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• Marty Groet Builder and flier from Charlotte in Carolina.
  
• Jim Cheetham How to, why to, and pictures of flying kites at night.
  
• Kensei Kamiunten Traditional Japanese kite builder.
  
• Rob Harper Welsh flier of both single and dual line.
  
• Heik Cramer Kite traction in Holland
  
• Doug Kiting Rocks Cleveland.
  
• Seiji Sudo Master builder of the Sanjo Rokkaku, from Sanjo, Japan.
  
• Heizo Itoh Japanese master of Hamamatsu Kites.
  
• Jarrod Foo Flying in Marina South Park, Singapore.
  
• Calvin Mills Home of Rad Red, ice flying enthusiast.
  
• Ray Bethell Multiple Kite World Champion.
  
• Mike Smathers Single line kite builder.
  
• Philip Le Riche The Virtual Kite Zoo - Descriptions, plans, pictures of many kite varieties, a FAQ in itself
  
• David Scarbrough Using kites to train falcons.
  
• Japie Niemand Kite-Craft - for kite enthusiasts world wide, about kites and kite flying.
  
• John Mitchell Champion Revolution flier. Information about STACK, Revolutions, the Decorators and Fano.
  
• Bruce Taggart Stunt Kite template tool and definitions of many technical terms.
  
• Philip Chase A site dealing with all forms of power & traction kiting.
  
• Andreas Napravnik Enthusiastic German flier and builder. Galleries of photos from many German festivals.
  
• Keizo Nakano Third generation builder of Tsugaru kites.
  
• Mikio Toki Master builder of Edo kites.
  
• Ron and Marla Kytpepl Information about kite stuff, pins, and tattoos.
  
• Phil Denby A collection of photos taken whilst power kiteing.
  
• Andrew Tipper Comprehensive introduction to buggying. Information about the Lynn C-Quad.
  
• Alfred Schwarz Austrian flier with information on the Pfaff walking foot, "kite" in different languages and festivals.
  
• Rob Hawke Information and pictures about power kiting.
  
• Masaaki Satoh Designer and builder of Abu dako, Semi dako, Hachi dako.
  
• Detlef Beyer Kite Paradise - A Cybergallery of Kites with tips, animations, pictures and an interactive game. Home to the World Buggy-Location Database.
  
• Katsutaka Murooka Builder of modern Japanese kites and KAP enthusiast.
  
• Nicolas Salin French kite jumping enthusiast.
  
• Arthur Edwards 3-leg bridle calculator, Popper plan and a delta based on windsurfer sail design.
  
• Spence Wikel Flier and builder of single line and dual line kites.
  
• Rainer Leuschke Designing and building kites and sailboards.
  
• Ted Dougherty Traction kite designer.
  
• Tole Pictures of artistic hand built kites.
  
• Damien du Toit Introduction to kites and kite flying.
  
• Andy Williams Information on various types of sport kites and the Bay Area Stunt Kite League (BASKL)
  
• David Ronan A traction kite enthusiast from County Limerick, Ireland.
  
• Dee Doyle Collection of papers introducing all forms of kite flying.
  
• Craig Rodgerson Internet kite enthusiast and Pizazz designer from Flint Michigan USA.
  
• Jim Martin Builder of simple kites with detailed graphics from Carolina.
  
• Eugene Visser Kites over New Zealand. A site dedicated to the New Zealand kite scene.
  
• Michael A. Petro Extensive and long standing site with links to many kite web resources.
  
• Anthony Thyssen Kite Workshop where Anthony designs and builds unusal kite designs.
  
• Jerome Grimminck Fright's buggy site. Includes pictures of 2-wheel buggies.
  
• Terence Kearey Sewdish builder working on improvements in single skin design.
  
• Marc Duguay Single like kite designer, with festival reports. [French and English]
  
• Tsutomu Hiroi Maker of many kinds of creative kites since 1935.
  
• Bob Pebly Kite Aerial Photography, Buggying, South Florida flying sites & photos.
  
• Masami Takakuwa Traditional Japanese kites, kite festivals in Japan, Japanese kite plans.
  
• Robertas Bartasius Single line flier from Lithuania.
  
• Norm Courage Showing off his Kite Kollection.
  
• Didier Ferment Prolific French designer. Many attractive quad designs.
  
• Graeme Poole Specialist in DIRC dragonfly kites.
  
