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the fine international ludging panel which new provider was maddening. ln the end, included our own Mike Cillard and Chuck we solicited service from over 100 Sigal, and to Scorekeepers Dave and Cinny providers and sought advice from dozens Hansen. Members of the of other Associations. A lnternational Rule Book 1rhe Conventign mere two weeks before committee spent more I ls:^ more_^-^ rnon+r^^-^ the policy expired, we than 30 hours in face-to- touna a Érm willing to face meetings working on t competition provide us what we future rule revisions to ond workshops. It is need. So it was a diffi- insure that we continue the Chonce to see old cult task but in the end, with a common world- r r. the news was good. rnenos ono To moKe-r_^ wide set of rules. new ones.' ili;:il:",i'.'J:,.il; I think it was also signifi- to sanctioned events cant that the scores posted by each judge and $25,000 to individual members. This in each of the six heats were published is a reduction from the $100,000 we used with the judge's name attached. "Open,- to provide, but much higher than any honest, and fair" was the theme of the claim that has ever been filed. And it was fhe thing I really love about this Associ- week. Significantly, there were no contro- the best proposal we received. I ation is that there is always something versies or protests. going on! We are now hard at work finalizing Look for another great event next spring. details for our 25th anniversary this year National Kite Month 2OO2 is behind us It's our intention to expand competition to with a return to the Iocation of the orig- now, but I just have to take this last oppor- include pairs, individuals, and quad. lnvi- inal AKA Convention Ocean City, tunity to thank everyone that contributed tations will be based on the result of con- Maryland. Mark your calendars- now for and say what an amazing success all of you vention competition. September 30 to October 5. We expect generated. this to be our biggest gathering in years! lnsurance...How many hours have your Wow!! Six-hundred-eighty events!!! That is Board and staff spent on insurance this The convention traditionally includes double what we did last year! And the best Spring?? As most of you know, our insur- national competition in kitemaking, sport news is that so many of these activities ance carrier informed us earlier this year that kites, fighter kites and buggies. We offer were organized by scout troops, service they would not be extending our Association about 20 workshops covering all aspects clubs, schools, and other groups outside event and personal liability policies. We of kite design and flying, event organiza- our kiting mainstream. That's exactly what immediately went to work searching out tion, club development, and safety. Busi- we wanted to accomplish when we started new options. lt wasn't easy. ln the wake of nesses will be showcasing new products this project four years ago. 9/1 1, most providers have been very con- on the field and in our Fly Market. lnter- servative about even traditional policies. nationally recognized artist and author Tal Phil Broder, Chairman, Jim Miller, Coordi- And kiting insurance is not traditional. Streeter will be featured by our Kite Art nator, and Chuck Sigal our Webmaster did Committee. The auction will offer trea- an outstanding job! And of course, special We have two important insurance needs. sures you can take home and we'll be thanks are due our friends at Jackite who The first is for events. Without insurance, recognizing AKA's best at our annual agreed to pay for promotional posters, most organizers can't get permits to host award banquet. We're also planning our and then volunteered to provide free kites festivals or flies. But one- or two-day poli- first kiteboarding exhibition. That's a lot to most registered events. cies are prohibitively expensive. Last year, of flying and information in one action- over 'l 50 events relied on the AKA for event packed week! My biggest worry is how we are going to coverage. We're committed to this program beat this new record next year!! because festivals support our members and But of course you know that the con- draw new enthusiasts to the community. vention is more than competition and We've just completed the First World workshops. lt is the chance to see old Sport Kite Championships in Berck, The second insurance need is personal lia- friends and make new ones. We're even France. This was a truly historic occasion bility for individual members whenever scheduling a gala opening party with with the flier's organizations; AKA, STACK they fly. This is one of the core benefits of music and dancing. in Europe, and AJSKA in Asia, working AKA membership and while many of us together to oversee rules, select competi- don't think about it often, coverage is cru- So plan on Ocean City for a great con- tors and staff, and manage the event. cially important. vention. And meanwhile - remember to Congratulations to Legend and 6th Sense We have never filed a claim for event cov- on their fine showing! Our AKA teams took erage and the total claims for individuals 4th and 5th, beating everyone but the over the past 'l 0 years is less than one dominant French. Congratulations too, to year's premium. And yet, our search for a

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It's time to go sur.fing! Surf on over to the When making your arrival plans for the AKA Creat Kite Raffle and buy a chance to 25th Annual AKA Grand Nationals, don't win a spectacular kite surfing package. forget to include the Evening Mixer hosted Details are still being worked at press time, by Co Fly a Kite, on Tuesday, October 1, butyou can expect 2002. Held at Shenanigan's Restau- a premium kite rant (Located under the Shoreham surfing package Hotel), the evening gala will feature with a value of live entertainment, complirirentary $2500 courtesy of hors d'Oeuvres, two free drink tickets Active People. and drawings with prizes totaling over $2,500!! There are several other great raffle No problem. items on the web Post-Convention Tour site. Depending on the whims of For those ofyou who have never been At Catch the Wind, you'll find the US Postal Sys- to Historic Cettysburg here's your tem, there should chance for a guided tour. Jeff Erzin, an extraordinary collection of be a few days left Gettysburg expert, will be giving a to buy tickets for free guided tour of the Battlefield at the finest kites, windsocks and .l:00 the Cobra buggy PM on Sunday, October 6. The package. which Battlefield is located just an hour from wind toys available. includes every- Baltimore convenient for those fly- Our sales staff are dedicated thing needed to buggy in style. There will ing in and out -of the Baltimore airport. ln definitely be time to buy tickets for the the same area you will find many museums kiteflyers who know our wonderful package of sport and single line and plenty of Pennsylvania Dutch food! To kites from Blue Moon Kites. The sport kites see it all consider staying over Sunday products, what they're made of span the continuum from precision to night. For questions about hotels in the freestyle performance. The package also Gettysburg area or for more information and how they fly. We'll make includes an lchiban, a stunning piece of about the tour email Jeff Erzin at single line artwork. And by the time you [email protected]. Please arrange for your own sure you find something that's read this, there will be another item that transportation to and from Gettysburg. we are still working on. just right for you, no matter

A quick note on the boring stuff, we have Fly MaË! what your age, budget or skill sold $1 3,615 in tickets this fiscal year and level. Ready to be delivered have expenses of $1 ,478. However we It's time to start thinking about the fly mar- have several bills that have not been sub- ket at the convention. This year is shaping right to your doorstep. mitted. lf they are all submitted, we will up to be really big. On top of that we have have cleared approximately $10,000 in the lowered the prices! A 10' x 1 0' booth is Call us today toll-free at first six months of the year. The budget for now $95 and NEW this year is a half-sized the year is to clear $12,000, so the raffles booth for $55. t-800-227-7878 or visit us have served several good purposes! The area only allows us to have 10 full online at catchthewind.com. sized booths and with three of those gone Empty Places in the Sky already, you'd better get your booth reserved. For those of you who don't '-æ--, Famed kitemaker Reza Ragheb died on April know, that means send a check. 21 afler a short illness. Reza was known for CATCH THE WIND'" his amazing visual designs, as well as for his Ron Lindner 5633 Carlton Dr., High Ridge, Your full service kite slore since 1979 warm, generous personality. The worldwide MO 63049. For lnfo [email protected] kite community has lost a treasure. or (636) 376-6055

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Summer'O2 Letters to the Editor

NKM From the Front Lines Thank you Kitint and Avia SpoÉ! LibeÉy Remembers: A Kite Fliers'Tribute 6idia know it's COLD in parts of fhanks for moving the address label to IJNâtionat Kite Month turf? Yeiterday it I the back cover. lt makes both covers, I iberty High Spirits Of 148 will have the was 23'in Parkman, Ohio as we set up a front and back, a joy to look at. You know L-opportunity on September 7-8 to host ground display. As folks came in and how much this change pleases me, and the largest, most patriotic, and heavily media began flying kites, it snowed. Thankfully, I'm sure there are many other members covered kite event in the history of kiting at Overlook Park's Pavilion has a big fireplace, feeling the same way. So thank you again Liberty State Park and perhaps the country. so they got a warm one going. The food for listening to me, and all of you for I can't believe I just wrote that. But yes, folks (local church group) had chili and responding to the membership. it is possible! At the very least we can have coffee ready to serve well before lunch George Maurer a few friends over and fly a couple of red- time, and we were all grateful. Glen Ellen, CA white- and-blue kites. Yeah, I know it is Just thought I'd send you a hint of what's pretty wild for a non-club club. happening out here. p.s. How about a membership expiration date The idea is that the info, responsibilities, The Weather Ones are saying we may on that label? p.p.s. The magazine (not just a and most of all, enthusiasm will spread like get an April Shower next Saturday for the newsletter anymore) is lool

002 celebroted the centenniol of person with the get up. It worked espe- Fort Worden Stote Pork Conference ciolly well during one of the closses he Center in Port Townsend, Woshing- tought that yeor. He left the room during ton. This former U.S. Army bose is olso the the closs os if heoding for o cup of coffee. site of the onnuol Fort Worden Kitemok- During thot time o dorky looking chor- ers Conference. Over the post 19 yeors, octer showed up in the closs weoring sun- kitemokers hove been gothering to shore glosses ond started tolking. Suzonne their knowledge obout crofting kites. Sodow's mouth dropped two feet when A slote of teochers from for ond neor she sow this sleozy chorocter toking over wos invited to Fort Worden to import Scott's closs. She could not believe the their techniques os well qs leorn new tronsformotion Scott wos able to moke ones. As well os porticipoting in closses with just thot little bit of disguise. of choice, ottendees mingled at informal Loter on Scott inodvertently left the get gotherings with refreshments ond up on q lunch toble. It quietly vonished impromptu mini clqsses thot included leaving Scott scrotching his heod. He origomi ond bomboo corving. Then questioned everyone obout the disop- there is the roffle! Unique kite reloted peoronce of his costume. No one knew This starfish was a popular project items ore donoted throughout the yeor whot hoppened to it. At the Soturdoy ond disployed over the durotion of the evening bonquet, Morlo colled Scott up four-doy event. Morlo Miller, the roffle to the microphone to thonk him for oll Divo, works oll yeor collecting, storing the help his Drochen Foundotion hod ond buying pieces to donote to the given to Fort Worden. Or so he thought. money mochine thot maintoins Fort Às he orrived ot the podium, he sow Worden Kitemokers Conference coffers. Rob Prott sitting directly in the front foc- 522 items were ovoiloble for everyone ing him. Rob hqs o very omple chest ond to bid on. Roffle tickets ore sold through- belly ond his t-shirt odvertisements stond out the event ond people con simply toss out. This time his shirt corried the solu- o ticket or severol tickets into o poper tion to the disoppeoronce of the Billy Bob bog occomponying the item of their disguise ond procloimed his role in it. choice. Of oll the methods for roising Rob is one big guy so if Scott missed it, money, this is the most successful; ollow- Morlo untongled the mystery even more ing everyone to hove o foir chonce. by presenting Scott with o photo olbum. Some folks ore disoppointed when they It seems thot Morlo ond Ron, who trov- don't get their item of choice but it is q eled oll over the world in 20O1, took Billy Intent students hard at work gome of chonce. The more tickets tossed Bob Skinner olong with them. Every- into the bog, the greoter the chonce of where they went from Englond to Ger- winning. Every yeor there is one lucky mlnyt to Austrolio, to fopon, even person whose four free tickets net them o Billings, Montono, they took photos of choice item. Then there ore those like oll the Billy Bobs in the world. There Deb Cooley who purchosed obout 9150 wos Billy Bob Lynn, Billy Bob Horvey, worth of tickets, ond with o heolthy dose Billy Bob Gomberg, Billy Bob fensen, of right on biorhythms, wolked owoy ond Billy Bob Goodwind, Billy Bob Hus- with o bundle of goodies. Othen donote ton, Billy Bob Kurohoshi, ond even Billy goods thot totol $400 in vqlue ond just Bob Sotsumison ot the foponese Kite enjoy wotching the tickets occumulote Museum in Tokyo. The olbum wos full in the brown bogs with the item. of photos of Billy Bob this and Billy Bobs This type of roffle wos pioneered by thot. It wos oll cl very pleosont surprise Ston Swonson mony yeors ogo and per- ond o greot keepsoke for Scott. The cul- fected by Morlo qnd her merry bond of prit wos sitting in front of Scott the "Roffle Wronglers," ond nets enough whole time. Rob Prott's XXXL t-shirt money to bring in our foreign guests. Àt Ed & Gail Lindsey with teacher John Freeman and identified Rob. Scott wos olso presented eoch meol breok, tickets ore drown ond the finished product with onother t-shirt moking him o the Iucky winners wolk owoy with their member of the "Morlosyzed" club. prize. Morlo ond her husbond, Ron, must be proised for their Every yeor the Fort Worden Kitemokers Conference gets supreme efforts to keep this fundroising method in motion better, next yeor will be the 20th Anniversory of the event for the post seven yeors. thot wos storted by Doug Hogomon, fock Von Gilder ond As well os putting on the roffle, Morlo hod time to orgo- Dove Checkley. If you wont to ottend you con find infor- nize the "Billy Bob Skinner" world tour. Scott Skinner showed motion ond pictures at www.kitemakers.org or coll Som Zeiler up ot the Conference in 2OO7 with o set of Bill Bob teeth at (206) 368-9569.If you wqnt to toke o chonce, coll Morlo ond o boseboll hot with o foke pony toil. He fooled mony o ond buy o roffle ticket to win o free Conference pockoge.

Summer'02 We Love to Fly... by Glen Rothstein

Fl emember when you didn't know l{ rrow? Then one âoy, ,o-"orre I\snorea the phenomenon we coll kiting with you, ond your world chonged for the better. Most of- us storted with one line. Now, not just one, but two, three ond four lines feed our possion os well. I connot begin to explain the over- whelming joy thot I feel from the entire flying experience. Bock to when you didn't know how. The person who inducted you into this incredible sport took o brief moment to shore the ioy. When I storted flying, I didn't get much help, though. I kept soying to myself, "Gee, when will it fly?" "Why do I keep croshing?" "I think this bridle is wrong, how do I fix it?" the sky. We love heoring their reoctions Àfter o few yeors of struggling (ond ond telling them how our community hoving some fun), I hooked up with o hos grown from newsprint ond bolsa to group of people who gave me the gift ripstop ond wropped corbon. They of "Unconditionol Kiting." Their knowl- screcrm when we ollude to our insuronce edge, potience, ond generol kindness coveroge and the concept of indoor fly- mode me remember why I got into kit- ing. Then we bring them bock to OUR ing in the first ploce - the Zen - being reolity by telling them thot it's oll outside - you know the rest. There is obout enjoying life doing things not o flowform big enough to express thot make you hoppy.- my grotitude to these people. Remember your roots! Toke the time Along the woy, you find more ploces to hond your lines to o curious by- to fly. You go to festivols ond meet stonder. Show o beginner who's hoving other fliers thot let you try their kites, trouble with their Wal-Mort speciol o or better yet, shore ports! better woy. Remember, we know how Àt our flying site, outsiders ore mes- exciting and rewording this is. Thot's o merized the first time the first time they speciol gift thot deserves to be shared. see o 250 squore foot potchwork ort When you do, you'll feel os good piece on 500 pound line with sky trosh, os you did when your first kite took or o sport kite moking mincemeot of to the oir.

