Think of kids watching a parade pass. They are hyperactive – jumping, pointing, shouting, clapping and enjoying the procession immensely. The same is true of kids and kites, though they are slightly ...

Dr. Jim Nickel was a Warren-Walker kindergartner in Point Loma when he attended the first Ocean Beach Kite Festival. He recalls how it took two days to make a kite from brown paper and balsa wood.

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