• Gino Govers Lots of images of kitebuggies, races and buggyspots
  
• Rolf Østergaard Danish KiteSki enthusiast, theory, video clips and cool photos.
  
• Bernhard Malle and Robert Pudlo Prolific German designers and builders with a site full of galleries and plans.
  
• Rick Longhurst Hooked on kites - Flier from Ontario.
  
• Buck Childers KidKiteWeb - Information about kiting and kite building with kids.
  
• David Forsyth Personal Kiting - buggy plans, several home made traction foils and Eastern Cape Kites
  
• Patrick Mann Plans, photos and discussions of single-line kites, including several original designs. Also features: kite book reviews and building tips.
  
• Roy Reed Introduction to kite making and history. [Flash]
  
• Dave Ellis Kites, kids and education do mix! A site devoted to kites as an educational tool including resources for teachers.
  
• Andy Smith Walk of Shame buggy club, eliminator traction kite and buggies.
  
• Bob Hogan New England competition flier.
  
• Eiji Ohashi Celebrated Japanese kite builder.
  
• Henk Steenbergen Dutch flier with information and plans for building 2-line stunt kites.
  
• Bart W van Assen The kite-flying Dutchman. Well travelled and published flier. [Dutch]
  
• Mike Hoefer The unofficial Prism page.
  
• Ray and Gail Wilmer Western Australian Kite-makers
  
• Steve Hall KiteKids - Kite flying in Chico, California.
  
• Eric Ehle Extensive information about kitesurfing: Products, market overview, shops, wind, webcams, animations, technique.
  
• Harald Prinzler German flier interested in KAP and soft kites.
  
• Roger Maddy Original 12-line "puppet" stunt kites. Cam and voicechat, too.
  
• Thomas-Michael Rudolph Extensive site with many plans, Information on Codys and German festivals.
  
• Carl Crowell Kites at the crow*well.
  
• Roy Schelkers Stories and advice about flying in the Netherlands.
  
• Tom Tinney This page shows some of the miniature and one not so miniature kites made by Tom Tinney.
  
• David Guidolin Canadian two and four line flier. Toronto festival report.
  
• Dick and Gail Bell Legacy kites, including Jewels Of The Sky club schedule and events in the Dallas/Fortworth area.
  
• Garth South Livnhot's World - Trying to convince the world to get out and fly a kite.
  
• Hiroshi Hayakawa Byobu dako (folding screen kites).
  
• Peter Lynn All forms of kite traction, large display kites and papers on the theory behind kite design.
  
• Audrey & Whye Keet Avid kite flyers from Singapore.
  
• Hans Jansen Dutch flier involved in STACK rule development, also virtual flying emulator.
  
• Robert Heerekop Skyting - getting dragged on sand.
  
• Richard Amirault Keen flier from Malden, MA, involved in several kite organisations.
  
• Henry Kulk Dutch designer of the Dominator traction kite.
  
• Walter Albrecht Flier of dual line, 4-line and fighters.
  
• Esben Collstrup Danish flier, and dropper of parafauna.
  
• Polly Ching A globetrotting kite flier from Singapore.
  
• Daniel Gagnon Traction kite designer, using Foilmaker. [French]
  
• Morten Jensen Danish Flexifoil flier.
  
• Dave Culp Sailcraft research and development. High speed sailing development, kite powered sailcraft, links to the Amateur Yacht Research Society.
  
• Yukio Akiyama Modern creative kites.
  
• Bob Childs Doomwheels - Extreme kite-powered inline skating
  
• James Ervin Builder of beautiful single line and sport kites.
  
• Ichizo Sagawa Master of the Baramon kite.
  
• Kumthon Charungkitkul A site dedicated to the kites of Thailand.
  
• Tom, Donna and Jessica Grable Kites and banners with a watermelon graphic.
  
• Dave Lord Lots of detail on traction kites, kite buggies and land yachts.
  
• Emiel Stroeve Enthusiastic flier, sharing information about KAP, buggying and kite kite designs.
  
• Masayuki Mori Japanese builder of bird kites.
  
• Kai Griebenow Featuring single line kite art.
  
• Michael Goddard Reach Up And Touch The Sky. Kite sketchbooks, kite gallery, kite flying sites, kites and colour.
  
• Gertraud Umlauft Kites and Music - Stunt kite flying information, plus tips for adapting to strong wind.
  
• Frank Ellerkamp Unofficial Swiss Kite Site - clubs and stores in Switzerland.
  
