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Great Lakes Kite Festival

Photo credit: Jennifer Franks and Carol Cooper

A couple of weeks ago, we told you about the Great Lakes Kite Festival, and about how to try a little kite flying of your own. The 2011 festival has passed, but our fans on Facebook and Twitter have shared some of the photos they took this year with us, and now we want to share them with you. We also found a couple of videos that illustrate a bit more of what you can experience at the festival. Did you know that you can fly a kite indoors as well as outdoors? We are certain that once you see these gorgeous photos and cool videos, you will not want to miss next year’s festival!

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Flickr Photo Credit - Marvin GravesFlic-flac. 360. Axel. Ollie. No, we’re not talking about skateboarding moves. We are talking about something a little further from the ground – kite flying! Like skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, and all of those X-Game sports, kite flying has its own stunt vocabulary, and professional flyers that wow crowds with their amazing tricks in the sky.

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