Who's Who:

• BASKL = Bay Area Sport Kite League
• NCKC = Northern California Kite Club
• SCSKL = Southern California Sport Kite League NO 2003 DATES
• So CoMe Fly = The Sonoma County Monthly Flying Club
• Kite Festivals or Other Kiting Events

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Please use the contact information  provided to double check dates. I try my best to have accurate information here, it is  always possible that I have been given incorrect information or a date has been moved or canceled!

BASKL - February 8^th, Fighter Kite Workshop
When:Saturday February 8, 2003
Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Location: The Skinner's (2381 Nobili Ave, Santa Clara, CA)
Contact: info@baskl.org
Click here for map: "MapQuest"

BASKL - February 22^nd, Indoor Fly @ Martinez Jr. High
Time: 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM
Contact: info@baskl.org
Click here for map: "MapQuest"

March 8^th - Kites Over Yucca Valley
Location: Yucca Valley High School. Yucca Valley
Contact: Frank Sheckler
Phone: (760) 369-7211
Detailed information

NCKC - March 7^th - 9^th, NCKC Spring Campout
Location:  Morro Strand State Beach
Hosted by Joyce and Everett Irving
"Click" here for details.
Park Details

BASKL - March 15^th, Baylands Park, Sunnyvale **
Time: 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM
Contact: info@baskl.org
Click here for map: "MapQuest"

March 16^th - 18th Annual Santa Barbara Kite Festival
Location: West Campus Lawn, Santa Barbara City College. Santa Barbara
Contact: David Hefferman
Phone: (805) 886-5297
Detailed information

March 29^th, Merced Kite Festival 
Contact: Jim Strealy
Email: ozonejim@aol.com
Cell Phone: 209-756-9257
Home Phone: 209-383-6149

April - 5^th,  Big kites over Berkeley
Ceasar Chaves Park (front)
Brian Champie    bchampie@earthlink.net

April - 5^th, Windrush School Kite Festival
Location: Berkeley,Ceasar Chaves Park
Contact: Derril Della Tore

April - 5^th, Spring Is In The Air Kite Festival
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Santa Monica Pier
Contact:
Rachel Hoover
Marketing and Community Relations Manager
Santa Monica Pier Restoration Corporation
200 Santa Monica Pier, Suite A
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Phone: 310-458-8786
Fax: 310-656-1698

The  “Spring is in the Air” kite event for all interested kiter's, kite surfers, kite skaters, etc.
2:00 p.m. is an “all kites in the air” time – everyone participating in the event is invited to have a kite in the air at 2:00 p.m. for a photo.

Participants receive a T-shirt and Pier coupons if they call ahead.

April 5^th - 6^th, Bodega Bay Festival of Wind
For information contact:
Roma Robbins of Candy and Kites
E-mail: Candkite@mcn.org
Phone: (707) 785-3417

April 6^{th -} Up UP and Away Fun fly
Seal Beach Pier, Seal Beach
Contact jay.janis@verison.net

So CoMe Fly - April 6^th, Sonoma County Monthly Fly
Location: Piner Elementary, 2590 Piner Avenue, Santa Rosa
Time: 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM (or as long as the wind holds out)
For more information contact:
E-mail: Arnold Stellema
Click here for detailed information

April 6^th - The 9th Annual Roseville Kite Festival & Fun Fly
Location:
Buljan Middle School And Park
100 Halissy Drive
Roseville, CA  95661
Contact: Robert Bell
Phone: (916) 782-3401
Detailed information   or
Detailed information

April - 7^th, Spring Buggy Blast
Ivanpah dry lake, Prim Nevada
Contact Fran Gramkowski   sbbnet@comcast.net

April 11-12 Pismo Beach Kiteboarding Expo 2k3             
Pismo state Beach,Oceano.Ca.                                    
Contact:   info@xtremeBigAir.com

NCKC  - April 13^th, Monthly Fly & Lee Toy Memorial Fly
Location: San Francisco Marina Green
For more information contact:
E-mail: George Mauer

BASKL - April 19^th, Cesar Chavez Park, Berkeley **
Time: 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM
Contact: info@baskl.org
Click here for map: "MapQuest"

April 20 Lake Yosemite Fun Fly
Lake Yosemite Lake, Merced Ca.
Contact: Jim Strealy   Ozonejim@aol.com

May 4th    Paso Robles Kite Festival 
10 to 4 fly kites, eat BBQ and night fly
Barney Schwartz Park., Paso Robles ,Ca.
Contact Jim Strealy  Ozonejim@aol.com

So CoMe Fly - May 4^th, Sonoma County Monthly Fly
Location: Piner Elementary, 2590 Piner Avenue, Santa Rosa
Time: 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM (or as long as the wind holds out)
For more information contact:
E-mail: Arnold Stellema
Click here for detailed information

May 10^th - Family Kite Day
Location: Silliman Recreation Complex. Newark
Contact: Chuck Wofford
Phone: (510) 792-9333
Detailed information

