Useful Links

Sponsored Pilots:

iQuad - North America's Premier Quad Line Team!
Proudly sponsored by TKS, a unique Revolution team composed of fliers from Oregon, Washington and Canada... Site features a blog, photos, videos and information about all eight team members.

John Barresi - Designer of the B-Series Revolution
A top competitor and performer for nearly two decades, John has dozens of national championships to his name and has since retired from competition to perform, promote and teach kiting around the world, individually as a pilot and owner of Kitelife Magazine, as well as being the captain of Team iQuad.

Carl Bragiel - "The One Man Kite Team"
Carl has been flying 3 dual line sport kites for 13 of his 16 years as a kiter. In order to perfect his show, Carl began by flying over 30 hours per week totaling close to 2000 hours in the first year alone, building his passion into an impressive and moving show. Carl was last seen at the Lincoln City 2008 Summer Festival flying 3 Shivas provided by The Kite Shoppe. Good Show Carl!

Clubs & Associations:

American Kitefliers Association (AKA)
As the premier kiting organization in North America, the AKA offers members 10% discounts with member merchants, up to $1,000,000 insurance, regional reports and news, a full color quarterly magazine, just to mention a few membership benefits. 

Northwest Sport Kite League (NWSKL)
The NWSKL Champions in each competition class and discipline. Come see who has won the blue champion's coats or vests, the competition year is from 1 Aug-31 July of each year. Their site features links to competition and general kite information including rulebooks, figures and supplemental information.

World Kite Museum




Kite Resources:

Kitelife Magazine
As the kitefliers portal to the internet, Kitelife features an archive of bi-monthly kiting e'zines from as far back as 1998, out of print kiting publications such as Stunt Kite Quarterly and Kite Lines, the single largest video collection of sport kite competition routines on the web, and much more.


Kite Events:

Washington State International Kite Festival 
Always the 3rd week in August, Long Beach, WA

AKA 33rd National Convention
October 11-16, 2010 – Seaside, OR

Camas Indoor Competition
Held approximately the 2nd weekend in November (depending on Camas High School Schedule)