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Washington State International Kite Festival

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The festival in August 2008

Washington State International Kite Festival is the largest kite festival in North America.[1] The annual event has been running since 1981 on the third weekend of August[2][3] drawing more than 100,000 attendees,[4] on the Washington state coast near Long Beach, Washington where there is a steady, strong wind, strong enough at times to drag pickup trucks kites are tethered to, or lift a man 100 feet into the air.[3] Events at the festival include kite fighting and lighted kite shows.[5] It is hosted by the World Kite Museum in Long Beach.

The festival was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

References

  1. ^ Finnegan, Lora J. (March 1, 1998), "Best of the West", Sunset
  2. ^ "About the WSIKF". Archived from the original on 2023-12-05. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  3. ^ a b Tan Vinh (April 26, 2012), "Go fly a kite at Long Beach", The Seattle Times
  4. ^ "Bid the wind blow.(kiting becomes popular sport)", The Economist, May 6, 1995, archived from the original on November 18, 2018
  5. ^ "International Kite Festival with Sea Grant", Washington Marine Spatial Planning (website), Washington state government State Ocean Caucus, August 19, 2015
  6. ^ Ashley Nerbovig (June 1, 2020). "Long Beach samples its sewer for covid". Chinook Observer.