Kite Event Calendar

[Avon] Learn to kite surf with our special kite surfing clinics/camps. Get the most comprehensive course available, 14 hours of total instruction for only $299.00! Advanced reservations required. Topics covered will include learning the necessary skills required to launch, land, power, & de-power kite surfing kites of both the inflatable gore style and the newest generation of foils. Progress to the water and perform exciting body drags through the water. Learn to control the direction you are being pulled, how to unwrap safely, how to drag upwind, etc. Start the waterstart. Instructors will guide you through kite, body, and board positioning. Learn to stand up on the board, begin to plane, and then you are ready to start edging and to go upwind! Learn on a variety of kite types and sizes and become more educated on this exciting new level of Kiting. We supply all the gear and the classes take place in the wide expansive sound waters of Hatteras Island. The waters are warm, shallow, and calm. This is the perfect place to learn to kite surf!

[Avon, NC] This is a complete training course for kite surfing pilots who want to become PASA certified instructors. Learn how to start and run your own school. Comprehensive three day course covering the psychology of teaching, how to teach, how people learn, the curve of remembering, the teaching toolbox, and automatic processing. Learn how to deal with teaching challenges, learn different teaching styles, demonstrations and performances, and all the teaching elements. Learn school organization, get complete lesson plans, deal with business matters such as waivers and reservations. Equipment choices and safe training sites will also be covered. Learn the ins and out of teaching students. Focus will be on communication and behavior training. This is the ultimate guide to becoming an instructor. There is too much more to list here..

[LONG BEACH] 2ND ANNUAL MS GULF COAST KITE FEST KITE SHOW, DEMOS, FLYING CLASSES, VENDORS,KIDS WORKSHOP, DISPLAYS. SPECIAL GUESTS

[Huntington Beach] The Free To Breathe Kite Festival is a one-day event featuring professional kite-flying demos and lessons, kite building, a candy drop and a poster/poetry contest. There also will be information on what every individual can do to clean the air and an opportunity to dedicate and fly a kite in memorial of a loved one lost or living with lung disease.

[capitola] this is a family event on the beach in capitola,stunt kite demonstrations, but not competitive, lots of fun and prizes for all. make your own kite, come and have fun!

[Seal Beach] An annual event directed toward teacing children the joy of kites. Games, puppet show, kite lessons, free kites, kite making, sand castle building classes. Free event lots of fun bring a kite and fly with us. We could use some big attention getter kites. Please call if you can help.

[Grand Forks] This is our 4th annual Community Kite Festival. We have stunt kites available for people to try and we teach them how to fly. We also have kite demonstration and a radio-controlled candy drop from a kite for the kids. It’s a fun day for families. We encourage them to have a picnic and fill the sky with beautiful kites. We have a big, beautiful, flying field attached to a play-ground with facilities.

[Emmett]

[Beaver Dam] Yearly club fly held at a school athletic field near downtown Beaver Dam,WI.

[Valparaiso] 4th Annual Col. Muray Memorial Kite Festival. This is a low impact kite festival that keeps growing in its popularity each year. It is a fun fly, with many activities for children and families, and those who just want to come out and fly for fun. We encourage flyers to lend a hand with those just learning. There is a kids-n-kites area. Our goal this year is to get kites into those in our communiites and elsewhere that may be differently challenged, seniors, and of course to get those who may get hooked on flying. Col. Murray was one of the first pioneers in the midwest to put some practical applications to ariel kite photgraphy in the late 1890’s. He moved to NW Indiana and settled Sunset Hill Farm to operate a diary business, which was later given to Porter County as a park. Looking for fliers to come and fly their colors in demonstration and fun. Let’s show them what kite flying can be... Contact Porter County Parks 219-465-3586

[Burlington] 10 a.m. - Kite enthusiast Don Murphy will explain kite flying history and safety 11 a.m. - Noon: Kids get the chance to enter kite contests Prizes will be awarded. Categories include: Longest kite tail Best homemade kite Longest kite flight Highest kite flight 1 - 5 p.m.: Watch professionals display their big beautiful kites

[Laurel] How does your kite look by the light of the moon? Come find out at Midnight Squadron’s Fullish Moon Fly! We gather every month at 9PM on the Saturday night closest the full moon. All are welcome. No alcohol, please.

[Loch Sheldrake] This annual event draws over 1500 people to enjoy kite flying demos including competition style routines, a mass assention od Delta kites, a Rok Battle and more! Jazz bands, rides for kids, art show, along with food and kite vendors!!!

[Oregon] Come join the BSAF’s fun fly

[Easton] Fun fly, stunt kite demos & lessons, kite building for kids, eats, games, etc. 10am - 4pm, Bring your kites and share our sky.

