New Guy in the Sky

We are oftentimes waxing poetically about our first KAP kite, the Venerable Blue Rokkaku. The constant praising of the old kite even while flying new(er) ones, and an opportunity of someone of us having a birthday, prompted the indomitable Janez Vizjak, founder, chief kite designer and kite maker of Dr.Agon kites, to make another Rokkaku … Read more

Trainspotting

The eastern part of Ljubljana basin – Polje, Zadobrova, Beričevo, Zalog, Kašelj – is a curious mix of agricultural, industrial, and leisure areas. The fertile soil brought by Sava and Ljubljanica rivers supports a thriving vegetables production, the flat and well connected area is ideal for industrial and infrastructural enterprises, and Zajčja dobrava – Rabbit’s … Read more

The Old Guy in the Sky

It wasn’t much of a KAP session… and we were back at the location we had flown over so many times before that we could make a fairly long movie just using the photos as frames. But this time was different – the old guy was back in the sky! This venerable blue Rokkaku was … Read more

A Flight Over the Crow’s Nest

We’ve been doing kite aerial photography for over six years and, with the exception of a dog, a herd of cows, and some horses, we’ve never caught an animal – even when we fly in areas where wildlife is supposed to be prevalent. Last weekend, however … The Ljubljana Marshes, our favorite and most frequented … Read more

The Glorious Sky of Jesolo, Italy

We’ve had a kite club for what, almost 6 years now? We’ve seen a kite festival or two, even organised one, we follow kite flyers and kite festival organisers from all over the world – but this was … beyond anything we could imagine. A master kite designer, builder and flyer, Mr. Filippo Gallina, outdid … Read more

Where the Mountains Meet the Sea

Fold your legs, let’s roll … When the inimitable Sandro Macchi, KAP master, inventor, kite designer and a member of the illustrious 30 kite club from Genova asked us if we’d drive for 1.350 km just to fly kites for a couple of hours, we said – yes, of course! But we weren’t going to … Read more

Of Monsters and Marshes

Ljubljana Marshes are a huge … marshy expanse south of Ljubljana; a landscape park, an important archaeology area, a UNESCO World Heritage site, a nice recreational area, a home to many an endangered species of flora and fauna, an intense agricultural region, and, most importantly, a place where we usually go to fly kites. A … Read more

Into the Deep White Yonder

We had come back from the hot Gujarat straight into the cold, dark winter. Snow had covered most of Slovenia, and after all that show kite flying in India we were eager for some old-school kite aerial photography session – we have precious few photos of a landscape in white, and this opportunity was not … Read more

Kite Adventure in Gujarat 2023 – Chapter 7

… in which we do some math, taste a tikka from heaven, follow some strangers into a dark basement, stage a home invasion and promptly meet a prosecutor, contemplate our sins at an ashram – and stare at the most incredible sight in the world. KAP Jasa – kite team Slovenia was invited to the … Read more