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Pura Vida Wildwoods International Autumn 2007 Volume 29, Issue 3 Sharing The Joy! Kitegang Brings Fun To Africa Miles of Fanø Kiteflying Cars Coming Soon East vs. West: Wildwood and Berkeley CONTENTS 3 Convention Preview 22 Kite Plan 34 Berkeley Get ready for Jon Burkhardt Hamamatsu by a XXX time in does pennants the Bay Ocean Shores Step On It! Flying Blind Is the Audi A5 8 Newport 24 36 Two Oregonians ready for Mas- Rhode Island’s have a real feel ters Individual got big kites in a for kites Ballet? small state Skydance Interview 9 Sakakawea 25 KAPtions 37 The Kite Run- It’s a party on Brad Barnes ner’s Khalid the prairie in looks down on Abdalla shares North Dakota California Hollywood secrets K-Files Sport Kite 12 26 38 Normand Girard Fanø Standings shows us how it’s Eight kilometers The year-end done in Quebec of Danish competitive rankings Voices From Kitegang 52 14 The Vault 28 Bringing smiles 2 AKA Directory Great kites. to the worst 4 President’s Page Delicious pizza. places in the 6 The Sporting Life It’s the Dermers! world 7 Empty Spaces In The Sky 11 AKA News 16 Event Calendar Interview Fighter Kite 17 AI: Aerial Inquiry Kitegang’s Pat- Standings 15 30 17 FlySpots rick McGrann The final 2007 18 Member Merchants and Kim Birks results are in 40 Regional Reports tell all 52 People + Places + Things On the cover: At the Wild- Fightin’ Words woods International Kite Fes- 20 31 Junction tival, Ben Dantonio teaches a A little book Fancy sewing in opens Tom new friend how to fly a quad- the Lone Star line. Photo by Phil Broder. Brailey’s eyes State Building Your Next issue: got pictures of kite Show 21 Wildwood 32 holiday ornaments? Send them to A master show- Pirates invade [email protected] by October 15 man tells you the Jersey for a special holiday photo feature! how to get bang shore for your buck AUTUMN ’07 | KITING 1 AKA DIRECTORY Convention Preview by Maggie Vohs american kitefliers aka committees y the time this issue reaches you, ets are first-come, first-serve at the association it will be very close to convention theater (a short walk from the conven- Mel Hickman, Executive Director education & public service B Mailing: P.O. Box 1614, Walla Walla, WA 99362 time! If you haven’t made your plans tion center). Phone/Fax: 800/252-2550 Web/Internet Outreach Chuck Sigal 510/524-3459 to attend the convention in Ocean Don’t miss the Kite Art Gallery, Web: www.aka.kite.org National Kite Month Mike Dallmer 215/722-4092 E-mail: [email protected] Kite Records Ted Manekin 716/639-7679 Shores, WA, it’s not too late! If you featuring the extraordinary and time- Education Ronda Brewer 541/994-7556 don’t register by the close date of less work of Japanese kitemaster Teizo officers and festivals / competitions September 23, you may still register at Hashimoto. executive committee Fighter Kites Sharon Champie 707/545-6737 the door in Ocean Shores. Think about Friday afternoon, fly any kite Susan Skinner, President Kitemaking Barbara Meyer 763/424-2571 it; are you willing to miss the largest you’ve built at a workshop — any 2381 Nobili Ave., Santa Clara, CA 95051 Sport Kites Jim Barber 360/289-4915 gathering of kite enthusiasts in the workshop, anywhere, not just the AKA 408/554-8399 [email protected] World Championships David Gomberg 541/996-3083 What’s all the buzz: Traction Kiting Kite Art Paul Fieber 608/271-8265 nation? Receptions, workshops, field convention — at the MAKR Challenge. Blake Pelton and Dean Jordan Barbara Meyer, First Vice President events, raffles, the kite gallery, the Special pins will be given out, court- 10361 108th Place, Osseo, MN 55369 administration auction and a Fly Market filled with esty of the Midwest Area Kitemakers 763/424-2571 [email protected] Mini AKA Table Banner Ways & Means David Butler 503/524-3315 kite vendors! Retreat. Gayle Woodul, Second Vice President Contract Services Gayle Woodul 830/598-2414 Scott E. Spencer 106 Main Street, Marble Falls, TX 78654 Safety & Insurance Jerry McGuire 513/831-8379 If you have already registered, you All of the above plus all the kite 830/598-2414 [email protected] By-laws Ted Manekin 716/639-7679 are in for a fabulous week. We will friends you haven’t seen for over a How to fly big kites without killing Archives & Records Mel Hickman 800/252-2550 David Butler, Treasurer Elections Al Sparling 630/369-9682 have lodging, workshops and the bag year! Add to that two banquets, over yourself and others 14550 Chesterfield Lane, Tigard, OR 97224 Nominations Kathy Brinnehl 630/271-0765 raffle at the Shilo Inn Suites, right on thirty workshops and more fun events David & Susan Gomberg, Al Sparling 503/524-3315 [email protected] promotion & membership the beach and next to the flying fields. than you could ever pack into a week Kathy Brinnehl, Secretary Membership Russ Faulk 630/530-8690 The rest of our convention activities and you will see why Ocean Shores is a A First Timers Info Forum 60 W. Piers Drive, Westmont IL 60559 Renewal and Retention Mel Hickman 800/252-2550 will be at the Ocean Shores Conven- must attend event. Don’t miss out! 630/271-0765 [email protected] International Linda Sanders +61/885-562696 (How to get the most fun out of your tion Center, across the street from the first AKA convention) Ronda Brewer, Director at Large Shilo! 