May 10^th  - 11^th - Marina  International Festival Of The Winds
Location: Marina, California  (near Monterey)
Glorya Jean Tate Park and Marina State Beach, Marina, CA
For more information contact:
Dorothy Emerson
Phone: 1-831-595-7516
E-mail: Marina  International Festival Of The Winds
Web Site: Marina  International Festival Of The Winds

BASKL - May 17^th, Chrissy Field, San Francisco **
Time: 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM
Contact: info@baskl.org
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May 17 -18    A spring festival "The Art of Nature"
 Locational and time: 10am ­ 4pm at Twelve Bridges, just East of Hwy 65 at 605 Twelve
 Bridges Drive in Lincoln. Complimentary entertainment will be provided
 including professional kite ballet shows, large kite displays, an open field
 for kite flying, raptor presentations, children¹s craft classes and art
 demonstrations. Free food, giveaways, range balls at the golf club and the
 opportunity to win prizes will also be available. A schedule of events and
 map can be obtained at http://www.twelvebridges.com/
 or call 916-408-3691 for information.

NCKC/BASKL - May 25^th - 26^th, San Ramon Art and Wind Festival
Time: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location: San Ramon Central Park
For more information contact:
E-mail: Brian Champie
E-mail: NCKC Directors
Click here for map
Detailed information

So CoMe Fly - June 1^st, Sonoma County Monthly Fly
Location: Piner Elementary, 2590 Piner Avenue, Santa Rosa
Time: 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM (or as long as the wind holds out)
For more information contact:
E-mail: Arnold Stellema
Click here for detailed information

BASKL - June 21^st, Martinez Soccer Fields **
Time: 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM
Contact: info@baskl.org
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June 28^th - 29^th, 2^nd Annual Squaw Valley High Altitude Kite Festival
Location: Squaw Valley - Olympic Valley, CA
For information contact: Eric Brandt (Event Organizer)
Phone: 530-583-6985
http://www.squaw.com

June 28th  Pacheco State Park Kite Day, 2^nd Annual
(between Gilroy and Los Banos)
Contact: Jenifer Morgan 209-826-1196 ext. 534
E-mail: jmorg@parks.ca.gov
ALL the info HERE

June 28th,29th  Secondwind Kites at Sonoma Hot Air Balloon Classic 
Special guest: Dave Gomberg and his big kites
Contact: Elain Leitner (707) 575-9707
E-mail:  secondwindkites@earthlink.net
All the info HERE

So CoMe Fly - July 6^th, Sonoma County Monthly Fly
Location: Piner Elementary, 2590 Piner Avenue, Santa Rosa
Time: 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM (or as long as the wind holds out)
For more information contact:
E-mail: Arnold Stellema
Click here for detailed information

BASKL - July 25-26^th, Berkeley Kite Festival **
Time: 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM
Contact: info@baskl.org
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So CoMe Fly - August 3^rd, Sonoma County Monthly Fly
Location: Piner Elementary, 2590 Piner Avenue, Santa Rosa
Time: 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM (or as long as the wind holds out)
For more information contact:
E-mail: Arnold Stellema
Click here for detailed information

August 30^th - 31^st - Third Annual Crescent City Kite Festival
Location: South Beach In Crescent City. Crescent City
Contact: Debbie Smith, (Event Director)
Phone: (541) 476-7208
Detailed information

August 30th  GOLDEN GATE CHALLENGE
Ocean Beach, San Francisco Ca.
contact:  Brian Champie,  or: NCKC or: BASKL

So CoMe Fly - September 7^th, Sonoma County Monthly Fly
Location: Piner Elementary, 2590 Piner Avenue, Santa Rosa
Time: 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM (or as long as the wind holds out)
For more information contact:
E-mail: Arnold Stellema
Click here for detailed information

BASKL - September 13th, BASKL Awards, Cesar Chavez Park, Berkeley
Time: 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM
Contact: info@baskl.org
Click here for map: "MapQuest"

So CoMe Fly - October 5^th, Sonoma County Monthly Fly
Location: Piner Elementary, 2590 Piner Avenue, Santa Rosa
Time: 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM (or as long as the wind holds out)
For more information contact:
E-mail: Arnold Stellema
Click here for detailed information

NCKC - October  25^th - 26^th, Fall Campout

Location: BRANNON ISLAND             NOTE NEW
For more information contact:                                           LOCATION
E-mail: NCKC Directors
E-mail: Robin Sutherland

So CoMe Fly - November 2^nd, Sonoma County Monthly Fly
Location: Piner Elementary, 2590 Piner Avenue, Santa Rosa
Time: 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM (or as long as the wind holds out)
For more information contact:
E-mail: Arnold Stellema
Click here for detailed information

NCKC - December 6^th Christmas Party
Location: Round Table Pizza, Dublin
For more information contact:
E-mail: NCKC Directors
E-mail: Robin Sutherland

So CoMe Fly - December 7^th, Sonoma County Monthly Fly
Location: Piner Elementary, 2590 Piner Avenue, Santa Rosa
Time: 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM (or as long as the wind holds out)
For more information contact:
E-mail: Arnold Stellema
Click here for detailed information

(Note: Dates marked with ** are competitions.)

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