Portsmouth International Kite Festival
Saturday 24th - Monday 26th August 2002
Location: Southsea Common, Portsmouth.
Organised by: The
Kite Society
We visited the Portsmouth International Kite Festival on the Sunday of
this Bank Holiday weekend. As always, Southsea Common was packed with
people keen to watch the kite demonstrations, and have a try themselves.
Although the wind was light at times, the sun was plentiful which contributed
greatly to the friendly and relaxed atmosphere. There was a wide variety
of demonstrations in the main arena, including multi-line kite teams Flic
and The Flying Squad, a rokkaku fight, altitude sprints, the Avon Kite
Fliers club kites, traction kiting and an amazing display by Gruppo
Aquilonisti Vulandra from Ferrara in Italy (see
below!)
Peter Lynn was on hand to help with the giant inflatables which kept
diving from the sky when the wind changed direction or died completely
- along with Andrew Beattie who spent most of the day running around rescuing
kites (and the people who they landed on!)
It is always good to see new things at a kite festival, so we were definitely
not disappointed with Portsmouth this year - so many international kite
fliers as well as groups and teams from around the UK, and many unusual
kites in the air.
Here are the photos from Sunday, click on any image to see a larger version.
Alien Spacecraft
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| The mother ship is launched... |
...and hovers above Portsmouth, casting a shadow on
onlookers. |
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| Alien ships dock with it... |
... then the mother ship lands... |
...and an alien comes out! |
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| Children escape from the enormous spaceship... |
...while strange shapes fly above. |
Links:
The Kite Society
Gruppo Aquilonisti Vulandra
Dicky
Nourse's report from Saturday
Report from Portsmouth 2001
Report from Portsmouth 1998
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