Untitled - KiteLife

LOOK MOM,WE'RE GETTING BIGGER!Competition . More and more,the lure of the weekend challengebecomes a part of stunt kiteflying . Events are becoming wellorganized and efficiently run . Therecent running of the first-everNew York Stunt Kite Championshipssaw a field of some 80flyers . Everyone, it might seem, iscatching the competitive fever .Reporting the winners is easy,but let's face it . . . the (by far)great majority of those flyers outthere who practice, register, andcompete in the events all haveone thing in common : they seldomfinish in the top rank . Forthose few who do manage a highposition finish, the victory hasusually been won only after astruggle through the ranks .For that reason, we havedecided to report as many TOTALresults as are made available tous: from individual heat scoresright through the finals . That listingwill appear at the rear of eachsubsequent issue of SKQ . It's ourbelief that no flyer is more importantthan any other for without allof them, events simply wouldn'thappen.The results in this issue cover theTexas Gulf Coast Challenge, GreatLakes, and East Coast Championshipsas far as nationallyrankedevents . Regionalcoverage includes the NorthwestChampionships, Cherry Stunt Fly,and Philadelphia . An unclassedevent, the 4 Winds Kite Festivaland Canadian Championships aswell as an abbreviated version ofthe Oregon State Championshipsis also included .