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Kite festival treasure island12/10/2023 The wind was perfect all afternoon! There were Bol Races and all ages competed! It’s as if the wind gods were shining down on us. There was a lot of light wind flying until about midday and then the winds really started to pick up. The winds weren’t there early on, but as the morning progressed, the wind began to pick up. My friends and I had to check out as we were all leaving TI before the end of the day. Sunday morning was slow going as we partied late into the night. He retailed for only $495.00 one of his ongoing jokes throughout the evening on the retail price of various kites! Those of you there will fondly remember this and smile. As the sun began to set, we packed up to get ready for dinner and the auction.ĭennis was the Auctioneer and did a great job. We were successfully doing several team maneuvers including blenders! I know everyone that flew was totally stoked with how well we looked! In fact, we could hear the spectators applauding us. There wound up being eight pilots out there flying with Jay calling. The rev flyers moved back to the main rev area and started a team fly. ![]() John had asked those interested to do some team flying in the Rev’s designated area which was very cool! Unfortunately, the winds mellowed considerably and we couldn’t do the Mega Fly or the Rev-O-Lette demo although we did set up the pink kites for the first time and give it a shot! For the next couple hours we did some light wind flying by the water it was sweeeeeeeeeet! Once again, around 4pm or so the winds picked up. It looked as if all flyers were having a great time, and why not, it was gorgeous out! The winds were blowing from behind the hotels which made for some funky flying from the swirly winds. Saturday came and it was a gorgeous day, milder than Friday, but still chilly to start. The lights on the kites rocked!!! Some guy actually came over to me saying that he thought he was watching UFO’s, honestly! The winds started out light, but really picked up and we got in some great flying. The Key Lime pie was amazing!!!!!!!Īs if we hadn’t flown enough for the day, we went out to do a night fly after dinner. He does look pretty in pink! It was getting dark so we left the beach and went to Ted Peter’s Famous Smoked Fish, Inc. Dennis filled in for the fourth person as Cathy wasn’t available. ![]() I had to leave the team fly to practice the Rev-O-Lettes’ routine for their debut on Saturday. He was totally stoked and I was extremely happy for him! Al, with about 5 months of Rev experience was laughing and exclaiming how awesome the team thing was. The day warmed up nicely, although I was never complaining as back home it was 9 degrees with snow on the way! Later in the afternoon we did some team flying. Even though the festival hadn’t officially started, there were some folks that put up some SLK’s enjoying the beautiful blue skies as a back drop. We split up to fly and John walked around giving hands on instruction to those that really needed or wanted it. This was my third clinic and there are things I certainly didn’t know and things that were extremely helpful to me to further improve my skills. While John was explaining an easy way to set the lines up, Melanie handed off her lines and kite to John so she had hers set up and ready to fly smooth move Melanie! Delaney, 11 yrs old, the youngest pilot, along with folks of all ages really seemed to grasp the wealth of info that John was giving us. There were brand new flyers to much more experienced flyers in attendance. I was totally psyched as they looked great in the air together!įriday morning, the day of the Rev Clinic arrived and a fairly strong, cold wind was blowing while the temps were in the 40’s….brrrrrrrrrr. Rich and I flew our Old Glory(s)… with mine being her maiden flight…. ![]() Jynx arrived a couple hours later and joined our posse almost immediately. It was mostly overcast and the wind was decent, so we flew on full sails. I arrived Thursday afternoon with Rich, Al, and Alden (part of the Jersey Crew). The weather was great and the flying was the best! The Treasure Island Kite Festival and Rev Clinic was everything I had hoped for and more! There was tons of flying, laughing, and hanging with friends from around the country and beyond. I finally met some of the folks I had been speaking with on the Rev Forum…very cool! The Rev Clinic was a huge success (imho) and I got a lot of info to tweak my skills, thanks to John Barresi.
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