Sunderland International Kite Festival
Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th July 2002
Location: Northern Area Playing Fields, Washington, Tyne
& Wear
Organised by: Malcolm
Goodman
Sections: Artistic Kites | Dragon
Kites | Cody Kites | Unusual
Single Line Kites | Large Delta Serpents |
Miscellaneous
Once again, the Sunderland International Kite Festival proved
that it is the biggest and best of all the UK kite festivals. Thousands
of people flocked to the festival site over the weekend, encouraged by
the unusually good weather!
Many international kite fliers attended and there was a
wide variety of kites on show, particularly Cody kites and Chinese dragon
kites. There were demonstrations from the British Buggy Club, Stephen
Versteegh, The Flying Squad, Graham Lockwood, Stafford Wallace, Evolver,
and many others whose names I can't remember!
The European Air Gallery was displayed and flown by the
North East Kite Fliers, Wigsley Wings put on a spectacular display of
large inflatables, and Andrew Beattie flew Veronica (the Octopus) and
Anuj (the Gecko) high over the festival site.
The auction on Saturday night contained over 50 auction
items, and raised over £4,400 for next year's event - an amazing
amount, for an amazing kite festival! The photos speak for themselves...
Artistic Kites
Dragon Kites
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| Jeanette Goodman helps launch a small dragon kite |
Face-to-face with a dragon kite! |
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| George Penney shows us how it's done |
Dragon kite photo-call |
Cody Kites
Unusual Single Line Kites
Large Delta Serpents
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| 'Pyro-deltas' |
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Delta serpent with 'black-on-black' design by Carl Robertshaw |
Miscellaneous
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| 'Anuj' the Gecko |
Squid |
Seahorse |
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| Rolf Zimmermann's shark, starfish and squid together in the sky |
Graham Lockwood flying three kites simultaneously |
Smiley face at the auction |
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| Kite fliers mass photo opportunity |
Carl and James Robertshaw (Evolver) mid-routine |
Crowds watching the amazing kite flying displays |
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| Mike Shaw and Paul Reynolds - auditioning for Pop Idol?... |
New Flexifoil 'Storm' kitesurfing kites |
Busy trading stalls |
Links:
Malcolm Goodman's
comprehensive collection of kites from around the world.
City
of Sunderland Kite Festival page.
Wigsley
Wings
Andrew Beattie's website
Carl Robertshaw's
Kitestudio.com
The Flying
Squad
British Buggy
Club
Sunderland International Kite Festival
Report 2001 - Page 1
Sunderland International Kite Festival
Report 2001 - Page 2
Sunderland International Kite Festival
Report 2001 - Page 3
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