Your Bio

Hi, I'm John. I live in Holden Beach, NC where I waste most of my time flying kites. I began flying about 6 years ago when, while walking down the beach, someone said "Here, hold this for me". Turns out it was a line to a kite being flown by "Grumpy", one of the WACKOS kite club members. I realized I hadn't flown a kite in 50 years. The WACKOS (Wings Across Carolina Kiting and Okra Society.....had to have something start with "O", why not okra?) showed me the ropes and now most of my disposable income and time goes into this stuff. If you're interested in learning to fly go to your local kite store or visit one of these good websites for more info: http://www.gombergkites.com ; http://www.gwtw-kites.com ; http://www.aka.kite.org.
When I'm not flying, I'm a biochemist and consult for drug companies.

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Ft. Walton Beach Kite Festival 2013 :

Ft. Walton Beach Kite Festival 2013

Updated: May 04, 2013 4:16pm PST

Maggie : Maggie is our new dane pup. Think bowling ball full of caffeine she was 8 weeks old yesterday (10Mar) and weighed 20 lbs..

Maggie

Maggie is our new dane pup. Think bowling ball full of caffeine she w ...

Updated: Mar 11, 2013 2:46pm PST

Kites 2012 : Flying at Ft. Walton Beach, FL and at home.

Kites 2012

Flying at Ft. Walton Beach, FL and at home.

Updated: May 13, 2012 11:40am PST

Possible Kites for Destin :

Possible Kites for Destin

Updated: Feb 05, 2012 12:14pm PST

Cape Fear Fly Nov11 :

Cape Fear Fly Nov11

Updated: Dec 10, 2011 11:49am PST

Google Maps -Unidentified flying elephant! : Found this when Google'd my address......hmmmmm!

Google Maps -Unidentified flying elephant!

Found this when Google'd my address......hmmmmm!

Updated: Jun 06, 2011 8:57am PST

John's Kite Bag : I'm just now starting to organize pictures of my kites. Here are a few of them, more to be added as I get photos. A couple of the pics (mostly of the dual lines) aren't ones I shot but were taken by people I bought them from.

John's Kite Bag

I'm just now starting to organize pictures of my kites. Here are a fe ...

Updated: Jun 01, 2011 1:47pm PST

Jungle Animal Kites :

Jungle Animal Kites

Updated: Aug 19, 2010 11:25am PST

Cape Fear Kite Festival Nov06 : Kite fly in Wrightsville Beach, NC on November 4-5. Fliers from WACKOS (Wings Across Carolina Kite & Okra Society), WOW (Wings Over Washington), RAF (Richmond Air Force) & others participated.

Cape Fear Kite Festival Nov06

Kite fly in Wrightsville Beach, NC on November 4-5. Fliers from WACKOS ...

Updated: Aug 19, 2010 11:22am PST

July 4 '08 Holden Beach : A few of the kites Grumpy and I flew on the 4th.

July 4 '08 Holden Beach

A few of the kites Grumpy and I flew on the 4th.

Updated: Aug 19, 2010 11:20am PST

Festival By The Sea : Festival By The Sea is an annual arts/crafts show at Holden Beach, NC in Oct06. Usually all the WACKOS show up but this year is was only Bob, Leigh, Priscilla, and me.

Festival By The Sea

Festival By The Sea is an annual arts/crafts show at Holden Beach, NC ...

Updated: Aug 19, 2010 11:12am PST

Nemo foil & Ursula :

Nemo foil & Ursula

Updated: Aug 19, 2010 11:05am PST

Memorial Day 2010 :

Memorial Day 2010

Updated: Jun 08, 2010 12:59pm PST

Cape Fear Kite Fly 2009 : Photos from the Cape Fear Kite Fest 2009 in Wrightsville Beach, NC. We had no wind on Saturday and essentially no wind Sunday morning. Later Sunday it picked up a bit and we were able to put up about 12-13 of our 90 ft octopi. We had ~24 of them on hand and were hoping to beat the world record for big octopi in the air but the winds wouldn't cooperate. Had a good time anyway with all our friends. Mike and Judy Agner bust their butts to put this thing on each year, nice to have someone willing to do all the work while the rest of us get to have all the fun.

Cape Fear Kite Fly 2009

Photos from the Cape Fear Kite Fest 2009 in Wrightsville Beach, NC. W ...

Updated: Nov 10, 2009 2:29pm PST