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Who is “Wickedrevs”?

The nickname “wickedrevs” came about quite late in my life, as a kite flyer actually.

I was making kites while overseas in the Eastern Caribbean islands from palm frond ribs and scraps of newsprint or tissue paper when I was but a teenager with my younger brother helping.

Many years later I was exposed to dual line sport kites while at a beach resort town when traveling in Mexico.

I pursued the sport kite hobby at a Galveston, TX kite shop, purchasing and taking my little sport kite back to Arizona to play with. Upon returning to Texas a year later, I was exposed to quad-line kites called “Revolutions” and was transfixed by them.

You see the image of “Wickedrevs” flying a Rev Blast, large kite capable of propelling the hobbyist on a mountain board, or a kite buggy. I was called out as being “wicked” with my moves flying Revolution kites——“wickedrevs” was born!!

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  • What a Blast !!!

    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…


    July 31, 2016
  • Sunset Fun Fly

    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…


    July 18, 2016
  • Going, going, gone!!

    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…


    April 26, 2016
  • Here Wind, Here Wind, Here Wind…..

    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…


    April 6, 2016
  • Winter is Over, Well, Almost

    With temps getting in the eighties a few times, and generally strong spring winds, we are encouraged to ” get some”.  Flight time that is…..well leave the other kind to the spring breakers!! The folks up north are finally able to see grass again!  But down here in “Tejas” the tomatoes are setting fruit already,…


    March 20, 2016
  • Malaquite Beach Sprouts Kites

    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…


    February 22, 2016
  • Feliz Navidad fun fly

    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…


    December 8, 2015
  • To Sail. or Not To Sail

    Mark Twain was a prolific writer and we all know Tom Sawyer as kids, but little did I realize reading those stories that this man was indeed deep in spirit.   being a wind junkie and crazy about sail boats this quote stuck with me. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the…


    July 23, 2015
  • So Many Kites, So Little Time

    I just  read a post by a fellow kite junkie who was  lamenting the fact that there are so many facets of the kite hobby, he is torn to do them all.  This can be a most disturbing conundrum for some of us.  Apparently the lure of the adrenaline pumping power kites is taking a…


    July 23, 2015
  • Audreys Day Turns 12

    Every summer the families with Down Syndrome children come and spend a wonderful day enjoying the sea, wind, sun, food, and fun at Rockport’s Beach Park. Kite fliers come from surrounding clubs and entertain the families with displays and demos for the entire day, the joy in those little faces make the hearts of the…


    June 24, 2015
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Doug
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Oh hello. My name’s Doug, and you’ve found your way to my website. I’m an avid bird watcher, and I also broadcast my own radio show on Tuesday evenings at 11PM EDT.

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Oh hello. My name’s Emery, and you’ve found your way to my website. I’m an avid bird watcher, and I also broadcast my own radio show on Tuesday evenings at 11PM EDT.

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