Category Archives: Kite news

New Kites on the Block

Posted in: Family Kites, Kite news, Products | May 4, 2012 at 12:20 pm , by Kitepower QLD

It’s not every day that something new and exciting gets released in the single line and stunt kite market, but this week we’ve had not one, but two awesome new additions to the range courtesy of the kite masters, Prism. We’ve known about these little beauties for a while, and the names alone sparked a Continue Reading...

The Aussie Kite Surfari has a new Dunny!

Posted in: Kite news, Kiteboarding, National Events | April 26, 2012 at 10:24 am , by Kitepower QLD

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Ok, so it might not be the biggest news, but if you’ve ever been on the Australian Kite Surfari up in North QLD you’ll appreciate the significance of this little update. Ant sent us an email a few weeks ago, containing a single picture of a toilet. Pretty spectacular, but we did question the act. Continue Reading...

Save the date – 2012 WINDter Escape!

Posted in: Family Kites, Kite news, Kiteboarding, Local Events, Shop news | April 18, 2012 at 2:08 pm , by Kitepower QLD

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Have you put in your holiday requests for the best weekend in winter? Chances are you haven’t because we forgot to tell you when it is! This year the Kitepower QLD WINDter escape will be happening on Friday 31st August to Monday 3rd September at Inskip Point, Rainbow Beach. Bring the family and make the Continue Reading...

Can you help out at KiteFest 2012?

Posted in: Family Kites, Kite news, Land Kiting, Local Events | March 14, 2012 at 10:24 am , by Kitepower QLD

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It’s that time of year again! Well, almost – have you noticed the colder mornings and those purple fingers when you get out of the water? It’s Kite Fest time soon and we need you! Every year at the Redcliffe Kite Fest, there’s a big tent full of happy kids making kites. Supported by the Continue Reading...

The art of kites

Posted in: Kite news | January 12, 2012 at 8:38 pm , by Kitepower QLD

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Now for some light and airy entertainment… watch as this kite, based on a tetrahedral design and hand-made from 23,000 components, bounces in the breeze over Millbrook Beach in Cornwall. This is one of three kites created by artists Heather and Ivan Morison; the flying sculpture is now suspended in an atrium at Castle Quay Continue Reading...

Awesome foursome smash Aussie altitude record, again

Posted in: Kite news | October 14, 2011 at 8:05 am , by Kitepower QLD

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These guys just never give up. We have long been watching and supporting the efforts of Bob Moore, Mike Richards, Roger Martin and Mike Jenkins as they attempt to get a single line kite to an altitude of 15,000 feet, the world record. This week, at a cattle station near Cobar, NSW, the four kite-nuts Continue Reading...