[Avon, NC] This is a complete training course for kite surfing pilots who want to become PASA certified instructors. Learn how to start and run your own school. Comprehensive three day course covering the psychology of teaching, how to teach, how people learn, the curve of remembering, the teaching toolbox, and automatic processing. Learn how to deal with teaching challenges, learn different teaching styles, demonstrations and performances, and all the teaching elements. Learn school organization, get complete lesson plans, deal with business matters such as waivers and reservations. Equipment choices and safe training sites will also be covered. Learn the ins and out of teaching students. Focus will be on communication and behavior training. This is the ultimate guide to becoming an instructor. There is too much more to list here..

[Avon] Learn to kite surf with our special kite surfing clinics/camps. Get the most comprehensive course available, 14 hours of total instruction for only $299.00! Advanced reservations required. Topics covered will include learning the necessary skills required to launch, land, power, & de-power kite surfing kites of both the inflatable gore style and the newest generation of foils. Progress to the water and perform exciting body drags through the water. Learn to control the direction you are being pulled, how to unwrap safely, how to drag upwind, etc. Start the waterstart. Instructors will guide you through kite, body, and board positioning. Learn to stand up on the board, begin to plane, and then you are ready to start edging and to go upwind! Learn on a variety of kite types and sizes and become more educated on this exciting new level of Kiting. We supply all the gear and the classes take place in the wide expansive sound waters of Hatteras Island. The waters are warm, shallow, and calm. This is the perfect place to learn to kite surf!

[Mt. Airy] Starlight Children’s Foundation (www.starlight-midatlantic.org) is an international non-profitorganization dedicated to improving the quality of life for seriously ill children and their families. Working with more than 650 hospitals worldwide, A leader in delivering distractive entertainment therapies, over 74,000 children benefit from Starlight’s programs each month. Starlight Children’s Foundation MidAtlantic is the newest Starlight chapter and serves the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. Our plans for the Starlight Kite Festival include, so far, boomerang demos, a juggling workshop, bubble machines, facepainting, stunt kite lessons, a kite making workshop, and lots of kite demos. We may also have a raffle and any and all donations are welcome. Please contact Jim for details.

[Fort Bragg] A fun filled child-centered event with food,raffles,fancy fliers and local single-liners. Proceeds benefit Habitat’s housing mission while providing an admission-free family day. All flyers welcome-no contests, just play on the Coast

[St. Louis] Saturday, May 12th: The Citigroup Forest Park Kite Festival >10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. on the Central Fields in Forest Park >RAIN DATE: Sunday, May 13 > >The Main Stage: MUNY Teens, live music by 1ADAM12, TKO Disc Jockeys, >Leaping Lizzards dance troupe and other top-notch performers provide >family-friendly entertainment from the Main Stage throughout the day. The >grand style celebration kick-off will include parachutists who will drop >from planes above and celebratory fireworks. A picnic area with vendors >selling a variety of mouth-watering festival fare will delight all. >The Kid Zone: It’s learning made fun. Ecology, the environment and park >history come to life through the Forest Park Ecolab-an educational program >of Forest Park Forever that provides unique Park-related activities suitable >for the whole family. Ronald McDonald will amaze the crowd with magic in the >afternoon. An animal park, inflatable games, magicians, balloon artists and >special family entertainment make this spot irresistible to kids of all >ages. >Kite Demonstrations: Perennial crowd pleasers, professional kite flyers from >all across the United States converge in Forest Park to demonstrate their >amazing aerial skills for an appreciative audience. The Gateway Kite Club >of St. Louis helps to procure the best and brightest kite flyers from around >the country. >Free Flight Amateur Kite Field and 2-Line Kite Field: Kids of all ages >delight in exploring their own kite flying abilities. Kite hospital doctors >are on hand to assist guests with broken kites and give pointers on how to >maximize their kite’s flying potential. Highlights include an amateur kite >contest, kite making demonstrations and a candy drop just for kids. >Intermediate kite flyers will be have their own field in which to practice >their creative moves.

[Glenville] Gary Engvall presents a lecture on Kiting basics followed by Kite building with Kids. A fun fly will follow during the afternoon.

[Avon] Learn to kite surf with our special kite surfing clinics/camps. Get the most comprehensive course available, 14 hours of total instruction for only $299.00! Advanced reservations required. Topics covered will include learning the necessary skills required to launch, land, power, & de-power kite surfing kites of both the inflatable gore style and the newest generation of foils. Progress to the water and perform exciting body drags through the water. Learn to control the direction you are being pulled, how to unwrap safely, how to drag upwind, etc. Start the waterstart. Instructors will guide you through kite, body, and board positioning. Learn to stand up on the board, begin to plane, and then you are ready to start edging and to go upwind! Learn on a variety of kite types and sizes and become more educated on this exciting new level of Kiting. We supply all the gear and the classes take place in the wide expansive sound waters of Hatteras Island. The waters are warm, shallow, and calm. This is the perfect place to learn to kite surf!

