Bornen

Bornem Castle, also known as the De Marnix de Sainte-Aldegonde Castle

Fun for 30 meter....

It's a very funny feeling to fly a kite in this kind of weather....  You let the kite out for 30 meters and than it's gone! It's gone!    (Berlaar - Gestel)

Grey

How grey can it be!

Zeevaartschool

some more pictures

 

HZS

Also in the newspaper; Gazet Van Antwerpen of 21 10 2010 (Printed on 400.000 ex.)

and in the Standard

Picavet

Holy Man

My Holy man kite

(made in mutual agreement with Jim Day).

If  you want to see the original Holy Man kite created by Nicolas Chorier:  Please check the following link:

India: A kite's eye view

The "holy man" imagined by Nicolas Chorier in India, initially crafted by Robert Brasington in Tasmania, fine tuned by Jim Day in Seattle, tested in Seaside Oregon.
A wonderful kite, extremely stable, with a great lifting power and without too much pull.(size is 12 feet) According to Pierre Lesage

Holy man  2,20m wide and 3,0m high, The total surface is 5,2m²; Sail surface is 4,2m².  Frame made glasfiber  Black/Green Skytex fabric,  Bridle and flying line: Climax Blackline.
A short movie from Leon Choong made at the Borneo kite festival in Bintulu Sarawak

Maple

A  leaf kite designed by Christophe Tournay 

Made in a kite workshop organized by the ZVV - Holland

click here to see the drawing 

Holy Man in Borneo

Some pictures of the holy man taken during the International kite festival in Bintulu 2012 

Some links:

Holy Man General page

Holy Man Micro

Holy Man UL

Kite festival Borneo

Trilobite panel layout

The panel layout of my 3 trilobites.   It's clear it's 'one family'
The result

Bevrijdingsfeest

Pap (Pole Aerial Photography) of fotos gemaakt van de herdenking aan het monument voor de gesneuvelde politieagenten in de Volhardingstraat te Antwerpen met een camera bevestigt op een paal van 4,5meter hoog. 

 
Naar de website van het wijk comite van de tentoonstellingswijk in Antwerpen

50

Is there an age limit on kiteflying?

Some other examples:

Special for Helena 

Special for Roos

Special for Arno 

Special for Zora 

Special for Nona 

Special for Arthur

Special for Noor

Special for Griet

Workshop for kids 

Prekestule Norway

Those days....

Thanks to Anne Tysland and Karl Longbottom for the spectacular trip to the top of the Prekestule in Norway. On the top of the Prekestule we tried to launch our kites but the wind turbulence was keep our kites close to the ground.

Sola I  The announcement
Sola II The Festival seen from above 
Sola III  The neighbourhood
Sola IV The harbor 
Sola V   Sola beach views 
Sola VI Prekestule

Chdk setting