AKA Blog & News
More To Do in Shreveport
Some Free Things To Do in Shreveport-Bossier, Louisiana These are in downtown Shreveport and are close to the Hilton and Convention Center. Ark-La-Tex Sports Museum of Champions Located in lobby of the Shreveport Convention center. Open on weekends when there...
Daniel Prentice – 2022 Steve Edeiken Kiteflier of the Year Award
With grateful thanks and admiration for his many contributions to the world of kites, we’re delighted to nominate Daniel Prentice for AKA’s 2022 Steve Edeiken Award. In all his efforts for so, many years, he has exemplified the key characteristics of Steve Edeiken,...
Christian Baden Powell – 2022 Robert Ingraham Kiting Community Award Winner
We are nominating, Christian Baden Powell to receive the Robert Ingraham Kiting Community Award for 2022 -Christian is and has been everything Robert Ingraham wanted to see in the kiting world. Many years ago Ron & Marla met Christian at a festival in Germany and...
Terry Zee Lee – 2022 Lee Toy Award
Terry, the president of SkyWindWorld.org, has organized and presented art kite exhibitions in many major public venues, festivals, and workshops to preserve and promote the art and craft of kite design and construction. Highlighting her 23-year career are the...
Alexa and Sam King – 2021 Lee Toy Award Recipients
We would like to put forward the names of Alexa & Sam King for the AKA Lee Toy Award. Many years ago, while traveling along the Oregon coastline and stopping at a viewpoint, we struck up a conversation with a mother and her son, Alexa & Sam King. We discovered...
Darrin and Susan Skinner – 2020 Eideken Award Recipients
Kiteflier of the Year is a misnomer. The award recognizes a body of work and a lifetime of contribution. We write to nominate a couple who together have contributed more than 60 years to improving, sustaining, communicating, and expanding kiting as we know it. We...
Jon and Karen Burkhardt – 2021 Ingraham Award Recipients
Nomination for the 2021 Robert M Ingraham Volunteer of the Year It gives us great pleasure to nominate Jon and Karen Burkhardt to receive the 2021 Robert M Ingraham Volunteer of the Year award for their contributions over many years to the success of AKA. In the past...
2019 Annual Awards
Steve Edeiken Award: Val Deale Lee Toy Award: Loik Lamalle Robert Ingraham Award: Sis and Dick Vogel Regional Directror of the Year: Phillip Shining Star Award: Gary Mark Kite Club of the Year: Tulsa Windriders Volunteer of the Year: Marla...
Sis and Dick Vogel – 2019 Ingraham Award Recipient
Val Deale – 2019 Edeiken Award Recipient
It is our great pleasure to send you this letter nominating Val Deale of Kensington, Maryland for AKA’s 2019 Steve Edeiken Award. Val has been involved in kites longer and in more different ways than most of us. In all his efforts, he has exemplified the key...