Festivals

The American Kitefliers Association convention wrapped up a week ago with the awards banquet on Saturday night.

Congratulations to all our friends from the Midwest who competed in the AKA Sport Kite Grand Nationals at the convention:

Huge congrats to Elizabeth Gordon who took first place Novice Individual Ballet in her second Grand Nationals! Elizabeth also took fourth in Novice Individual Precision.

Dave Bush took first in Experienced Individual Precision and third in Experienced Individual Ballet.
Steve Rothwell and our teammate Paul Koepke finished in the top ten in Experienced Individual Precision and Ballet.

In Experienced Pairs competition, Blues Brothers (Spencer Shubbe and Steve Rothwell) took first in Precision and second in Ballet. Sky Jesters (Dean and Vicky Proudfoot) were third in both events.

Zach Gordon took home top honors in Masters Individual Precision and third in Masters Individual Ballet. Zachs crowining achievement was sweeping both Individual Quadline Ballet and Precision.

Zach's brother Josh finished just ahead of Zach in Masters Individual Ballet and was third in Masters Individual Precision.

The brothers had a busy week - their pairs team EOS finished second in Masters Pairs Precision and third in Masters Pairs Ballet.

The pairs team O2 (Mike Delfar and Dan Newman) edged EOS for second in Masters Pairs Ballet and went to a tie-breaker to win Masters Pairs Precision.

Fire and Ice (Paul Koepke and Kathy Brinnehl) to fourth in both Masters Pairs Ballet and Precision.

In Masters Team, Chicago Fire returned to top form, taking first in Masters Team Ballet and second in Masters Team Precision.

That's pretty much a wrap on the AKA convention from here. You can read more about the event on the AKA website or on Kitelife.com. Next up: the Corona Extra Pro Surf tournament.