It's 2003 and There's Plenty of Kiting to See!

1/1
SDKC New Year's Day Fly - Mariner's Point, San Diego
Join the San Diego Kite Club for a Tradition well worth attending. Check out their website on the link below for more info.

Up Up & Away Kite Club NYD Fly - Seal Beach Pier...Pot Luck and Much Much More!!!

1/26
Watch for "Team Too Much Fun" at the Corporate Sponsor Area of the Super Bowl in San Diego!

2/1-2/2
Dave's "Kite Party" and BBQ - Huntington Beach Pier

2/15
Chuck Taylor Memorial Fly - Home Base
Please gather with us to mourn his passing and remember other flyers who are no longer with us.

3/8
2nd Annual Kites Over Yucca Valley - Y V High School

3/9
29th Annual Festival of the Kite - Redondo Beach Pier...Info @ www.pierkites.com

3/16
18th Annual Santa Barbara Kite Festival - SB City College West Lawn...A link to more info is on the AKA website Calendar above.

4/1 - 5/4
National Kite Month - World Wide Celebration - More info @ www.nationalkitemonth.org
We encourage you to go there to find an event, or register your own!

4/1 - 5/4
SLO County Library Kite Display - Arroyo Grande BIG KITES, small kites, Kite History and Kite Plans on display for your viewing pleasure...pismokites.com continues their quest for more kiting on the Central Coast

4/1 - 4/7
Spring Break Buggy Blast - Ivanpah Dry Lake
Fran Gramkowski, those wheelie Boys (& Girls) tearing up the lakebed... Info via:
sbbbnet@comcast.net

4/5
Spring is n the Air - Santa Monica Pier
Brand New Event hosted by the Pier Restoration Corporation. Kids Kite Making, Single Line & Sport Kite Demos AND Kite Boarding Lessons - This one could get BIG!

4/5
Taco Bell Kite Fiesta - Ralph's Center, Pismo Beach - FREE Mini Diamond Kites for Kids!

4/6
Up Up & Away Kite Club Salutes NKM - North Side of the Seal Beach Pier

4/11 - 4/13
Xtreme BIG AIR Kite Boarding Expo - Oceano Dunes/Pismo Beach State Park
Manufacturers, KB Pros, Workshops and SAFETY Meetings EVERY Morning @ 10am.

4/12
San Diego Kite Club Open House - Mission Bay Park, San Diego

4/19
2nd Annual Oxnard Takes Flight - Oxnard State Beach
The VCKF will be hosting this one again with free kites for kids, candy drops (again for kids), credit card drops for adults (just like last year) and general FUN FLY.


4/26
Soar Into Spring - Foxglenn Park, Flagstaff, AZ
Thanks Cynthia! Info via:
cnemeth@ci.flagstaff.az.us

4/27
Bob Pote Memorial Fly - Seal Beach Pier - Service @ 11:30am with Potluck & Kites in the Air to follow for the remainder of the day.

5/4
Paso Robles KiteFest - Barney Schwartz Park...Info via:
ozonejim@aol.com

5/10
San Diego Kite Club Monthly Fly - Tecolote Shores - Noteworthy of this Month's Fly is the Indoor Demos at a nearby Gym & the presence of the Route 66 Kite Club Members on their annual trek to SD with a BBQ & Night Fly @ Ocean Beach that evening.

6/21
Heal The Bay - Santa Monica Pier - We've been invited to share in the "Bay Days" Festivities and help this IMPORTANT Cause...Join Us Please!

7/27
Annual Kites Over Redondo - Redondo Beach Pier - Kites for Kids, Sport Kites Demos, Hot Tricks Competition,Taiko Drummers, Yo-Yo Demos, Bands...A REAL FESTIVAL!!! - More info @ www.pierkites.com

9/19 - 9/21
3rd Annual "Buggy Boogie Fall Thang" - El Mirage Dry Lake

9/21
7th Annual Seal Beach Kite Festival - North Side of Pier - HUGE Show Kites, Mass Ascensions, Tail Chases, Candy Drops, Sport Kite Demos and TAIKO Drummers for the Rokkaku Battle! - More @ www.kiteclub.org

9/29 - 10/5
26th Annual AKA Convention - Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton Ohio - www.aka.kite.org

10/11 - 10/12
Port Hueneme Harbor Days! - Info @ www.harbordays.org

10/18
Southern California Sport Kite League "Pow Wow" - North of Santa Monica Pier - Stop by and find out the 5 W's of Sport Kite Competitions in our area

Be ready at a moments notice for NYE, NYD & NY Weekend Flys! Updated as they come in!

Look! Here's one now!

12/31
SDKC Fighter Kite Challenge - Mission Bay Park (South of the Hilton), San Diego
Event starts at 11am. Fighter or Not, Show Up!!!