Websites on Personal Pages:
Aberdeen, David
Amateur traction kite designer / enthusiast shares kite plans and photos.
Albosta, Andrew
Reports on 3 years of the Smithsonian and other festivals.
Champie, Brian
Information about kiting in the San Francisco Bay Area, tournaments, workshops, stories, and information on the California Wasp Kite.
Culp, Dave
Sailcraft research and development. High speed sailing development, kite powered sailcraft, links to the Amateur Yacht Research Society.
Detlef Beyer
Kite Paradise - A Cybergallery of Kites with tips, animations, pictures and an interactive game. Home to the World Buggy-Location Database.
Didier Ferment
Prolific French designer. Many attractive quad designs.
Doug
Kiting Rocks Cleveland.
du Toit, Damien
Introduction to kites and kite flying.
Engvall, Gary
Kite information, links to kite plans, kite events, kite books, kite catalogs, kite clubs. Workshop kites.
Esben Collstrup
Danish flier, and dropper of parafauna.
Gagnon, Daniel
Traction kite designer, using Foilmaker. [French]
Geert Donker Duyvis
Innovative designer of single line kites, including dragons.
Gertraud Umlauft
Kites and Music - Stunt kite flying information, plus tips for adapting to strong wind.
Gilles Lehoux
Kites built from readily available materials. Cartoons and sillyness.
Glenn Davison - Kiting USA
A growing collection of resources related to miniature kite making and using kites in the classroom for educational purposes.
Guidolin, David
Canadian two and four line flier. Toronto festival report.
Hansberger, Don
Kite flying in New York.
Heizo Itoh
Japanese master of Hamamatsu Kites.
Hiroshi Hayakawa
Byobu dako (folding screen kites).
Ian Newham
Designer of Blue Fish sport kites. Information on sport kite design, tips for newcomers and setting up a Revolution.
Iasao Ogawa
Japanese master of miniature kite building.
Ichizo Sagawa
Master of the Baramon kite.
James Ervin
Builder of beautiful single line and sport kites.
Jennifer Chan
How to go and fly a kite. A beginner's site on kites - the physics, history, myth, and basics of kites.
Jeroen & Katrien - In2kites
Kite plans, festival calendar, and photo album.
Jiehua Sun
Master craftsman of traditional Chinese kites.
Jim Cheetham
How to, why to, and pictures of flying kites at night.
Joanne Baker
Kites 4 Kids. Team Positive Lift of Melbourne, Australia. Aerial Displays, Festivals, School Workshops, Stunt Kite Exhibitions.
John Glazebrook
Includes photo gallery of John and friends kite jumping and kite surfing plus kite reviews and tips.
John Mitchell
Champion Revolution flier. Information about STACK, Revolutions, the Decorators and Fano.
Jonas Feldt
An introduction to all forms of flying.
Jos and Kaatje Valcke
Personal kite collection photo album.
Katsutaka Murooka
Builder of modern Japanese kites and KAP enthusiast.
Kazue Tanaka
Tombi-style birds built from sooty bamboo and washi paper.
Keizo Nakano
Third generation builder of Tsugaru kites.
Kensei Kamiunten
Traditional Japanese kite builder.
Kite Making and Flying
Provides details about construction, a brief history, weather information, suggestions for forming a club and the educational value of kite-craft.
Kuba Soltysiak
Plans for simple kites used for KAP.
Kumthon Charungkitkul
A site dedicated to the kites of Thailand.
Leon von Moltke
South African flier and builder, with reports of visits to the Gold Coast, Swindon and Nambia.
Lord, Dave
Lots of detail on traction kites, kite buggies and land yachts.
Masaaki Satoh
Designer and builder of Abu dako, Semi dako, Hachi dako.
Masami Takakuwa
Traditional Japanese kites, kite festivals in Japan, Japanese kite plans.
Masayuki Mori
Japanese builder of bird kites.
