Kiting Summer 2007 Volume 29 Issue 2
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Modegi & Co. In Waasshhiinnggttoonnashington Sleepover at Tookkiioki CCaammppCamp TTTuurrurnniinnggning JJaappaanneessee!!Japanese! National Kite Month NNAABBXX::NABX: VVVegas Buggying Ocean Shores Convention John Freeman’s Rockaway Bikini Festivals: Guam, France, China, IIttaallyyItaly,,, TTTexas, DC, Maryyllaanndd,,yland, OOrrOreeggoonnegon CONTENTS National Kite Kite Plan Cervia 33 Month 22 John Freeman 32 Everything’s Whole lotta fly- wants you to molto bene in ing going on have his bikini the Italian skies North KAPtions Berck-sur-mer What happens in American 5 Carl Bigras looks 24 34 Buggy Expo down on Canada France, doesn’t stay in France! Hi-jinx in the low desert Lincoln City Zilker Park Weifang Today a kite fes- 8 Indoors 25 Still flying in 36 tival, next year On stage and Austin after all the Olympics indoors in these years Oregon Sporting Life Guam’s Convention Throw your own Kites & Wishes 10 26 Preview 38 regional party Ray Bethell has It’s a XXX get- his shirt off on a together in beach again Ocean Shores K-Files MIKE/MASKC Smithsonian Amidst the 12 Glen and Tanna 27 Things are ducky 40 52 Haynes are on the beach in cherry blossoms, wrapped up in Ocean City, MD the Japanese kitemaking triumph Voices From Ft. Worden The Vault 14 Fancy sewing in 28 Wayne Hosking the Northwest is swarmed by 2 AKA Directory children 4 President’s Page 6 In Balance 7 Empty Spaces In The Sky MAKR 11 AKA News Fightin’ Words 20 29 Fancy sewing in 16 Event Calendar 20 Building an the Midwest 17 AI: Aerial Inquiry American 17 FlySpots tradition 18 Member Merchants 41 Regional Reports 52 People + Places + Things Toki Camp History Lesson 21 Greg Kono 30 On the cover: The Roby Pa- The journals of moves in with goda, built by Bermuda’s Philip Philippe one of Japan’s Jones, shadows the Washington Cottenceau greats Monument. Photo by David Barr. SUMMER ’07 | KITING 1 AKA DIRECTORY american kitefliers aka committees association Mel Hickman, Executive Director education & public service Mailing: P.O. Box 1614, Walla Walla, WA 99362 Phone/Fax: 800/252-2550 Web/Internet Outreach Chuck Sigal 510/524-3459 Web: www.aka.kite.org National Kite Month Mike Dallmer 215/722-4092 E-mail: [email protected] Kite Records Ted Manekin 716/639-7679 Education Ronda Brewer 541/994-7556 officers and festivals / competitions executive committee Fighter Kites Sharon Champie 707/545-6737 Susan Skinner, President Kitemaking Barbara Meyer 763/424-2571 2381 Nobili Ave., Santa Clara, CA 95051 Sport Kites Jim Barber 360/289-4915 408/554-8399 [email protected] World Championships David Gomberg 541/996-3083 Kite Art Paul Fieber 608/271-8265 Barbara Meyer, First Vice President 10361 108th Place, Osseo, MN 55369 administration 763/424-2571 [email protected] Ways & Means David Butler 503/524-3315 Gayle Woodul, Second Vice President Contract Services Gayle Woodul 830/598-2414 106 Main Street, Marble Falls, TX 78654 Safety & Insurance Jerry McGuire 513/831-8379 830/598-2414 [email protected] By-laws Ted Manekin 716/639-7679 Archives & Records Mel Hickman 800/252-2550 David Butler, Treasurer Elections Al Sparling 630/369-9682 14550 Chesterfield Lane, Tigard, OR 97224 Nominations Kathy Brinnehl 630/271-0765 503/524-3315 [email protected] promotion & membership Kathy Brinnehl, Secretary Membership Russ Faulk 630/530-8690 60 W. Piers Drive, Westmont IL 60559 Renewal and Retention Mel Hickman 800/252-2550 630/271-0765 [email protected] International Linda Sanders +61/885-562696 Ronda Brewer, Director at Large 735 SE Jetty, P. O. Box 988, Lincoln City OR 97367 annual meeting 541/994-7556 [email protected] Convention Mike Shaw 303/232-0950 Hospitality Susan Gomberg 541/996-3083 Mike Dallmer, Director at Large Fly Market Ron Lindner 636/677-3029 7204 Oakley Street, Philadelphia, PA 19111 Mass Ascensions Al Sparling 630/369-9682 215/722-4092 [email protected] Workshops Deb Lenzen 701/463-2661 Auction Dave Butler 503/524-3315 Russ Faulk, Director at Large 177 W. Vallette Street, Elmhurst, IL 60126 630/530-8690 [email protected] Mike Shaw, Director at Large 6910 West 25th Place, Lakewood, CO 80214 303/232-0950 [email protected] convention management Maggie Vohs, Convention Manager Cameo Management Solutions, Inc. P.O. Box 410, Otis, OR 97368 Phone: 541/994-4252 Fax: 541/994-3459 Web: www.cameomanagement.com E-mail: [email protected] Kiting magazine Phil Broder, Publisher/Editor Mailing: 904 Bayview Road, Rio Grande, NJ 08242 Phone: 609/465-6575 Autumn issue deadline: July 15 E-mail: [email protected] Winter issue deadline: October 15 Kiting is published quarterly by the American Kitefliers Spring issue deadline: January 15 Association and distributed free to members. Please Summer issue deadline: April 15 contact the editor for information on submissions, advertising, and deadlines. Send address changes to [email protected] Founded in 1964 by Robert M. Ingraham, the American Kitefliers Associa- tion is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public in the art, history, technology, and practice of building and flying kites. 