World Kite Museum and Washington State International Kite Festival in Long Beach, Washington

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Friday's Events

NAFKA Fighter Kite
Line Touch World Cup
9:00a.m., Fields C & D

Mass Ascension #1
Barry Crites & Vic Eshpeter, Event Directors

10:00a.m.
Deltas & Delta Derivatives, Field A

Registration on Thursday, 10:00a.m.,
Part 1 of 4 piece pins for the first 240 fliers.

Mass Ascension #2
Barry Crites & Vic Eshpeter, Event Directors

1:00p.m.
Cellular Kites, Field A

Registration on Thursday, 10a.m.
Part 2 of 4 piece pin for the first 240 fliers.

Sport Kite Events

Flyer’s meeting
9:00a.m., Field B

Experienced Individual Precision Competition
9:30a.m, Field B

Novice Individual Ballet
11:30a.m., Field A

Novice Individual Precision
1:00p.m., Field B

Open Pairs Ballet
2:30p.m., Field A

Held the 3rd Full Week of August Each Year:
August 18-24, 2008
August 17-23, 2009

Junior Dual Control Competition Teri & Mike Huff, Event Directors 11:00a.m., Field B Mandatory Pilots meeting at 10a.m. Must be 14 year old or younger Contestants will furnish their own kite The event and time may be modified or canceled depending on the wind and/or weather Three compulsory figures will be flown: a square, circle, and vertical figure eight	Mystery Ballet Northwest Sport Kite League (NWSKL) 3:30p.m., Field A This is an event you won’t want to miss. Single line, dual and quad flyers put their flying to a real test. In other stunt kite competitions, flyers have practiced and practiced a routine to a song of their choice. But, in this event, flyers will not know what song they will be flying to until the music starts. This usually leads to fresh kite dancing that is a favorite among kite flyers and audience alike. All songs will be 2 - 4 minutes in length. A variety of music will be presented. The contestant’s flight order will determine the song that will be their accompaniment. The flight order will be determined by drawing numbers at the mandatory flyers meeting. With a few exceptions, rules from the AKA rulebook will be followed. This event is only for fun, so if a field is a little small or a rule is twisted to fit the situation, it is okay. A panel of judges will score each contestant on the following criteria: Technical: The variety and the difficulty of maneuvers the pilot flies and how well they are executed = 45% Choreography: How well the flyer performs to the music = 45% Response: Be sure and make some noise for your favorite flyer! How well the flyer “wows” the crowd will be judged = 10%
Pin Challenge Barry Crites & Vic Eshpeter, Event Directors 2:30p.m. in the Kite Making Tent 30 largest pin collections will be awarded a pin.
Fort Worden Fly Ron Miller, Director 3:00-4:00p.m., Field B Sign Up 9:00AM Friday at the Registration Tent The 26th Fort Worden Kitemakers Conference again sponsors this event. Anyone having a kite made at one of the conferences is invited to fly it and receive an event pin. You are not required to have made the kite yourself to qualify. Come and join the fun.
Lighted Kite Night Fly Evonne Miller & Scott Slater, Event Directors 8p.m. Field A Mandatory Flyers meeting at 7:30p.m. All participants should be registered before 4:00p.m. on Friday. There will be a flyer’s meeting at 7:30p.m. in Field A. Wind permitting, each flyer will be allowed a two (2) minute fly with music provided by the event directors. While this is not a formally judged event, there will be some ribbons presented for special effort. Kites may be shown on the ground and/or in the air. Assistants will be available to help stage entering and exiting. All kites enter the flying field from the north and exit to the south. Staging will be inside the east edge of the field. Have fun and fly safely. FIREWORKS will follow the lighted night fly. (Approximately 9:45p.m.) NO FLIERS ARE ALLOWED IN FIELD B DUE TO THE FIREWORKS.