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OFFICIAL PROGRAM Are you interested in helping with the Kite Festival or one of the other festivals here in Long Beach? Just fill this out and leave it at the Information Booth! NAME: _________________________________________________________________________________ PHONE: _______________________________ EMAIL____________________________________________ q KITE FESTIVAL q SANDSATIONS q BEACH RUN q JAKE THE ALLIGATOR MAN’S BIRTHDAY q DOGGIE OLYMPIC GAMES q CHRISTMAS AT THE BEACH q WINDLESS KITES q ASIAN NEW YEAR 2 2012 WASHINGTON STATE INTERNATIONAL KITE FESTIVAL OFFICIAL PROGRAM 2012 PROGRAM AT A GLANCE SPECIAL GUESTS 4-5 THURSDAY 21-23 SPORT KITE SPECTATORS 6-7 Handcrafted Comprehensive Competition ‘Mad Mary’ Dance Card Marathon KITE CLUBS 8 Registration For Mass Ascensions SOUVENIRS 9 Bird Kite Mega Fly Handcrafted Tribute Fly POSTER COMPETITION 9 FRIDAY 24-25 BANQUET & AUCTION 9 NAFKA World Cup Competition KITE MUSEUM 10-11 Sport Kite Events INDOOR KITE FLYING 11 Mass Ascension #1– Deltas & Delta Derivatives Junior Dual Control Competition KITE BUGGIES 12 Mass Ascension #2 – Cellular Kites Pin Challenge CATCH THE TROLLEY 13 Mystery Ballet (NWSKL) SAFETY & CONDUCT 14 Lighted Kite Night Fly FIREWORKS MONDAY 15 Kite Trains - Arches - Multi-Line Stacks SATURDAY 26-27 Fighter Kites Sport Kite Events Special Friends Day Cody Fly Kite Train Workshop Teddy Bear Drop Parade Of Colors TUESDAY 16-17 Have You Seen The Fairy Godmother? Terrific Territories Perhaps Something New For Fighter Kites Camera Workshop Rokkaku Challenge Club Camps Children’s Kite Making Totally Tubular Sport Kite Events Pretty Kite Mass Ascension #3– Flat and Bowed Kites Fighter Kites FIREWORKS Individual Rokkaku Battle Team Rokkaku Battle SUNDAY 28 Fighter Kites WEDNESDAY 18-20 Sport Kite Events CHILDREN’S AND SENIOR’S DAY Memorial Fly Paint Me Patriotic Mass Ascension #4 – Sparless Soft Kites Children’s Events Hot Tricks Senior Fighter Kite Challenge Kids for Today Events MULTIPLE DAY EVENTS 29 Ninth Annual Foster Grandparent Fun Fly Indoor Kite Flying Kids Camps Top Kid On The Beach & Super Senior Top Kid Award Kid’s Kite Making MAP 30 Buka Buka Bash Senior Ballet Red, White & Blue Individual Rokkaku Battle 2012 WASHINGTON STATE INTERNATIONAL KITE FESTIVAL OFFICIAL PROGRAM 3 FEATUR ED FLYER MIKIO TOKI Japan Mikio Toki was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. He is a member of the Japan Kite Association, the Edo-Kite Preservation Society and the American Kitefliers Association. He mainly makes Edo-Kaku-Dako kites, which is the traditional Tokyo style of retangular kites. He makes the Tokyo style of Yakko-Dako and Rokkaku-Dako using washi paper and bamboo. He has attented many festivals worldwide and has been involved in many kite workshops. His kites have been exhibited three times (1996, 2008, 2011) at the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art in Hai- fa, Israel. His kites have been preserved at the following museums: The Kite Museum of Japan Kite Association in Tokyo; Sio-to-Tobacco Mu- seum in Tokyo; Uchinada Kite Museum in Ishikawa prefecture; Yokaichi Odako Kaikan Museum in Shiga prefecture; The Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC, U.S.A. RETURNING FRIENDS TEAM I-QUAD Crowd favoriteTeam iQuad is back to lend their expertise and crowd pleasing flying to the festival. 4 2012 WASHINGTON STATE INTERNATIONAL KITE FESTIVAL OFFICIAL PROGRAM FEATUR ED FLYER RALF MASERSKI Germany Ralf Maserski comes to us from Dortmund, Germany where he lives with his wife and son. He is employed as the manager of an electronics workshop at a technical university. He started flying stunt kites in 1995. He then switched to making single line kites. From 2002 until 2005, he was the vice president of the German Kite Association. Additionally, he is the editor of the association’s magazine, HochHinaus, and organizes the annual German Kite Championships. See more of his beautiful kites at www.maserski.de. RETURNING FRIENDS R AY BETHELL Welcome back, Ray! Watch Ray and Steve De Rooy (Team iQUAD) do some special flying. 2012 WASHINGTON STATE INTERNATIONAL KITE FESTIVAL OFFICIAL PROGRAM 5 SPORT KITE SPECTATOR GUIDE What is a sport kite? Are there skill levels? A sport kite/stunt kite is any kite with two or more There are multiple skill levels. The levels are as fol- lines that can be maneuvered in the sky in any di- lows: Beginners, Novice, Experienced and Masters. rection. Maneuvers can be lines, circles, or tricks There are also different class of fliers within those (which can look like the kite is out of control but is levels such as Individual, Multi-line, Pairs and Teams. actually intentional). You also have disciplines Ballet, Freestyle, Precision There are two kinds of sport kites. and Train. Dual line consists of 2 lines attached to the kite