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This weekend is (was) the biggest kite fly in Nebraska near a small town called Callaway.

I went all day Saturday and then just for the afternoon on Sunday. Both days we had more wind than we really needed but that's better than not enough!


Looking across the field at all the kites


This was really pretty with the sun shining through the flags. The long streamers are snakes . . .


This is a closeup of the snake's head


This is called an "arch". There are many small kites hooked to that one line. There are letters on some of them spelling "Topeka Kite Flyers" from Topeka Kansas.


These spikey balls fill up with air and roll around on the ground.


This is a rather large creature. I left the lady in the pic for scale.


This is my friend Kevin's "stack" of eight "Revolution 2" kites. This is awesome to watch and a blast to fly.


This is Kevin flying his stack. It's just about all he wanted given the wind speed this weekend.


This is my stack of "Ultra U-2's". These were custom made for me in a one-off color scheme.


JR stopped by for a bit. Who says penquins can't fly?


It's as much a social thing as it is a flying thing.


I thought this guy was pretty cool.


These people are trying to pull this one back down to put him away.


I did take a bunch of pics from my camera hanging from my kite.


Since we were about three miles from a very small town, not much to see other than hills.

We all had a good time and look forward to next year. Hope you liked the pics!




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how fun!!! how fun web!! thats sooo cool!!!!!!!

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Wow!!  I never knew there were kites like that!  Thanks for sharing, Web.

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Seems like everyone had a nice time.

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  What a great way to spend the day!  great pics , loved that penguin shot  lol



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riggs! when you least expect him is when you should expect him!! 

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Wow, those look so cool!!!

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Very cool Webguy, it looks like an alien invasion!

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Thanks for sharing. Those pictures are great. I bet you all had a great time. Is your son into it too?? My hubby would love soemthing like that!


 


 



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Thanks guys . . . my son does really like seeing the big shaped 3-d kites. He's not up for going all day like I usually do, but he enjoys it for a while. My wife brought him over for a couple hours and he had a good time while there.







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Does he have one yet?? Which one is yours or do you fly several?

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Yes, he has a little single line that flies really easy.

The only one of mine in the pics is the five stack of "Ultra U-2's" which are the red and black ones. I don't have any of the huge 3-d kites . . . those are super expensive for most of us.

As far as other kites I have, you've seen my big smiley face that I made. I have a 32 sq. ft foil that will drag me across the field in wind over 10mph. I have one "Revolution 2" that I showed pics of last time, and a couple "Flexifoils" that are fast and pull hard. I have a "TC Ultra Ultralight" that is a very light weight, precise kite for lower winds. I have a few other smaller ones that I don't fly much but that's most of what I have now.

There was one guy there from Colorado who is a "Professional" kite flier. He gets his room and board paid to come to these things and show off the big stuff. Most of his kites are given to him as well because the kite makers know that he will go show them off and then other people will ask about where to get them.

The fun thing about going to these things all day is that people are constantly taking down kites and putting up something else. What you see will change all day long.






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The camera shots from your kite are always cool Web...Great to have all the room to fly with no power lines etc.

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Very nice Web. It looks like you had perfect weather!

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Really cool, Web!
 
I bet some of those big ones are hard to hold on to when the wind gets a bit high.

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LOL relatively inexpensive air-fair!

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Heheheh, yes . . . you don't hold on to the big ones, you "anchor" them.

A few years ago, a guy from Omaha had a couple really big ones on the same "rope" tied to the hitch on his pickup. The grass was wet that morning and the kites slid his pickup sideways a couple feet in a wind gust.




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Whoa! beware of flying trucks!

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Bumping! JR are you looking for any of these?

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schweet! thanks woohoo!

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Just a temporary sticky

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I'm still working on getting this thread into the photo album.

That Webguy is a real shutterbug!

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