Bud Hayes, Camas Indoor Kite Festival co-organizer, has competed at the national level in indoor kite flying. Zachary Kaufman/The Columbian While outdoor kites are powered by the wind, a flyer’s body ...

CLACKAMAS, Ore. — When the winter weather turns wicked, step indoors at the Oregon Soccer Center in Clackamas, Oregon and discover serenity and soul-satisfying rewards flying a kite! A Kite? Indoors?

CAMAS — It defied the odds, but a television celebrity was the main attraction at the fifth annual Camas Indoor Kite Festival over the weekend. “It was a blast,” 17-year-old Connor Doran said after ...

KENT, Washington — Nobody believes in Connor Doran more than his mom. But he says even SHE didn't think he could make it to NBC's America's Got Talent. "I just didn't listen to her and I said, 'I ...

So many popular and successful bands form on college campus. Why not? It's an environment that endorses and encourages the coming together of individuals with similar interests. Vampire Weekend, ...

The two-day 13th annual Windless Kite Festival begins Saturday in Long Beach, Pacific County, but you don’t need to trek so far if you want to learn the activity that practitioners say can be either ...

Targeting the lucrative markets of agoraphobes, those with sun allergies, and residents of windless cities, Takara Tomy has created an indoor kite that majestically soars as high as the ceiling—with ...

Isn’t flying a kite about skillfully utilizing the wind to keep a cloth contraption aloft? Sure, there are high tech indoor kites, but the Silverlit Kazoo ...

When the winter weather turns wicked, step indoors at the Oregon Soccer Center in Clackamas, Oregon and discover serenity and soul-satisfying rewards flying a kite! A Kite? Indoors? Oh yes, it’s been ...