Portsmouth Kite Festival

Some of you will be aware that, due to medical reasons, we couldn't fly at Portsmouth Kite Festival last year, but this year I felt ready to return! Slightly anxious as to whether I would be able to cope with two full days at a kite festival, but only one way to find out, right?

Tent and banners are present on Southsea Common again!

As always, my focus in this blog is on the pairs and teams performing in the main display arena. 

Let's do quad-liners first.

New to Portsmouth was the French Is'Air pair, giving polished performances:

Then there was The Quad Mob:

And Evolver was back in a kite festival arena after many years of absence, flying their Fulcrums in a completely new routine!

Of course, Portsmouth wouldn't be Portsmouth without The Decorators:

On to dual line pairs and teams!

Carl Wright, the one-man-pair/team (aka Team Spectrum) was of course present. 

Back again from across the Channel were our Dutch/Belgian friends from Fenix Pair:

Fracture showed why they are the reigning dual-line team National Champions:

Last but not least (I hope!) Flying Fish! Throughout the weekend, we flew our B-2 kites to "Carmina Mix", "Rise like a Phoenix", "Ivo" and "Can't Stay away from You" (the latter of which we normally use for L-katz performances):

Of course, both days concluded with the customary quad-line mega-team:

I was utterly exhausted at the close of the Festival, despite my initial apprehension, but I did manage a full 2-day kite festival again! It was great to be back on the kite festival scene; as if we've never been away ....

More pictures of the two days can be seen here.

Picture credits of us flying: Marian Linford, Franca Perletti, Carl Wright