.",, lJi;;Jilïïl i,:l-ili['tlll' I i rerativesti ord 4 I i2 i fl New Member n Register me as a Member Merchant U.S. 1st CLASS MAIL add I 15 22 E Renewal ! Ooi't publish my name in the Dir. SPONSOR Kiting via 1st class mail E Reinstatement ! Don'tbistributeinynameoutsideAKA includestaxdeductiblecontribution 100 200 300 - Name- Spouse lnternational Members please add postaqe asfollows: '15 Address Email CANADAoTMEXICO 8 22 - city- state zip OVERSEAS SURFACE MAIL 10 19 28 OVERSEAS AIR MAIL 48 70 Home Phone Work Phone 25 TOTALREMITTANCE OtherFamily Members - U,S, Charge (Visa//MasterCard) # Exp. Date_ Please remit in dollars, Sorry, we cannot take Canadian cheques. Signature. your payment My primary interest is: E all kinds of kites E single-line kites E multi-line kites Send this form with to: American Kitefl iers Association Refened by. For information call PO Box l614 My localClub 800-AKA-2550 Walla Walla, WA 99362 USA r-"tT"ï13 Kiting The Ultimote Flying Experience by Julie King Bolloons ond Kites!

ooking for something wonderful to email [email protected] or do right ofter the ÀKA Conven- visit their web site ot www.bollooonfi- tion? Is o one-week kiting vocotion esto.com. Admission is $5. for odults, not long enough for you? Mork your Children 72 and under ore free. Pork- colendor on event you con't miss! ing is $5. There is bus tronsportotion Hundreds- of thousonds of people will ovoiloble, so no porking hossles. Bol- ottend this spectoculor event from Octo- loon Fiesto hos discount tickets ovoil- ber 5-13, 2OO2. After lift off, whot do oble 20olo discount for o five-doy they hove to look ot? Kites, of course! event- poss. For trovel ond hotel reser- For 30 rollicking yeors, the Duke votions, contoct Bolloon Fiesto Trovel City hos hosted the Àlbuquerque qt the telephone numbers or web site Internotionol Bolloon Fiesto@, the listed obove. For the experience of o world's lorgest, most photogrophed, lifetime hot oir bolloon rides, con- most whimsicol sporting spectoculor. toct Roinbow- Ryders, the officiol bol- Balloon Fiesto promises ond delivers o loon ride vendor ot (8OO) 725-2477. sky-show of fontosy, merriment, beouty ond loughter. Three decodes of high-rise excitement hove cotopulted Albuquerque into globol populority, drowing worldwide medio coveroge ond Iuring huge crowds. The "Big One'" keeps growing bigger ond more invit- ing. From the exhilorotion of lift-off to the condy-colored sky, Bolloon Fiesto blends reolity ond imoginotion into one bright experience. In Albuquerque's unwrinkled climote, shutters click to copture the confetti oir. Add the delight- ful "Speciol Shopes Rodeos," or the "Bolloon Glow'" thot tronsforms the night into o dreomy, glowing spectocu- lor olong with the Americo's Chollenge Gos Bolloon Roce thot's "Bolloon Fiesto 2002." During- the five Moss Ascensions throughout the week, more than 850 bolloons lift off in unison. Once agoin, during the nine doy event, there will be 'Kites Aloft.' Kites Aloft will begin ot the conclusion of the morning Moss Àscensions ond bol- looning octivities. Bolloon Fiesto orgo- nizers cordiolly invite oll kitefliers to bring their collection of kites ond shore their works of ort with the world. This is strictly o fun fly qnd on opportunity to witness the greotest'flying' event of If you would like to volunteer ond the yeor bolloons ond kites. porticipote in Kites Àloft, pleose contqct Flight Teoms- ore invited to join with Tori Tako at [email protected] or phone Tori Tqko's Moster Closs Teom, demon- (80r) 964-8929.Tori Toko hos o limited strating the sport of competition flying number of porking ond gote posses just for the fun of it. Single Line enthu- ovoiloble. Discount rooms ore qlso siosts, bring your 'one of o kind' or ovoiloble. Reservotions must be mode much occloimed collections ond show immediotely becouse if kiters don't fill them off to the world. them, they'll go the generol public. For informotion obout ottending the Whoever you ore, whotever you event, contoct Albuquerque Interno- love, this Bolloon Fiesto will fill you tionol Bolloon Fiesto: Informotion and with owe o grovity-deffing inspiro- RV porking, toll free (888) 422-7277 or tion of o lifetime!- Bolloons ond Kites!

Summer'O2 "Hello Ralf, nice to see you. I saw your kite flying on my

way to the kite-festival so I knew you were here." These words I hear very often during the year. The kite they recognize is my black and red Dopero w(i#,,p' (short for Double Pearson Roller). I have modi- Evcrything it takcs to build fied my Doperos regularly to make improve- a kitg fabric, all types and ments in performance; only the black and red colors, spars, line, hardware color remains the same. My Maxi-Dopero with and morcl \(/c stock rnost Open-Vertical-Keels is my favorite lifter kite for stunt kite fittings. Books, KAP and dropping sweets and teddy bears. kitc kits, rubbcr stamp,s, I fly my kites at festivals located in the north- decorativc thread, spcciality ern part of Germany. But nearly every year films and thd list goer on... around Easter time there is something special: Kife tuilding I make the long trip to the famous 10-day kite I{ng+nHrgfrYofiius SupfilV Cataloq festival at Berck sur Mer in France. Here KAPers from all over the world, but particularly my 1420 Yalc Ave. il20fofttutu Richmond. Vr. German friends Wolfgang Bieck, Ulli Monsees, 2122'l L S.A. and Harald Prinzler, meet to renew friendships Mon - Fri lOam - l0prn and to check on the latest improvements to Ki(funnÇ|la" 23224 PhoæÆu 804D33J155

tLc. I Y)t our KAP equipment. I ffiWh6^e gzi&fû dl Lila herlls Ediaid l.l My KAP equipment changed very early in my KAP-time from a pendulum to Picavet-style sus- $me ornutdryshipmtntr pensions. My first small carbon-style all ball bearing suspension was a great step forward for Visa, MC, Discovn a new Picavet-generation. My cradles have Hom pge http//w.ciçtr.m{bng{Fhi$ become more and more complex during my 12 years of KAP. ln my current cradle, I have the following functions on board: electronic shut- ter, endless pan left/right,90'tilt, hover (change format from horizontal to vertical), audio and video control (to hear the film-trans- port and see the picture from the ground), switch on/off video control (reduce electric power) and zoom (only for the digital camera). I have built KAP equipment in my free time for other people, mostly for scientific applica- Shop olrlirre at tions. ln 2002, I had a special order to build www intothewind.corn something similar to KAP: a PAP-cradle (Pole Clreck stock av:rilabililv ancl color Aerial Pictures). Peter Bults has more about seloctions, place your order anei *.e'll PAP at the rubric on his Web site, corrfirm it imnrcdiately. X:rr'll nlso "X-AP' finri sale itcrns, porver kiting gcar anti www.kiteqerialphotography.net. My Pole has a extrirorclinary lrro.lucls tlrat just maximum height of 15 meters and uses the x'on't fit in orrr print eatalog. same techniques as normal KAP stuff. One of the most asked questions is, which camera can I use for KAP. Like many, I started with point-and-shoot-cameras. I modified my first KAP-only cameras with contacts for an elec- tronic shutter. At the beginning I used the Olympus AF-l followed by the Rollei Prego Xenar. lt was great fun to work with these cam- eras, I tried out my first video control system (iatlkrg, Send fbr orrr frc.e lJO l-)âl{t: print with them, and was rewarded by being the only the jntlustrv standarrl for or,'er 20 ycar:;. non-American to have my photos on the cover lnto The Wincl of the "Aerial Eye" magazine twice. l4O8-D Pearl St., Boulder, CO 8O3ÔZ I still saw room for improvement, as I was not (Boo) 541-o3 l4 completely satisfied with the technical quality (sharpness, dark spots in the edge) of the pho- Visit riirr strrrt' in tos. I looked for a new KAP-camera and found lJorr klt'r, (loltlr;tirr. the ideal camera for me: the Contax C1 with its unsurpassed image quality. At Berck, they t0 Kiting called me "capitalist" but I know, they'd like to the criteria being who could do it the fastest. have the same camera! With it I take aerial For me, this event was the beginning of my photos for a Biological lnstitute. Each autumn, utilization of digital photography. I used my the glass form, a plant growing on salt earth, new Olympus Camedia 2020 and won first becomes red and with the help of my aerial prize. For such tasks the digital camera is per- photos, the biologists can make growing maps fect: you have immediate results on location. of the plants. I had modified my 2020 with contacts for ln the year 2000, we had a great kite festi- shutter and zoom function. Meanwhile I have val in Detmold, Cermany to celebrate the modified the 3030 in the same way. I like very opening of the Art Kite Museum. The event much to work with the digital camera, included a KAP contest. The participants took because the video control function works per- KAP of specified subjects on the ground. The fectly, I can zoom and I can present my results results were presented to the jury with one of directly to my business client or judge. Summer'O2 NKnil v4.0, o. How I Leorned To Stop Worrying ond Love Kiteflying

by Phil Broder

hondful of Boy Areo Sport Kite t I 7e should hove got the mes- Leogue events. Plus there ore the \ /\ / ,oo" when KiteMonio ond fomilior foces who orgcrnize bunches Y Y the Pondemonium Kite Fes- of events. Archie Stew

t2 Kititrg This page: Proud kids at MIKE (Roger Chewning), hundreds of classrooms made sted kites (Scolt Holgerson), hungry elephant eats flier! Richmond Air Force bannerc at Smithsonian (Chewning), a grcat show at MIKE (Chewning) opposite: Kitemania! (Grcgg Mazofta), a great replica of a classic Hi Flier kite. As oli this hoppened, the medio discovered whot wos going on. The Conne.ctikiters clppeored in the New York Times. Kitesurfers were on the fiont poge of the Minneopolis news- popcr. Som Ritter grcrced US News ond World Report. The governor of Iowo sqw one festivol on o Des Moines TV stotion ond cnlled me, osking if I could bring kites to onother event he wcrs plonning. So why were we so successful? A big recrson is the new NKM website, www.notionolkitemonth.org, designed by Heother McMeekon

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Ihe lun [egins at 7:00nm on 0ctober 1,20Û2.Shenanigan's Pu[ on 3td and Boatdwall in ocean Gity is thG [laGG Il0GatGd figm in mc [[A c0nuGntion n0tGl, mG sn0leml. Ihe lun nGuel Gnds, [il mG mUsic and [lizcs 0nly last until 11:00[m. Kite Events BOLD èvents are AKA Sanctioned For sanctioning info, call the AKA at 800-252-2550

JUNE 27-28 SEPTE'I'IBER 21-22 Michiana Area Regional Sport l(ite Festival 7-8 0ld Dominion Stunt l(ite Championships South Bend Regional Airport Liberty Remembers South Bend, USA Dorey Park IN, G reen Lawn Richmond, VA, USA George Lee Wright, III Jersey City, NJ, USA p Terry "l(itebus" Murray I ayw i ththew i n d @e a rth I i n k. net l(urtis Jones (574) 25r-9692 k i te b us@ m i n ds p r i n g. c o m o par ad i s@ be I I at I anti c. n et Qjr) 489-7t86 2 Paws l(itefest Berl

1 I y i n g @c utti ng ed g e k ite s. co m JULY e60) 289-0667 OCTOBER 12-14 5-13 3',| Newport l(ite Festival Balloon Fiesta l(ites Aloft Golden Gate Challenge Brenton Point State Parl< Albuquerque, N M USA 0cean Beach Newport, RI, USA Julie l(ing San Francisco, CA, USA Steve Santos [email protected] Brian Champie highf [email protected] (BOr) 964-8929 [email protected] (401) 658-0649 (925) 829-0683 'l'l-'13 19-21 3,l-Sept 1 US Air Force Museum l(ite Festival Southern 0regon l(ite Festival United States Air Force Museum Crescent City l(ite Festival Brool

