Kites 2001

The Year in Video

Filmed throughout 2001 at some of the UK's premier kite festivals, this video shows the diversity of kites and kite flying today.

From the beautiful and delicate Chinese dragon kites flown at the Sunderland International Kite Festival, to the excitement of buggying on the beach at Pembrey, the art of team flying, or the fun of mountainboarding.. If you enjoyed flying a kite in 2001 then this should remind you of those good times.

11 short trailers start the video (including ones from our video section), featuring the best of the UK kite festivals, a look at the Blade II, Viper & Predator 3, Andy Wardley's amazing Gemini flying and Rokkaku fighting.

Then it's on to:

Kitesurfing - Includes Mike Shaw & Jason Furness showing off their skills at Weymouth, plus footage of Flexifoil's prototype water relaunchable kite.

Buggying & boarding - Plenty of buggy & board action from Middle Wallop, X-Zone Autumn Games, Stopsley, Blackheath and more. Also includes buggy jumping, mountainboarding, a look at some of this year's new traction kites, and an interview with Andy Fisher who hopes to break the world record for stacking Flexifoil kites.

Dual, quad & team flying - Includes excerpts of The Flying Squad, Team Vortex, Team Xtreme, Evolver, mega-team flying and more...

Single line kites - Including delta conynes, dragon kites, teddy bear dropping, huge Peter Lynn inflatables, the Edo kites of The Air Gallery, etc.

"...a perfect momento of a wonderful year in kiting..."