Bled. The epitome of the beauty of Slovenia, its most famous tourist place, picturesque to the point of cringe. An Alpine lake, a cute island with a cute little church on it, an ancient castle perched high above it … a veritable paradise. But for kite aerial photography it’s hell … as Bled lies in … Read more
After the amazing KAP session over Iški morost nature reserve and the immense vistas of Ljubljana Marshes landscape park, we took Cindy delta for a spin in the purple evening sky – the wind was, unexpecedly, still blowing – to test a new line. We used a new 2 mm line by Kanirope. It felt … Read more
Such a perfect day … Ivor is frantically collecting kites to “increase our fleet”, and as six new items have arrived, a test was necessary. Luckily the Sunday was sunny, unusually warm for November, and windy. Very windy. A new trilobite joined our purple one in the sky. A shoal of fish lined themselves along … Read more
Prvić, the island at the end of summer, the pearl of Šibenik archipelago. We’ve told you everything about the amazing International Festival Creative Days of Faust Vrančić that happened on the first weekend in October on this peach of an island (if you haven’t yet checked it out, do it now – it’s fun, we … Read more
For us lucky kiters that have so many so great friends in Croatia, the end of the summer is a geographical term. It’s not so much the question of when, but where – for us the summer ends on an island. The island is small and near the mainland, a seemingly unremarkable blob of land … Read more
Every now and then either we pack our kite gear and go to Zagreb, Croatia – or our friends from Zmajoljupci – Croatian Kite Association visit us here in Ljubljana. This time it was their turn (we were in Croatia in August for the fantastic event in O., and are going back to the island … Read more
Or siamo fermi: abbiamo in faccia Urbino ventoso: ognuno manda da una balza la sua cometa per il ciel turchino. It’s dark. A deserted street. Quick steps clap on a pavement of bricks, echoing off the brick walls. A crowd somewhere is roaring, loud bangs pierce the night. Turn left, then left again. Another crowd … Read more
First, a disclaimer. The residents of the place the following paean is dedicated to, asked us if we could withhold its beautiful name, as they live in constant fear of hordes of modern tourists, the abominable infestation that has already claimed one picturesque spot after another, spreading like cancer, devouring beauty, trampling tranquility, dissecting serenity. … Read more
There are a few things that captivate and mesmerise people. An open flame. The clouds drifting across the sky. A stream, swirling and winding across the stones. And kites in the air. Kite flying is really zen. It’s simply the wind, the line singing, the kite dancing… you sit down, hold the line in one … Read more
Slovenia is … an aeolically challenged country (more kiters than wind turbines here), and we constantly struggle with winds too low for decent kite aerial photography. We tried a lot of things, having different kite designs for most of the wind force spectrum – rokkakus for low, deltas for medium to strong, sled for strong … Read more