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The family/public flying field featured a mix of kites, tangled strings and kite flyers of all ages trying out their flying skills. -
Kites with a broad variety of designs filled the sky over Halvorsen Park on Saturday and Sunday. -
Attendees of all ages stopped by the kite-making tent to create their own designs. -
Leila Jasper, of Arcata, tried out her new dragon kite she purchased at one of the vendor tents. -
When the wind died down, attendees provided their own energy to keep their kites aloft. -
Robert Adams, of Eureka, prepped his jet kite for takeoff near the edge of Humboldt Bay. -
Volunteer Archie Clay, of Grants Pass, invited attendees to join him on the demonstration field to learn how to fly his kite. -
This young attendee was jumping with excitement while checking out the offerings at this popular kite vendor. -
Expert quad-line kite flyer John Barresi, of Long Beach, Washington, has 31 national championships in sport kite competition and showed off his skills on the demoonstration field throughout the day. -
Humboldt Kiters member and emcee Jimmie Nord, of Barney Lake, Washington, joined other expert quad-line flyers on the demonstration field. -
Wind speeds on Sunday varied a lot throughout the day and Ron Valik, of Oakland, was busy keeping his giant kite in the air. -
Darril Dela Torrie, of Berkeley and a member of the American Kiteflyers Association, prepped his giant dragon for takeoff on the field east of the Samoa Bridge. -
The field east of the Samoa Bridge offered views of several large kites, including these dragons and a whale shark. -
The food trucks under the Samoa Bridge offered excellent picnic options and a good view of the giant kites flying east of the bridge. -
Expert quad-line kite flyer John Barresi (left) and other members of Team KiteLife teamed up with other quad-line kite flyers to perform an amazing Mega-Fly, with their kites dancing across the sky in synchronized maneuvers. -
Twelve quad-line kite flyers teamed up to perform an amazing Mega-Fly, with their kites dancing across the sky in synchronized maneuvers. -
Expert quad-line kite flyer John Barresi (left) and other members of Team KiteLife teamed up with other quad-line kite flyers to perform an amazing Mega-Fly, with their kites dancing across the sky in synchronized maneuvers. -
The quad-line kites required intense concentration for the 12 kite flyers performing the Mega-Fly, with their kites dancing across the sky in synchronized maneuvers. -
The 12 quad-line kite flew across the sky in synchronized maneuvers. -
The festival team got their airfoil kite in the air late Sunday afternoon in advance of the candy drop … only to call off use of the kite due to increasing wind speed. -
As a back-up option to using the airfoil kite for the candy drop, emcee Jimmie Nord showed off his candy-toss technique instead. -
The children in three age groups were quite enthusiastic about the search after the candy tosses.
Kite Festival 2023
