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contribution by Jacqui and Greg, Ramsgate, Natal Hi Guys, OSOW in Marina Beach, Natal , South Africa: Well, we prayed for wind - and boy, did we get it. It was about 40kph consistant wind, that just blasted all day. Humidity was high, so it was a solid wind too. The turnout was great - there were sooooo many locals that haven't flown their kites for years. Single line kites were out of the question. We managed to keep a couple in the sky, just to haul out the line laundry, so it still looked quite good.... till the heavy duty swivels on the spinners burned out through sheer exhaustion. The .. buggy was put through it's paces by everyone with a power kite small enough to handle the winds :-) ..It was an exhillarating day - windswept, sandblasted, but still managed to have great fun!!! Number of kites in the sky - don't have a clue but imagine that there were between 50 and 100 kiters flying during the course of the day.. I know that there were some other events around the country, so hopefully the guys will contact you soon with details of their events. If you don't hear from them, let us know and we will remind them. See ya in the sky S-AFRIKA mail-in 14 oct 20:44 CET |
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report from Brian Skinner Hi fellers, Just a little report. A group of us flew kites at Zandvlei, an estuary near Cape Town, South Africa. Present were Dave Moult, Gary, Steve, Tony (of Kites Galore), and Briski (me). Richard Loydell of Kites for Africa was also there and flew a huge flowform and various deltas. He was upwind of me so I did'nt see all that much of him, except when the flowform took one of mine out as he was getting ready to leave. Someone (whose name escapes me) was there flying a nice arch. Mike Goldblatt was there flying his exquisite four-liners, and even tried a one metre rok for a change! I had two flowforms aloft all day, one with a pair of spinning "Bols" (plan on www), the other with a "Spike" (plan on www) and a 1.5m beach ball of my own design. I also had a 6.5 foot delta up high with some light line junk. Then there were the twin one metre roks and various other one metre roks. The wind was OK but I could'nt risk the roks on a tether, preferring to hold the line at all times. This of course affected my ability to go and socialise... Oh, yes! and I flew a few fighters. But the idea was to paint the sky. So I did. I started flying at 10 am and packed up around 16:30, having kites in the air all the while. (big grin) So a great OSOW day's flying was had by those who attended. We were all smiling and thinking: "Peace, dude!" S-AFRIKA mail-in 15 oct 13:23 CET |
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unfortunately I was ill on OSOW day. I didn't go to fly or take photos. Sorry. SImo mail-in 18 oct... we wish you best health! kiters united! |
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report from Hanan Cohen A total failure! We thought of making it a national event but didn't have the time nor energy to do it. So... I tried to cooperate with a friend who works with the Middle East Children Association so that children, both Israeli and Palestinian will fly kites together from the two sides of the border. We didn't find a safe place to do it. So... I organized a kites workshop on my kibbutz and then planned to fly them Sunday afternoon. The wind didn't move a single milimeter! What can I say? We will learn from the what happend and better prepare next year. mail-in 21 oct... oh dear hanan, no no not a failure - my personal opinion! maybe these your words are one of the best results in 2002 fly-for-peace activity... i think that many cultures can learn a lot from your borders. [ and for the wind... its not the wind or flight that counts, its the human mind behind. so, thanks for your doings! ] | more pics > photopage 2 UKRAINE - missing feedback! LITHUANIA - missing feedback!
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