EURO-BALENO! COLLECTING MICHAEL SUR-MER DEAD? GODDARD'S MAKE THE COLOR FOLD BLACK! , ETUDES Put Yourself in the Picture Our Free 80 page Catalog has hundreds of Kites. Get into the sky with the latest kite designs from Into The Wnd, America's leading mail order kite company for 16 years. We specialize in unmatched selection and fast service, and we guarantee your complete satisfaction with everything you buy. Call, write, FAX or e-mail us for your Catalog today. Into the Wind 1408-AG Pearl St., Boulder, CO 80302 . (800) 541-0314 (303) 449-5356 . FAX (303) 449-7315 • [email protected] -you're looking for a line that F[ You're looking for a flyline that is DISTINCTIVELY DIFFERENT. 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New Within this year Volume 12, Number 1, Summer 1996 ~nes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Contents Kite Fishing Indonesian Style / 27 Using basic materials and simple but effective rigs, Indonesian fishermen continue, as they have for centuries, to make a living using kites to fish. By Eiji Ohashi. Commitment to Play: Kite Festival at Berck-sur-Mer / 30 Great food, kites, company and historic ambiance combine to create an excellent festivaL By Craig M. Wilson with photographs by Craig M. Wilson and David Gomberg. St. Elmo's Fire / 33 Fact, legend and advice to kitefliers caught in the glow. By Jan Fischer. Norway: Isegran Dragefestival / 36 "Norwegians look for any excuse for a party. The kite festival is a good excuse." By Mel Govig. POWER KITES: A Special Report / 42 Survey of Traction Kites / 42 From the user-friendly to the high performance. By Jim Welsh. Ted Dougherty: Key Inventor in Traction Kiting / 46 The trend to "bags" started somewhere. This is where. By W. Bryon Caver. Buggying Down / 49 A Brit gives the straight skinny on Buggy Boogie Thang 2. By Andrew Beattie. Whither Kitesailing? / 50 A candid commentary on what's solved and what isn't. By Peter Lynn. Pin Collecting Is Dead. Isn't It? / 60 Cloisonne madness has a new intensity. By master "pinhead" himself, David Gomberg. Caribbean Kite Company 1099 N.E. 45 Street Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33334 U.S.A. Letter from the Publisher / 9 Tel: 305-776-5433 Letters /10 Fax 305-776-5434 Innovations / 12 The Euro-Baleno by Claudio Capelli. Caribbean Kite• Company Design Workshop / 14 P.O. Box 39, Lucea The Fold Black by Andreas Agren. Hanover, Jamaica, W.1. What's New: Kites / 17 Tel: 809-956-267 Fax: 809-956-2677 The 333 from Guildworks; the X4i from Buena Vista; the Spec from Jordan Air; the Gyro­ IGte from Gyro-IGte; the Ghost from Nick James; and the Marilyn from Sky Delight. • What's New: Books / 21 Caribbean Kite Company Sport Kite Magic! by David Gomberg; two new books on kite aerial photography; two books Weidestrasse 147 on kiting personalities; plus two book obituaries. 22083 Hamburg, Germany Tel: 040-220 13 59 Fax: 040-220 16 45 It Works For Me / 41 In the Wind / 59 With the story of two kite festivals in Miami, Florida, by Mel Govig. For the Record / 62 Empty Spaces in the Sky / 64 Ray Holland, Clyde Smith, Juan Figueroa, Elmer Wharton, George Wilcox and Pat Gilgallon. SkyGailery / 68 The highflying graphic art of Michael Goddard of Derbyshire, England. Celebrating 20 Years of Kite Lines! / 53 Kite Lines Bookstore, Back Issues and Other Goodies / 54 Classifieds / 66 Directory of Outlets / 70 Pocket Kite Calendar / Insert Caribbean Kite Company Trooping through the streets of Fredrikstad, Norway are some of the least inhibited kitefliers you will ever meet.
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