The Kite Mag

A CHANGE OF TACK

It is safe to say that 2020 has brought a fair share of surprises and sudden changes to plans.

It all started off great – we joined the Naish International team, filled our calendars with competition dates for KPL park events and GKA Freestyle tour stops, and started planning our first trip to Hawaii to shoot the new line of products with the new team. We were looking forward to a busy and productive year of travel and events. Then 2020 started dropping bomb after bomb – global pandemic, Triple S announcing the end of their run, all the freestyle competitions cancelled, and travel restrictions putting a stop to all our travel plans.

While sad about the turn of events, we knew it was the same for everyone; some people have found themselves in much worse situations.

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