• Ronald Krueger German flier and builder.
  
• Richard Cornwell Sky Visions - kite builder and designer.
  
• Jennifer Chan How to go and fly a kite. A beginner's site on kites - the physics, history, myth, and basics of kites.
  
• Mike Armstrong Cartoons, festival reports and descriptions of many kites.
  
• Frank Kenisky. Mr.Nasty to voices his opinion about anything the world he pleases.
  
• Joanne Baker Kites 4 Kids. Team Positive Lift of Melbourne, Australia. Aerial Displays, Festivals, School Workshops, Stunt Kite Exhibitions.
  
• Martin Blais Original soft and sparred kites.
  
• Andy Tauber The Kite Flying Fool presents a site bristling with images and information.
  
• Gilles Lehoux Kites built from readily available materials. Cartoons and sillyness.
  
• Steve Surette Canadian flier, his family and festivals.
  
• Ron Reich A compendium of Ron's postings to rec.kites.
  
• Simo Salanne Flyer and stunt kite designer proud to come from Finland.
  
• Andrew Albosta Reports on 3 years of the Smithsonian and other festivals.
  
• Nigel Byde and Paul Collins Information for flyers new to Sportkites and a place where kitefans can display their creative art in the Sky Gallery.
  
• Don Hansberger Enthusiastic flier from New York.
  
• Teruyuki Yabe and Yaeko Yabe Modern kite train builders.
  
• Ian Newham Designer of Blue Fish sport kites. Information on sport kite design, tips for newcomers and setting up a Revolution.
  
• Jeroen Schlaman Kite World - a comprehensive introduction to all types of flying. Directory of kite stores in Holland.
  
• Frans Nijhuis Kitesailing, kites, treasure hunting and the digital camera.
  
• Ron Kramer Personal website by the designer of the Prism website. Several indoor movie clips.
  
• Leon von Moltke South African flier and builder, with reports of visits to the Gold Coast, Swindon and Nambia.
  
• Peter Betancourt X-kites - a celebration of Kites and Kiters. Links and Photos
  
• Marleau Belanger Traction flier from Manitoba, Canada.
  
• René Nijboer Dutch kite builder. Pictures of kites and buggies.
  
• Toshiyuki Yoshikawa Third generation traditional Tosa kite builder.
  
• Mike Emery Twenty years of flying all styles of kite. Located in Finland.
  
• Dru Nelissen Kite info with event calendar for the Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, Canada.
  
• Rghm Ter Wiel Dutch flier interested in kite photography. Note the choice of wallpaper images.
  
• Yasuo Shimura Traditionaly painted Japanese Edo kites.
  
• Rob Banks Sport and single line flier from Newport, RI.
  
• Robert Van Weers New Zealand with pictures of his own creations and several plans.
  
• Peter Peters Very extensive site, including many links and descriptions of tricks.
  
• Roland Dworschak Kiting and buggying in Austria.
  
• John Maxworthy Musings... Kite photos, Kite Construction & KAP
  
• Geert Donker Duyvis Innovative designer of single line kites, including dragons.
  
• Jo Coates The Power Kite Site - a well maintained site on sport and power kiting, with kite reviews of the hottest freestyle, precision, power and traction kites, kite buggies, database, festival dates, store listing for US/UK and Europe, photos, links etc
  
• Gary Engvall Kite information, links to kite plans, kite events, kite books, kite catalogs, kite clubs. Workshop kites.
  
• Kazue Tanaka Tombi-style birds built from sooty bamboo and washi paper.
  
• Steve Irby's Page Galleries from buggy events
  
• Sam and Ann Ritter. Stacked Revolutions and single line kites.
  
• Markus Karjalainen Kite Wallpapers from Finland.
  
• Gerhard und Barbara Rutter Information about kites for kitefliers and friends. [German and English]
  
• Brian Champie Information about kiting in the San Francisco Bay Area, tournaments, workshops, stories, and info on the California Wasp Kite.
  
• Kuba Soltysiak Plans for simple kites used for KAP.
  
• Larry and Linda Mixon Above The Horizon Kites - Award winning designers and fliers.
  
• Iasao Ogawa Japanese master of miniature kite building.
  
• Samuel Franklin Cody Gallery of Cody's work by Frits Donker Duyvis.
  
• Toshiharu Umeya Japanese builder of modern kite trains.
  
• Rob Scribner Kiting pages of Rob Scribner, former captain of the Cutting Edge Kite Team.