Some thrill-seekers are taking the phrase "Go fly a kite!" to new heights. That's right, kiting is making a comeback — with a twist. A growing number of daredevils are adding the childhood wind toys ...

Sammy David peered up at his kite, 120 feet high in the sky, wing-tip to wing-tip with three others, hovering on a horizontal line. He wanted to spin his kite 90 degrees in a move called "the blender.

On a recent visit to Maritime Park, huge, colorful, bold designs line the sky above the baseball diamond. The sun is shining bright, as gorgeous kites take off toward the clouds while dancing to a ...

Next to the diamond-shaped clunkers of yore, new delta-winged sport kites fly like an F-22. These dual-line beauties replace dowel frames, plastic sails, and cotton cord with nearly indestructible ...

ENGLEWOOD, N.J. (AP) — Lisa Willoughby can see the wind. Not only that, she can see the wind before it becomes the wind. Willoughby will be flying a kite somewhere — near her home on the Jersey Shore, ...

"Ninety percent of kiteboarding is kite control," Markus Schale, owner of Kiteboarding School of Maui, says. Beach-based lessons allow beginners to practice with special training kites that have short ...

The sport of kite flying, once a culturally significant activity in the provincial capital, has now become a deadly one due to bad governance. It will not be an exaggeration to claim that the Basant ...

July 14, 2006 — -- At the height of summer, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Thursday the recall of a type of kite tube, a large inflatable device that lets people ride behind a ...