Surnmer'O2 15 AKA Affiliated CIubs and Scheduled Activities

REGION ONE Sky Pilots Kite Club Treasure Island Sport Kite Klub Cloud Chasers Kite Club Connectikiters 640 Fairmount Avenue 1916 Castle Bay Court 3 Anna Lane P 0 Box 270 Wernersville, PA 19565 Oldsmar, FL 34617 Springfield, Il 62703 Ansonia, CT 06401 Carl Leisey (610) 678-466I Claxton A Thompson Rich Brumieve (2I7) 787-8065 Dave Lombard (203) 732-5243 [email protected] (813) B9r-0301 [email protected] month i nfo @ co n n ecti k iters. o rg 3rd Sunday of the www.kites.org/tiskk Schuykill Valley Elementary School Fun Fly every Sunday at 2:00 pm Hoosier Kitef liers Society Great Lakes Kitefliers Society Leesport, PA at the Bilmar, Treasure Island, FL 1003 W. Commercial Street P0 Box 33I Hartford City, IN 47348 Buffalo, NY 14205-0331 South Jersey Kite Flyers Wings Across Carolina Kiting & Okra Soci- Dick Claycomb 7 65-348-37 II Mike Decker (716) 834-2879 P0 Box 32 ety (WACK0S) d acl ayco m b @ hotma i I com www-fly to/glks Collingswood, NJ 08108 Jim Martin (704\ 535-4696 Andy Selzer 4242 Folkston Drive Kite Society of Wisconsin Kites in Central New York Skies (Bs6) /28-0330 Charlotte, NC 28205 2266 N. Prospect Ave, #501 Don Hansberger f [email protected] www.wackos.org lVlilwaukee, WI 53202 10056 Elpis Road 3rd Sunday of the month Ist and 3rd Saturday of the month, Frank Jeff Kataoka (4I4) 962-6336 Blossvale, NY 13308 Gloucester County College Liske Park, between Harrisburg and Con- [email protected] (3rs) 24s-4038 cord, NC lvlinnesota Kite Society kicnys@twcny rr.con REGION THREE P0 Box 580016 Every Sunday, Sylvan Beach, NY lVaryland Kite Society REGION FIVE Minneapolis, lvlN 55458 c/o Jon & Karen Burkhardt 4 Seasons Kite Club Kites Over New England www mnkites.org 10113 Lloyd Road 317 Boyne Sireet Bob Hogan Potomac, MD 20854 New Hudson, IVI 48165 Western Illinois Winddevils 156 Carver Road (30r) 424-6976 Patrick Franks (248) 486-5277 209 N. Ward Street Plymouth, MA 02360 [email protected] p rtra n ks@b i gpl a n et.com (978) 2s6-8205 lVlacomb, IL 61455 3rd Sunday of the month Heather lVcl\4eekan www.kone.org Black Swamp Air Force Carrs Mill Park, Inwood, l\4D (30e) 836-8201 lst Saturday of the month, all year, P0. Box 13334 [email protected] Nahant Causeway, Lynn, l\4A Richmond Air Force Toledo, 0H 43613 3646 Grovewood Road Kevin Kilgoar (734\ 243-0919 Wind Rythm Kite Club New England Traction Richmond, UA 23234 [email protected] 921 Avenue SE John Ruggerio lst Charles Stonestreet lst Saturday and 3rd Sunday of each LeMârs, 51031 I93 Atlantic Avenue IA (804) 27r-4433 month Bob Webb (712) 546-8050 Marblehead, MA 01945 www -r i chmo nda i rforce.co n l\4aumee Bay State Park, oregon, 0H (78r) 63r-r438 Ist Sunday of the l\4onth Wisconsin Kiters john [email protected] Dorey Park, Henrico County, VA Kazoo Stringfellows 3266 S. 44th Street Weekends, Nahant Beach, Lynn, l\4A 5333 Westnedge Avenue Greenfields, WI 53219 Winds And Rainbows Kalamazoo, MI 49004 Bob Rymaszewski New York Kite Enthusiasts 3718 Cumberland St. N.W. John Cosby (616) 345-5432 (4L4) 329-982s Jeremy Johannesen Washington, DC 20016 el a i nej o h ncosby @y a hoo. com [email protected] 224 Irish Hill Road Rod Daniel (202) 966-2668 East Byrne, NY 12059 rdaniel@dmg-dc-com lVid-lVichigan Kite Club (s18) REGION SEVEN 872-0990 5241 E. Coldwater Rd., #227 www nyke-org Wings Over Washington (W0W) Flint, |\/I 48506 Foothills Kite Club 13106 Parkridge Circle John Davis (8I0) 736-4037 2035 W 32nd Place REGION TWO Fort Washington, MD 20744 [email protected] Wheat Ridge, C0 80033 Donald Nash (303) 205-9020 Fly Pittsburgh Kite Club Jim Cosca (30I) 292-4849 [email protected] 235 Jolly Hill Road www.kites.org/W0W l\4id-l\4ichigan String Stretchers Natrona Heights, PA 15065 Ist Sunday of the Month Fly Ken Blain Gateway Kite Club Paul Shirey (724) 295-0645 Washington M0nument, Washington, DC 349 Springreene 8606 Ardelia Avenue a er o sta r@ nauti com. net Ada, N/I 49301 St. Louis, M0 63114 2nd Sunday REGION FOUR (616) 676-s980 Dave Schenken (314) 429-4182 Cooper's Lake Campground spaciou ssky @ g rg i g.n et Florida Kitesurf ing Association ki m ndave9@ ea rth I i n k. net Portersville, PA P0 Box 447 0hio Society for the Elevation of Kites Boynton Beach, FL 33424 Kansâs City Kite Club Keystone Kiters (0sEK) Rick Iossi (56I) 417-5866 6 NW 67th Street Glen Haynes 10228 Winthrop Road Gladstone, l\40 64118 832 Meadow Lane Streetsboro, OH 44241 l\4ississippi Gulf Coast Kite Club Randy Haberle (816) 455-4807 Camp Hill, PA 17011 Harry cregory (330) 274-2818 610 E Beach Blvd www.kckiteclub.org osek-cl eve@ adel p h i a. net (7r7) 975-2852 Long Beach, MS 39560 2nd Sunday of every month 2nd Sunday of the month, Johnson County [email protected] Sharon Bouffanie Edgewater Park, Cleveland, 0H cc, (228) 863-eles Overland Park, KS Lehigh Valley Kite Society [email protected] Glenn Bachman PIGS Aloft 5031 Mallet Hill Drive l\lidwest Winds Kitefliers Club 16 West 3rd Street Suburban Atlanta Kite Enthusiasts Cincinnati, OH 45244 P0 Box 3720 Bethlehem, PA 18015 8257 Winston Way (513) Omaha, NE 68103-0770 (610) 332-LVKS Jerry l\4cGuire 83I-8379 Jonesboro, GA 30236 Bruce Kenkel (402) 330-727I lyk ci nc i. www.le h i g hv a I ley kitesociety.o rg wef ites@ rr.com Harlan Groover (404) 47L-7923 kenkel3l@radiks net Ist Sunday of the month fly at hg roover@ n i n d spr i ng -com Club meeting 2nd Wednesday of the month Louise lvioore Park, Bethlehem, PA REGION SIX at Immanuel Medical Cente6 Omaha, NE Chicagoland Sky Liners Sun Coast Kite Club Club fly 2nd Sunday of every month at Liberty High Spirits of 148 6235 Bradenton Avenue 1532 77th Street Immanuel Field, 72nd and Sorenson Pk P0 Box 283 Bradenton, FL 34207 Napierville, IL 60565 Rochelle Park, NJ 07662 Jon Leal (941) 752-0821. 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Prairie Winds Kite Club Southern Oregon Aire Raiders Westport Windriders Hawaii Sportkite Assoc. 13202 Pearl Drive 2B3Z La Mirada Dr. 2725 Walker Ct. SE I00 Ridge Road, Suite 2514 Weeping Water, NE 68463 lVledford,0R 97504 Olympia, WA 98501 Kapalua, HI 9676I Wayne Patton (402) 267-5359 Ed Jensen (54I) 774-6493 Bary Crites (360) 49f-8605 Robert Loera (808) 665-1649 bec ky s k i te s @ y a h o o. co n [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 4th Saturday of the month Topeka Kite Flyers REGION TEN Grayland Beach approach in Grayland, WA Route 66 Kite Club SE 43rd Terrace 4422W. El Camino Drive lll9 Lilac City Wind Chasers Topeka, KS 66609 Whidbey Island Kite Flyers Glendale, AZ 85302 5916 N. Oak Bob Homan (785) 273-37L5 P0 Box 1320 Tom lvlanson (480) 891-8042 Spokane, WA 99205 [email protected] Coupeville, WA 98239 [email protected] [email protected] lst & 3rd Sunday of the month MarjorieTaylor (360)678-9358 Fun fly every Tuesday, 4 'til dark, Club Governor's lvlansion, Topeka, KS m a rj o r i e. tay I o r @v e r i zo n. n et San Diego Kite Friendship Park, Spokane, WA PO Box 7977 San Diego, CA 92167 REGION EIGHT North Coast Sky Painters REGION ETEVEN Jim Skryja (858) 272-346I Bend Pirates Rich Miller Bay Area Sport Kite League Coastal Sky www.sdkc.net 1919 North Hwy 35 #457 P 0. Box 2336 2381 Nobili Avenue 2nd Saturday of the month, Mission Bay Rockport, TX 78382 Aberdeen, WA 98520-038I Santa Clara, CA 95051 Park south of the Hilton Dano Wrisht (36r) 290-8925 [email protected] Susan Skinner (408) 554-8399 rab itdog@ pyra mi d3. n et 2nd weekend of the month www.baskl.org Sport Kite Club of America Illahee Beach, Ocean Shores, WA P0 Box 5216 Crescent City Kiteflyers Lavender Winds Playa Del Ray, CA 90293 1813 Edinburgh Street Northwest Buggy Pilots Assn. 2234 Santa Maria Dr. Russ Colbert (3I0) 822-9550 lVletairie, LA 70001 P0. Box 1358 Pittsburg, CA 94565 [email protected] Sandra Harris (504) 835-0280 Westport,WA 98595-1358 Brian Bradley (5I0) 797 -6997 Every Sunday at Playa Del Rey Beach in ml ha rri s2@earthl i nk. net Morrie Williams (360) 268-0318 [email protected] Playa Del Rey, CA wi I I i a ms @tech I i ne.com 2nd Sunday of each month Jewels 0fThe Sky Kiters Assn month north of San Gregorio State Beach 4th Saturday every at Up, up, and Away Kite Club Dick Bell (922) 423-3630 Wash-Away Beach, Grayland, WA llB/I l\4artha Ann Drive 1520 Amazon Las Vegas Kite Club Los Alamitos, CA 90720 Plano, Tx 75075 Pierce County Kitefliers 3111 S. Valley View A-116 Janis Sabic (562) 43L-L746 [email protected] c/o Mainframe Kite Shop Las Vegas, NV 89102 2nd Sunday of each month, Right side of 3340 East llth Street (702) 4s8-7s36 pier, Seal Beach, CA The Alamo Kiteflyers Outfit Tacoma, WA 98421 1348 Timberwood Trail (2s3) 927-877e Northern California Kite Club 7510 Corrinne Street REGION THIRTEEN New Braunfels,TX 78132 C B A K i t es K i te s @ w ebtv. n et Leona Clark (2I0) 609-2002 lvleetings, lastThursday of the month at San Ramon, CA 94583 Federation Quebecoise [email protected] Summit Branch of Pierce County Library, Brian Champie (925) 829-0683 Du Cerf-Volant Tacoma, WA www. k i tef a rt. co m / n c k c / 4545 Ave. Pierre-de-Coubertin Tulsa WindRiders CP1000, Succersale M PO. Box 562 SCI.FI REGION TWELVE lVlontreal, PQ H1V3R2 Glenpool,0K 74033 (sr4) 1911 Broadway Arizona Free Flyers 2s2-2032 Collette Lemons (918) 322-9630 cerfvol@f qjv.qc.ca Everett, WA 98201 1210 W Palo Verde Drive buggyok I aho m astyl e@ea rth li n k. net Sunday of each month, parc de La Voie [email protected] Chandler, AZ 85224 lst lVlaritime, Lambert, 2nd Sunday of the month Dave Evans (480) 9f7-0203 St. Quebec Wind Dancers Call for location and details [email protected] 980 Gibb Road Waxahachie,TX 75167 Washington Kitefliers Assoc. Hawaii Kiteflyers Association Gloria Harmon (972) 938-3954 Pacific Science Center PO BoxIl722 kitemobile2@ juno.con 200 2nd Avenue N. Honolulu, HI 96828 Seattle, WA 98109 Roy Morisada (808) 947-7097 Wind Weavers Sylvia Bernauer (425)822-4605 [email protected] Judy Kingery (9L5) 692-5927 www.wkaonline.org lIl8 Barrow Abilene, TX 29605 [email protected]

Wings Over the Red 266 Garsee Circle Frierson, LA 21027 Kevin B Wolfe (3L8\ 797-146r w i n g s overt h e re d @ a o l. co m 2nd Sunday of each month Louisiana State Univ., Shreveport, LA

REGION NINE Associated 0regon Kitefliers P0 Box 25616 Portland, OR 97298 Judy Brown (541) 736-1757 j u dyb 7 @ ni n dsp ri n g.com

Rogue Valley Windchasers 7IZ NE llth Street Grants Pass, OR 97526 Debbie Smith (54I) 476-7208 s ky d rea ms@ hotna i l.co m

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CHAIR Mrowesr Craig Rodgerson DavidHansen ...... [email protected] : l3IB Knight Ave. '] ASSISTANT CHAIR Flint, MI 48503 Mike Gillard . nike@kitelife.con (Br0) 239-2668 [email protected] CHAIR, C0NFERENCES l SusanShampo [email protected] Nonrsensr tl, Phil Napier [email protected] I Adena Schutzberg Itlichaelft4oore [email protected]'. 6 Tower St. Somerville, IVIA 02143 JohnRuggiero [email protected]' (6L7) 666-6-64 EricBabilewicz ..... [email protected] ne_conf @aka.kite.org BobHogan [email protected], Adena SchutzberS ...... [email protected] : Nonrxwesr Pncrrrc Cerurnnl Sourxeasr LauraStonestreet ...... se [email protected] Mike &Terri Huff Susan Shampo Steven Ploof Laura Stonestreet 5559 Lauretta St. 1709 Cushing Park Drive 3646 Grovewood Rd. Craig Rodgerson . [email protected] P0 Box 1296 Ocean Shores, WA 98569 San Diego, CA 92110 Round Rock,TX /8664 Richmond, VA 23234 Terri &MikeHuff ...... [email protected] , (360) 289-90s0 (6L9) 29s-79ss (sr?) 2LB-8726 (804) 27r-4433 StevenPloof [email protected] nw,conf@aka kite org pac [email protected] cen [email protected] se [email protected]

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The N orthwest Sport l(ite League held its The season is well underway with three more Spring is finally here and so are the days we annual meeting at 0cean Shores in March. compititions in the books so far this spring. dream about all winter. If you are an experi- John and Marianne Trennepohl were our fea- I'm happy to note that we have 13 Novice enced l

18 Kiting Josh and Zach Gordon were invited to Japan in less than ideal conditions (rain and light also went to Berck to meet with the Interna- for a festival in Uchinada the first week of wind). The DeSoto fun fly was just that, fun! tional Sport l(ite Rules committee and serve May. They compete individually and as E0S Junction l(ite Mal

Summer'O2 Btrd Kttes: Rambtings of a Kitemaker by Peter Sheragy

n the last issue of Kiting (Spring 2002) in the Jackite design. Jackite has a unique wing ideal to mimic "Letters to the Editor," Steve Riehle of flapping trait which would be Santa Monica, California put forth some hovering which is the main characteristic that questions concerning bird kites. The primary differentiates the White-tailed Kite from other purpose of this article is to address those species of hawks. The point is, each bird questions. ln the Summer 2001 issue of Kit- design may have special qualities which can lng I submitted general plans for a bird kite. be useful in the quest for the perfect species- ln my opinion, those plans and the answer to dependant bird kite. The lackite is a unique, his questions are related. interesting design and I recommend anyone On I consider myself a kitemaker-experimenter interested in bird kites have at least one. as opposed to a kite flyer. I rarely fly only for some of the birds the artwork is impeccable the simple pleasure of flying. While flying I'm and you cannot build it better than "store analyzing looking for ways to make things bought." lt is capable of flying very effectively better. Kitemaking- is a marriage between a in certain winds but at times is temperamen- mechanic and an artist. You can be tal. The directions call for the wind to form one or the other. ln the end the aerodynamic shape required for proper you both have to come flight. I personally believe it's not quite that together. As an exPeri- simple and would like to see more in the menter, part of mY Phi- directions pertaining to flight adjustments. losophy is to study the works of One of these days l'll take the time and fig- others (building a knowledge base)' I've ure it out myself. been building kites (seriously) since 1990. My The design I wrote for Kiting is best suited specialty is butterflies, but that's another for non-flapping birds (raptors). Generally story. For most of that time I wanted to build speaking, raptors (hawks, eagles, and buz- bird kites but didn't know how. I bought most zards) don't flap their wings; they soar and of the bird kites commercially available ride the wind currents. I don't claim credit for including kites by Stan Swanson, Martin that design, I just added to other commer- designs. From my perspective Lester, Joel Scholz, Jackite, Chinese, Balinese cially available and a few kites of unknown origin. I wanted that addition to the existing designs was the to build my own bird kites and was looking equalivant of finding the "Holy grail" or the bird kites. Before the discov- for the proper design. I did not find what I "missing link" of was looking for in any of the commercially ery I was stuck going nowhere. Now I feel I available designs. What was I looking for? have a free reign in choosing silhouette Actually I had an open mind in that area with shapes and I'm getting flight characteristics I the attitude "you'll know it when you find it." previously thought of as "wishful thinking." Birds vary in the way they look and how Hawks have specific silhouette shapes. Gen- they fly and no one bird design is suitable for erally speaking you observe these silhouettes get all birds. lf you want a goose, Martin Lester's from a distance as they won't allow you to Canadian goose is the way to go. lts excellent close. At a distance a 3-dimensional body is flight characteristics and general "look" in the not a prominent feature, the silhouette is 3- sky make it the one to beat. (l re-sparred mine more important. The added weight of a to make it lighter.) He uses special supple, dimensional body is inconducive to high opaque lightweight ripstop (balloon cloth) angle flight. I build the kites like gliders with shape. not available anywhere I know. I personally do a fixed, non-moveable aerodynamic not like using regular ripstop for inflatables. lt When tension is released the kites assume a (a wrinkles too easily and it's too transparent position parallel to the ground key ele- fore and aft allowing the "sticks" to show through, effect- ment). Proper weight distribution ing the aesthetics. I made a smaller (more needs to be considered. With a fixed aerody- normal goose size) version of his goose out namic shape and an attitude parallel to the the bird of tyvek and painted it. To minimize wrinkles ground (floating on a cushion of air) I keep it assembled. lt turned out pretty well is conducive to free flight. effect and is a hit at kite festivals. lt was inl-'xpensive By playing with adiustments that to build and I let kids at the festivals fly it. lf aerodynamic shape, not unlike the bending they ruin it I can patch it or build another. of flaps of a paper airplane, I'm able to lf you want to build a White-tailed Kite achieve unique flight characteristics. By mak- (actual name of a white hawk found in my ing the kite light weight in certain light wind backyard and other places) I would consider conditions the kite will fly vertically or near m Kiting vertically. With the proper adjustments the has progressed far beyond decoys). To should have been simple, a black silhouette kite will circle like abuzzard when tension reinforce my own experiences, I asked without detail. lt looked terrible in flight. 3/+ is released. Actually, when a kite them what part was more difficult - the The oz. black ripstop I used was too approaches a vertical position you have lost carving or the painting. Without hesitation transparent and the spars and reinforce- control and it's in free flight. lf a thermal is both jumped in and said the painting. One ments shone through. I noticed my older present I have experienced a pulling of line said within a couple of years you can ripstop was much less transparent and the bird circles gaining altitude. Most become some- (darker against the light) than the of the time it will corkscrew to a lower alti- what profi- newer ripstop. tude floating downwind. With the kite's cient at the Upon inspec- inclination to fly parallel to the ground, carving but the tion with a when tension is released, crashes are virtu- painting was the stereo micro- ally non-existent except in strong winds most challenging. scope, I discov- which can override released tension and Luckily for the kitemaker, ered the older any free flight tendencies. ln strong winds the painting of kites does not ripstop had a tighter weave. the kite is best kept pinned against the sky require as much precision as the The loose weave of the newer rip- in one spot. To me, it's unnatural to painting of wooden birds. With a stop had large voids allowing observe the bird pinned against the sky in kite you focus on the overall look at a dis- much more light to shine through, one spot, it's much more interesting to tance with wooden birds it's detail up allowing colors to become less vivid and observe it moving around, presenting dif- close. -lf you elect to paint each individual "washed out" when backlit. Sometimes ferent silhouette angles to the flyer. feather, each feather group must have a changes are for the better, sometimes Birds can fly high and well in unstable certain look at a distance displaying the they're not. On a seagull (white ripstop) I winds, why can't bird kites? As a kitemaker proper hues and contrasts with adjoining spray painted the carbon spars white I really don't concern myself with the feather groups. Each bird is different. The attempting to tone down the spars appear- mechanisms which allow real birds to fly, whole process is intimidating and to say ance through the transparent ripstop. though maybe I should. Birds change their you will not be successful overnight is an Without question it helped but fell short of aerodynamic shape by fanning or unfan- understatement. Another of my kitemaking being artistical ly satisfactory. ning and twisting their tail feathers right philosophies, don't give up too easily, be ln closing, most kite builders and exper- or left, extending or tucking in their persistent, lay it aside, think about it, and imenters are into their own thing and wings, twisting their wrists try again another day. there are few that focus on birds. With affecting the pitch of Large intimidating pro- few people working on it, progress is slow. their wingtips to jects are not so daunting if Some may not pass on what they have move in a certain you develop the mindset to view learned so their work has to be rediscov- way or adapt to fluc- them as a series of smaller tasks spread out ered by someone else. When it comes to tuations in the wind currents and speed. over a longer period of time. bird kites there is a void. A void I believe Without radio controlled servos or multi- From the artistic viewpoint, ripstop is is caused by lack of building knowledge, ple lines, the bird kite is relegated to hav- easier because you're limited. You're lim- not by lack of wanting to build. The bird ing a fixed aerodynamic shape. As a ited to color choices and limited to the kite is in a process of evolution and the kitemaker I'm looking for man-made stabi- amount of detail you can sew in. Your goal best is yet to come. Another of my lizing factors, particularly ones that do not now becomes not perfection but doing the philosophies, the measure of a great kite compromise silhouette integrity. The abil- best with what you have to work with. is the one you enjoy flying in your back- ity of the wings trailing edge to vibrate Consider the use of Design Master paints, yard, in solitude, absent of spectators. For (acting somewhat like a tail) in stronger not to paint the whole bird, but to accent me, the bird design I wrote for the maga- winds adds stability. Using a thin diameter, existing ripstop colors. Also you might try zine meets that criteria. I found what I was flexible tail spar allows a large fanned tail cutting out and sewing together the large looking for and have enough to keep me to flex back and spill wind. A flapping individual feathers of the wing and tail busy for many years to come, which motion can spill wind and add stability. accented with Design Master paints to reminds me, I should be building a bird On some designs the wings bend back and achieve a more realistic look.The first rip- kite instead of writing this article! spill wind. I personally dislike keels and stop bird I built was a crow. Artistically it avoid them. I have doubts as to their effec- tiveness as stabilizing mechanisms. My favorite stabilizing mechanism is good old eoruc ta&astow pilot control. lnstead of striving for total atrd eryjoy aoræ of automatic stability (stake 'em down and funt forget about 'em) I prefer flyer interaction Bosror Anrl Sponr Krrr CxlrrrprolsHrps where the pilot is working in harmony with the wind in controlling the kite, feeling JUNE 7-9,2002 useful and being a necessary element. You really can't capture the nuances of the wind by flying a kite that flies itself. As previously mentioned, bird kite mak- ing can be divided into 2 parts, the mechanics and the artistic. Last year I attended a "Crane festival" (no kites) in my hometown. ln one of the booths 2 men 2OO2 BASKCl.li. were carving wooden birds (the art form lo.ac &r. Sponl Chqtlorrbb! Surnmer'O2 2L ANNUAT AKA NAIIONAI CONUENIION =25TH

