January 16-17, 2010
Event Coordinator: Robbie Boerth
rboerth@earthlink.net
407-359-8749
TISKC RETURNS in 2010 as part of the annual Treasure Island Kite Festival. The hope is that TISKC will reclaim its prominence as one of the premier sport kite events of the year. Competitors from up and down the East Coast will gather at Treasure Island, FL during the Martin Luther King Holiday weekend for two days of excellent competition with plenty of time to socialize on one of the best kite flying beaches in the country. A full slate of dual-line and multi-line sport kite competitions will be offered on Saturday and Sunday.
Of course, Monday is a holiday, so we hope you will plan on staying an extra day for recreational flying. January weather in Florida is usually ideal for kites, with mild temperatures and steady winds, so take full advantage of the opportunity to fly on the white sandy beach while many parts of the country will be covered in white stuff of a different kind!
News flash! TISKC will be offering Team Multiline Ballet as an exhibition discipline! Given the growing popularity of group multiline flying and the growing experience out there, this new event will be spectacular. Join TISKC in opening a new, exciting chapter in sport kite competition. Interested fliers should go to the registration page.
TISKC will be offering a novice class competition for multi-line precision and ballet. If you haven’t participated in a multi-line competition, this is your chance! This is an “experimental” class; we’re trying to see how many folks want to compete in the Novice multi-line class. If enough new competitors participate, then an effort will be made to include Novice multi-line as a standard AKA and Eastern League competition class for the 2011 season. So, if you’d like to see this happen, it’s up to you to come out and show the AKA that it can work!
In order to create a functional schedule to run all events in a timely manner, it is required that all non-Novice competitors for TISKC 2010 pre-register no later than January 9, 2010.
This event is sanctioned by the Eastern League Sport Kite Association. Competing here will qualify you for Eastern League points, provided you are a member of the League before you compete. You may join at the event, or contact Marc Conklin, Eastern League Commissioner, at elcommissioner@gmail.com or 804-347-6241. For more information, visit the League's web site, www.easternleague.net.
For more information on the Treasure Island Kite Festival, send an email to sunsetflyers@msn.com.
