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AKA Featured Flier – Joe Eyman

AKA Featured Flier – Joe Eyman

Tell us a little bit about yourself: 60 trips around the sun 🌞, I’m Joe Eyman. I occupy a home in Colorful Colorado! I’ve competed once, Treasure Island! Kites started as physical therapy for me and almost twenty Kites later, I’m looking for just one more!...

AKA Feature Kite Flier – Deb Lenzen

Follow along as we feature members of the American Kitefliers Association during National Kite Month.  Today we have Deb Lenzen. 1. Tell us about yourself – Deb Lenzen, Prescott, AZ. I compete in kitemakers competitions. I am the third woman in the history of...
November Fireside Chat with AKA President

November Fireside Chat with AKA President

November 16th, 2017 WOW! If you attended the Annual Convention in October, chances are you are like me and finding that even tho a month has passed, you find yourself still trying to make heads and tails of everything that happened! It has been a crazy few months for...
You Flew Where?!!?

You Flew Where?!!?

  It seems that one thing that all kite fliers have in common is a desire to fly their kites anywhere and everywhere. Some fly their kites in tricky weather conditions, urban spaces, confined indoor facilities, or where you would least expect it.  Recently we...