25th Annual Auction Workshop Preview Return of the How would you like to help the ÀKA Here's o quick preview of the work- "Past Masters Challenge" hove the greotest ouctions ever on shops thot will be held qt the ÀKÀ Those who ottended the '99 conven- our Silver Anniversory? Cel, Mike fr. Convention in Oceon City this Octo- tion in Muncie will surely remember ond I were osked by Dovid to run the ber. We will hove o stellor lineup of one of the mony highlights of the ouction ond we need your help. Whot workshops ond presenters ond we'll week, the Post Mosters Chollenge. we need ore items to Auction. This hold events both in the clossroom This showcose event brought together yeor plons ore to hove loud ond ond on the beoch. previous AKA Notionols chompions silent ouctions, bog roffles ond if The workshops will run eoch morn- who reprised their winning routines. need be o cosh ond corry booth. ing for five doys, from Tuesdoy The highlights were numerous - Lee We would oppreciote ony size or through Soturdoy with multiple work- Sedgwick's "Lady in Red," Deon for- type of kite reloted items, unique one shops eoch doy. The workshops cover don's field crew of eight, Ron Reich's of o kind pieces ore reolly greot. Size the gomut - from fighter kites to "Arobesque," the mony groceful bal- con be from postoge stomps to the sky. giont kites with everything in lets flown with Howoiion Teom kites, Remembe4, this is the AKA's lorgest between, inclùding o surprise or two. the judges holding up score cords - o single fundroiser the entire yeor. Àlso, There will olso be some speciol pre- truly memorable ofternoon. oll items ore tox deductible. We're senters who will help to moke this the The PMC is being revived for the occepting donotions now ond ond best workshop progom ever. If you'd 25th ÀKA Convention ond will run on will be until the doy of the Auction. like to volunteer to leod o workshop Soturdoy ofternoon. Ifyou ore o post But our iob would be eosier if we got or if there is o workshop thot you've champion, contoct Troy Gunn at tko- your donotions ASÀP so they con be olwoys dreomed of ottending, send [email protected] for detoils. Everyone cotologued qnd mode reody. If you emoil to the workshop coordinotor else, be prepored for o terrific show! hove ony question, pleose feel free to Glenn Dovison at [email protected]. cont0ct us ot: Mass Ascensions! [email protected] Kiteboarding at Oean City Once ogoin we will be rewording (27s) 722-4092 For the first time, kitesurfing will ploy those of you who porticipote in the o port in this yeors convention. Moss Ascensions ot the convention Send donotions to: Demonstrotions will include setup with pins. As in the post few yeors AKA Àuction ond sofety techniques, generol these pins will fit together tb moke o c/o Mike Dollmer instruction, ond some big-oir trick lorger picture. In order to eorn oll of 7204 Ookley St. shows! There moy olso be o competi- the pins, you will need to fly o sport Philadelphio, PA 19111 tion event, ot press time detoils were kite, o soft kite, o cellulor kite, o still being noiled down. rokkoku or fighter ond o delto kite over the course ofthe convention. Be sure Moss Àscension, AKA Convention logo designed by Bruce Hartman. to fly ot eoch Ocean City photos courtesy of the Ocean City os your big pin will look funny with o Convention and Visitors Bureau piece missing! n Kiting Convention Manoger Report t I 7e've come full circle!! The 25th Oceon City is o beoutiful Iocotion for \ /\ / Annuol Notionol Convention the "Silver Ànniversory" of the Grond Y Y will be held in the some loco- Notionols. There ore three miles of tion os the 1st Notionol Convention beoutiful boordwolk, 10 miles of cleon, Oceon City, Morylond! The sport of kit-- sondy beoches ond beoutiful views of SELECTION ing hos evolved o greot deol over the both oceon ond boy woters. Oceon City post 25 yeors, but the desire to get olso sports fishing of oll kinds, golfing together, shore common interests, com- on more thon fifteen 18-hole courses, pete for prestigious titles or to iust hove shopping, dining, tours ond more. fun with eoch other is os strong os ever. Events in town during our convention The convention progroms, meetings, ore Oktoberfest ond the Mid Àtlontic workshops, bonquets ond qll other for- Surf Fishing contest. Oceon City is o mql convention progroms will be held MUST DO event for AKA members, ot the Rolond E. Powell Convention come celebrote our onniversory with us. Center. Flying Competitions will be held "Seo For Yourselfl" on the beoutiful beoches of Oceon City, As you might expect, the 25th between the intersection of sth & Ànnuol Grand Notionols ore going to Boordwolk ond south to Inlet. be speciol in mony ways. Progrom highlights include o Mondoy night Dotes: September 3O-October 5, 2OO2 reception hosted by the locol kite clubs; Yisit www.AKA.Kite.org for o preliminory Morylond Kite Society, Richmond Air convention schedule. Force, Wings Over Woshington (DC), Convention Locotion: ond Winds ond Rainbows. On Tuesdoy Roland E. Powell Convention Center night, Go fly o Kite is hosting on 4001 Coostal Highway evening mixer qt the convention hotel SERVICE Oceon City, Morylond 21842 (Shenonigon's) providing entertoin- ment, food, beveroge ond over $2,500 Convention Hotels hove been in prizes. Oceon City will be one of the selected; pleose see crccomponying regis- best-ottended events to dote ond you trotion form or visil www.AKA.Kite.org. won't wont to miss out on the fun! qreo Àirports serving the ore Bolti- Complete your registrotion form todoy! (BWI), (PHL), more ond Philodelphio If you ore plonning on donoting on both locoted opproximotely 150 miles item to the ouction, contûct Mike Dollmer from Oceon City. Pleose see occompo- ot (215) 722-4092.If you wont to portici- nying registrotion form or visit the ÀKA pote in the populor "Fly Morket," con- website for o complete list of oirlines toct Ron Lindner ot (636) 677-3029. PHL. servicing BWI ond Solisbury oir- Scott Skinner will ogoin be in chorge of port, locoted 30 miles from Oceon City, the Kite Art Gollery ond the Members' is serviced by US Airwoys. There is no Choice Àwords ond he moy be reqched shuttle service between Solisbury ond at (719) 48I-4260. Oceon City o toxicob or rentol cor is - Pleose contoct me ot (541) 994-4252, or o must unless the hotel you ore stoying the convention choir Suson Skinner ot provides ot tronsportotion. (408) 554-8399 if you require more informo- When seorching for oirfores, remem- tion. Check www.AKA.Kite.org for updotes. ber to check the trovel Web sites ot: www.travelocity.com Oceon City Web sites: www.cheaptickets.com www.ococean.com www.priceline. com and others. Ocean City Convention ond Visiton Often you con find "Internet only" oir- Bureou fores thot ore much less thon oirfores www.ocean-city.com through the oirline or o trovel ogent. Oceon City, Moryland You con qlso set these sites to contoct www.oceancity.org you when the oirfore reoches the Oceon City Chomber of Commerce omount you hove decided to poy! If you www.ocvisitor.com hove ony questions on how to use these Oceon City Hotel-Motel ond sites, don't hesitote to contoct me. Restqurqnt Associotion Once you ore in Oceon City, the Tron- sit system is first rote ond public trons- See you there! portotion moves every 15 minutes. Moggie Vohs, Convention Choir

Summer'O2 B The Robert tt^. Ingraham Award Comprehensive Kitemaking Competition

pobert lngraham founded the AKA their time to help the AKA and pro- fhis year's competition will run just about the | \in 1964. Until his passing in 1994, mote kiting in general." I same as last year. We will again hold a competi- he was an avid kiteflier, kitemaker, The selection committee is made tion pre-meeting to review the rulebook and to go and above all a promoter of the fel- up of the three most recent past over the procedures prior to the competition. lf you lowship of kiteflying. This award was recipients of the award, the three are planning to enter a kite, I urge you to attend this originally given by Bob to outstand- most recent past presidents of the meeting. Members from the Kitemaking Competi- ing fliers from the Southwest, and is AKA, and Hazel lngraham. The most tion Committee, as well as Judges who will be scor- a traveling trophy representing a fine recent recipient is the chair of the ing your entries, will be available. Bring your ideas, example of Southwest lndian pottery. committee and the presenter of the bring your concerns, and bring your questions. We After Bob's death, the AKA award at the annual convention. will do our best to answer them. ln addition, we will decided to continue the tradition of Nominations may be made by any hold a POST competition meeting to review the presenting the award, but changed AKA member. Nominations must be event and to get your feedback. Please refer to your it to commerorate and honor the in writing, and should include a brief convention program for all seminar schedules. founder of the AKA by presenting summary outlining the nominee's One of the biggest changes for 2001 was the cre- the award to: qualifications for the award. Send ation of a new category titled "Line Art." This was not "Kitefliers, who, during their life- nominations to Robert Price, 3839 a heavily competed category last year, but we feel it time have exemplified outstanding Dustin Rd., Burtonsville, MD 20866 still has a lot of potential, so we will run it again this volunteerism and service to the AKA, Home Phone: (301) 421-9620 year. At every festival, I see large quantities of unique and who, in the true spirit of Robert The deadline for nominations is and really cool line items and themes being made by lngraham have given unselfishly of August 31,2002. kite builders. The committee created "Line Art" to reward the skills that go into the creation of these objects. So if you have line laundry, line junk, or The Edeiken Award anything else that hangs on your line, bring it to the competition. The only requirement is that is has to he Steve Edeiken Memorial Award is the highest recognition given to a be hand made. As in every other category, the member by the AKA. Nominations are now being accepted for the 2002 entries will be judged for Flight, Visual Appeal, award. Steve was one of the best loved, most respected and active Craftsmanship, and Structural Design. members of the AKA. He was killed in a tragic accident on Sept. 24,1983. The rest of the competition will run as described The AKA established the award in his honor by resolution on Oct. 4, 1984. in the AKA's Rules and Cuidelines for Kitemakers' Competitions, Third Edition. Rulebooks are available Criteria: The Kiteflier of the Year Nominations should include the fol- for free at the AKA web site, or you can purchase a will be a person who has shown lowing information: personal data, hardcopy at the AKA Retail Store. The competition friendly, loving, fair, even-handed leadership examples, interpersonal will run Wednesday and Thursday, October 2-3. A concern for people in general, but qualities, communications (such as schedule for category times will be available on the kitefliers in particular; kiteflying in articles, plans, etc), educational activ- AKA web site and in your Convention Program. We general, but for craftsmanship and ities, and examples of craftsmanship. will award first, second, and third place trophies in technical developments in particular; Nominations must be received by the following categories: communication in general, but for Aug. 31 , 2002. Send nominations to . BOWED KITES leading and participating in kite Adam Grow, 201 5 Hermitage Ave., . FLAT KITES events in particular. lt is the opinion of Silver Spring MD 20902, or email . ROKKAKU the AKA that these criteria best exem- Adam at [email protected]. . CELLULAR or DIMENSIONAL plify the character of Steve Edeiken. Selection: The selection commit- . DELTA and DELTA DERIVATIVES Nomination Process: All nomi- tee includes Cindy Edeiken, the cur- . SOFT or FLEXIBLE nations must be in writing. Any rent presidents of the AKA and KTAI, . FICURE KITES member of the AKA may nominate and the two most recent past presi- . ARCH TRAINS and RIBBONS one person for the award, the nom- dents of the two organizations. The . MULTILINE SPORT KITES ination must be seconded by at least immediate past president of the AKA . TRAINS and CENTIPEDES two other AKA members. Nomina- chairs the committee. The award is . COOPERATIVE tion letters should be three pages or announced at the AKA Convention . LINE ART less, with one additional page of to be the person selected as the . UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBIECTS (OPEN) photos, bibliography, media cover- "Kiteflier of the Year." The recipient age, or other supporting materials. will be presented with a traveling Kites entered into the Cooperative Category will Candidates should be informed that trophy and an individualized plaque,, compete with kites of the like category. A coopera- they are being nominated and may The trophy remains in his or her tively built cellular kite will fly with the other cellular be asked to help assemble or verify position until the following year's kites. After the competition, the scores for all the the information to be submitted. convention. cooperative entries will be grouped together and

