Go Fly a … or maybe read a little about it first

November 12, 2014 1:29 PM

37 years worth of back issues. I suspect this might be the greatest kite site out there.
posted by From Bklyn (9 comments total)

Something about that website's CSS or Javascript doesn't work well with Firefox.. I get down to about 2003 and then the rows just get jumbled on top of one another.
posted by crapmatic at 1:38 PM on November 12, 2014

I didn't choose the Kite Life
posted by hellojed at 1:39 PM on November 12, 2014

I have to ask of you fellow members of our fair community, does that quote from the first issue of Kite Life remind any of you of our beloved radio announcer Cecil and his propensity to mention the unmentionable?

"You are very much wanted and needed in the breezy, exciting, beautiful world ... welcome to..."
posted by bdc34 at 2:13 PM on November 12, 2014

Theme song.
posted by hydrophonic at 2:20 PM on November 12, 2014 [1 favorite]

As god is my witness, I have never, ever been able to get a kite airborne. Making me Worst. Dad. Evar.
posted by Thorzdad at 2:38 PM on November 12, 2014

In my youth, anyone could fly a kite just about anywhere.

Then I go to a beach this past summer and I find No Kiteflying ordinances.

Save the Birds, or something.

And so, like burning leaves, another childhood memory is hung out to dry.
posted by IndigoJones at 3:05 PM on November 12, 2014

It's cool to see this kind of ephemera preserved. Finding these niche magazines is like stumbling into a secret club.
posted by hot_monster at 3:43 PM on November 12, 2014 [1 favorite]

*gleeful shriek* This is awesome.

I carry a kite in my vehicle at all times. It is my Emergency Kite because you never know when you might need it.
posted by barchan at 4:43 PM on November 12, 2014 [2 favorites]

I have 37 years of back issues. With my back.
posted by Uncle Grumpy at 4:44 PM on November 12, 2014