Authors: Ben Ruhe
Date Submitted: August 31, 2004
Article Type: Journal

The North East Kite Fliers, one of England’s largest kite clubs, is proud to report that its Russian member Alexander Iksanov has developed considerable skill at Canadian Ray Bethel’s trick of flying three stunt kites simultaneously, two from the hand and one from the belt. Harry Pert, a veteran member of the association, went with his wife to visit Iksanov at his home in the Urals, near Ekaterinburg, last year and saw him perform.

“The whole trip was an amazing experience and well worth the effort to go there,” says Pert. “We flew kites almost every day.”

An engineer by profession, Iksanov made contact with the British group via the BBC and was brought over by the club for a month’s visit with his family in 1999. During that trip, Iksanov saw Bethel demonstrating at the big Sunderland kite festival.

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