Youngster Lenny is one of the rare kite boarders under 20 years of age. He began the sport at age 10 and has provided sponsors …

Longbottom’s kites might escape notice when flown next to the huge creations that dominate today’s kite scene, but his birds, bees, bats, and underpants (yes, …

Making kites under the moniker of Suspended Elevations, in the late 1970s, Goodwind then opened Seattle’s Gasworks Park Kite Shop which has been a Seattle …

One of the first practitioners of Kite Aerial Photography (KAP) in Japan, Murooka has surveyed ancient ruins, colonies of sea birds, and volcanos, using kite-borne …

Having settled on the Long Beach, WA peninsula as the kite craze heated up, the Buesings opened a kite store and then quickly became the …

Kazue Tanaka’s small tombi-style birds incorporate the intricate structure critical to the kite’s design while featuring delicate and realistic painting that can easily fool the …

Known for his delicate painting style. Japanese kitemaker, Kazuo Inoue’s erotic images are complemented by the exquisite bamboo work of their kite canvases. His work …

If you are lucky enough to find the National Geographic footage on the kite battles in Shirone, you will soon come to know Kazuo Tamura. …

A long time Board member of the Drachen Foundation, Keith brought extensive computer skills to the organization in its formative years. An administrator at Seattle’s …

Longtime kite retailer Tumminia has been involved in the kite hotbed of the U.S. Northwest Coast. Selling, marketing, and flying his own creations, and those …