Lexus LS 600H – Ad featuring Kites
Cool add featuring kites from Lexus. Not sure if it’s a a Frank S Pyro Delta, or some other brand. Very cool!
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KAP – Boondock’s Tables – Fisherman’s Cove Dartmouth, NS
Boondock’s Tables – Fisherman’s Cove Dartmouth, NS Originally uploaded by wdrwilson. Fellow KAPper Rob Huntley from Ottawa and I spent Sunday KAPping around the Halifax area. We had good sessions at...
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flying tent – Maker Faire
flying tent Originally uploaded by fdrizo. Not quite a tent, but it’s Nylon with a fiberglass frame… and it flys. Apparently a tent took off in a brief gust and hit some power lines causing an outage...
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Fridge Kite from “nolacat” on Flickr
Fridge Kite Originally uploaded by nolacat. Saw this photo on Flickr, it’s painted on a wall in New Orleans. Speaks for itself..
View ArticleBermuda Kite Making on YouTube
Came across this great segment on Bermudian kites, very informative. I really should try some taditional kites like these some day.
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Custom Ozone Kite Build
This is a really cool series of photos showing what it takes to build a custom kite-surfing kite. Here is an example from a fantastic natural refresher drink called Dwarf8, http://www.dwarf8.com/ from...
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Fled Mark III – First Flight
Fled MKIII -2 Originally uploaded by wdrwilson. Managed to get out at lunch today to get a few pictures of my newly constructed Fled MK III. I am working with Steve Ferrel from the kitebuilder.com...
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India International Kite Festival 2009
Kite Stack Originally uploaded by Meanest Indian. Looks like the International Kite Festival held in India this past weekend was a big success. Over 31 Countries represented. Check out the...
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Fled Kitebuilder.com workshop starts today!
The Fled MKIII workshop that I am leading on kitebuilder.com starts today. Here is the week one write up (registration with the forum may be required)
View ArticleMini Double Star build on YouTube…
Cool little video documenting the process of building a smaller version of the double star…
View ArticleFled Project Week 3…
I just finished posting the final instructions for the Kitebuilder.com forums Fled workshop… While I was writing the instructions for the workshop I was playing around with Google Sketch Up. Mainly to...
View ArticleChinese Centipede kite – Video
Harold Ames over at the kitebuilder.com forums posted a link to this video, I thought it was worth sharing. Really interesting to see how he balances each panel. The finished kite with the spinning...
View ArticleMore Chinese Centipedes – Juan Miguel Betancor
I have posted some of Juan’s videos before, (the double start just a few posts ago). This time Juan has built a great Chinese centipede kite with a traditional Dragons head. Juan crafted all the pieces...
View ArticleKitebuilder.com Fled Project – Video results..
BitterJewler signed up for the Fled workshop and built a great looking kite. The Bee drogue is great! ( and it doesn’t spin like I predicted it would LOL)…
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Bulldog Kite – 75 sq. ft. lifter
Barry Ogeltree (whatakite) on the kitebuilder.com forums offered to cut the fabric and prepare a kit for 50, yep fifty 75 sq. ft. John Waters Bulldog flow form style kites (10 ft wide!). Barry has a...
View ArticleKite Buggying and Surfing in Nova Scotia..
Came across this cool video today. It’s great to see local flyers profiled. Read more →
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Saint Honore Kite Festival 2009
Saint Honore was fantastic! The people are wonderful and put up with my non existent french skills. Friday was fantastic with near perfect winds. Saturday brought strong winds up to 50 km/h, but that...
View ArticleVideo: Baddeck Bell Bay Kite Fly
Check out a video from the Cape Breton post Steve MacDonald .. lot’s of great stuff! I think everyone is featured in this video, sweet! Cheers, Bill
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Flight of the Silver Dart Centennial – Rokkaku Workshop
In celebration of Canada’s centennial of flight, this once in 100 years 2 day kite-making workshop is being offered to a limited number of participants on a first come, first served basis....
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Rokkaku’s in Baddeck
We had a great time building Rokkaku kites in Baddeck last month! I met some wonderful people and I learned a lot! The room was full of all skill levels, but I am pretty sure no one had built a kite...
View ArticlePremier RC – Very cool… Kites?
Check out this video showing off Premier Kites new venuter PremierRC.. They are using brushless motors and interesting gimble assembly to provide this interesting blend between RC flight and the beauty...
View ArticleQuad line kites on Ice…
Kite flying performance by Mikhail Bugaev & Olena Banasevych, amazing. Be sure to checkout their youtube channel.
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Dieppe Kite International – 10th Edition
Kite fliers from around the world gathered in Dieppe, New Brunswick Canada for the 10th edition of the Dieppe Kite International kite festival. As usual we had a great group of fliers and the vibe on...
View ArticleJanggan Kite Competition
Kevin Sanders amazing video of the Janggan kite competition held in Bali, beautiful kites! Sanur Beach, Bali. August 2014 Janggan kite competition Also check out the movie : Janggan – anyone know if...
View ArticleConey Island Kite Festival – Walter Corsetti
Friend, and probably one of the most enthusiastic kiters I have met, Walter Corsetti, is featured in an article about the Coney Island Kite Festival. Great pics and a nice write up way to go Walter!...
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