Tell us a little bit about yourself: 60 trips around the sun 🌞, I’m Joe Eyman. I occupy a home in Colorful Colorado! I’ve competed once, Treasure Island! Kites started as physical therapy for me and almost twenty Kites later, I’m looking for just one more! 😆 Why did you join the AKA? Kites, Kites’s and more […]
1. Tell us a little bit about yourself: My name is Larry Day and my wife, Kay and I live in Clear Lake, Iowa. 16 years ago, we started the Color the Wind Kite Festival. It’s held annually on the third Saturday in February and our flying field is the frozen lake! This has grown to […]
Recently Wayne Dowler ‘sat down’ with folks from his local news station and spoke with them about how kite flying has helped him after a stroke. We had a chance to talk with him and learn more about what it is that keeps him flying. AKA: While your fellow kite fliers might have met you on the […]
1. Tell us a little bit about yourself. Barton Bailey, Oak Ridge, TN, A $30 Spectra Sport twin pack (a diamond dual line and a delta dual line) gifted to me by my mom on a family trip to Litchfield Beach, SC hooked me on kites and stunt kites in particular. A couple of trips […]
1. Tell us a little bit about yourself. Alan Ballou, Chesterfield, VA 2. Why did you join the AKA? I joined as a way to network with others in kiting. Love to read through the magazine when it comes out! 3. What is your favorite kite to fly? That would all depend on conditions….but I […]
1. Tell us a little bit about yourself. I’m Alexa King and I live in Mount Vernon, WA. I’m a better kite maker than I am a kite flyer, but I love to do both. My son Sam took me to WSIKF in about 2000, and we were hooked. We learned about the Oregon Kitemakers […]
1. Tell us a little bit about yourself. John Graves, West Chester, OH. Started with an eleven dollar parafoil I bought at the first Airwaves here outside Cincinnati. I have been buying bigger and more complex kites since. I enjoy the travel to an increasingly large number of states to see friends and fly kites. […]
1. Tell us a little bit about yourself. Brett and Diane Morris live in Southern Oregon. Brett is Region 9 Director and VP2 for AKA. Since they retired, they travel to as many kiting events as they can. Brett flies stunt kites, both dual and quad line. Diane has her own bag of single lined […]
1. Tell us a little bit about yourself. I’m Scott Davis, leader of Team Evidence, and chair of the AKA sport kite committee. I live in Puyallup, Washington and I’m active in the NW kiting community. (http://teamevidence.com/) 2. Why did you join the AKA? Initially I joined the AKA because I started competing. I have […]
1. Tell us a little bit about yourself. I’m Gary Morey, live in Houston, Texas, and love to fly on the Texas Gulf Coast from Galveston down to South Padre Island. Deb and I often fly with S.H.A.R.K. and Surfside Flyers kite clubs. We like to fly from September to June, when the Texas heat […]
