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Valencia International Kite Festival

Date: Friday 21st - Sunday 23rd April 2006
Location: Valencia, Spain - Google Earth Link
Organised by: www.festicometavalencia.com

The 9th Valencia International Kite Festival was a thoroughly enjoyable way to spend our first ever visit to Spain, as part of the invited UK kite display team The Flying Squad. The festival organisers made everyone feel very welcome. All the invited flyers stayed in the same superb hotel, which provided an excellent opportunity to meet and mingle with new people, as well as existing friends.

The festival itself was relaxed and held on Valencia's ample beach. The wind blew strongly yet steadily off the sea for the whole weekend and so most of the dual and quad line flyers were using vented kites. There were also many kite surfers to be seen along the coastline, getting 'big air'!

Large single line kites filled the sky attracting members of the public to the beach and providing a colourful backdrop. STACK competitions took place throughout the weekend, and The Flying Squad's very own Susan and Stephen Hoath assisted in the judging. Away from the competition arena, teams and individuals performed their demo routines throughout the event, culminating in a Revolution Mega-Team on Sunday, with 14 kites! It was notable that most of the demos and displays were sport kite related, unlike many of the UK's events where there is usually more of a focus on single line, artistic or themed kites.

On Monday morning we had the opportunity to sample some of Valencia's culture and architecture, by visiting the 'Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias' which is home to the Palau de les Arts, Science Museum, Aquarium, and L'Umbracle, a graceful arching structure with pretty gardens beneath.

More Festival Photos:

www.cometas.info/fotos/chus
www.terra.es/personal2/fdo.rincon/festival2006/fesival-valencia-2006.htm
escrox.free.fr/Valencia%202006.wmv - Video
bolau.cometas.info/Valencia-06.htm

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Valencia International Kite Festival