24 Kiting Comprehensive Kitemaking, continued Annual Membership Meeting ranked. The Unidentified Flying Objects Jhe Annual Business meeting of the American Kitefliers Association will be held on (Open) category is for kites that do not I Wednesday, October 2, 2002 at the Ocean City AKA National Convention. The easily fall into the other categories this agenda will include the annual report of the President, budget approval, bylaws, elec- is the area for you kitebuilders to get- wild tion results, and open questions from the floor. and crazy. Go nuts, show us something Nominations are currently being solicited for AKA President and regional directors in that we've never seen before, but remem- Regions 3,4,5,6,7, and 8. All nominations should be presented by July 15 to Nom- ber it must fly! ln addition, we will inations Chair Robyne Gardner at @19) 734-5880 or [email protected] honor- the following Special Awards: . BEST US E OF TMDITIONAL MATERIALS SpoÉ Kite Competition . MOST INNOVATIVE . MIXED MEDIA t À /e are lookinq forward to a jam- formality! lt will make things go much . SPECIAL RECOGNITION VVpackeO week-of sport kite fun and smoother if competitors go to the web site . NOVICE competition at Ocean City. Tuesday, Octo- on August 1, and if they are one of the . FOUR SEPARATE AWARDS FOR THE ber 1 will kickoff the week with Novice and top three, call or email their commissioner . HIGHEST SCORE IN EACH CRITERIA Experienced class disciplines. Wednesday to let them know whether or not they will . CRAND NATIONAL CHAMPION will be a "fun and games" day mega- attend the convention. team flying and possibly a Hot- Tricks The commissioners have a huge task in Every kite will receive a total score that Shootout round-robin competition. assembling their competitor slate, any and will come from an even 25o/o in four crite- On Thursday, October 3, competition all help will be greatly appreciated. This ria: Visual Appeal, Flight, Craftsmanship, resumes with Experienced and Masters will also allow the commissioners to deter- and Structural Design. Each category will class disciplines, with the competition con- mine the status of alternates more quickly. begin promptly and will start with a mass cluding on Friday. We anticipate Ocean City being the largest ascension. No pre-registration is necessary, Sport kite competition at the Convention competition field in years, so help out by however, YOU MUST SIGN UP 45 MlN. is an invitational event. The top three com- letting your commissioner know your BEFORE THE BECINNINC OF YOUR petitors in each discipline in each of the six plans as early as possible. SCHEDULED CATEGORY. conferences are automatically invited to fu everyone knows, sport kite competi- lf you are unable to attend the conven- attend. Additionally, the fourth and fifth tions are very volunteer-driven. There are tion, you can still enteryour kite as proxy. placed competitors are alternates, who will literally hundreds of jobs to be filled at Find a friend who will be attending and be invited to compete if one or more of the each convention. All competitors will be let them enter for you. All we ask is a small top three can not attend. The season ends contacted before the convention for job $25.00 entry fee and a letter prior to the on July 31, final season standings are sign-up. lt is expected that all competitors convention addressed to the convention posted to the AKA web site on August 1. will fill at least one job slot for each disci- manager stating your arrangements. lnvitations are mailed to invited com- pline that they contest. lf you are interested in learning more petitors and alternates, but this is just a about the competition or would like to volunteer your services for judging, regis- Mystery Kite Mass Ascension tration, or field help, do not hesitate to email ([email protected]) or phone The Keystone Kiters will be hosting the Mystery Kite Mass Ascension. One of the kite (610-395-3560) me direct. I am looking styles listed below will be the subject of a special mass ascension, separate from the forward to this year in Ocean City and regular daily mass ascensions. On the first day, a posting will be made at registration anticipate it will be one of the biggest as to which kite will be the choice. Fly with the appropriate kite and receive a special conventions in AKA history. Start building pin recognizing your participation. Serpent kite: a flat kite with tail attached directly your kite now, and I'll see you in few to the trailing edge. Brown kite: any kite as long as long as one of the colors used in months! the sail is brown. Tumbling kite: any kite that can be induced to tumble at the fliers -Steve Ferrel, Head Judge command. Rainbow kite: any kite that contains the standard red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet.

Summer tO2 E ,','l i '] I : K'itg H:i'story Kites on the Winds of War by M. Robinson

ith the nightly news saturated with suing his orders to squelch the rebellion, a reports of war and some exciting shooting star fell. This was an exceptional ly records recently uncovered per- bad omen to both the rebels and Gim Yu- taining to American Civil War lHistory of Aviation, of a General from had been rumored, there were stories, but the Han Dynasty, who, when his troops became there was never any concrete evidence before. cornered, devises a method of attaching Aeo- This research has just begun; but there is lian strings to a kite, so when flown under the much to do and there are more questions than cover of darkness over the enemy camp, the answers. What we do know for sure is that sounds emitting from the l

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China202 BC - B. Laufer writes in his book, The Pre-History of Aviation, of a General from the Han Dynasty, who, when his troops became cornered, devises a method of attaching Aeo- lian strings to a kite, so when flown under the much to do and there ur. ràr. questions than cover of darl

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England 1893 - Captain B.F.S. Baden-Powell designed a stack of six large hexagonal kites for the British that were used in the Boer War in South Africa to lift soldiers into the air to observe the enemy. Captain Baden-Powell also did a series of tests using kites to carry messages from one ship to another.

United States 1896 - US Army officer Lieutenant Hugh D. Wise successfully worked out a system to lift a man using Har- grave box l

England 1901 - Samuel F. Cody patented his kite system of man-lifting and gave a demonstration to the War Office in December of 1901 for use in military applications. The Admi- ralty allowed trials on warships during 1904 and 1905. The War Office adopted the system in 1906 for Army observation. Cody was given Officer status with the post of Chief l(ite Instructor at Farnborough with orders to design and manufacture kites and give instructions in their operation.

Russia 1903 - Lieutenant Schreiber of the Imperial Russian Navy was also experimenting with a man-lifting system using a Hargrave double box. His system was abandoned after several fatalities proved it unstable. Captain U lyanin of the Russian Army developed a train of double Conyne l

France 1909 - Charles Dollfus held a competition to deter- mine the most suitable man-lifting technique to be considered by the French Military Authorities. Captain Madiot won the contest with a winged box kite system. Captain Madiot died in an aeroplane accident a year later and the French Army adopted Captain Saconney's man lifting system. Saconney's kite-corps contained a motorcar, trailer, and a winch that was driven by the car's engine.The system was also installed aboard the ship, The Edgar Quintet, in 1911.

Germany 1914 - During World War I, Germany designed a fold- ing box kite system, facilitating their use as man-lifting devices compact enough to store aboard their submarines. After launch- ing the kite, a basl

United States 1915 - Samuel Perl

England 1940 - The British Admiralty introduced a barrage kite to protect Naval Destroyers. The Hargrave double box kites were adorned with suspended wires or dangling bombs as a deterrent to aerial enemy attack.

United States 1941 - Thq Barrage Balloon and l(ite School was opened in New York City. Saul's barrage kites were flown on wire lines and capable of shearing wings, which was very

Summer'O2 27 Kite History

effective against enemy dive- This partial list of the use of kites in bombers. Canisters of explosives were military applications is merely a attached to the piano type wire used starting point. My ultimate goal is to fly the kites. At one time 3,300 of to compile a thorough and accurate the Saul's Barrage kites flew from chronological l

is highly maneuverable and obtains Thanl< you I lift from submarine traction.The kite has a set of rotating blades supporting an kites, the airplane flying overhead would catch References observation chair. It cou ld be assembled in the cable with a long hool<. Bool

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by Bob Hogan I very yeor in the eorly spring, o pilgrim- the desert. The other 51 weeks ore the time F oge or migrotion is mode to o forsoken you spending woiting ond preporing to be l-rUit of public lqnd in southern Colifornio. there ogoin. Known os the Ivonpoh Dry Loke, this desolate 2OO2 saw the eighth yeor in a row thot New ploce is the home to cows, burros, lizords ond fersey's Fron Gromkowski hos rollied the troops other creotures of the wild. Perhops the most ond hos orgonized this pilgrimoge known os interesting of these creotures is the one thqt Spring Breok Buggy Blost. Every yeor the event migrotes to Ivonpah ot this time of yeor gets bigger with more octivities for the otten- known os the pilotus troction kiteus or the dees. This yeor there were 111 registered otten- common Troction Kite Pilot. These pilots find dees plus numerous other visitors. their woy to Ivonpoh from oll over North While the event didn't officiolly stort until Àmerico (ond some from Europe, os well, this Tuesdoy, April 2nd, two dozen eorly ottendees yeor). They come by coç truck, jet ond even begon their stoy in the desert by troveling to privote plone. Mony can't exploin in words the El Miroge Dry Loke in Adelonto, CÀ, why they ore there, they just knew they hod to some 150 miles west of Ivonpoh for o week- moke the trek, breothe end of buggying, boomeronging ond socializ- the dry desert oir, put ing. Locol host Deon fordon orgonized an their kites into the interesting evening of Thai food on Soturdoy steody wind, mount for o dozen of the troction pilots. their buggy or boord The carovon moved eostword on Mondoy, qnd feel the smooth stopping ot the Silver Dry Loke in Baker, CA. lokebed os they fly After o day of morginol wind conditions, sev- ocross it ot q delirious erol troction kite pilots who were still on the velocity. It only tokes lokebed ot the end of the doy were osked to one thrilling run down leove by o Bureou of Lond Monogement offi- the lokebed to oddict o ciol cloiming thot the lokebed wos closed to person for life. Once recreotionol octivities ond that troction octivi- you hove experienced ties could be considered detrimentol to the this, life off the lokebed ecology of the lakebed. While the troction seems different. Your pilots odmitted they didn't know the lqkebed whole internol body wos closed (it turned out oll of the signs hod clock gets reset. Your either been destroyed by gunfire or were von- yeor begins ond ends in dolized in other woys), they held on informo- tive discussion with the BLM officiol, educoting him on the no-impoct sport of troc- tion kiting while ot the sqme time exploining thot kitefliers con be considered stewords of the turf on which they fly. A peoceful resolu- tion wos reoched ond oll porties come owoy from the doy o little more knowledgeoble. The SBBB event begon in eornest on Tues- doy with the group toking control of o Iorge windproof tent contoining tobles, choirs ond lighting os well os q smqll ormodo of port-o- iohns out on the ployo of Ivonpoh from the North Àmericon Lond Soiling Àssociotion who hod just completed their World Cup event. Most of the doy wos spent registering otten- dees ond getting occustomed to high speed troction kiting. A new event wos odded to the event sched- ule this yeor. Orgonlzedby Troy Gunn ond odministered by Keith Anderson, the "Teom Enduro" roce turned out to be the highlight of the week for mony people. Nine teoms of

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three to six hod to complete 20 laps winds, the individuol Enduro wqs post- Gromkowski followed. Ozone Kites oround o 2.5 mile circuit. Similor to o poned. Troction pilots spent the doy donoted o kite thot wos roffled. The running reloy roce, o chonging/pit cruising the lokebed in seorch of high Leothermon Chollenge wos exciting oreo wcls set up where the exchonge speed runs or ottempting the Geocoche with eight porticiponts showing their between teommotes would be mode. In Chollenge, where they were required to skill with their Leothermon multi-tool. the end, dorkness stopped the roce novigote by GPS oround the lokebed in In the end, foe Irby edged out brother ofter the first ploce teom hod com- seorch of hidden treosures. Steve Irby for first ploce while lost pleted eighteen lops. The teom "Sunset Soturdoy downed windless, perfect yeors winner, Bernd Wyss, finished Beoch Buggy Riders," comprised of Luk for the Boomerong Chollenge. Spon- third. The evening ended with night Stonek, Eli Anderson, Kurt Anderson sored by Colorodo Boomerongs, Àri- boomeronging on the ployo. ond fon Ellis, brought home top hon- zono boomerong pros Mork Weory ond Sundoy wcrs o trovel doy for mony ors. Skyline Wings ond Red Bull spon- Don Monroe flew in for the weekend in attendees. Buggies were disossembled, sored the event, owords ond the Mork's Cessno to join the fun for the kites dusted off and put owoy. Hond- cookout thot followed. second consecutive yeor. They provided shakes ond hugs oll oround os one by Thursdoy wos onother worm doy on demonstrotion ond instruction to one ottendees left the ployo. As eoch the lokebed. Moming low wind octivi- neorly two dozen new boomerongers. person physicolly left the lokebed, ties gove woy to some heoted circuit All come owoy with ct new boomerong mony left port of themselves out there, rocing the ofternoon. A series of five compliments of Colorodo Boomerongs. woiting in onticipotion of their return rcrces were held oround on opproximote The highlight on Soturdoy for mony in just 51 short weeks. one mile course. When oll wos soid ond wos the Freestyle competition between SBBB 2002 is now history. Ànother done, Eli Anderson edged out Luk EIi Ànderson ond Dovid Sobilino. After yeor of greot fun ond odventure in the Stonek for the top spot with Fronk Keller some omozing tricks ond feots of skill, desert. Perhops next yeor you'll heor coming in third. The doily cookout put judges Eddy Petronek ond Fritz the lokebed colling ond, not knowing o fitting cop on the doys octivities. Gromkowski deemed the competition o why, moke the trek in seorch of on Fridoy brought in more ottendees for tie. Everyone wos o winner! The officiol onswer. ÀoxomoxoÀ. the weekend. With unpredictoble cookout sponsored by Fron The leader in tciËeËechrrolog5;'io,n AOOA The Best Both Worlds

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by Rick lossi, AKA Kiteboarding Committee f /'iteboarding is on exciting new sport flying oughly. Severol good videos hqve been releosed If. ocross the world this yeor ond toking it by in the post few yeors ond ore ovoiloble ot your I\rto.-. You con flqsh over the woter ot Iocol kiteboording store or con be found online speed ond suddenly hurl sk)rword for on effort- through Internet retoilers by using the seorch Iess flooting jump. Once the sport gets o firm phrose "kitesurfing instructionol video". Wotch- hold on you, you look ing on intro video six or eight times ond trying forwqrd to your next to leorn the bosic skills ond precoutions will kiteboording session help to sofely occelerote your entry into the with q strong "need for sport. Spending severol hours with the smoller, speed" ... ond oir! If this troiner kite will help you develop essentiol kite sport is opprooched control skills thot will help you with lorger with reosonoble troin- troction kiteboording kites both during ond ing, judgment ond suit- ofter kiteboqrding instruction. Lorger kite- oble geor it con be sofer boording troction kites should be used over thon mony other woter ond NEVER over lond for extended "extreme sports" such os periods of time for leorning kite control. Put hong gliding, deep div- thot power where it con creote the most fun, ing, or off-troil skiing. not hozords. In reolity eoch yeor While you ore leorning this sport, "distonce mony million hours ore is your friend!" Pleose locote o beoch or time spent by kiteboorders when there ore few other beoch-goers, bothers on the woter worldwide or hord obiects neorby for procticing body without ony serious occidents or incidents expe- drogging in the woter ond woter storting (i.e., rienced by the vost mojority of riders. If the getting up on your board). The ideq is to sofely sport of kiteboording isn't opprooched with goin skill ond control without cousing com- oppropriote knowledge ond coution, it hos the ploints or incidents thot could leod to occidents potentiol to be quite dongerous. Two types of or restrictions on the proctice of your new kiteboorders or "riders" oppeor to be ot the sport. Everyone hos occosionol loss of kite con- greotest risk of unfortunote incidents; new, inod- trol ond distonce provides on essentiol buffer equotely troined kiteboorders ond experienced, for sofety. Your locol ossociotion ond kiteboord- capoble kiteboorders who don't routinely use ing instructor should hove good ideos on suit- odequote coution ond good judgment. oble beaches for proctice. It is olso good to ioin So, you hove seen the sport ond wont to get up with other kiteboorders through your kite- into it, whot do you do? First locote o good kite- boording ossociotion, shop or ot the beoch to boording school or instructor ond orronge for exchonge ideos with ond to leorn from. Pleose lessons. Your first experience with o kiteboord- proctice the sofe kiteboording guidelines listed ing troction kite should be during professionol continued on next poge instruction. Good troining should safely speed your entry into kiteboording, spûre your expensive kite geor from ovoidoble dom- oge ond help to preserve your occess to kiteboording oreos. Pleose contoct your Iocol kiteboording ossocio- tion or shops or check kite- boording publicotions for Ieods on instructors ond reloted informqtion. Prior to your kiteboording instruction it would qlso be o good ideo to get o smoll troiner kite, on introduction to kiteboording video ond to invest some time in understonding eoch thor-

