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Lee and Debbie Park, California, of Aerial Experience Productions have combined artistic gymnastics, aerial dance, and hand-balancing maneuvers with indoor kite flying. The result is not only expert indoor windless kite flying, but also an awe-inspiring aerial ballet reminiscent of shows like Cirque du Soleil. Lee and Debbie were the closing act for the 2003 American Kitefliers Association convention in Dayton, OH. For a glimpse of what you will see, visit their website at www.indoorkiteflying.com.
Ronda Brewer, of Lincoln City, OR owner of Phantom Star Design, she can be entrusted with the safety and kite education of any kid in America. Ronda can show kids and adults alike a simple way to make a kite to fly at virtually no cost for materials. Ronda, a member of the Lincoln City Kite Friendship Association, can be seen flying Rokkaku battles at outdoor festivals.
Deb Cooley, of Lincoln City, OR, specializes in flying Deltas and Rokkakus in outdoor festivals. A member of the Lincoln City Kite Friendship Association, Deb is exceptional at teaching anyone to build a simple kite and frequently performs a stuffed animal drop for kids at outdoor festivals.
Penny Lingenfelter, of Port Orchard, Washington, is well known for the four-line Revolution kites she has been flying for more than a decade. Six years ago she began flying kites indoors in no wind with no fans and placed 2nd in the AKA 2001 Grand National Competition for indoor flying. But Penny can take her costumes, props, and kites outdoors too, and her colorful and exciting routines helped her to place 2nd in Outdoor Freestyle in 2001 as well. Penny offers free kite lessons to children and adults of all ages. She will demonstrate the art of flying indoors without wind and invites young and old alike to get on the floor with her for a free lesson in indoor flying.
Paul de Bakker, of Dutch nationality, moved to Wilmington, NC in June 2006. Paul has been designing kites for several high end kite makers such as Level One from Germany and Cavaliers du Ciel from France. Since 1996, Paul has won many awards throughout the world in indoor and outdoor competitions, his most recent being first place at the Long Beach, WA Indoor Kite Festival 2008. For the 2007/2008 season, Paul teamed up with Lisa Willoughby to create pair Fusion. In their first competition, October 2007, in the Outer Banks, SC, Fusion took first place, outscoring five other pairs. For 2008, Paul wishes to travel to kite related events and continue to expose audiences and new fliers alike to the beauty of stunt kite flying.
Bud Hayes, of Camas, Washington is an accomplished indoor kite flier and helps organize the Camas Indoor Kite Festival. Bud took home the third place ribbon for the "Mystery Ballet" at the 2008 Up the River Indoor Festival in Arlington Oregon. Watch for Bud during the Indoor Kite Flying demo times, as he is an excellent flier. He will also serve as the head judge for the Indoor Competitions on Saturday and Sunday at our festival.
Jerimy Colbert, of Lincoln City flies and creates kites. He specializes in applique shapes and cody war kites. He flies both indoor and outdoor and he is a patient teacher of the art. You will probably get to see his son Zach fly as well.
Team iQuad, is a group of dedicated Revolution fans who came together in the spring of 2006 with one goal in mind, the promotion of quad team flying... It's been a mainstay of European kite flying for many years, starting back in the early 90's with Decorators in England and eventually spreading to a handful of countries throughtout Europe. Made up of fliers from the United States and Canada, iQuad is primarily composed of eight core fliers. They enjoy traveling to events around the world demonstrating sport kiting and promoting this amazing family pastime... Among their team members, they also have some of the top dual line pilots in North America, which gives them the unique ability to show several kinds of demonstration skills including quad line team, tricks, pairs, and indoor flying. Team iQuad flew in Lincoln City during the 2007 Fall Festival and it's members have been huge supporters of our festival in the past. The 2008 Lincoln City Indoor Kite Festival will feature three of the core group to include John Barresi, David Hathaway and Todd Rudolph during the Indoor Kite Flying Demonstrations time.
John Barresi, of Portland, OR is the owner and editor of Kitelife.com, the largest kiting web site in the world. This site features a bi-monthly internet magazine, hours and hours of video and much, much more! Kitelife is devoted to preserving and promoting kiting worldwide. John not only won competitions since he was 15 years old but is the co-founder of Team iQuad and is one of the most successful competitors in the United State having won national championships in nearly every discipline. Check out his bio on the Featured Flier page!
David Hathaway, of Vancouver, BC co-founder of Team iQuad, has been flying sport kites for 12 years. He is the 2006 NWSKL Experienced Multiline champion and the AKA 2006 Experienced Multiline Precision champion as well. An internet geek by day, a writer/photographer for Kitelife magazine, and he is also involved with two music groups in the Northwest.
Todd Rudolph, of Vancouver, WA formerly a competitor in both dual and quad line events, Todd has made the switch to quad line flying for fun with Team iQuad, he can also be found on the sewing machine making kites, and is one of the most passionate kite fliers you could hope to meet.
Bob Wendt, of Puyallup, Washington, will be the announcer for the festival. Bob is a member of the Pierce County Kite Flyers Association. A very well respected flier himself, he will give you the scoop on indoor kite flying.
Alan Cunningham, of Arlington, OR is an accomplished indoor and outdoor kite flier. Alan is the organizer of the Up the River Indoor Kite Festival in Arlington.
Scott Weider, of Rhode Island an accomplished flier and American Kitefliers Association indoor champion. He won the honor at the 2005 AKA Convention in October. Scott is also an award winning photojournalist for The Call newspaper in Woonsocket , Rhode Island.
Lam Hoak, of Burnaby British Columbia, is an internationally recognized kite flier and designer. Lam has been making high performance kites since 1986, he has also been competing since 1988. His style is graceful and the tricks are magical. This is the kite flying we all dream of being able to perform. He won the honor of Grand National Champion at the 2003 American Kitefliers Association Championships. Learn more about Lam at his website www.skysportdesign.com
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