9.8th Fighting Kite Brigade

by Scott Beale on January 13, 2006 · 18 comments

9.8th Fighting Kite Brigade

The next 9.8th Fighting Kite Brigade event, which features deadly dog fights between armed kites, takes place at 2pm this Sunday, January 15th at Bernal Hill Park in San Francisco.

9.8th Fighting Kite Brigade
Sunday, January 15th
2pm-till it’s really friggin cold
FREE!

From the organizers of Urban Golf and the Urban Iditarod comes: KITE FIGHT! Flying pretty kites at Chrissy Fields is for sissies, the 9.8th Fighting Kite Brigade challenges you to a kite duel.

Do not bring a quality kite as we are attaching razor blades and nails to the kite and dueling in the skies! We recommend you bring a craptastic plastic kite and some razor blades or whatever weaponry you see fit.

If you’re not in a fighting mood come down, fly kites with us and soaking in the best view of the city.

Venue:
Bernal Hill Park
Top of the hill at the big antenna thingy

Contact: rick (at) thoughtpolice.com

Here are some photos from previous 9.8th Fighting Kite Brigade events.

UPDATE: Niall Kennedy has uploaded some photos from the Kite Fight.

photo credit: Rick Abruzzo

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{ 9 comments… read them below or add one }

1 rick abruzzo January 13, 2006 at 4:13 pm

Hope to see you all Sunday!

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2 bathory January 15, 2006 at 10:17 pm

!!! I am so jealous! this sounds like tonnes of fun! boo on me not being there for another 2 weeks. arg

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3 lee January 16, 2006 at 9:40 am

Phoey! I got there at 3, only to find a beautiful city view, dogs playing and lots and lots of wind.

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4 rick abruzzo January 16, 2006 at 1:14 pm

pics from the fight.

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5 lee January 16, 2006 at 2:28 pm

Oop! My mistake. I was there on the wrong day. Next time!!!!

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6 willo January 16, 2006 at 5:18 pm

crap! and I almost took a hike up the hill, but walked to a friends in noe instead. darnit! i need to get some kind of alert for bernal hill happenings… i missed the soap box races recently too!

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7 rick abruzzo January 16, 2006 at 5:55 pm

if you want to be added to the kite fight email list, just drop me a note.

rick {at} thoughtpolice.com

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8 Shari Downhill April 23, 2006 at 11:21 am

I’m a freelance journalist working on an article series on kite design, building and flying. I’d like to talk to some of you who kite fight. Anyone interested in being interviewed for articles headed for the national periodical market? If so, please contact me via email: shari@nwtimberfallers.com. and we can arrange either a telephone or in person interview. Love to get some printable kite fight photos too. Thanks.

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9 Tim Brown April 30, 2008 at 1:04 pm

Dear Sirs,
I work at Fort Mason Center in the Marina here in San Francisco, and just happen to be getting off work and walking over to the Marina Green to do some Flying.
When someone told me to look up Laughingsquid.com about the Kite Fights this weekend May 3rd or 4th?
But did not see anything posted, What’s up for this weekend with you folks?
P.S.
Aside from the people learning to Sailboard with their 1.2 Flex Foil Trainers, and a few single line family flyers, Trying to use Crissy Feild, between the Soccer Moms and Dads, and the diverse Collegeate footballers that are always on the feild.
I have not the pleasure of seeing any of you Pro Flyers out here showing off to “Us Sissies” ? (<Them’s Fightin Words!)
I would like to think that all if not most of us FlyFolks are relatively Upward and Freindly as the term may be used loosely.
What say you?
I Ain’t No Sissy Dad Gummit!

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