Blackheath Easter Kite Festival 2000

Sunday 23rd & Monday 24th April 2000

Monday 24th:

After the nights brief spells of rain, the day dawned looking overcast but sunny in places. The wind was stronger today, around 10-15mph mostly, and the rain held off. There were plenty of sunny spells among the cloud, in fact the weather was pretty much ideal for a kite festival (if not a little too gusty in places!).

There were plenty of demonstrations in the arena to keep the crowds happy - including team flying by Crosslines and The Flying Squad, a buggy race involving amongst others, Mark Kingshott & Tony Ferraro, and trick flying by Axel Ferraro (age 7) and Andy Wardley (age >7).

Mark Kingshott impressed the crowds in the buggy race by doing wheelies with only one foot on his footpegs, Andy Wardley demonstrated his mountain board skills with a Flexifoil Blade, and the ice-cream wars hotted up as more unlicensed vans made their way onto the field!

Monday's Photos: Click on any image to see a larger version.

Star Kite	Pretty delta kite	Young Gemini flier
Buggy Fun!
Lots of colourful flags and windsocks on display!		Stack of Flexifoils
The Revolution Kites of The Flying Squad	Team Crosslines before..	..and during display

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