[Madison] Flyers from all over the Northeast join together to raise funds for Middlesex Hospital’s outreach programs. The festival will include a rok battle, flying demos, giant kites, kite building for children, and a kite museum. Open to any flyer that would like to join us.

[Long Beach] Come partake in a fighter kite fly! We will be meeting to fly fighters, exchange construction ideas and designs, and of course to fight! Line touch competition will be held, using the most up-to-date rules available. If we have enough people, we will have 2 divisions. Afterwards we can do some skills, including knocking cups off poles, pasting the kite, and flying the kite through a box.This event is simply a gathering of very enthusiastic fliers and is not sanctioned by or affiliated with any organization. These events will occur about every 2 months at various southern California. Bring to the event what you expect to get out of it, but you’ll probably bring home more.

[Oregon] BSAF’s monthly fun fly

[Camp Hill] Community sponsored fun fly. Sport kite demonstrations, parachuting teddy bears, free kite making

[Junction] The Junction Kite Makers' Retreat is a truly unique experience. In the heartland of Texas hill country, with a huge flying field, comfortable dorm style housing, good food, great instructors, we would welcome you!

[Avon, NC] Learn to kite surf with our special kite surfing clinics/camps. Get the most comprehensive course available, 14 hours of total instruction for only $299.00! Advanced reservations required. Topics covered will include learning the necessary skills required to launch, land, power, & de-power kite surfing kites of both the inflatable gore style and the newest generation of foils. Progress to the water and perform exciting body drags through the water. Learn to control the direction you are being pulled, how to unwrap safely, how to drag upwind, etc. Start the waterstart. Instructors will guide you through kite, body, and board positioning. Learn to stand up on the board, begin to plane, and then you are ready to start edging and to go upwind! Learn on a variety of kite types and sizes and become more educated on this exciting new level of Kiting. We supply all the gear and the classes take place in the wide expansive sound waters of Hatteras Island. The waters are warm, shallow, and calm. This is the perfect place to learn to kite surf!

[Garrison] Fun fly, family-oriented, kids kite making workshop, dual and quad line demonstrations, free drawings, tandem buggy rides

[Eskisehir] it is the 5th kiting festival in Eskisehir but this time international. we are expecting more than 1000 kiters . All the international kiters are welcome. we offer free accomadation for kiters.

[PENSACOLA BEACH] PENSACOLA BEACH KITE SHOP IS HOSTING KITESURFING CLINICS BY KITRSURFING OF N.W. FLORIDA,A CERTIFIED (#20)WIPIKA TRAINING SCHOOL, FOR THE SUMMER. THE THREE HOUR CLINICS COST $150 AND WE INCLUDE ALL YOU NEED TO LEARN.

[Avon, NC] This is a complete training course for kite surfing pilots who want to become PASA certified instructors. Learn how to start and run your own school. Comprehensive three day course covering the psychology of teaching, how to teach, how people learn, the curve of remembering, the teaching toolbox, and automatic processing. Learn how to deal with teaching challenges, learn different teaching styles, demonstrations and performances, and all the teaching elements. Learn school organization, get complete lesson plans, deal with business matters such as waivers and reservations. Equipment choices and safe training sites will also be covered. Learn the ins and out of teaching students. Focus will be on communication and behavior training. This is the ultimate guide to becoming an instructor. There is too much more to list here..

[Fredonia] We will be flying with and for the Girl Scouts Summer Camp. There will be kites to be made and flown by the girls as well as many beautiful kites flown by our demo people.

[Junction] The Junction Kite Makers' Retreat is a truly unique experience. In the heartland of Texas hill country, with a huge flying field, comfortable dorm style housing, good food, great instructors, we would welcome you!

[Oregon] BSAF’s monthly fun fly

[Avon, NC] Learn to kite surf with our special kite surfing clinics/camps. Get the most comprehensive course available, 14 hours of total instruction for only $299.00! Advanced reservations required. Topics covered will include learning the necessary skills required to launch, land, power, & de-power kite surfing kites of both the inflatable gore style and the newest generation of foils. Progress to the water and perform exciting body drags through the water. Learn to control the direction you are being pulled, how to unwrap safely, how to drag upwind, etc. Start the waterstart. Instructors will guide you through kite, body, and board positioning. Learn to stand up on the board, begin to plane, and then you are ready to start edging and to go upwind! Learn on a variety of kite types and sizes and become more educated on this exciting new level of Kiting. We supply all the gear and the classes take place in the wide expansive sound waters of Hatteras Island. The waters are warm, shallow, and calm. This is the perfect place to learn to kite surf!

[Garrison] Fun fly, family-oriented, kids kite making workshop, dual and quad line demonstrations, free drawings, tandem buggy rides