For Example: NIP Novice Individual Precision allowing it to be maneuvered in multiple direc- MMB Masters Multi-line Ballet tions. Simple maneuvers are circles and arches, The first letter is the level, the second letter is the fliers put many hours of practice into learning to class and the third is the discipline. fly straight lines, snappy corners and tricks. Tricks can be fades, stalls, flic-flacs, cascades, axles and How are the fliers judged? many others. The judges have predetermined criteria that they Multi-line consists of more than two lines at- watch for while the flier is flying. There are 3 to 5 tached to the kite. Most have 4 lines and are called judges. The scores are kept from each competition Quad kites. Multi-line kites are different from the throughout the season, which determines what place dual line in that they can go forward and back- they will be in at the end of season. The people with ward and can stop and hover. the highest score in each discipline and class quali- fies them for Nationals (which is by invitation only). What is the rope for? The rope designates the boundary of the flying What is Freestyle? field. It is set up to protect the spectators from be- There is only Open Individual Freestyle. Freestyle ing hit by a kite which can cause an injury as the allows the flier to use multiple kites, and props dur- kites are made with carbon rods on the edges. It ing there performance. Audience appeal is one of also gives the boundary lines that the competitor the criteria by which the flier is judged. must stay in while he/she is flying. You must never go inside the boundary of the field. Is there really such a thing as indoor flying? Where should I go to watch? Yes, there is. Indoor kite flying and competitions are becoming more and more popular. There are The best place to watch the competition is behind no fans to make the wind. Indoor fliers want ab- the fliers and judges on the outside of the ropes. solutely no wind. The kites for indoor flying are so lightweight the flier makes enough wind just by mov- Why is there music sometimes? ing backward. There are two types of competition ballet and pre- For more information, visit the NWSKL website cision. This is similar to what you see in skating com- at www.NWSKL.org or the American KiteflIer’s petitions for freestyle and compulsory divisions. Association at www.aka. Ballet: Competitors choreograph routines to the kite.org music of their choice. These routines last from 2 to Adapted by Mary Ostey 5 minutes. from “A Spectator’s Guide Precision: There is no music. Competitors fly to Sport Kite Competition” 3 predetermined compulsory figures with a short written and designed by freestyle at the end. They are judged on each fig- Stephanie Heibert for the ure and on their freestyle routine. Eastern League Sport Kite Associaton 6 2012 WASHINGTON STATE INTERNATIONAL KITE FESTIVAL OFFICIAL PROGRAM 6/20/10 6:43 PM 6/20/10 6:43 PM 6/20/10 6:44 PM SPORT KITE COMPETITION COMPULSORY Of particular consideration: Explanation: Of particular consideration: FIGURES Circle The circle is directly above the diamond. Right angles Speed control The diameter of the circle is the same as the width and height of the diamond. Arc Position within the precision grid Straight lines IN/OUT at same location Of particular consideration: Position within the precision grid Relative placement of components Speed control Relative size of components Parallel lines Angles Speed control 6/20/10 6:44 PM 6/20/10 6:44 PM 6/20/10 6:44 PM 6/20/10 6:45 PM http://aka.kite.org/iskrb_compfigs.html 1http://aka.kite.org/iskrb_compfigs.html of 1 http://aka.kite.org/iskrb_compfigs.html1 of 1 1 of 1 Explanation: Of particular consideration: Of particular consideration: Explanation: All angles of the octagon are equal. Relative placement of components Arcs Launch, right flank at 40% vertical, circle, flank down at 50% horizontal to a Two-Point Arc Relative placement of components Landing. Of particular consideration: 90° turns Lines Of particular consideration: Position within the precision grid Position within the precision grid 90° turns Relative size of components Straight lines Speed control Two-Point landing Equal size of IN and OUT horizontal lines Turns Parallel lines Speed Control Circle 6/20/10 6:45 PM 6/20/10 6:45 PM 6/20/10 6:46 PM Position within the precision grid 6/20/10 6:46 PM http://aka.kite.org/iskrb_compfigs.html http://aka.kite.org/iskrb_compfigs.html1 of 1 1http://aka.kite.org/iskrb_compfigs.html of 1 http://aka.kite.org/iskrb_compfigs.html1 of 1 1 of 1 Explanation: Of particular consideration: Explanation: Explanation: Two-Point landing Parallel lines Each square cut equals 20% of the vertical and horizontal window. Launch, right flank at 40% vertical, circle, flank down resectively at 60 and 40% Relative placement of components Turns are closely spaced.