Kite Related Links

Here are a handful of the many kiting resources on the Internet.
If you are specifically interested in kite shops visit the SHOPS section.

Funny Kite Video Links:

Kite buggying outtakes

Jousting with buggys

Urban buggying (requires unzipping)

Power kiting (requires unzipping)

Sport power kiting (ouch)

Mind the cameraman

Airtime Not so much funny as amazing...

Over powered

Double 360

No more power

Too short lines

Rescuing a kite from a tree

Don't tease the dog

Places to chat online:

Rec.kites - Chat with other kite-minded people worldwide.

Fractured Axel Portsmouth Kite Club with a good sport kite forum (English).

Flexifoil Community - Flexifoils online forum (English).

Gone With the Wind Forums - Excellent place to chat about all things kiting (American).

Bilboquet - Brilliant forum (French).

Drachenforum - Very informative forum (German).

Live kite related news:

Google news stories involving kites

Weather:

BBC Weather

XCWeather for real weather information direct from airports all over the UK, France & Germany. Check this out before you go kite flying!

The Met Office - UK Weather.

Weather Online

General:

Kitesearch Kite news & information collected from the many kite RSS feeds and displayed here in one place.

Fleetwood Kite Club Power kite club in the North West of England.

Horvath.ch Swiss manufacturer of 'The Urban Ninja'.

kitebuggy.johnb.co.nz Kite Buggy web site about power and traction kite buggying using peter lynn kites and buggies in New Zealand.

Kite Patents - Adi Shavit's website covering kite patents.

The Western Isles Kite Company has an online shop and origanises power kite holidays and events.

Kite History Patrick Mouchague's superb site providing an historical overview of kiting.

kampfdrachen The website of 'a small group of fanatic fighter kite flyers and builders'.

Brighton Kite Flyers Brighton based kite group

Virtual Freestyle A whole new approach to kite competition.

Basingstoke Kite Festival Official site.

North Hants Buggy Club

Weston-Super-Mare local kite traction club.

Winds Blowin Charlie's kite site which also has a Ventrilo live talk section but only for registered users!

Kite=Fly The website dedicated to Kite Flying in London + TRICKSTER competition guidelines.

Tricks Party A new competition format for freestyle kiting.

Chris Goff - trick and competition flyer.

British Kite Flyers Association Setting out to create a representative body for all UK kiteflyers.

Burt's Kite Aerial Photography Website.

Simon Harboard's Kite Aerial Photography Website.

www.drachenwelt.at Lovely site with lots of photos.

AKA The American Kitefliers Association

Kite Plans Dazzz's comprehensive listing of links for plans of kites.

Virtual Kite Zoo Philip Le Riche's excellent information resource. Don't forget to try the quiz.

Rolleys Kite Buggy Life Up and coming kite buggying website serving the Blackpool area.

Naked Kiting 'Taking it to the Extremities'.

Aerialis DOT com European kite webzine. Good site for latest kiting news developments.

British Buggy Club official website.

Parakart Association (PKA)

Team SPECTRUM Kite Displays.

Rawvirgin - Joe Brown's website. Seems to be more to do with scooters than kites nowadays.

Saharan Exploration - Includes Mauritanian Kite Buggying Expeditions.

The Kite Flier's Internet Portal - Kitelife.com.

Andrew Beattie's Kite Flying Site and Kitez.com - comprehensive listings and searchable database of kite links.

Firecrest Kites by Roy Menage - plans available to make your own traction kite.

Peter de Jong's Kite Site - Nasawing designs and more.

Midlands Kite Fliers Information, event listings, and more.

Pool Kite Club.

Kite Classifieds - buy & sell kites online.

Kiteads.co.uk - online classifieds.

Malcolm Goodman's comprehensive collection of kites from around the world- well worth a visit!

STACK International is an organisation that supports the development and promotion of Kite Flying as a Sport.

Roy Reed kite flyer, web designer and animator of IRBC / STACK precision figures.

Natural Heights - Kite Flying Holidays.

MPEG's of Kite Buggying, Kite Surfing and Traction at Berrow 99, videoed by Andrew Beattie and provided on Sam Eaton's web site.

X-Zone - organisers of the X-Zone games.

www.kitebuggyinstructor.co.uk Andy Paine's site.

Kitesurfing.org British Kite Surfing Association official website.

STACK UK (Sport, Team and Competitive Kiting) web site.

Startled Parrots Team from Jersey.

Matt Hurrell - Today is a good day to buggy!

Andrew Beattie's account of Berrow 1996

Loddon Valley Kite Fliers

London Kite Festival (Hackney) Official website (very old).

Avon Kite Flyers website.

Peter Peters - The original kiting resource on the Internet.