I'm looking around and seeing families that have obviously been coming for years. Some of those groups are three generations deep. And everyone seems to be having fun. Kids line up and make kites from instructors who learned the process by going through the line themselves years before. Check out these proud trophy winners.
People are what make an event great.
And here are a few of the great people we saw in Austin. Eddie Zihlman and the Austin End of the Line Team put on several great shows. Some of the team family came even though they had been in a serious car accident the day before. And Eddie's wife, Pat who wasn't feeling well, joined us anyway. Charlie Huckabee brought out a ton of banners and some fine new kites.