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Duelling chula and pakpao kites, part of the Thai kite-fighting tradition. Fighter kites are kites used for the sport of kite fighting. Traditionally, most are small, unstable single-line flat kites where line tension alone is used for control, at least part of which is manja, typically glass-coated cotton strands, to cut down the line of others.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 11:48, 12 July 2007: 1,280 × 960 (226 KB) Tail furry {{Information |Description=Shirone Station, Niigata Kotsu Railway which became the abolished line on April 5, 1999. When a photograph was taken, it was just the inside for a period of Shirone Giant Kite Battle. A kite falls on a train ...
Date Venue City Country Ref. ONE U.S. Event December 5, 2025: TBA TBA United States ONE Fight Night 36 November 8, 2025: TBA TBA TBA ONE Fight Night 35 October 4, 2025: Lumpinee Boxing Stadium: Bangkok: Thailand ONE Fight Night 34 September 6, 2025: Lumpinee Boxing Stadium: Bangkok: Thailand ONE Fight Night 33 August 2, 2025: TBA TBA TBA ONE ...
Opposing teams formed by residents battle across the Nakanoguchi River using giants kites. The kites are hand made and painted by the team members for the duration of the preceding year. Each kite measures about 7 m × 3 m (23.0 ft × 9.8 ft) and typically sports a portrait of a samurai , local figure, or mascot signifying the area or team sponsor.
The first kite to be flown is the "first kite," which celebrates the birth of the first child. The firstborn child is dressed in a festival costume and is the main person to fly the kite from within his father's arms. Then, encouraged by the sound of the trumpet, many hundreds of people join in the kite battle. [1]
There are 3 bouts in a battle until a team wins twice. “Thirty vs thirty”, a mass battle "30 vs 30", when up to thirty fighters representing a country fight on the field at the same time. A fighter who falls down is out of battle. A battle continues until the fighters of only one team remain standing on the lists, so their team wins.
In 2021 the King of the Air was rescheduled to a November/December wind window due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the event has kept to these date since; originally the event ran in January/February. [6] In 2024, it was announced that Red Bull would be running a Women's Division fleet for King of the Air alongside the usual Open Division fleet.
Formula Kite is the kitesurfing class chosen by World Sailing for the 2024 Summer Olympics. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The class features a foil kite and a board with a hydrofoil . The equipment is not one-design , but instead competitors use their choice of approved production equipment. [ 4 ]