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Karl Longbottom's workshop kite-The Swan 2008-06-19 15:48:00 As a special order i got in a kit of Karl's swan kite. A popular workshop kite that he offers. Lots of parts for this fantastic kite! But at the time of this order there did not exist written instructions for it-previously you only got the kit at a workshop with Karl standing over your shoulder hollering out direction s (no not really-I hope). So Karl and Sara got me a disc with 23 photogr
Deep Emptiness 2008-05-28 13:49:00 There is emptiness deep in the area where Aerial Art usually is. The only thing we have from Mr. Hampton at this moment are feathers.Hopefully, there will be a box of fun painted stuff on its way to us soon!and the second it gets here you will know!Butdo not forget the other stuff still up there at Windsweptkites!!!!
Changing and updating 2008-04-28 13:41:00 Wander on over to Windsweptkites.com and peruse the stuff. New makers have been added, pictures have been reformatted to load quickly, and Ripstop creations are up for sale! Read more:Changing
One of OUR favorite things to fly: 2008-04-17 13:13:00 An Arch.....They are so very simple to fly-stake down one end and roll out the kites across the field and stake down the other end. They will settle down gently if the wind dies. They will relaunch themselves when the wind picks up. Keep them perpendicular to the wind for best flight.You can create tunnels underneath a series of arches.You can make a wall across an end of the flying field.Yo Read more:things
Longbottom kites 2008-04-02 19:24:00 WowWe have a good amount of kites in our collection-but there are some kites that you come across sometimes that just make you stop and stare at it...Our latest shipment includes kites just like that. We are very happy to be working with Karl Longbottom from the UK-even more so because of his amazing and intriguing designs that fly so well. I am in awe of these kites. Simple as that-just amazing.
CYPODS!!!! 2008-03-20 18:53:00 Are all gone....we have no more....Hopefully we will be able to get some more in soon!but keep checking here for our new product offerings from the United States, Canada, the UK and New Zealand!r
email issues 2008-03-17 07:20:00 I just want to post up here that we are having email issues....Trying to get them fixed as soon as possible.....thanksrob
The Avian persuasion? 2008-03-06 18:21:00 So we realized the other night that without meaning to we have offered/are going to be offering up a handful of bird banners. Scott Hampton's DecoysRobert Van Weers' Kiwi banners Mike Dallmer Ducky banners (coming soon)hmmmm....I swear that i did not mean that to happen....i just thought that they were cool in their own ways....Please keep an eye peeled for this blog-there are things coming and
The Boxes are arriving 2008-03-02 18:45:00 A box from the UK and a box from New Zealand arrived at our door on Friday when we were both home sick with the flu-do not worry the kites and such are clean ;)keep an eye peeled for the items on the website...Decoys.....gotta love the little guyswell they are loved....so much so that there is only one left....those decoys were from Scott Hampton's tucked away group that he used every once in a Read more:Boxes
Images and load times 2008-02-22 06:37:00 Good morning on the second day!It is good to hear all sorts of feedback about WsK!!!The one that i am hearing most is about the time it takes to load pictures-especially Dave's page....I am going to be reloading the pages over the next few days with a smaller file format for a faster load... thanks for your input! and def. keep it coming! Read more:Images
i sense a change in the WIND! 2008-02-20 20:34:00 mmmmm.....something is new and differentCome visit....come peruse....the crew @ Windswept Kites
the UPS man delivers! 2008-02-12 10:58:00 The box has arrived......Pictures will be taken....there will be Ooooing and Aawwwing.......r
add to the list! 2008-02-08 18:35:00 So Windswept Kites is now the distributor of kites made by Karl Longbottom of the UK!You might have seen a picture of a pair of Y-Fronts (whitey-tighties to us Yankees)flying up in the air. Well those were Karl's-well hopefully not the ones that he had just been wearing? I guess the fact that he also has flying womens Panties does nto help that question. Well, none-the-less he does have lots
Box o' Hampton Goodness 2008-02-04 17:48:00 Yep.the first box of stock is on its way to me....all the way from Utah....lots of special painted ripstop in that box that is going to be the first offerings from Windswept Kites.....keep your eyes peeled here for a post about when the site is up and running! r Read more:Goodness
