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At our half dozen or so kite festivals during the year on the Outer Banks of North Carolina and Destin, FL, we put a number of large, show kites in the air that can easily be spotted from miles away. Some of our favorites include the …
It was the steady winds that brought the Wright Brothers to the Outer Banks to learn how to fly and it’s those same breezes that bring kite flyers from all over the world to fly kites along these barrier islands. With all that great wind …
Star Wars: The Force Awakens may not be out in theaters until December 18th, but the new line of kites are available for pre-order beginning today on Force Friday (September 4th)! Unlike previous Star Wars movies, The Force Awakens will be directed by rock star television and …
Mother Nature threw us a curve on Sunday for the second day of the 37th Annual Kitty Hawk Kites Wright Kite Festival—there was no wind, which on the Outer Banks has got to be considered an anomaly. That’s actually a bit of an exaggeration—there were …
Delta kite or parafoil? Which is the easiest to fly? We’ve been having a bit of a debate here at Kitty Hawk Kites about this. On the one hand our buyer, Rachel Sanchez, has stated deltas are the easiest; the writer of this blog concedes …