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WOW 50 years! It’s hard to believe Peter Lynn Kites has been going so long. It all started back in 1973 when Peter started making his own kites. Peters first kites were made in polystyrene (see photos). Peter would take these kites to the beach to test. People would [...]
Single line kite stability 2023 I’ve been trying to understand why kites don’t fly, ever since, as a smartarse young engineer, I expected to set the world of kitemaking to rights in short order when I made a kite for our first child in 1973. Ah, hubris! It didn’t [...]
MATARIKI - Aotearoa New Zealand will get a new public holiday. The law creating a Matariki public holiday in New Zealand - set for June 24 2022 - has passed in Parliament. The law adds a 12th day of public holidays to New Zealand's working year, recognizing the Māori [...]
MATARIKI - Aotearoa New Zealand will get a new public holiday. The law creating a Matariki public holiday in New Zealand - set for June 24 2022 - has passed in Parliament. The law adds a 12th day of public holidays to New Zealand's working year, recognising the Māori [...]
WALT DISNEY WORLD 50th ANNIVERSARY DISNEY KITE TAILS and how it all began for us in New Zealand. We have made many custom kites in the past and Disney had found out about us and contacted us to do some work for them. This project all started with [...]
WALT DISNEY WORLD 50th ANNIVERSARY DISNEY KITE TAILS and how it all began for us in New Zealand. We have made many custom kites in the past and Disney had found out about us and contacted us to do some work for them. This project all started with [...]
Show Kites on the way up! 2020 was a difficult year for many people, and is still a difficult time in many countries suffering from more out breaks and continual lockdowns, but slowly the world seems to be improving and people are starting to look at what they want to [...]
I always find it interesting watching the extent some people go through to preserve the life of their Show Kite. The Show Kites we take to events are packed dry and that is about it. Our kites are designed to fly in the toughest of conditions. It is not uncommon [...]
