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
Kitemakers' 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
Fighter Kite and Rokkaku Competition Rules
People's Choice Competition
Kitemakers' Competitions Rulebook
Kite Aerial Photography Competition
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.