Summer'O2 3I Klteboordlng, How to Start ... How to Keep Flylngl continued rrom prevîous pose on poge 33 of this mogozine. Follow very best competitive riders in the lounch, roise your kite only high these guidelines ond other oppropriote world totolly lose kite control three enough to sofely cleqr obstructions ond proctices to moximize enjoyment ond times in less thon on hour in moderote proceed offshore without deloy. minimize risk ond comploints. Once you conditions. This rider is incredibly good A key sofety issue for experienced hove successfully come to this point, you ond wos not overconfident in my esti- kiteboorders is picking sofe lounching ore well on your woy to sofely entering motion, but WE ÀLL LOSE KITE CON- areos ond weother to ride in. Kite- into this exciting new sport. TROL periodicolly, so plon for it. boording should never be done in Now, on to the second type of kite- Most comploints ond incidents occur stormy weqther. The risk of lofting goes boorder most ot risk of incidents, occi- while the kiteboorder is neor the up very substontiolly in unstoble dents ond cousing comploints, beoch. Once you lounch your kite, weother ond gusty onshore wind. experienced riders who don't use ode- proceed offshore beyond 2OO ft. Once Ànother good ideo is to ioin your quote coution ond good iudgment. you ore well offshore, THEN get big oir, Iocal kiteboording ossociotion. These Humon nqture seems to promote over do tricks ond hove o blost! Àvoid hov- ossociotions hove been formed to confidence with fomiliqrity with on ing bystonders within 2OO ft. down- odvocote sofe kiteboording proctices octivity. But this is on extreme sport wind of you while lounching ond ond to ovoid restrictions being imposed and it is supposed to be dongerous, uh kiteboording ot oll times. These simple on the sport. The ÀKA is committed to ... right?! Well to o point, yes, but proctices olone should minimize the promoting ond supporting the formo- ovoidable occidents should be vost moiority of incidents qnd com- tion of kiteboording ossociations ond ÀVOIDED through proper knowledge ploints. Àlso, leorn obout "lofting" or clubs. New resources to oid in the for- ond judgment! The price of incoution involuntory lifting ond how to qvoid it. motion of ossociotions ond clubs will con be unocceptobly high to the kite- Àn orticle titled "How to Àvoid Lofting" soon

GENERAL SAFETY GUIDELINES PREFLIGHT CHECKLIST LAUNCHING, GETTING UNDERWAY

1. Reodily help other riders with lounch- 1. Moke sure your lounch is open, FREE OF 1. Avoid hooking or snop shockling in ing ond londing. Whether you're stort- DOWNWIND BYSTANDERS, hord while onshore or neor hord objects. Pull ing out or q pro, your help moy ovoid objects, neorby power lines, buildings in your trim strop or rope entirely or to o serious incident or occident ond pos- ond wolls, within qt Ieost 1O0 ft. (30 m), o point thqt will qllow stoble kite flight sible restrictions. Riders ore solely ond preferobly 2OO ft. (60 m). Avoid with existing wind conditions, to prop- responsible for their safety ond thqt of kiteboording neor oirports ond in low erly depower the kite before lounching effected bystonders. If you're new to on flight poth oreos. ond so thot you con reodily hold the qreo or visiting, seek out locql kite- 2. Check your kite for teors or leoky blod- bor ond releose it if necessory. boorders, shops ond/or ossociqtions for ders. Ifyou hove leoky blodders or teors 2. Announce your intention to lounch qnd locol guidelines ond rules before riding. in your kite, repoir them before flying. then lounch promptly. The kite should 2. AII kiteboqrders, porticulorly beginners, 3. Check ALL webbinS, pigtoils, bridles, be lounched towords, or preferobly should seek odequote professionol the chicken loop ond leqders for knots, from the wqter. Assisted lounches ore instruction. Beginners must ovoid weor or qbrosions. If the line sheothing olwoys preferred. crowded oreqs os most bystonders oren't shows ony breoks, reploce them. The 3. To try to ovoid lofting or involuntory qwqre the potentiol hozqrds. Beginnen pigtoils should be reploced no less fre- lifting. DO NOT BRING YOUR KITE should body drog out ot leost 200 ft. quently thon every six months on OVERHEAD or neor neutral or the (60m) prior from shore to woter storting. inflotqble kites. zenith, within 2OO flt. (60 m) of ANY 3. Know your equipment's limitotions os 4. Mqke sure your flying lines ore equal HARD OBJECT (on woter or lond). well os your own. If you oren't 100%o os they will stretch unevenly with use. 4. Go offshore WITHOUT DELAY qfter heolthy OR IN DOUBI DON'T FLYI If they hove knots thqt con't be eosily lounch. If there qre substontiol woves Alwoys mointoin on energy reserve untied, reploce your flight lines. where you need to put on your boord, while out kiteboording. Hydrote regu- your kite is consider body drogging outside the lorly ond weor exposure clothing os 5. If solo lounching, moke sure qwore properly onchored with sond ond is breoker zone first. Be of ond oppropriote. Don't kiteboqrd qlone or qdvqnce droped downwind to ovoid premdture properly reoct in of low flying further from shore thon you ore reodily oircroft coming into your oreo. oble to swim in from. Iqunch. Rig your kite for solo Iounch ot the lost minute ond lounch without 5. Yield the right of woy to oll others in the 4. Mqke sure you hove proper sofety deloy os serious occidents hove hop- woter. Riders must yield to others when q equipment, i.e. kite depowering leosh, pened in only minutes during this stoge. jumping, moneuvering, or riding on o good well fitting helmet, impoct vest, If you leove the kite unottended, disqble port tock (left hond forword). Kite- gloves ond hook knife. A kite depower- by disconnecting oll Iines from one side boqrders should not iump within a ing sofety leqsh must be ottqched to ond roll your lines when not in use. buffer zone of ot leost 200 ft. (60 m) of your body. qnd 6. Wolk down your lines qnd exqmine others objects thqt ore downwind. 5. Give wqy to the public on the beoch Incoming riders give woy those them cqrefully. fust before lounch pick to ond in the wqter ot ALL TIMES. Be cour- your bor up ond corefully Iook down lounching. teous ond polite to bystonders. Com- the lines for twists ond tongles thot LANDING ploints hqve led to restrictions on could couse the kite to be dongerously kiteboording in some oreqs. uncontrollqble. 1. Approoch the shore slowly with cqu- 6. Is the weqther occeptoble, free of storm tion. Toke core to qvoid cousing on occi- clouds ond excessive gusty winds? If dentol jump in well powered conditions storm clouds qre moving in, lond ond by slowing suddenly while opprooching disqble your kite well in qdvonce of ony the shore. Keep your kite low to try change in wind or temperqture. Are ovoid lofting. seos ond wind conditions your within 2. Arronge for qssisted londings qt leqst experience, obility ond oppropriqte for 2OO ft. (60 m) from bystonders, power your geor? Offshore qnd onshore winds lines qnd verticol surfoces. Do not use should be qvoided. REMEMBER: TWICE non-kiteboorders for assisted lqunches THE WIND FOUR TIMES THE POWER! - or londings. If in doubt, sofely solo depower your kite in the shqllows ctwqy from shore ond bystonders. 3. Properly onchor your kite, disconnect ond wind up your kite lines. The kite should be ploced in o sofe areq well out of bystonder qnd vehiculor trqffic.

Summer'O2 33 Reverse Appliqué Hints, Tricks, and Tips by Charmayne Umbowers

ff ob on (Midwest Àreo K A comment wos mode ffito me le. A novice kite opprecioted o tip I hod a-/ given r oirplone kite. S te builders forget to poss on tricks ond hints to beginners becouse things become second noture to them. Reverse oppliqué is o very common method used by kite mokers to decorqte their kites. Over the yeors, I hove leorned lots of tricks from the premier kite mok- ers like Tanno Hoynes, fose Soinz, Randy Tom, Deb Cooley, Som Huston. How's thot for nomedropping? I've olso opplied techniques from my sewing ond mochine embroidery bockground ond leorned from lots of mistokes. One importont point to remember is thot there are mony techniques and mony woys of occomplishing the some thing. My method is not the "correct" one! Anyone fomilior with Kevin Shonnon's work will know he uses o voriotion to greot effect. I hope this orticle will be helpful to beginning oppliqué ortists ond perhops the seosoned cutters will find o trick they con opply, too.

