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Yesterday was the first time I have been to the beach in a while.  We were there to have a “diaper party” for my soon to arrive granddaughter number five!  Seems that boys are rare in my gene pool!…..  We had not made this a kite function, however, my daughter being from my gene pool…

This is my first post since November, winter freeze out!!  Actually a run in with an injury, infection, severe series of antibiotics, near miss of loosing my foot, and way to much time spent in four walls [hospitals, rehab facility] to be pleasant.   I recall one day it was in high fifties out, sun shining,…

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This article is in response to a post by John Mitchell on the group “ Revolution Kite History”. Rarely do I fly a dual line kite. I will be putting a link on the group timeline. This is part of my “history” with Revolution kites. I had been exposed to dual line kites for some…

The Texas summer sun can be brutal, so the Coastal Bend Skypirates tend to be slack about monthly fun flys. This month it was decided to go late  in the day and avoid a little of the heat. We had a small group of brave souls including some regular members and new folks just awakening…

National Kite Month is almost to the end.  Many events, displays, workshops and fun Fly’s have been going on all month.   We had a combination fun fly and kids kite making here on our local festival grounds early in the month. But in reality that’s only the tip of what NKM should be.  A person…

Sometimes it comes down to that, “calling wind”.  As teens sailing and kiting in the West Indies my pal Jeffery and I would often get caught in the “doldrums”, he taught me to “whistle for the wind”.  That’s how it started out last Sunday at our kite club’s National Kite Month Fun Fly event, no…

The beach just erupted with dozens and dozens of kites, spread out for half a mile.   There was everything there, tubes, bols, spinners, birds, fish, frogs, dogs, flags, all done in nylon material and glorifying in the sunshine and nice gentle winds.About 500 was the count. It was literally a “prescription” day for windjunkies. The…

We did it again this year, invited all the active clubs in Texas to come help Rockport open the seasons celebrations. (excuse to have a vendor venue in festival grounds).   Pretty much a ritual by now, we gather Fri nite at China A and eat sushiama and boiled shrimp (well I do), or classic Chinese…