Southern View: January 23, 2018

8 Tuesday January 23 2018
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WIND CATCHER:
Jesse Surgenor races
along the beach to
get his kite in the air.
ALL SMILES: Edie Cooper and her mother Carla Henderson enjoy Kite Day at New Brighton
beach.
PHOTOS: CAMERON REEVE
Flying high at the beach
AN ESTIMATED 7000 people
flocked to New Brighton
beach on Saturday for the
SummerTimes Kite Day event.
Run by the city council, the
free event attracted families,
kite-makers and enthusiasts who
battled the 31 deg C heat.
One of them was Julie Adam,
also known as ‘The Kite Lady’,
who lives in Christchurch but
travels around New Zealand
running kite-making workshops
for children with her business
Skylines and Bylines.
Ms Adam liaised with some of
the guest kite flyers who attended
the popular Kite Day event.
One of the guests at the
event was Perrin Melchior, of
Auckland, who uses the recycled
skins of damaged kite surfing
kites to make intricate 3D and
box kites.
Ms Adam says flying a kite is
the best way to raise the spirits
and is also a great social
activity.
“Whenever I fly a kite, people
come and talk to me. It makes
people smile and they’ll come
over and tell me stories about
kites they used to fly and ask to
have a go. There’s a really nice
community kind of feeling to it,”
she said.
PLAYING: Jon Skurr
and his son Jack, 5,
enjoy a hot day at the
beach.
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