competitions
Some kitefliers enjoy competing against their fellow kitefliers to enhance their skills or reputations, or to receive other awards.
Flying Competitions
Kitefliers are judged in flying single sport kites to music, teams of sport kites, and flying precision maneuvers. Teams of people flying trains of multiple kites with long tails is certain to please a crowd every time
Kitemakers’ Competitions
There are many kites that fly well but that’s only the beginning. Kites can be enormous displays of beautiful artwork that fly like a dream. The combination of kite styles, colors, tails, designs, and patterns is unlimited.
A Variety of competitions
AKA has established rules for competitions involving sport kites, kitemakers, persons who enjoy fighter kites or Rokkaku battles, and kite aerial photographers.
Sport, Team and Power Kiting Competitions
Fighter Kites and Rokkaku Competitions
Kitemaking Competitions
Kite Aerial Photography Competition
GETTING STARTED
Try these first steps and then look at the rulebooks for the kinds of competition that interest you.
competition rulebooks
sport kite fliers rulebooks
International Sport Kite (ISK) Rulebook
ISK Compulsories Book
International Sport Kite Judges Book
AKA Appendix to IRBC Rulebook
more competition rulebooks
Kite Fighters' Rulebook
People's Choice Competition
Kitemakers Competition Rulebook
Kite Aerial Photography Competition
past Competitions
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...
2018 AKA Convention – Shreveport, Louisiana
41st Annual American Kitefliers Association Annual Convention and Grand Nationals - Shreveport, Louisiana Here are all the results from the Grand National Sport Kite Championships and the Kitemaking events from the 2018 AKA Annual Convention in Shreveport, Louisiana...
Sport Kite Figures for the 2018 AKA Grand National Championship
For the FULL listing of all compulsories, click here This is the list of compulsories for the 2018 AKA Grand National Sport Kite Championship in Shreveport, Louisiana. CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO SEE A LARGER VERSION AND THE DESCRIPTION NIP DI 07 - Jump DI 15 - LSI DI 17 -...
Annual Convention Competition Awards
Grand National Champions
Here are the top awards for the kitemakers’ Grand National Champions
The People's Choice Awards
A list of the People’s Choice Awards from past conventions.