There is no schedule or events set at the two -day rally, warns Dave Shenkman, owner of Kite Connection on the Huntington Beach pier and founder of the Kite Party event. Just some of the best deer leaflets in the world, who come from all over the world, who hang out for a party on the sand, the kite in hand.
“It’s just to spend time, kite,” said Shenkman.
Hannie Phan, five, continues his skite Unicorn while his father tries to launch him during the kite party in Huntington Beach on Sunday March 9, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register / SCNG)
John Barressi of Wasshington State, manue his Djuice kite during the Cerf-Volant festival in Huntington Beach on Sunday, March 9, 2025. Bacressi, who designed the kite, has been in sport for 35 years, he said. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register / SCNG)
The kite of all styles and sizes derive above the sand during the 21st kite party in Huntington Beach on Sunday March 9, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register / SCNG)
Kite’s cruise in the sky is reflected in Don Fox’s sunglasses while stealing a revolution during Kite’s party in Huntington Beach on Sunday, March 9, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register / SCNG)
Owen Hertrick, 7, welcomes the Kite Revolution of Don Fox as Fox uses it to interact with the public-the best type of kite flight, he says-during the kite party in Huntington Beach on Sunday, March 9, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register / SCNG)
A hyper kite is just less than 8 years old from Brera Wild during the kite party in Huntington Beach on Sunday March 9, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register / SCNG)
The kite of all styles and sizes derive above the sand during the 21st kite party in Huntington Beach on Sunday March 9, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register / SCNG)
Ray Miller’s hyper kite passes in front of pedestrians on Huntington Beach’s pier during the 21st kite party on Sunday, March 9, 2025. Miller, who has been in Kiter for 40 years, says that he likes to surprise people by leaving the 25-foot queues of the kite. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register / SCNG)
The kite mingle in the sky above the Huntington Beach pier during the 21st kite party in Huntington Beach on Sunday March 9, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register / SCNG)
A kite flies in the sky during the 21st kite party in Huntington Beach on Sunday March 9, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register / SCNG)
The kite of the colorful revolution hovers during the 21st kite party in Huntington Beach on Sunday March 9, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register / SCNG)
Mike Sterling de l’Oeron, has been in the flight of kite since 1988. It has a collection of cyborg style kite, or kite designed with an “X” through the frame, illustrated on the ground on the right near its bow tap, during the kite party in Huntington Beach on Sunday, March 9, 2025. (Photo of Mind Schauer / SCNG).
Don Fox de San Diego commanders its Kite revolution above the Huntington beach pier where pedestrians react during the 21st kite party on Sunday March 9, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register / SCNG)
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Hannie Phan, five, continues his skite Unicorn while his father tries to launch him during the kite party in Huntington Beach on Sunday March 9, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register / SCNG)
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Shenkman began the “gathering” 21 years ago when he asked on an online forum if people appeared if he could get a blocked sand section.
Now, more than two decades later, it has become the essential place of the best deer leaflets in the world to present their skills, some traveling from across the country and with regard to the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada and beyond.
Shenkman caps the number of participants at 100, and each year, the registration fills up, although the leaflets and spectators of occasional kite is invited to participate in the pleasure outside the cut areas.
The beaches are among the best places in the world and the most popular for deer festivals.
“But there is only one kite party in the world, and that’s it,” said Shenkman. “It has become the world of renown in the world.”
