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grouping of kite building parts andequipment and also made space intheir display to introduce the newTeam High Fly stunter (review onpage 43) . Westmark Corporation(CT) was on hand to cover the basesin the ripstop department .The strongest of the East Coastshowings were from Florida . Skywardkites showed their entire product lineof NLK's, NBK's, RBK's etc . plus thenew Hawk II (review on page 41) .Jordan Air Kites introduced, in additionto their Hugo and Starwatcher(review on page 45), the Quark TeamKite. The Key West Kite Companypreviewed their Hurricane sport kite .In the not-to-distant-past, onewe'd gotten by what was beingdone on the coasts, we had prettymuch exhausted what was availableacross the country . Not soanymore! In addition to the prolificTexas manufacturers, there were anumber of new faces from the rest ofthe middle U .S.A .Sky Burner Kites (MI) booth showednot only their namesake kite but alsoa newer, smaller version, the Afterburner. Another group of KTA boothholders,the Chicago Fire Kite Com-Bill Baker, of Peter Powell Kites, put uphis usual sensational booth . . . and introduceda couple of new productsas well . Bill's trade show circuit takeshim all over the world to promote thesport and the Powell line . One of theambassadors of the business, Bill discussessome new product changeswith Billy Jones of the Kite Loft .but to announce their retaining ofPrevailing Winds as the newestSpectra Star team .Other West Coast offerings werenearly as plentiful . Catch the Wind(OR) displayed the new packagingfor their new Spiderwings (review onpage 39), which now come in avariety of sizes . They also introducedanother new kite, the Spidermite .Kathy Goodwind of GoodwindsKites/Gasworks Park Kite Shop (WA)unveiled two prototypes of her newkite, the Ultra Zephyr, a Stan Swansonsparred ultra-light .Not to be outdone by the WestCoast assemblage, East Coastmanufacturers had their own representatives!Cobra Kites (NJ), werethere in the persons of Ray andJeanne Merry showing the FlexifoilSplitz . High Fly Kite Company, amplyrepresented by the Gramkowskifamily put together the show's best