For the second week in a row, the weather is not cooperating with those of us who just want to fly kites. Last week it was the cold. You may call me a “wimp” but when the temperature falls below 40 degrees with a north wind (a strong north wind), it is just too cold to be on a beach. On top of that, it rained. We did go to the beach for a while and sit in the truck and watch the foam blow off the tops of the waves. It looked like snow blowing across the sand. After going home, I picked out colors and fabric for my next kite build. This weekend a winter storm arrived. We got a half inch of ice ..read more

The usual Sunday morning kite fly was a good one. The sun shone, the temperature was mild and the winds were off the ocean in the mid-teens. It was a warmer day sandwiched between the colder days. It brought out several flyers and many varied kites. Because the winds were higher, I got out some of the delta kites that hadn’t seen the blue skies in quite some time. And, of course, the new delta I got for Christmas. The two older kites were the Premier Mesh delta and the Skydog Illusion delta. Both make a good show with their long tails. Along with these two, I also put up the new-to-me Premi ..read more

Now that the holiday chaos is over, we all can get back to the more important things in life – flying kites. The weather did not cooperate too much for us this past December. Before Christmas, the usual kite flying day was wet and windy. We were so desperate to go to the beach, we got our morning biscuits and drove out on the sand to watch the waves through the windshield. It was actually a pretty relaxing way to spend some time. And we weren’t the only ones on the wet sand. Christmas Day was a total bust. The winds were so strong that the foam blowing off the waves looked like snow across the ..read more

The past Sunday kite Fly happened to fall on my birthday this year.  So I decided I would put on a show of some kites I hadn’t flown in a while and which were my favorite colors.  Luckily, it was a beautiful day to be on the beach.  And the wind, while not from the best direction, was strong enough to lift all my Powersleds with line laundry.  The sky was filled with red-white-grey-black with coordinated spikey balls. In addition, I also put up my new custom Flying Smiles Hata, also in red-white-black.  This hata is made by Cath Shook at Flying Smiles kite shop in Co ..read more