The design to the size you need (your pottern). Librories generolly hove overheod pro- Find or drow the design you wont, jectors ovoiloble for use. You con keeping in mind the kind of kite it will tronsfer the design directly to the fob- be on. You moy find o very intricote ric (but reod further on first!) or you design thot you reolly wont to use. It moy use poper to moke the full size will be better to simpliff it: you will be pottern. Use o lorge window or smooth looking ot o kite up in the sky mony woll. Sliding gloss doors ore good. We feet owoy ond detoils get lost. If you use o goroge woll for reolly big ore using o picture, turn it into o block designs. Troce oll the lines. Don't stop ond white line drawing. until the work is done becouse should The colors of the project ore picked the projector get moved or bumped, in conjunction with drowing the repositioning con be hord. design. To help with color selection Go over your full size pottern. Cleon you con moke severol smoll drowings up either the full sized poper pottern ond try out different color combino- or the design drown directly onto the tions. You con color these smoll drow- fabric. Smooth ony wovy lines, dorken ings with kid's morkers. Better yet ore any thot ore too light. Moke correc- the computer point progroms. With tions if necessory. If you mode o full these progroms color changes ore eosy sized poper pottern, it gets tronsferred ond you con qlso put in blue ond groy to your fobric (see below). We go bock skies ond moke the imoge smoll to see qnd forth on moking full size poper how your kite will look while flying. potterns. Using poper is on extro step Remember to use colors thot ore rs involving the cost of the poper plus close as possible to whot is octuolly your time. For us, it depends on how The Original Celtic design, top, is much ovoiloble in fobric. good the initiol design is ond whether more intricate than the finished kite we think we will moke more thon one The pattern kite. If you will moke severol kites, the poper pottern will keep eoch kite the Decide on the size of the kite or the some qnd sove time. Sometimes the size oreo you will hove for your size of the finished design ond the size appliqué work. Sometimes designs con of the woll determine the need for be drawn full size, but if your kite is pOper potterns. lorge, initiolly drowing o full size design on poper is difficult. If the Colors design will be lorge, drow the design on o sheet of 8.5 x 11" poper. If it is o Tope your chosen colors to o window symmetricol design, I drow holf of it, on o bright doy. Some colors fode or fold the poper in holf, tope it to a win- wosh out when bocklit or put next to dow or light toble ond drow the other similor but stronger colors. Never trust holf. Open up the pottern, cleon it up, whot it looks Iike loying flot on the ond then go over the entire pottern toble. If you plon on using block as o with o fine-tipped permon€ht morker. top loyer ond seporoting oreos with This can olso be done in the computer. block, tope it to the window os well. The next step is to use o copy Reod on for coutions regording block. mochine or printer to moke o trons- Sometimes you con use two different porency ofyour design. Àn overheod colors to get o third color but not proiector will enlorge this smoll design olwoys. Red under oronge con give o A Kiting more reddish oronge but blue under hove o moroon cost. Mongo under o between. Stock the colors from light to red doesn't give purple. Tope the loy- bod block will give you "yuck"! dork, lightest next to the white. ers to o window during the doy, Pieces slightly lorger thon the oreo it preferobly o sunny doy. Turn oround Getting_the design onto fabric will cover ore used. Sometimes pieces ond wolk owoy. Look ot it from o dis- the some size os the block ond white tonce. Moke sure the color you will Use o soft leod pencil to drow your ore used depending on the project. end up with is whot you wont. To design onto the fobric. The pencil Àppliqué con be wosteful of expensive ochieve û more intense color use two lines will need to be on the outside fobric if you ore not coreful so using Ioyers of'the some color. White under loyer of fobric so you con: the smaller pieces ond keeping scrops o color will not intensify the color: it . erose ond chonge lines if necessory to reuse is o cost-sqving meosure. It will dull it. Beige under o color will ofter the loyers ore ossembled olso mokes bock cutting eosier. mute o color. fon Burkhordt is o mos- . see your lines eosily during stitching Stort with the white toped to o slid- ter ot color ond color chonges. I wos . erose ony lines not covered by your ing gloss door, put on o light toble or once told his kites con look bloh ond stitching. simply on o flot work surfoce. The sometimes downright unottroctive on pencil side is down. Loy eoch different Moke sure you tronsfer the pottern color of fqbric over its intended oreo. bockwqrds from whot the finished Àreos must be completely covered ond design should be. For exomple, if you you should normolly leove ot leost o wont 0 foce looking to the left when r/+" border. I like o little more generous you ore flying the kite, troce the foce border os it oids me in cutting. Once looking right. Letters ond numbers in owhile I find I will not be oble to ond symbols will reod bockwords in trim o border due to my loyers. For the oir if you do not reverse the exomple, I moy be leoving the white design. in bock of on oronge oreo ond con't Moke sure you CÀN erose the pen- hove o yellow piece extend into this cil; some pencil leod is very hord to oreo. The yellow border would be erose. Drow lightly, just heovy enough tropped within the oronge oreo ond to be seen while stitching. would show in my finished design. The pencil lines should be on the Cut the yellow shope to fit its oreo, lightest color whole piece of fqbric. This ollowing for your stitching width. is usuolly white for me. It con olso be Sproy the cutout shape with odhesive yellow, beige, creom, light blue. A light ond position it. Once oll your oreos color works best so you con see the ore covered with their colors, position other layers of fobric os you ossemble the block loyer. Secure it. your loyers. Some kite mokers will You must secure eoch loyer or piece. olwoys use white to drow on, even if You con use o light cooting of sproy oll of the white will be cut owoy. odhesive, you con hot tock the loyers It moy help you to lobel eoch port of together, or use tronsporent tope tobs the design with the color it will be. I or double-sided tope or odhesive Backlisht fabric to approximate do this on the white fobric ond some- "tope" for which you remove the bock- the way it will look In the sky times the poper pottern os well. Don't ing ond ore left with just the odhesive. lobel oreos which will end up os white. (Some kite mokers use mosking tope. I the ground due to his loyering of col- don't like it ond don't recommend it ors, but when jon puts his kites into The fabric ot oll. It is horder to remove thon the sky they ore incredibly beoutiful. tronsporent tope and neorly impossi- Ànother oppliqué moster, Pete Ron- For reverse oppliqué you bosicolly ble to remove if you stitch over it.) deou, will dye ripstop to ochieve the moke o sondwich of fobric layers, Coutions ond tips regording the vor- exoct color he wonts. Bottom line: stitch the design, ond finally cut owoy ious methods: toke the time to choose your colors the unwonted loyers. You will use two . use sproy odhesives sporingly corefully. You'll spend mony hours on pieces of fobric the size of the entire . use in o well ventiloted oreo on oppliqué project ond wont it to design or perhops of the kite skin: . protect the oreo from over-sproy. Iook wonderful in the sky. normolly block ond white. (The light- Leoving loyers under block will est color in the design con be substi- Hot tocking should be done using sometimes give you o dorker block. tuted for white. I hove seen novy ond the leost number ond smollest size But it depends on the block fobric you groy used os the top color. Block gives holes os possible. You will wont to ore working with. Block vories from the highest contrqst ond is most com- position the holes right on the pencil one monufocturer to qnother. Five monly used. I will use "block" ond line ond then sew with the hope to pieces of block moy oll look the some "white" in the following instructions.) conceol these holes. Tronsporent tape loying on o toble but con vory from You ore working in reverse-the white tobs ore whot I prefer ond use olmost groy to chqrcool to moroon to block fabric is the bottom loyer ond hos the exclusively. Cut the tope obout 1" long to REÀLLY block when bock lit. I hove pottern drown on it in reverse. The ond fold under o little tob on one end. hod "blqck" thot looks groy even when foce of the kite, or the front side of the This tob mqkes the tope eosier to pull doubled. Red under o poor block will work is block. Colors get sondwiched off. If you use tope, position it where Summer'O2 Reverse Appliqué Hints, Tricks, ond Tips continued rrom previous pose you will not be stitching over it. You importont on lorge oreos. If you must mochine with your needle down in the con reuse the tope severol times before piece together fobric: plon where you fobric on the outside of the curve. the stickiness is gone. Lengthen the life sew the seom qnd try to hove ct seom furn the fobric slightly, reoligning the of the tope by only hondling the tob. I foll where it will be mostly cut owoy, line to the center. This moy toke sev- keep them on o smqll piece of gloss or where o spor will be. If it con be erol reolignments. Don't moke drostic ond the edge of my sewing toble. Moke positioned under o sporf the seom will odjustments becouse your line will sure you position the double-sided tope not show in the oir. The seom should look ierky. If the curve is shorp, you where you will be oble to remove it. be norrow Bock tock it when doing moy need to reolign the fobric every Don't leove tope tropped between two the oppliqué stitching to secure the 2-3 stitches. You wont the zigzogs to loyers. It will show in the sky. ends of the seom once trimmed. oll be even, not topering (Figs. 4, 4o). Most often you will be cutting owoy Try to stitch right over your pencil oll but one loyer. But should you choose Sewing the layers line. If you miss, erose it. If you stort to to leove more thon one Ioyer in o given stroy off the line, it is better to grodu- oreo, moke sure eoch loyer covers the IJse a zigzag stitch. I like o Ionger olly stitch bock towords it. You should entire oreo. À spot of missing color will Iength thon some kite mokers. MY be sewing slowly enough to see you're show up when held to the light. length is 20 stitches per inch or 1O zigs off your line before you get too for off. qctuolly If you use smoll spots of color on the left ond 1O zogs on the right. Stopping ond moving the fob- insteod of o piece over the entire work, My width is 2 cm. This is iust under ric bock on trock will give you o jerky moke sure oll pieces ore oll from the 1/8'h of on inch. It's o pre-set width on line. Groduolly sewing bock towords it some piece of fobric. The different my mochine. This is good becouse I will give you o smooth line. Erose the monufocturers' colors vory ond so do con olwoys return to the some width line ond chonces ore no one will notice. dye lots. Àlso keep the groin consis- ofter stroight stitching. Once you find Plon your stitching poth oheod of tent. Turning o piece 90 degrees con settings you like, mork them directly eoch line you sew. Try to hove os few give you o different color. Ripstop hos on your mochine with o scrotch or storts ond stops os possible. Sometimes rectongles. Use this to keep the direc- permonent morker. more thon one oreo con be sewn con- tion of the fobric consistent. Remember Alwoys stort ond stop your stitching secutively due to connecting or cross- these focts to get shoding differences. lines with o few stroight stitches. Don't ing lines. À few perfectly ploced Try to keep the groin of the fobric bock tock using o zigzag. A few stitches sometimes ollow you to hop o stroight on oll the loyers. This is stroight stitches bock over Ihe zigzag short distonce from one oreû to will lock the zigzag stitches (Fig. 3). onother. If you hove o long line with Sew slowly. Appliqué is not o high- other lines intersecting it, stitch the speed mending job. Curves need even lines thot come up to it ond then do slower speeds. If you sew too fost, you the moin line itself in one smooth will not ochieve on even stitching iob. line. Don't turn off the moin line to Leove the needle down in the fobric pick up o line thot intersects it. This when roising the presser foot to turn will help cover ony ierkiness you moy fobric. When stitching on oreo thot will otherwise hove. be block, stitch just inside the oreo. If you hot tocked your loyen togethel, Hove the needle hit the line when mok- you'll need to stitch over the holes. You ing the right-hond side of t}re zigzag if don't wont o hole out in on oreo. Àll the block oreo is to your left. This keeps holes should be under the stitching line. o block oreo from getting bigger. It's nice to octuolly drop your needle Stitch slowly ond smoothly oround into the hot tock holes but this is o curves. Groduolly turn the fobric os chore, which is why I use hot tocking os get point you Figure 3: Always start and stop your stitching lines with you sew When the line You ore fol- o lost resort. To o shorp a few straight stitches. Don't back tack using a zigzag. Iowing gets too for off center, stop the moy need to norrow your width or even stroight stitch for 2-3 stitches. Whenever you turn the fobric oround to go in o new direction, Ieove the needle in the fobric. Then before you stort sewing, turn the flywheel by hond to find out if the needle will be sewing in the right direction. Reposi- tion the fobric, if necessory, by roising the needle ond then moving the fobric os little os possible. It is very importont to keep the loyers from shifting. They must remoin flot ond smooth. You moY wont to work with smoller projects until your skill level increases. Ifyou do o Iorge project, turn it into o smoll one. One method Kiting 36 the loyers to be cut owoy, slice over to Trim eoch side the some distonce the edge of the stitching ond proceed. from the stitching. If you cut one side If you connot scrunch the fobric, use slightly further owoy, it needs to be o dentol pick, on Ex-octo knife tip, or the top (the block). Otherwise the use the tip of your scissors to pierce under loyers will shodow through and into the top loyer. fohn Freemon uses not look nice. o sewing mochine needle to penetrote Hold up the kite skin to the light the top loyer. He then slides o seom ond look ot the section you hove just ripper into this little hole (with the cut. If you see ony jogged oreos, too needle still in ploce) ond then mokes thick of o line, etc. correct it right his slice. This is the most dongerous owoy. Sove scrops for future projects. thing in oppliqué. It is very eosy to cut into o loyer you wont to leove (see Fixing mistakes Fold your project to help keep it manageable below for the fix!). Stort your cutting neor the stitching line, perhaps on Mistqkes usuolly hoppen when you used by Pete Rondeou: he sometimes inch owoy. Pick o corner to stort in or ore in o hurry or when you ore tired. divides his proiects into smoller chunks on inconspicuous ploce. If you need to They olwoys hoppen when you ore and then sews the pieces together using start olong q curve or edge, clip just o both! The best woy to fix o mistoke is the oppliqué techniques. I hove never tiny bit in between o zigzag stitch. The not to let it hoppen. Stop when you been oble to do this with our designs so end will then tronsition into the need o break. Work slowly: it is not o I fold my fobric inwords from oll four beginning smoothly. roce. Cut corefully ond check your sides until I hove o mqnogeoble size Hold the loyers you ore cutting awoy pottern os to whot color is to be left. piece of fobric. Fold with the white side tout with your other hqnd. You wont Do the hordest ports when you ore up. Make a fold on one side, then to slice through the loyers, not push fresh or ofter you hove gained some onother side, then onother, round ond them owoy with the scissors. Cut os experience on lorger oreos if this is o round. This locks the previous fold into smoothly os possible. Cutting is more new skill you ore ocquiring. ploce ond everything stoys more mon- importont thon stitching. I try to slice Should you cut through the color ogeoble. Stitch within thot areo, remove through the fobric (loyers) rother thon you wont, (or cut it owoy entirely) it is the work from the mochine, ond refold. "chopping." Turn the fobric oround os eosy to fix but the whole oreo of color Repeot until your design is fully stitched. you cut to keep the line stroight in must be redone. Ploce o new piece of Clip threods right at the fobric. Don't front of you. You con smooth o bod the color ond o piece of white over the Ieqve even 1/8" honging loose. stitching line with the cutting. oreo to be fixed on the bock of the Cut oll loyers owoy (from eoch side) kite skin. Moke sure the piece is from The scissors ot one time if possible. Four or five the originol fobric. Check groin line. loyers ore difficult to cut ot once, but Tope securely in ploce. Re-stitch on Most kite mokers use shorp-tipped possible with o good pair of scissors. the block side, trying to motch the embroidery scissors. Some use sheors. Three is good. Two is eosy. And one is originol stitching. Cut the mistoke Some use threqd clippers. Some use greot! Be very coreful when you cut out, cut owoy the new white. Now seom rippers. Some round off the lower into on oreo with fewer loyers. The your mistoke is fixed. blode of shorp-tipped embroidery scis- force needed to slice through is not os If you clip o stitching line, mork it sors. This is so the lower blode con't greot ond the scissors will go foster with o cholk pen or tope tob. Loter, occidentolly slice into o bottom fobric ond you moy slice into the stitches if secure the line of stitching with o Ioyer if too much pressure is used. you ore not cqreful. short Iine of stroight stitches. Don't Some kite mokers file the ongle of the Cut os close to the stitching os possi- ignore the cut stitches becouse the line scissors' blode ond hold the scissors per- ble without cutting the zigzag threods. of zigzags could come undone enough pendiculor to the fobric. Some hold the I cut with the scissors to the Ieft of the to couse o weok oreo in your kite. scissors in the polm of their hond. stitching but you moy find you con cut Some put the thumb ond index finger eosier ond smoother with the stitches When you think you are done into the holes. Whotever works for you! to the right. Personol preference... Try vorious scissors ond methods. I hold the scissors ot o slight ongle. Once you think you ore oll done, tope This gives me o slight undercut to the your work to the window Stond bock, Cutting away loyers. The vorious colors won't show, odmire it ond then be criticol. Do ony os the block is just o bit lorger. If colors spots you missed, cleonup qny oreos If you hove toped or hot tocked your stick out from the block, fold the fobric cls necess0ry. loyers, you crn scrunch the loyers bock ond trim the color owoy. Don't cut I wish you success in your oppliqué owoy from eoch other in lorge oreûs, the block ond don't cut the kite skin! work. As olwoys, if you hove questions clip o tiny slot into the top loyer, ond Correct iogged or crooked stitching or need clorificotion or hove hints and :hen moke the clip lorger by slicing with your cutting. tricks for me, pleose send me on :hot one loyer. I usuolly moke o trion- To cut o shorper cornerr clip into the emoil: [email protected] gulor cut ond fold it bock. Determine corner, just o bit in between a zigzag :f the next loyer will olso be cut owoy. stitch. You con emphosize points with iepeot process. When you hove oll your cutting. @ 2002 Charmayne Umbov,e-:

Summer'O2 37 AKA ilews Sport Kite conferences I lnternational Sport Kite Rules by David Hansen Northeast Conference, continued from page 79

IVembers of the International Rule Bool< Committee (IRBC) met dur- Monica are holding their own. Masters Pair Wright Brothers, ing the World Team Championships at Berck-sur-Mer in France in the Experienced Pair Skywalkers, and train fliers That's My Line lead beginning of April. 0n the agenda was a review of editorial changes their classes, while Jones Beach Four and Legend top the teams. to the current rule books (lnternational Sport l(ite Competition Rules Special kudos to Legend for their performance in France at the and the International Sport l(ite Judges' Book) and the creation of World Sport l(ite Championships - they made not only their the International Sport l(ite Precision Compulsories Bool<. Consider- conference, but the whole Al(A proud. able work had been done beforehand, but we still managed to meet for 35+ hours in a little over three days. The process was arduous, but a shared sense of urgency made us an agreeable and productive lot. Sport Kite Committee News Mike Gillard and I represented the Al(A and Helmut Georgi and Peter by Mike Gillard Fiedler represented STACI<. AJSKA did not send representatives. The last few months have been exciting ones for sport kiters.The Most of the changes to the existing documents were made to better WSI

The precision compulsory figures were a different matter. We spent With these things in mind, I think it is an ideal time for a change in a fair amount of time on the basics such as: a description of the wind the leadership of the Al(A Sport l(ite Committee. I am leaving the window and the precision grid, what went into the making of a good position of chair after two years in the position. Since I've tal

Kiting ntil about seven years ago, my experience kite tinted glasses, and collect ideas for graph- with kites was limited to a popsicle stick ics from everywhere. Most recently I made an and paper diamond I made at the local octagonal kite, which was inspired by a newly community club at the age of 10 or 1 1 . For releâsed Canadian stamp. I even machined my some reason beyond my understanding, it dan- own hub for the frame but don't look at it too gled and dragged along as I ran with it, but the closely! This year I'm looking forward to trying young artist in me was proud of that creation my hand at different types of kites, different nonetheless. Many years later on a fateful shapes. The future projects list is long, and I still springtime afternoon, I happened to be driving feel very much like a novice.... past a park where an acquaintance was flying. The kite I'm most proud of is Northern Dancer His kites were unlike any I had ever seen. Two because it marked the first time I used my own lines, four lines! I watched while he traced artwork. The loon now dances in the winds of squares and circles and figure 8's in the air. I South Australia. A couple of my kites are in Eng- wanted to learn to draw in the sky too! land, and you will find others all over North I started with a DynaKite, moved quickly to a America, mostly by way of trades and donations.

Tracer, then enjoyed learning to control a quad- It was only after a bit of "arm-twisting" that I line foil and buggy. I subscribed to Kite Lines, entered my first competition at WSIKF, at Long pored over kite books and lnternet sites. I Beach, WA. I knew nothing of the rules or expec- wanted a parachuting teddy bear and a large tations, and believed everyone there knew infi- kite to lift it; I wanted all sorts of kites! ln Sep- nitely more about flying kites and building kites tember that year, the friendly fliers at the than l. Among those kite builders was Larry Toronto kite festival let me examine their kites, Mixon, who became a dear friend and even their paracritters and lifting/dropping devices, though he's no longer of this world, he remains patiently answered my questions, and con- an inspiration to me. Larry, like so many other vinced me I could build my own, too. After I kite builders, was always full of enthusiasm, returned home, the encouragement continued. ready to share ideas, construction tips, etc. Via email and snail mail, I learned the "Randy I hesitate to name other people who have \ Tom method" of appliqué. influenced me because there are so many, and My first project was a 2 Meter rokkaku. Low because each has touched me in different ways. in confidence and fearful that I might botch the Some of them I've been lucky enough to meet! job, I decided to limit it to two layers of ripstop I'm grateful to all of them. ln kite building I have - black and white and chose a woodcut by found my niche. As a teacher of students with M.C. Escher for the- appliqué. I ordered every- special needs, I am fortunate to have many thing I needed from the US, as no supplies were opportunities to merge my passion for kites with available locally. My sewing machine was horri- my job, year round. Kite building allows me to ble. The stitches weren't uniform but I carried express myself visually and also gives me the on, undaunted. That rok flew like a dream the opportunity to give something back to the com- very first time. lt was unforgettable! And so it munity. lt has enriched my life in countless ways. began... Furthermore, I finally understand why my pop- I build mostly single line kites. They're so well sicle sticks didn't fly ... and now, I not only draw suited to appliqué. I look at the world through in the sky, I color it too! Anyone can!

Top down: Northem Dancer ('98) won numerous awards thoughout the country including People's Choice at the AKA Convention and Kitelife.com's "kite of the year" Yær of drc Snake ('01) was exhibited at an Alberta art gallery that summer you Light up My Life (,01) deltaooorta ffi|..î.:: Yær ot ffie Horce ('02) inspired by a new

c a n a d i a n "' T;,,yillr?:.it:i,',i"' I Ji 5 Right: Hearen Bound - Lafis Rok ('99), f t created from a graphic I inherited from Larry Mixon. Linda gave it to me at his memorial t at Belmont Shore. We were looking forward to competing against each other for the first time f in the rok category at WSIKF that year. This was going to be his entry. I still have the scrap of tl ripstop he started drawing it on. "Heaven Bound" won first place. Berck by Mike Gillard

very yeor of the lost sixteen, in ottend. The experienced closs winners eorly April the sleepy little town from Billings, Teom 6th Sense quickly of Berck sur Mer turns into kiting occepted their invitotion. Thqt Ieft us Mecco. Berck, Iocoted in northern with one spoce to fill. Àfter looking ot Fronce on the English Chonnel, hosts point totols for 2OO7 competitions, one of the lorgest kite festivols in teom Legend wos invited ond olso Europe, sponning two weekends ond occepted without hesitotion. the week in between. Every iterotion of Teom Legend (Rich fovens, Rich the Berck festivol hos ottrocted o con- Howthorn, Lou Behrmon) ore 0 group tingent of AKA members who trovel to of hord-core competitors who hove Fronce to enjoy the beoutiful surround- been ot it for quite o while, with o ings, full sky, ond the full contingent good track record of success on the of kiters from oround the globe. notionol scene. 6th Sense (Bill Rogers, This yeor promised something sPe- Scott Dovis, Woyne Turner), on the ciol the first World Chompionship other hond, ore o relotively new teom 'The result was zero qnother for Teoms- promoted by the three fliers who hod never foced teom in L protests, minimal ossociotions AKA, STACK (EuroPe), competition! We were onxious to see - would fore on the grumbling, and a ond AfSKA (For Eost). All previous how Teom AKA "world" events hod been orgonized world stoge. great foundation for outside the supervision of the three We qrrived in Poris on Fridoy morn- future events." bodies; using rules, figures, ond proce- ing, ofter o long night of trovel. The dures thot were olien to qt leost some three hour bus ride to Berck gove some of the competitors. This event seemed o chonce to grob some much-needed to hove the potentiol to be something rest; others were too keyed up to sleep. reolly speciol; indeed, singulor in its Stories obout the huge weekend crowds possible positive impoct on the future were relqted by Berck veterons. of the sport. We were not to be disop- Soturdoy downed with chilly winds pointed. coming from shore, moking for The plons for the event were finol- choppy conditions for demos ond ized lost foll, ond work begon on mego-flies. The Americon teoms per- ossembling Teom ÀKÀ. It wos deter- formed demos for the lorgest crowds mined thot our tlvo teoms would be they'd ever experienced, in excess of selected bosed on the finishing order ot 100,000. Scott Davis, os his teom wos the previous convention. Due to vacq- toking the field, soid "Adrenoline! Holy tion time considerotions, the top two cow this is insone! Megoteom with 40 teoms from Billings were unoble to fliers in 30 mph wind?"

