Portsmouth International Kite Festival 2024

Here's my film showing some of the kites decorating the skies above Southsea Common over the weekend of July 27th & 28th.
This film is shown from the perspective of a single line sparred (stick) kites flyer.
The wind was at times on the light side and a little bumpy so enjoyed the chilled atmosphere in the stick arena and watched from a distance the fun in the inflatable arena.
Such a lovely weekend catching up with friends and flying some of our stick kite collection. Now feeling inspired to have to design one of our own.

[@Kupper-Kites]

Great video, I like it a lot, lots of different kites, I especially like the rodless ones... Thanks for showing 👍

[@sarahbindon]

Thank you, it is a great festival for showing lots of different styles of kites. I’m glad you enjoyed it

[@ronstewart9792]

Wow what a show, Thanks, Ron

[@sarahbindon]

Thank you Ron

[@JimNicholls]

What a wonderful display, with such a lot of terrific "real" kites. They are so much more interesting than all the inflatable "line laundry", although I know that you (and I) have some of the latter, which has its place as a crowd-pleaser, but doesn't do so much for the true kite-lover. It's good to know that the currently volatile English weather allowed for some good flying, even if conditions were not perfect. Portsmouth is a great spot for the festival, and I hope it goes on for many more years. I wish that I had the chance to travel "home" to see it, but my travelling days are over. Thanks, Sarah, for uploading this video, which deserves to be widely seen.

[@sarahbindon]

Thank you Jim, I’m glad you enjoyed it and as you said Portsmouth is a great festival site and a showcase for all kites. The majority of festivals I go to in this country have a good mix of kites but they aren’t shown as much on TH-cam films filmed by the public.

[@kitebg]