Treasure Island Festival, 2004

Following the Kite Trade Show in Clearwater we travelled about twenty miles south to Treasure Island. This is the premier kite location along the Gulf coastline and with the Thunderbird Resort situated right on the beach it made for a great weekend. Even the storm which woke us on Sunday morning was entertaining. Of course, being Florida, an hour after the torrential rain had stopped everything seemed dry and the sun was shining again.

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View of the beach from a Thunderbird Resort balcony


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Flock of birds
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Brightly coloured octopus
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The only pelican we saw on a string

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Ron Graziano is pulling the strings for this fade
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Yoyo filmed from below - note lines wrapped around kite

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Wind's up - time to buggy
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Dean Jordan buggies with a Peter Lynn Guerilla


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Claxton Thompson fine tuning his lines
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View from behind in the tandem

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Pen camera shot from tandem
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Come back, you forgot the buggy! And me


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Inflatable cat caught our eye
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Overview of beach

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Cat chasing mice
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Leading edge inflatable kite being launched

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The fun went on till dusk

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A UFO was spotted at night
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We caught and played with it
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Another fine day ends


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