Ihis page, clockwise from top: cobrtul, ftying sausages, banners and tents adorn the flying fields, some of the American contingent (Rich Javens, Rich Hawthorn' Kathy Javens, Bill Rogers, Scott and Jeannette Davis), Team Legend, aerial photograph by Craig Wilson. Other photos by Mike Gillard and Barry Savell. LefT: Team 6th Sense, Below: Eerck festival Ar,;:i,,,::1, organizer Gerard Clement enjoys a peaceful moment on the beach, and with Team fhis is insane!" Overdrive, two of the Mega-team flies. Photos by Mike Gillard, Barry Savell, and Craig Wilson.

Besides performing for the huge In o finish thot surprised mony, Leg- crowds, the first weekend wos spent end finished fourth, with 6th Sense ottempting to come to grips with the plocing fifth of the eleven teoms. Pre- "foreignness" of Berck. Things thot ore event polling on o Europeon kite web- so simple ot home become o reol pro- site didn't give Teom AI(A much chonce ject obrood. When fqced with commu- of plocing in the top holf, Iet olone nicotion difficulties with our grocious right behind the three teûms expected French hosts, the buzz phrose "These to be ot the top. Both teoms disployed French hove o different word for wonderful strotegy, ovoiding high-risk EVERYTHING" helped everyone keep situotions thot brought grief to mony. their best humor. Going into the finol ofternoon, 6th Mondoy wcrs o day off for the com- Sense wos the only teom thot hqd not petitors os the officioting stoff met ond been ossessed penolties for croshes or worked out finol detoils. Tuesdoy contoct! Both teoms performed very would be the first doy of three rounds well on the world stoge ond should be of competition in both precision ond proud of their occomplishments. bqllet. Mondoy night sow on eorly At the first meeting, the judging stoff dinner qnd o fitful night of sleep for set o gool for the event thot it be the competitors. foir, open, ond honest. At- doily pilot Tuesdoy brought no improvement in meetings, feedbock wos sought, ond flying conditions; cool temperotures, when oppropriote, chonges to proce- wildly fluctuoting wind coming over dures were mode to ensure o foir com- the buildings. Chollenging conditions petition for oll. For the first time ever for oll who could best hondle them? ot o world event, oll individuol scores It's obvious- thot the French teoms were posted, with the judges nomes hqd it oll together. Teom Overdrive, ottached! The result wos zero protests, the winners by o hondsome morgin, minimol grumbling, ond q great foun- simply odopted their routines ond dotion for future events. technique to best disploy their mostery Speoking of the future, plonning is of ultro-precise flying, imoginotive olreody underwoy for next yeor's routine building, ond superb choreog- event. We hope thqt the competition rophy. In my mind, Overdrive is possi- will be opened to individuol, poir, ond Final Results bly the finest teom in the history of quod competitors. Invitqtions will be P ace Team Combined Score the sport. Second ond third in the finol bosed on plocings ot the Oceon City I Overdrive 86.00 stondings were French teoms Tome convention. We hope to see you on the 2 Tame Bird 71.27 Bird ond Element'Air. beoch in Berck next April! 3 Element'Air 68.08 4 Legend 67.2I 5 6th Sense 63.88 6 Watnu 63.45 7 S peed 59 .32 B Flame 58.32 9 Garuda 58.31 l0 Matrix lVlgt. 49.94 11 0' Flyer 3I.36 Ler Fteedom Fry ffi*!*K*E I ffi* S*$*K*O I by Meg Albers by Roger Chewning

Tæhe 36th Annuol Smith- ties. There will be ct compe- Tt=,he Morvlond Internotionql Kite 2 sonion Kite Festivol tition ot the end of 2OO3 2 t*no o.ra tn" Mid Atlontic Stunt E fr.ta this post Morch 23 with on orgonized exhibit E rit" Chompionships (MASKC) wos o monumentol success. ond $3000 in prize money. fought ogoinst funding cuts ond It wos on exceptionolly Rules ond guidelines con be funky weother this yeor to o successful beoutiful doy in our found at www.drachen.org. completion. The weother on Fridoy notion's copitol with ozure The Smithsonion Àssoci- wos gusty, sunny, ond from the west skies, brilliont sunshine ond otes in generol, but Averi - wicked, tumbling oir thot ployed substontiol winds. This Roberts ond Brigitte Blochere hovoc with kites. yeor's theme, Let Freedom in porticulor need to be com- With no competition there wos no pressure, so those in FIy, wos omply represented mended for on outstonding town eor$ were out enioying the beoutiful beoch ond sun' the North it with on impressive orroy of iob. They reolly do on Soturdoy brought us o cooler wind from - gorb, flogs, potri- impressive job of wos perfect. Kites were steody os the sky continued to fill. otic bonners, ond morketing ond From Division to 6th Street, the sky in Oceon City never greot kites. promoting the fes- Iooked so full. I wondered if the new Line Art cotegory Àt one time or tivol. The event is inspired folks to build more sky trosh, or if the cotegory onother during the on the cover of the wos in response to the growth, but either woy, the sky doy you con't help mogozine Smith- wos looded with toils, bolls, spikes, people, tubes, spin- but think of the sonian Associate, ners, Spinsocks, bols - you nome it. events founder, Dr. there ore different The kitemokers competition sqw on increose in the Poul Gorber. Hov- brochures oll over number of entries os the sport kite competition sow o ing hod the pleo- the city, plus infor- decline. Big winners were Ed Shenk (overoll Morylond sure of meeting motion in hotel Grond Chompion) winning in two him severol times I room mclgozrnes cotegories (Soft/Flexible ond Cellulor) felt confident ond newspopers. ond scoring the two highest scores knowing he would Ànd the world overoll, ond Adrionne ond Meorl hove relished the woke up to the Bollmer of Richmond combining for continued growth Smithsonion Kite wins in Flot ond Bowed ond and success his fes- festivol on CNN Deltos/Derivotives. In the sport kite tivol enioyed. Sundoy morning. competition, Mosters flier Lom Hoac There wos olso o The doy ended grobbed three firsts (MIR MQB, OQP) disploy on the life with a wonderful but wos defeoted in Mosters Individ- ond occomplish- porly in the uol Ballet by Ron Groziono. ments of Poul thot Smithsonion for Soturdoy's owesome weother wos keeps his spirit oll the people incredible considering the forecost olive os well os who were instru- wos for o roiny weekend. With the educote the next mentol in moking forecost predicting more roin for Sundoy, event orgonizers generotion. the doy o success. completed mony competitions on Soturdoy ond MASKC The Drochen Foundotion Porty ottendees were treoted completed everything except Team Precision ond Bollet. wos well represented by to digitol pictures of the fes- Competitors convened on Sundoy in light roin to com- Scott Skinner ond portner in tivol being shown on the plete the Teom events os well os Individuol ond Teom crime Corey fensen. With on wqll of o conference room Rokkoku events. Needless to soy, this wos without the extroordinory omount of off the moin porty oreo, thousonds of spectotors who witnessed Soturdoy's events. help by Lourie Dutton, their while roconteur Corey children's kite moking work- fensen added color com- shop wos the hit of the doy. mentory to the octivities of In oddition to the workshop, the doy. The evening sow the Foundotion gove owoy the retirement of Dove & one thousond high quolity Sherrie Arnold from the poper kite kits, with hond- Smithsonion Kite Festivql mode poper from Indio ond Advisory Committee. TheY ten bomboo spors, to people hove given generously of on the Moll. This wos to themselves for mony yeors promote the Foundotion's ond deserve our thonks ond exciting ond ombitious oppreciotion. APPointed to multi-yeor progrom "Poper the committee wos Mike Wings Kite Project," which Von Meers, who is sure to highlight's poper kites ond do o fine job. We oll look oll their glorious possibili- forword to number 37!

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\ te're closinq one of workshops and kite flying Prism ran two informative Reclolv 1 - New Eruclnruo VV^ il. rost a"ctive lessons in schools. Archie sport kite clinics that weel<- CT-NH-MA-ME-RI-VT-NY months in Al(A history due was featured in a front end along with a regional to a very successful page article in the "Daily cast of lnstructors that cov- Steve Santos National l(ite Month Item" when he conducted a ered the subjects of rok 25 W. Wrentham Road (Nl(M). Nl(M has encour- class titled "Up, Up and battle strategy, fighter kite, Cumberland, RI 02864 aged hundreds of organiz- Away l(ite Day" to fourth sewing machine, and minia- (401) 658-0649 ers to run demos, clinics, graders at Cobbet Elemen- turel

N l( M events I Premier l(ites at our ban- have a number of affiliated Oct.4! Check out the sta- AKA members! Arrive on Special mention goes to quet. Region 1 member, Bill clubs wlthin Region One. tus of all NE events within Tuesday and stay to Sunday Bob Ray of Northern Sky- Flack of Dartmouth, lVlA Clubs in NY such as the the Al(A calendar and and see the whole eventl I toyz who ran 14 events ln was the lucl

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to thanl< everyone in Region that Ed Shenl< had an espe- weekend of May 4 &5lh? 1 /204 0akley Street 2 that made this event a cially good time winning all know there were at least Philadelphia, PA 19111 great success! Everyone kinds of awards at both four events spread out (2I5) 722-4902 participated in one way or events, especial ly hiqhest throughout the Region, with [email protected] another. I'd lil

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Recton 3 - Mro-ArLANTtc Museum.The RAF added yet and a model of planning, national l(ite Exposition DC-DE-MD-VA-WV another event to their busy efficiency, and hospitality. If and the Mid-Atlantic Stunt schedule when they went to every l

( www. ch i I dh e I pva. o rg). The our day jobs and do nothing Rokkaku battle and team r t ello. I'm David and Bruce Hartman even consensus of the RAF but kite festivals. This is the events in the rain on Sun- just 11 uunr.n, the newly designed and created the members who went seemed kite event everyone wants to day to prove they appointed director for four six-foot banners that to be that ChildHelp was a have. I'm talking about wel- could. Congratulations to (l'm Region 3. I was appointed went to the Liberty High must-do for next year. come basl

Recroru 4 - Sourxrnsr little kite event I visited, in Ieast as much fun!) A dropped. So, at least a few AL-FL-G A-KY-MS-PR-NC-SC-TN East Flat Rocl<, North Car- father and daughter came of the "serious" l

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Broder, Jim Martin and the active Military base. in the tened and also reacted to De n i se. B o I I i nge r@wpafb. af . date. Do you have a unique Al(A gang for a job well past, several events would the commlttee's suggestions mil.This is your region and story or idea or a kite plan done. It's really strange be going on at the same to make this a more people- your support is what that should be shared with how one thing leads to time all around the base. friendly event. There will be mal

Summer'O2 45 Recron 5 - Mlowesr had to choose between four more convinced that the started out flying quad line ]A-]L-IN-MN-WI different events, only one of only way that kiting will before I moved into big which existed before grow is for us all to get kites. The fact that I am a Al Sparling National l(ite Month. i along. I have recently been klutz and have no desire to L497 Fairway Drive., #102 would like to tal

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Rrcrorrr 7 - Gnenr worl< chasing down leads. Plnrrus We should have a policy CO-KS-MO-ND-N E-SD-UT-WY in place by the month of May, not as good as we Donald Murphy had, but as good as it's 7440Terry Drive going to get. La Vista, NE 68128 I hope everyone is enjoy- (402) 339-s849 ing the new look and size Wail Dhn0y nsm per$ . 'lbn fh0'lroad{al Shor , 1996 Summer olvmpk 0ame! [email protected] of the magazine. Mike has . 1999 tpeclâl olymplc 6mes ' 1sl9 Pan lmrlcan fdme6 80eh! Alrcrâ{t End of term: 2002 done a great job and has Àmerl.an ted Crots tlathMl Cofiventhn . Dwts Unilmlted spomor increased the color. The |\ | ational l(ite Month lil

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Recrolrr 8 - Sourx CerurRnl to handle those things! had no wind at all and a l(ramer of New Mexico, AR-LA-NM-OK.TX Thanl

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"arazanita /^r reetings from the g on the beauti- Rectott 9 - lrurennnouNTAlN U Northwestl My, wh iu Oregon coast has ID-MT-OR wet spring we have hadl But even in the wet wear------:-. -. - '-'sf c\'. 1îg up. val the weekend of August Rod Thrall many of the faithful rrao= -: :- '----' s snaping up 1Oth. My info says that the 2106 SE 47th Ave it out to fly l

Le'fli stairway to heaven? Cen|er: mixed media (wood and assorted materials) featuring wind induced movement was animated but not noisy. Right: made of wood and steel, interesting and musical with its tensed chords in the steel bows. Both were among the "wind gardens" displayed at Berck this year. Photos courtesy of Dkites (France).

asked the most frequently is The Pierce County l(ite- Rrcrorrr 1O - Nonrxwesr w;,:iïill,',1"i!'"' when is the Washington fliers put on a great spring AK-WA '.'lonth with a daily a phabet State International l(ite fair to get all ready for kite- ' ... Each day we desigr:ate a Festival. The answer? The flying. We have a new group Mary Bos =-,::r of the alphabet and 19th through the 26th of organizing over in Moses 141 Damon Road .,:.r r.rust fly a l

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Recroru 11 - N. Cnuronrurn One more thought on the Monterey County N-NV convention in Billings in l October last year, it's been Brian Champie said it may be cold or even 7510 Corrine St. snow - Hecl<, I didn't hear San Ramon, CA 94583 anyone complaining about (92s) 829-0683 the cold at l(ites 0n lce, an

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I tow! What ar: -:'= - a-\_:ttr)Ltvat/ -^ a---1,,^l kite demos. Chris Shultz Recror'r 12 - Sourrwesr ^ VV u. start ro a .-2.. . ,-r S::.- ( te Competition from New Tech stopped by Southern CA-AZ-HI was in contact witli ' =,. :-a:indoor kite flying were on annual Springerville Wind RELS of details to worl< worry Franl<, based on how impressed they called and tap. Myles regularly tal

l^r orino has arrived in Australia....23 ll giant kite fighting festival in RecroH 13 - lrre nruATroNAL J r,rorir'r America. once Canada .....16 Japan in June,Ostend Beach, again, it's time to take Ul

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The AKA really knows Signs on the sidewalk indicate how to welcome a NO KITES on the beach. Meanwhile, one of the largest kite shows of the new member at Berck sur Mer, -AKA year goes on overhead ... the President Comberg dogs also ignored and your faithful Kiting editor sur- prised Doug lrvine of the UK with his copy of the Spring issue, only 48 hours after he joined!

After a hard day of trudging through the sand at a major festival, a soothing foot massage can just make your whole day. Here, Stephanie Heibert and Deb Heid demonstrate the give- and-take that fliers are famed for.

The winner of our "Alternative Use for a Kite" contest ts John Pollock of Billings, MT. John created this amusing piece for an art exhibit in Billings that We are on the look- combines fiberglass horses out for offbeat kitlng with artwork. John's work is titled stuff for PPT. Send "Kabuki Horse Fly" in a clever play on your best ideas to words. John wins a one-year membership kîti n g. ed@o ko. kite. org renewal courtesy of Kiting.

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