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$15,000 in Cash and Prizes Offered at an Air Affair$15,000 in cash and prizes will beoffered at the Second Annual1989 National Kiteflying Festival tobe held on the grounds of thePGA Sheraton Resort in PalmBeach Gardens, Florida, this June23-25 . Sponsored by Peter PowellKites and a host of other majorsponsors, "An Air Affair," as theevent is being billed, is held annuallyfor the benefit of R .O .C .K .Camp (Reach Out to Kids withCancer) . Donations of kites and/oraccessories for a benefit auctionare being sought for the event,and are tax deductible .Top of the Line Wins Reno EventThe revamped Top of the Lineteam of Ron Reich, Pam Kirk, DonTabor, and Eric Streed capturedfirst place and a check for $1000in the first annual Reno InternationalKite Fly Competition held onMarch 18/19. Second place and acheck for $500 in the one-eventcompetition went to ROME Team1 and included members RonRomero, Keith Landes, Phil Wiltz,and Phil Bazell . The third spot and$250 went to ROME Team 2 comprisedof Gayla Ward, Robin Ward,and Robert Zat . The winning Top ofthe Line Team flew the new 3/4size Spinoffs, ROME Team 1 -Spinoffs, and ROME Team 2 - FireDarts.According to Bob Hamilton (TheKite Pit - Reno), one of the event'sorganizers, the fly was extremelywell attended, in spite of somerather cantankerous weather. "Wehad winds of 20 mph with gusts upto 40," Bob told SKQ . "It was a realkite shredder!" In addition thecrowds, which were estimated at5000+ each day of the two-dayfestival, had to brave temperaturesthat rarely got above45° .Garnering the peoples' choicefor the most beautiful kite, and acheck for $100 was Mike Sterlingof Cal Skate and Sport (Portland,OR) who cruised around for mostof the event with a nine-stack . ofhis Cyborg kites . Mike commendedthe organizers . .. "Reno was agreat fly . . . the organizers did anexcellent job in spite of some fairlyadverse conditions." Next year'sfly date will be announced laterthis year.As part of "An Air Affair," acompetition will be held in teamand individual ballet classifications. The events will be "openclassed" (any flyer may compete) .There will be an individual innovativeevent, as well, along with stuntkite games . There will also becompetitive events for single-lineflyers . Prizes will include trips tokiting events around the countryand the world .Also scheduled as part of thethree-day celebration is a poolparty and barbeque, and livebands for entertainment . Accordingto Sue Baker, of Peter PowellKites, "The pool party-barbequewill be the biggest bash that thissport has ever seen!"Master of ceremonies for An AirAffair will be Corey Jensen . Furtherinformation about An Air Affaircan be had by contacting ReneeBusch at 305-565-4322 . A specialkiteflier's package is also availablefrom the PGA Sheraton Resort ;telephone 407-627-2000 .Ron Reich's custom sunset Spinoffis being produced by Top-ofthe-Linein very limited quantities .The kite was pictured in SKQ,volume 1-number one, Wildwoodcoverage . Consult your local TOLdealer.Word has reached SKQ of anupcoming world-record Flexifoilattempt to be made sometimesthis summer . . . probably in Europe .Anticipations are that Ray Merry ofCobra Kites/Flexifoil will be theman behind the effort .