KiteTalk (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
Vansurf What could be better? VW vans and kites? Not quite a kite festival at the legendary Black Rock Sands, but a VW meet with a bit of kiting thrown in. Limited landbased kiting, but definitely loads of water based fun. Let's just hope there's a bit of wind eh?
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
The Frank Mots International Kite Festival, which has been run at the lakefront since the late 1970s, returns to Veterans Park this weekend with two days of events.
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
SPANISH FORK - Looking for something to do this weekend? Go fly a kite. No. Seriously. The city is having a kite festival Friday and Saturday to celebrate the completion of Wasatch Wind's turbine farm at the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon.
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
Posted: 5:20 PM- SPANISH FORK - Looking for something to do this weekend? Go fly a kite. No. Seriously. The
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 14/08/2008
Three experts weigh in on kite flying in advance of the Washington State International Kite Festival coming up in Long Beach on Aug. 18.
The Seattle Traveler (Free subscription) | 13/08/2008
Kite flying gets cranked up a notch at the Washington State International Kite Festival, a week long competition and celebration held annual in Long Beach, Washington. The festival attracts famous kite flyers from around the world, along with local casual flyers, and lots of spectators who spend the week looking up at the colorful kites. [...]
Bristol Evening Post (Free subscription) | 28/07/2008
Quad-line kites will perform aerial displays at this year's kite festival in Bristol next month.
Indonesia and World Tourism News (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008
JAKARTA, July 17 (Xinhua) — An international kite festival opened on Thursday in Muna District, Southeast Sulawesi Province of Indonesia, a spokesman said. Five foreign countries, which participated in the festival, were Japan, Australia, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, and the Philippines. Antara news agency quoted La Kusa, the spokesman of Muna district administration, as saying on [...]
Herald (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
KITE festivals take place every month of the year in more than 30 countries and this week the sport is being introduced to Knysna as part of the Pick n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival celebrations.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 22/06/2008
From kite festivals and coracle races to peashooting and performance poetry, the British summer may not be the sunniest, but we cram an awful lot into it.
Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 21/06/2008
A Beirut kite festival has really taken off with Lebanese children. Lynsey Hooper has the story.
Baggage Reclaim (Free subscription) | 16/06/2008
A few pictures from the Blackheath Bike and Kite Festival. The weather, despite the increasingly inaccurate BBC forecasts, was warn and mainly sunny. Despite this the event seemed surprisingly sparsely attended, although that could just be the size of the heath, it is big. I'm afraid there's no pictures of bikes, as I have little interest in kids doing tricks, the kites however were great. The kids...
The Blackheath Bugle (Free subscription) | 16/06/2008
Taken with the horrible camera phone as usual I’m afraid, but they should give you an idea. Sunday seemed to be the best day weather-wise, but there were fewer people thank I had imagined. The Bugle was delighted to get his bike fixed up by the Bike Doctors (I think her name was Betty - [...]
Baggage Reclaim (Free subscription) | 12/06/2008
The BBC Weather Forecast (which hasn't been particularly accurate of late) is promising "heavy showers" for Saturday, which is a shame, as we're hoping to attend the Blackheath Bike and Kite Festival . It's actually on Saturday and Sunday, so we're still in with a chance. Some highlights- o Holland kite team and Belgium’s ‘Atomic’ kite team, who will bring a variety of inflatable kites and kite trains,...
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
Wirral Kite Festival
