This event includes children's kite-making workshops, a parade of kites, a
stunt kite performance, a grand launch, live music and so much more.
Using the same principle as flying a
stunt kite across the wind, Minesto's marine energy kite flies across the underwater current, significantly enhancing the water flow speed through the turbine.
KITE FESTIVAL Date: 4 & 5 Aug Venue: Downhill Demesne, Castlerock Time: 12noon - 5pm Award winning kite displays,
stunt kite teams and other kite-related activities make this a weekend not to be missed.
Even young ones love seeing kites fly high in the sky and will squeal with delight as you showcase your tricks with the Rookie
Stunt Kite (PS12.50).
The festival featured some of the best kite flyers in the country, including Graham Lockwood from Huddersfield who is acknowledged to be the best in Europe at flying three two-line
stunt kites to music at the same time, and Ben Denton, an eight-year-old boy who flies a two-line
stunt kite to music.
I've never even flown a
stunt kite. The closest I've come to anything resembling any part of kite surfing is getting blown off the edge of a pier at the age of 13.
I started to worry when instead of a Poppins-esque diamond shape with a tail of little bows, I saw a giant
stunt kite that looked big enough to carry both my children away.
Today, people enjoy kites in
stunt kite competitions and kite fighting contests.
With my little scope at 87x, I see about 30 stars, faint to very faint, arrayed in a 10' pattern that reminds me of a
stunt kite. The kite is soaring to the northwest, and its southerly wingtip is bent.
Body boarding in Trevone Bay, Cornwall, with three sons under ten and some nifty manoeuvres with a Peter Powell
stunt kite on the Lickey Hills.
For older children, Actionpack instructors are on hand to teach abseiling, football, netball, swimming and
stunt kite flying.
At many festivals, you can watch
stunt kite teams competing in precision and aerial ballet contests that resemble figure skating routines.
stunt kite - a maneuverable kite controlled by two lines and flown with both hands