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Indoor Deltas? 2008-01-23 09:40:00 lost for a gift for an indoor kiteflier???How about a neat indoor/sdul (super-duper-ultra-light) wind controllable delta????a Jeff Howard designed kite that is a blast to fly!i use a carbon rod as a control rod to fly ours-thread your flying line through the rod so that you can control how far the kite will fly....there is no keel on the kite...just a bridle; you can get this kite to flat spin (ev
The First day 2008-01-21 03:29:00 Well the site is mine.....now keep an eye peeled atWindsweptKites.com for the offerings....they will be limited....they will be special....they can be yours.......rob Read more:First
The UNfestival aftermath 2008-07-14 15:31:00 Wow...what a good day out there on Saturday! Brenton Point State Park was full of flying fabric! We usually do not make it down to Brenton Point because we at Colt State Park, but since there was a bunch of people going we thought it would be fun-and it was! Good friends to hang out with. New friends to make. (Yes-more than a few asked where the pups were-they were hanging out at home in t
The 2008 Newport RI Kite UN-Festival 2008-07-10 11:00:00 So when High Flyers Flight Co was open there was a great festival associated with us. Sue and Steve worked their tails off to get it running every year. Since HF shut down there was one UN-festival in 2006 (lots of people expect a kite festival so a fun fly evolved) and then in 2007 an online shop got a fest organized. This year it is looking like the guy from last year is not around, so wil Read more:Newport
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a yard sale? 2008-07-07 12:37:00 YepA good friend and local flyer has decided to get out of kite flying for other pursuits. He approached me about liquidating his collection. I said "Of course!".Most of these kites and things I sold Bob, and I know that he takes care of his things. There is some neat stuff on the list. There is some one-of-a-kind things, there is some mass produced items, there is a lot of line!The list of
the Yard Sale has been updated! 2008-08-04 21:45:00 Yes, folks the yard sale is still going on.With permission of Gone With The Wind Kites' owner Steve (permission granted via a cut of the sales-a huge forum is not free to run!), I posted the yard sale list up in his world wide kite forum's swap meet on Sunday. Monday morning I had 18 emails to respond to, and more came in throughout the day. It is now 11pm and I am done weighing all the items
Restocking!!!! 2008-07-30 15:04:00 A box of items from Scott Hampton is going to be on its way very soon! While talking with Scott he did announce that there will be no more cypods until 2009. Work is taking precedence, as is another wind related art project (remaking his own display banners). We will be getting amounts of banners, both matched sets and single banners, for all of you who wish to add to your wind garden or start
Searching.....Always searching...... 2008-07-22 15:45:00 So-Do you know anyone who makes kites? Some neat and different kites? Banners? Spinners?Would they want to make a few extra and make some money? Send them onwards to us! Windswept Kites is always looking to find new kite makers to bring out to the mainstream kiting world. Please pass the word, and the word is:Kites rob Read more:searching
Vacation!!!! 2008-08-07 19:54:00 Yep, we are going on vacation!We will be incommunicado starting Saturday evening until the following Sunday (August 9th-17th). This is an annual retreat so keep this in mind for the following years as well, okay?Any orders received during that time period will be filled in the order they were received when we get back and get the Baja unpacked.This applies also to any and all "Yard Sale" items.T Read more:Vacation
The Kite Yard Sale revisited 2008-09-02 19:59:00 Well, we are back from our rainy wet vacation in Maine. It took us awhile to get all of our gear dried out and put away, but we did it.So back to the grindstone!The Yard Sale of kites has been updated. There is some stuff left. If there is something you see that you are interested in let me know. Any offer will be considered (if not accepted-we do need a trailer hitch on the Baja wink wink
Good news and not as good news.... 2008-09-20 01:59:00 The website is being reloaded.The Big Announcement pertaining to Aerial Art is that there are no more Cypods available. The next chance we get to acquire some will be 2009. Scott is taking time to work on some other more needed projects. So the last two Cypods that we have will be it until then. TriWings might fall into the same deal-although we are not certain yet.The new Aerial Art page
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