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Issue 74: REVisions: A Retrospective
30 issues. No, that’s not the amount of emotional baggage I carry around on any give day, it’s the number of Revisions columns I have written since signing on with Kitelife as a writer. Initially, I’d...
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Issue 74: A Novice Position in the Mega Grid
100 Rev kites in a 10 x 10 stable grid formation…. That was the plan, but it came up 36 kites shy yet still broke the world record of 55 by a not-so-shabby margin of nine kites. There is no doubt that...
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Issue 75: REVisions: On the Horizon
Ah, as the icy grip of winter begins to grip the Northwest (complete with snow!), I begin to wish that the summer was either still here or, at least coming a little sooner than the months away that it...
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Issue 76: REVisions – Bazzer, Xtras and B2s!
What to write about in the dull winter months between festivals? Actually, truth be told I could talk about how 4 of iQuad rolled into South Padre Island earlier this week to get some practice in only...
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Issue 77: West Coast Rev Clinic IV
Sometime ago, roughly just over four years ago, we held what we believe to be the first ever Rev-centric clinic (workshop) on the sands of Long Beach, Washington. John Barresi had done this previously...
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Issue 77: REVisions: Clinics, learning, B2 and iQuad in Asia!
So, there I am, wandering around the sand at the West Coast Rev Clinic, the fourth edition of the event, when one of the students asked me a question that really made me stop and think. I mean, I get...
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Issue 77: Pothecary’s Corner
Selecting a kite and dreaming on about long tails… Buying a sport kite Draw a horizontal line, six inches long, on a piece of paper. At the left side write Precision and on the right, put Tricks. Now,...
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Issue 78: Revo Clinic Spain
Gandia, Spain – Click here to read this report in Spanish - - Haga clic aquí para leer este informe en español - The enthusiasm that preceded the third revoclinic held in Gandia (Spain) could already...
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Bits and pieces from the Rev world Ah yes, that quiet time of spring when there’s not necessarily an awful lot going on in the kite world. National Kite Month (where I do hope some of you took the time...
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Issue 78: What is Virtual Freestyle?
Video kite competition, online! We’ve been watching Virtual Freestyle (VF) with great interest since the first round was held in September of 2004… Especially now, at a time when fliers in North...
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Issue 79: REVisions – Essential Rev Upkeep
Essential upkeep for your Revs! Maintain your kite(s) So, with what’s been some rather windless weather here in Vancouver, I’ve found myself sitting down in the grass, either watching it grow or...
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Issue 80: EuroCup Sport Kite Championships
The best of the best bring it to EuroCup! The venue for Eurocup 2012 was Cervia, on the Adriatic coast of Italy, just an hours drive from Rimini or a three-and-a-half hour train ride to Venice. The...
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Issue 80: REVisions – Singapore Rev Clinic
The Singapore Sling iQuad has held their trademark clinics all over the United States, in Canada and even in the United Kingdom over the past 5 years, teaching people new skills and approaches with...
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Issue 81: Around the Bend
What is dogstaking, or “reverse flying”? A little history When I started flying, it was all about just learning quad and dual line flying – learning the controls, building muscle memory and the like...
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Issue 81: REVisions – Wrap Up
The year is finishing, what to do from here? EVERY year, I dread this particular edition of Revisions. Without fail, it strikes fear into my monkey heart and I delay on it and delay on it, hoping to...
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Limited run of the Mojo by Blue Moon Kites
Just caught this tasty tidbit from the Blue Moon Kites website, per designer Ken McNeil himself: Twenty Mojo 9912′s are available for order. Price is $289, including a $50 deposit to hold your place...
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Review: Revolution Race SPL Rods
If you are at all in tune to the news coming from Revolution Enterprises, then you know that they have a brand new spar named Race SPL. These rods follow the trend that began with the ever popular...
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Flying with Intent
After six plus years of doing sport kite workshops and clinics (both dual and quad), I’ve had a lot of opportunities to work with different personalities and skill sets while teaching… One of the...
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Revisions – Heeeeee’s baaaaaack!
I toyed with many article titles for this comeback article. Rising like a Phoenix, Where Did He Go, The Monkey Takes Flight and more than a few others. But what actually happened? Nothing really, life...
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History of Sport Kite Competition – Pt 1
The Wanderings of a “Kite Addict” Introduction: This History was originally written in the Gone with the Winds On-line forum throughout November of 2004. In this History I have only included my own...
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