A hill – a defensive position par excellence. A fierce wind. A grove of hungry trees. Who in their right mind would go to fly a kite from a steep hill deep inside a valley, where the winds are blowing from all directions all at once? Well, we did. Because there is a church on … Read more
As we told you in the previous article, IKF Mangalore 2025 was organised by kite flyers – the illustrious TeamMangalore India. Organising a kite festival is hard … Once a budget is set, the balancing begins. On one hand you have the kite flyers, on the other the sponsors and the crowds. If the sponsors’ … Read more
So – were you as good this year as our kites were? Then surely Santa (or Grandpa Frost, or whatever chthonic creature of the night that judges you) will be delighted with you and shower you with amazing presents! Because this year our kites really went above and beyond their usual. Eleven kite festivals visited. … Read more
Here’s an 18th century church … … that replaced an older church inside a 16th century tabor, a fortified place used as a refugium during the Ottoman incursions … … that was made from the remains of a 14th century castle … … that was built on the foundations of a 4th century Roman fortification … Read more
We are KAP Jasa team. KAP stands for Kite Aerial Photography, therefore we strive to do a KAP session every time we can, including on festivals. The great International Kite Festival in O., on the beach of the Adriatic sea by the delta of Neretva river presented a lot of opportunities to shoot some great … Read more
Janez is a master kite maker (and a top kite aerial photographer, and a fantastic kite flyer), but he also makes books (and skateboards, and schnapps, and sauerkraut, and is an accomplished cook and whatnot, but that’s for another story). He does not make knives (though this might change). Lenart is a blacksmith. He makes … Read more
Novi Vinodolski. A really nice seaside town on the Adriatic coast of Croatia, at the mouth of the valley of the vineyards (Vinodol in Croatian) that stretches from Bakarac to the sea, below the mountains of Gorski Kotar and the rise of Velebit. It is a prime tourist place, with a mild climate, clean sea, and pleasant … Read more
This amazing kite aerial photography session started … less than optimal. The Original Blue Rokkaku ended in the Adriatic due to a really stupid mistake – somebody didn’t tie the simplest of the knots correctly and the kite flew off the end of the line. Luckily, the camera was not attached yet. That somebody had … Read more
She leans gracefully on her right foot while the hip is twisted to the right. She is wearing a long sleeveless shirt, cut at the neckline and reaching the floor in attractive folds, wrapping the left leg as it steps forward. Her cloak falls from the left shoulder diagonally over the back, around the hips, … Read more
We are interrupting our regular programme from India to sort some bizarre issues with sharing our content on certain social media sites, and to tell you a story about how to bring a really long log from the forest to the sea. ‘Twas a rainy, but windy day, and in the quest of finding a … Read more