735 SE Jetty, P. O. Box 988, Lincoln City OR 97367 annual meeting Scott E. Spencer 541/994-7556 [email protected] Convention Barbara Meyer 763/424-2571 At 8:00 p.m. on Monday, October Convention Workshops Hospitality Susan Gomberg 541/996-3083 1, Dreamworks Pictures invites conven- How many sticks does a Parafoil have? Fly Market Ron Lindner 636/677-3029 Guatemala Mike Dallmer, Director at Large tion participants to Ocean Shores Rick Kinnaird 7204 Oakley Street, Philadelphia, PA 19111 Mass Ascensions Al Sparling 630/369-9682 Jose Sainz and Scott Skinner 215/722-4092 [email protected] Workshops Deb Lenzen 701/463-2661 Cinema to fill the theater for an Auction Dave Butler 503/524-3315 Introduction to Fighter Kite Flying advanced screening of The Kite Run- Fun, Fact and Follies: About Launching Russ Faulk, Director at Large Sharon Champie nerRosanna. Based Rosanova on the best-selling and Dennis novel, Smith getand ready Keeping to a Museum in the Air 177 W. Vallette Street, Elmhurst, IL 60126 fly at the Cape Henlopen Kite Festival in Delaware. 630/530-8690 [email protected] the film takes an emotional journey Kay Buesing Don’t Make Anything You Don’t Like through Afghanistan’s culture, from Make and Take Cascade Bridle Jose Sainz, Scott Skinner, Cliff Quinn, fighter kite flying through to the Tal- convention management Barry Poulter Ron Gibian, Deb Lenzen Maggie Vohs, Convention Manager iban occupation. Several AKA members Cameo Management Solutions, Inc. were involved with the filming. The Make and Take Fighter Kite Basic Classroom Kite: Sled Building 101 P.O. Box 410, Otis, OR 97368 film opens to the public in November, Steve Bateman Phone: 541/994-4252 Instructor TBA Fax: 541/994-3459 so this is a special opportunity for AKA Web: www.cameomanagement.com members to see it a month early. Tick- Introduction to Fighter Competi- E-mail: [email protected] Make a Miniature Kite Charlie Sotich tion......Winning Tips and Strategies KITING magazine Steve Bateman Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada stars as “Hassan” and Fighter Kite Sym- Phil Broder, Publisher/Editor Zekiria Ebrahimi stars as “Amir” in The Kite Runner. Judging Handmade Kites: Before the Mailing: 904 Bayview Road, Rio Grande, NJ 08242 posium Phone: 609/465-6575 AKA National Competition E-mail: [email protected] Fighter Kite Com- Judging Handmade Kites: After the Winter issue deadline: October 15 mittee Competition Kiting is published quarterly by the American Kitefliers Spring issue deadline: January 15 Steve Ferrel, Barbara Meyer & Jon Association and distributed free to members. Please Summer issue deadline: April 15 Fly with iQuad: Burkhardt contact the editor for information on submissions, Autumn issue deadline: July 15 Team flying with advertising, and deadlines. Revs Sport Kite Symposium John Barresi Send address changes to Jim Barber [email protected] Kite Aerial Tell Me How: National Kite Month Photography Rick Hawkins Founded in 1964 by Robert M. Ingraham, the American Kitefliers Associa- Brooks Leffler Kitemaking Comprehensives: What do tion is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public in the All Rights Reserved Bray © 2007 DREAMWORKS PICTURES. Phil See it first in Ocean Shores! st the Judges Look For? art, history, technology, and practice of building and flying kites. Team Flying Special October 1 Cliff Quinn, Debbie VonBokern advance Jim Barber screening! AUTUMN ’07 | KITING 3 2 KITING | AUTUMN ’07 THE PRESIDENT’S PAGE years ago history was made in the kiting world and to Valerie giving the association a copy of the KiteLines 30 set in motion events that changed kiting for genera- mailing list. As the first elected leader of the American tions to come, events that have brought all of us together, Kitefliers Association, President Red Braswell reported that events that were directly responsible for you receiving this the “purpose of the AKA, as stated in the interim bylaws, magazine today. In September 1978 the first Annual Meet- is to advance kiting, its joys and its values, in all nations ing of the American Kitefliers Association was held in Ocean by: sharing avenues of communications among kiters; City, Maryland.
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