2 KITING | SUMMER ’07 National Kite Month® by Mike Dallmer helped as part of the NKM Com- Kites showcased in a library. mittee, and serving for the first time in an official capacity, my wife Cecilia; without her letter stuffing, going to the post office and helping me when things got tough, nothing would have left the office. Here are the official winners: • The Jerry Houk Cool T-shirt Bol racing at Tinicum Park, Pennsylvania. Sam Foertmeyer Kite for most events registered by an individual is Dale Bowden. ® his year National Kite Month regis- • Mike Shaw’s Bird Kite goes to Ttered 312 events around the world. South Houston Area Recreational Kiters Some events were small family flies, for the most events registered — 24 — by others were large gatherings of kiters a club. putting on shows for spectators. Many • The Andy Selzer Fighter Kite articles appeared in print around the goes to Region Eight Director, Gayle globe, and we even had TV coverage of Woodul, for having the best members/ a few events. events ratio. I would like to thank our sponsors: • A Collection of Donna Houchins the American Kitefliers Association, Miniatures goes to Region Six’s Robert Kite Trade Association International, Rymaszewski, for having 45 events in Selzer Viola Go Fly a Kite and Into the Wind. Those his Region. (Due to the rule limiting ages were: Kevin Kilgoar, Ted Shaw, who donated kites as our Grand Prizes grand prizes to one per person, Region Mena Fiore, Bob Bell, Dale Bowden, deserve a very big thank you as they Eight would have won with 50.) Doug Charleville, Brian Blaeske, Leslie took time to hand make a kite espe- • The Terry McPherson Fighter Davis, Paul Keeler, Monica Gray, Tom cially for NKM. I also like to thank Rich Kite and Shirt goes to Scott Spencer Deck, Randy Fox, Linda Yancy, Miriam Hawkins and Greg Lamoureux who with five Workshops registered (Dale Schafler, Annemarie Hughes, Jerry Bowden had six but Fincher, Jerald Graham and Mark Mor- Rosanna Rosanova and Dennis Smith get ready to already won a prize). row. fly at the Cape Henlopen Kite Festival in Delaware. • The Paul Fieber Check www.nationalkitemonth.org Square Hata Kite for all the numbers. As for education goes to Ian and Lisa and those curious about National Kite Willoughby, randomly Month®, the number of unique visitors chosen from all the and visits to the website have been NKM events. steadily increasing. The number of hits • And finally, the went from 1.9 million for the first four Chen Zhao Ji Sode months of 2006 to 3.2 million for the Kite goes to Randy same time this year. We are getting Fox, randomly chosen the word of kiting out!!! from those entering Finally, I’d like to thank all those events in the under who registered an event. Hope you had 18 category. fun doing it this year, and let’s make it The random just as good if not better next year…. weekly winners of the Go Fly a Kite pack- A kite display in a library window. ages were: Arthur Dibble, Ron Sitnick, Douglas Roselle, Becky Philips, Dean Turnblom, Dale Bowden, Mike Shaw, Mary Ann Bursk and Dan Johnson. The weekly winners of the Into The Wind pack- Scott Spencer Phil Broder Phil SUMMER ’07 | KITING 3 THE PRESI® DENT’S PAGE ow! National Kite Month has been a blast. I kicked off are not really sure what the RD job entails. So I would like Wthe month on the east coast at the Smithsonian Kite to share the following job descriptions for Regional Direc- festival for a fantastic time with lots of great kitefliers and tors.... a whole lot of spectators visiting the Mall in DC. The second The Regional Directors are the central hub for AKA ac- weekend Darrin and I spent at the North American Buggy tivity at the local level. They serve as the information con- Expo in Nevada; there is such a sweet joy to cruising across duit for all things kiting by keeping members up to date on the landscape with just a kite and the wind for power. I activities in the area, responding to questions from mem- finished out the rest of NKM with a different local California bers and nonmembers, as well as recruiting and connecting kite festival each week. I know many of you were just as volunteers with requests for help. RDs are responsible for busy and hopefully having as much fun.