The 2001 KTAI Convention
2001
Primm, Nevada
Monday, January 15:
Dan W Brian T and I drove
to Prim , we ran into a freak snow storm on the high desert! It was way weird
cactus covered with snow ...a real blizzard!, in fact they closed hwy 15 thru
the mountains just after we made it thru..
Tuesday, January 16:
Today is booth set up and
catching up with all the kite folk.......Lots of activity and energy every
where... fun seeing all the new kites....I'll try to get some pictures with
my "pos" camera.
Mess in the hall as everyone is setting up their booths
Dodd Gross and Brian Todd helping set up the New Tech booth...New tech has lots of new offerings!
Those 6 kites in the middle are Dodd's new designs
Wednesday, January 17:
Spend most of the day in the AKA booth convincing folks to join
and was actually kind of fun!
Here's what it looked like 30 minutes before the show opened
The booth right across from MY booth...all those Bali kites...some cool new ones this year
Here's a shot thru the Go Fly a Kite booths, by far the most elaborate ! I'm defiantly going to get one of those Flamingos......those things are huge!
After the show we went to a party put on by the Go Fly people.....big crowd tons of food and gallons of drink!......I think I like this Trade show stuff!
Thursday, January 18:
Today was demo day! we got to fly lots of the new kites. I
really like Skyburners new "Heat" this is a fast and trickable kite
yet nice square turns and good lines.
I also helped a pal from Canada, Yeves La Forest, decide on a good entry level kite to carry in his store
Yeves LaForest (on right with hat) and his friend Jean watch while Tom Mcalister tested the "Ticket" from Avia
We also tested the Alpha plus and tried to test Dodds new kites, but by the time we got to him he was shooting a fit and putting his kites away and tossing things about. He really had his undies in a bunch! So I cant say what they are like!
A surprise entry from Skybuner, An ultra light 4ft Rok.... great looking and made to stack . they have a trick bridle that allows them to be stacked in seconds....I'm gonna have to have a stack of these!
Konrad in the Laser Pro booth. Konrad has generously sponsored me and our Pairs team for quite some time now.. Thanks Konrad, We love Laser Pro and will continue to use it!
Tomorrow the show closes at noon..... Then Saturday there will be more kite testing a few miles from here on the desert., this should be way better than the parking lot, Maybe Dodd will be in a better mood and let us try his kites!!.....then three of us plan to goof off here and in Vegas before we head home Monday
Friday, January 19:
Show closed at noon and what a riot watching all these booths
coming down and the activity as everyone races to pack it all up
This is a pile next to the go fly booth....looks like a crash crash scene!
Had to get a shot of the flying lady before they took her down
Banquet tonight, should be fun...another kite party! They will announce all the winners of the various categories........I know who should get best snacks.......wouldn't ya know it!
Saturday, January 20:
Spent the entire day out on Roach dry lake with the land sailors and the
buggiers buzzing about.
The day started with little or no wind with guys in back of cars and trucks flying kites as the cars drove all over the lake...it was kinda cool even a little pairs action!
Some one brought a huge box of rockets and rubber band launchers so there was a huge war till the wind came up around 11:30 it hit......
Got a picture of the Skyburner stack of ROKs before the wind went ballistic.....In just a few minutes the wind went from nothing to 18 to 21 ....but tons of kites took to the skies. And the buggiers and land sailors took off.
Most of the pictures I took out there today were pretty lousy so I'll spare ya the pain! I did get this one of Mark Reed buckling in for his first ride on a land sailor......he took right off and in just a few minutes was zooming around like a pro..and he had a strange grin plastered on his face
Monday, January 22:
Back home and back to work.....
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