B-kites

zaterdag 27 november 2010

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

zaterdag 13 november 2010

Maple

A leaf kite designed by Christophe Tournay

Made in a kite workshop organized by the ZVV - Holland

click here to see the drawing

donderdag 21 oktober 2010

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

woensdag 6 oktober 2010

Trilobite panel layout

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

woensdag 8 september 2010

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

dinsdag 7 september 2010

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

zaterdag 4 september 2010

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

woensdag 4 augustus 2010

Chdk setting

vrijdag 23 juli 2010

INDEX PAGE OF MY KITES

MY KITES INDEX:

MY KITES SLEDS

BOL kites & Circoflex

HOLY MAN Kite

Holy man big
Holy man light
Holy man strong wind

DELLA PORTA

OTHER

vrijdag 11 juni 2010

Sola IV The harbor

Our first day was grey in Sola...nonetheless beautiful scenery there... you gone love it . The last picture in the row is our"beachhouse" where we stayed with the whole kite team.

Some more things about the festival:

Sola I The announcement
Sola II The Festival seen from above
Sola III The neighbourhood
Sola IV The harbor