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...
42nd Annual National Convention and Grand National Championships
AKA Miniature Kite Challenge 2019 Grand Champion Susie Jo Skinner – Dragon Flight1st Ron Ortega - Fork2nd SusieJo Skinner – Geometry3rd Ron Ortega – Catitude Beauty1st SusieJo Skinner – Dragon2nd SusieJo Skinner – Alien Butterfly3rd Ron Ortega – Catitude...
2019 AKA Award Nominations
Every year at the annual convention there are several awards given to our members. These are the highest awards given by our association, recognizing kitefliers who have made significant and inspirational contributions to the AKA and kiting in general. Many of these...
Fighter Freaks Interview – 'Gumby'
What is your name? Gumby How long have you been flying fighter kites? 20yr Why fighter kites? Had heart surgery and the pull was less. And the competition What is the easiest, and hardest thing to learn about fighter kites? The learning curve, but one day it starts to...
Fighter Freaks Interview – Kevin Kilgoar
What is your name? Kevin Kilgoar How long have you been flying fighter kites? 20+ years Why fighter kites? Their just fun to fly. What is the easiest, and hardest thing to learn about fighter kites? Nothing seems easy at first , but with all forms of kiting it gets...
Fighter Freak Interview – Robert Loera
What is your name? Robert Loera How long have you been flying fighter kites? 38 years Why fighter kites? In the early 80’ sport kites didn’t fly in under 6 miles an hour. And rarely was the wind above 10 miles an hour in San Diego. Deltas were popular but just...
Fighter Freaks Interview – Pam Hodges
1. What is your name Pam Hodges 2. How long have you been flying fighter kites? 25 years 3. Why fighter kites? For the challenge! Was inspired by Bruce Jarvie. 4. What is the easiest, and hardest thing to learn about fighter kites? Easiest was how to fly and hardest...
Fighter Freaks Interview – Jim Martin
What is your name? Jim Martin How long have you been flying fighter kites? Intermittently for maybe 20 years (?) Why fighter kites? Why not? They are amazing little flying machines, a lot of fun to play with -- if you enjoy kites, seems to me to be a good idea...
Fighter Freaks – Interview with Mitch Cordover
From November 12th-18th we are featuring all things Fighter Kites! Lets get this started with an interview with AKA Member and Fighter Kite flier and builder Mitch Cordover. What is your name Mitch Cordover How long have you been flying fighter kites? Very...
2018 Presidential Award Recepients
When I took over as president (Nic O'Neill here...) I felt it was critical when it comes to these next awards to recognize those people that the membership felt best deserved the award. The recipients were selected because they had the most write in votes, and met the...