Sunderland International Kite Festival

Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th July 2001
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Location: Northern Area Playing Fields, Washington, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear.
Organised by: Malcolm Goodman.

Page 1: Rokkaku Kite Fights | Kite Trains | Dragon Kites | Inflatable Single Line Kites
Page 2: Other Single Line Kites | Power Kiting | Friendship Kite | Ray Bethell & Carl Robertshaw
Page 3: European Air Gallery | The Flying Squad | Miscellaneous Corner

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European Air Gallery

These beautiful rectangular kites are part of the European Air Gallery, which regularly make appearances at kite festivals across Europe.

Video Highlights

Running time: 31 seconds

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The Flying Squad

The Flying Squad team were demonstrating their kite flying skills throughout the weekend, here with various Revolution kites including a colourful rainbow stack of Revolutions with a long tail which teased the crowds playfully as it flew overhead.

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Miscellaneous Corner

A colourful tent!	Unusual design kite	Claudio Capelli with one of his hand-painted creations
Large crowds enjoying the kite festival		Camping site with lots of colourful windsocks
Auction Night in the marquee	Sheepdog guarding sheep kite	Happy Families
Ian Meredith wearing trousers!!	One minute you're standing there minding your own business..	..then the Sunderland Nudist Society appears !!

More pictures on Page 1 & Page 2

Links:

Official Sunderland Kite Festival information pages

British Buggy Club

Malcolm Goodman's website

Ray Bethell's website

Kitestudio.com - Carl Robertshaw's kite designs.