Our summer season came to an end, now i’m preparing for winter and the next summer. So lets throwback at a beautiful time and beautifiul memories.
- Taiki-pus
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Taiki-pus @Zeebrugge, BE
It is march 2017 i’m preparing to start the new summer season,
The first thing that came in mind was: Lets buy a new kite.
I bought a 15m octopus and gave hil the name Taiki-pus. our mascot.
2. Lentevliegeren @ Zeebrugge ,BE – Spring kiteing @Zeebrugge, BE
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Panoramic view of the kite area @Zeebrugge
The first meeting we participated in was the meeting in Zeebrugge, a small kite festival ideal for testing new things, kites , esuipment and the repairs that i did in the winter.
exept for my stuff there were many other kites to see
3. Westende kite festival
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Badges
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Kite,kites and more kites i even need a trailer to take them with me
Between Zeebrugge and Westende we skipped all festivals due to private reasons and weather conditions.
But in Westende i was present and i did bring something new.
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Koinobori’s first test flight @Cadzand, NL
May i present, our next big thing my (in the mean time, famous) Koinobori’s
I made them espacialy for this kite festival, this because its also the fisherman fair in Westende the exact same weekend.
bigger festivals means more and bigger kites,
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Octopus line laundry, From Martijn
4. Holiday
After the first part of the kite festivals we did tak a break an i got on a holiday. But i didnt sit still, i had my kite and KAP gear with me. First stop, Campsite “De Kleine Wielen – Leeuwarden”
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campsite surrounded by water
you have also several smal and pitoresk villages
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the 2 villages: Paesens and Moddergat
i even took my gear to the island of texel
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famous lighthouse at the far end of Texel
5. Rijsbergse vlieger dagen
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Koinobori at night
the most special event i did this year, this is because i took my koinobori’s to the next level,
Koinobori’s nightfly mode,
some specs:
350 LED’s
30 AA batery’s
125m 2x 0,75mm2 Cu wire
Weight: to much but workable
we also had 2 beautiful days full of kiteflying and some rain
6. G-Sports Dendermonde
The last summer thing i did this year was G-sports dendermonde, a day of sport an fun for the people with special needs. a friend of mine that helped organised the meeting asked mee to take some aerials from the site.
7. Ending of the summer season:
overal it was a verry fun season, making lots of new friends, adding a new crew member, buying new kites, doing some repairs,
C’ya
Steve