Near Miss

Near Miss
Originally uploaded by nichol alexander

That big 707, no MATCH for Boxy! Luckily it didn't come to that. (its sorta hard to see, but there's a plane right to the right of the kite)

58th Street, or there abouts, and the way east side, just north of the old brooklyn army yard, a big pier and it was mostly empty. me and a few guys fishing, someone listening to a baseball game and a kid reading harry potter - it was as good a place to fly as any.

next is, i wanna fly between the buildings of industry city; i expect the wind patterns and shifts to be fun and difficult.

WTF

Is no one flying kites? Is it the humidity or is it just god damn laziness? there's no room for non-believers, those not of faith, those who do not walk the path, who don't see the light, who don't have a little bit of toughness on their knees from getting down to ask the sky to blow a little, in a quiet soft sweet little prayer, there's no room. . hell, i'll tell you what, i tried.

i did, but god damn it there wasn't any good god damn wind. and so...

SO?!

what.

yeah what? oh for a sweet breeze and a little bit of kite line out into the blue...

Youngest Member

Clocking in at 4 and 3/4 years old, I'm pretty sure Lucy is the youngest member of the Brooklyn Flyers.

Kite flying can be very tiring.

The HEEZABEAST!

Colin "Heezabeast" Loughlin came to town and beasted it up with the Brooklyn Flyers in Prospect Park. We flew kites I think, but more importantly we invented a game I am going to refer to as "Scream Ball." To play, all you need is a football and some screamy friends.

Rules: One player--the "thrower"--has the ball. All other players run in varying directions and call for a pass by screaming the thrower's name. Whoever screams more or less the loudest gets the pass. Whoever gets the ball is now the thrower.

We left the park and had a triumphant return to my roof for a BBQ, and then into the city for Tru Brit.

...And it was good.

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No way. No. Way.

Now that's a little god damn kite.

Too small, however.

Foxy

Foxy - Cause she's crazy like a Fox.
Originally uploaded by nichol alexander

Who says you can only fly kites on Sunday?

The park was a little eerie at 7 am but a little before work flying was exactly what this odd Wednesday called for; it was a maiden voyage for Foxy, the successor to Soxs, and true to form, she flew like a mad banshee out of hell and then kept hitting the ground. I got her up a couple of times but never above the trees to where that nice clean air blows. So I took a picture of her on the ground. Why the hell not, that's my theory.

My new idea. Make a mini Delta kite, something with a wingspan of maybe a foot or something, that is completely collapsible and that you can travel with. Wouldn't that be cool? A little tiny baby kite? A little weeny teeny sort of bird like bee sized kite... theoretically, how small can a kite be?