The Rogue Valley Windchasers Kite Club (we're called the windchasers for a good reason) Fun Fly is the 1st full weekend of every month in Crescent City, California at South Beach at the turn to the Coast Guard Station.
There are motels and restaurants for staying and eating.

In case you've forgotten how to launch a kite, or have never done it before, here are some basic tips:

* Stand with your back to the wind and hold your kite up to catch the wind.

* Let line out only as fast as the wind lifts the kite. If the wind lulls, pull in line to make your kite gain altitude.

* Running is the hardest way to launch a kite. The uncontrolled tugging on the line makes kites dive and crash.

* Maintain a steady line tension to keep the kite flying evenly. Take in line to move it in the direction it's pointing. Let out line to change its direction.

* If the line goes slack, the wind has lulled. Reel in line to slow the kite's descent. If the pull on your kite increases, let out line to help the kite recover from gusts.

* To land a kite, reel in line slowly, pausing if too much tension causes it to loop. With a hard-pulling kite, have a friend hold the reel and walk toward the kite with the string under your arm. This brings it in without increasing apparent wind speed.

* It's easiest to fly stunt kites in gentle to moderate winds.

* Never fly a kite near power lines or in stormy weather.