Michael Goddard
Reach Up And Touch The Sky. Kite sketchbooks, kite gallery, kite flying sites, kites and colour.
Mike Armstrong
Cartoons, festival reports and descriptions of many kites.
Mike Emery
Twenty years of flying all styles of kite. Located in Finland.
Mike Smathers
Single line kite builder.
Mikio Toki
Master builder of Edo kites.
Napravnik, Andreas
Enthusiastic German flier and builder. Galleries of photos from many German festivals.
Nick James
Kites designed by Nick James. Also workshop information, current projects and personal weblog.
Ozon Art
Bart Bozon's site on kite flying, buggying and homemade kites.
Patrick Mann
Plans, photos and discussions of single-line kites, including several original designs. Also features: kite book reviews and building tips.
Phil Denby
A collection of photos taken whilst power kiteing.
Philip Chase
A site dealing with all forms of power and traction kiting.
Philip Le Riche
The Virtual Kite Zoo - Descriptions, plans, pictures of many kite varieties, a FAQ in itself
Ray Bethell
World champion multiple sport kite pilot.
Red Baron Kite Team
Thijo van Beek makes Red Baron kites in Holland.
Rghm Ter Wiel
Dutch flier interested in kite photography. Note the choice of wallpaper images.
Richard Amirault
Keen flier from Malden, MA, involved in several kite organisations.
Rob Hawke
Information and pictures about power kiting.
Rob Scribner
Kiting pages of Rob Scribner, former captain of the Cutting Edge Kite Team.
Robert Van Weers
New Zealand with pictures of his own creations and several plans.
Rodel Rosas
Photos and flying sites in the Philippines.
Roland Dworschak
Kiting and buggying in Austria.
Ron Hardie
Information on kiting in the Vancouver, British Columbia area. Several photos from BCKA festivals.
Ron Kramer
Personal website by the designer of the Prism website. Several indoor movie clips.
Ron Reich
A compendium of Ron's postings to rec.kites.
Ronan, David
A traction kite enthusiast from County Limerick, Ireland.
Roy Reed
Introduction to kite making and history. [Flash]
Roy Schelkers
Stories and advice about flying in the Netherlands.
Sam and Ann Ritter.
Stacked Revolutions and single line kites.
Samuel Franklin Cody
Gallery of Cody's work by Frits Donker Duyvis.
Schwarz, Alfred
Austrian flier with information on the Pfaff walking foot and kiting in Vienne.
Seiji Sudo
Master builder of the Sanjo Rokkaku, from Sanjo, Japan.
Simo Salanne
Flyer and stunt kite designer proud to come from Finland.
Spence Wikel
Flier and builder of single line and dual line kites.
Steadywinds.com
Kite weblog showcasing custom kites, builders plans, photos, videos and other information related to kites.
Steve Surette
Canadian flier, his family and festivals.
Teruyuki Yabe and Yaeko Yabe
Modern kite train builders.
Thomas-Michael Rudolph
Includes site with many plans, Information on Codys and German festivals.
Thyssen, Anthony
Kite Workshop where Anthony designs and builds unusual kite designs.
Tom Tinney
This page shows some of the miniature and one not so miniature kites made by Tom Tinney.
Toshiharu Umeya
Japanese builder of modern kite trains.
Toshiyuki Yoshikawa
Third generation traditional Tosa kite builder.
Tsutomu Hiroi
Maker of many kinds of creative kites since 1935.
Van Assen, Bart W.
The kite-flying Dutchman. Well travelled and published flier. [English and Dutch]
Vreeswijk, Bas
Builder of single-line applique Edo kites and mini kites made from bamboo and washipaper.
Wardley, Andy
Kite flier, designer and movie maker. Known for freestyle and trick flying.
Wells, Adrian
An expanding collection of photos and materials related to kiting, boarding and buggies based at Uphill, Weston-super-Mare, UK.
Yasuo Shimura
Traditionally painted Japanese Edo kites.
Yukio Akiyama
Modern creative kites.