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John Barresi is a reputed Kite Flyer, famous for his impressive and imaginative shows. Flying kites since August 1990, he already flew over 12 countries. He is also famous for his skills. He frequently performs street kiting, by flying a Rev with very short lines on the events, for the crowd amusement.When he performs, it's usual to capture the attention of the audience and gathering huge crowds. Technique with unknown origin, he has some shows where he locks a device in front of him from which he passes the lines of a Rev Kite. Then, face forward to the wind, he controls the kite in the same plane as he his. John Barresi is also the co founder of the iQuad kite team.
Competitions
___1991___
1991 California Open (San Diego, CA)
1st Place - Experienced Pairs Ballet (Team Paragon)
17th Place - Experienced Individual Ballet
18th Place - Experienced Individual Precision
1991 Oregon SKC (Lincoln City, OR)
1st Place - Experienced Individual Ballet
1991 Northwest SKC (Long Beach, WA)
1st Place - Experienced Individual Ballet
1991 Berkeley SKC (Berkeley, CA)
5th Place - Experienced Individual Precision
1991 AKA Grand Nationals (Jacksonville, FL USA)
8th Place - Experienced Individual Ballet
___1992___
1992 Southeast SKC (South Miami Beach, FL USA)
2nd Place - Experienced Individual Ballet
1st Place - Experienced Individual Precision
5th Place - Open Individual Quad Ballet
6th Place - Open Individual Innovative
1992 Mid-Atlantic SKC (Ocean City, MD USA)
1st Place - Experienced Individual Ballet
2nd Place - Experienced Individual Precision
2nd Place - Open Individual Quad Ballet
4th Place - Open Individual Innovative
1992 Great Lakes SKC (Grand Haven, MI)
1st Place - Experienced Individual Ballet
2nd Place - Experienced Individual Precision
1st Place - Experienced Individual Quad Ballet
1st Place - Open Individual Innovative
1992 East Coast SKC (Wildwood, NJ USA)
4th Place - Experienced Individual Ballet
3rd Place - Experienced Individual Precision
2nd Place - Open Individual Quad Ballet
6th Place - Open Individual Innovative
1992 Summer Games (Myrtle Beach, SC USA)
2nd Place - Experienced Individual Ballet
2nd Place - Experienced Individual Precision
1st Place - Open Individual Quad Ballet
1st Place - Open Individual Innovative
1992 Berkeley SKC (Berkeley, CA USA)
2nd Place - Experienced Individual Precision
4th Place - Open Individual Quad Ballet
9th Place - Open Pairs Ballet (Team New Generation)
1992 New York SKC (Uniondale, NY USA)
3rd Place - Experienced Individual Ballet
3rd Place - Experienced Individual Precision
1st Place - Open Individual Quad Ballet
4th Place - Open Individual Innovative
1992 Mid-American SKC (Kalamazoo, MI USA)
1st Place - Experienced Individual Ballet
10th Place - Experienced Individual Precision
1st Place - Open Individual Quad Ballet
2nd Place - Open Pairs Ballet (Birds of a Different Feather)
American Kite Magazine
1992 Rising Star (Experienced Class)
1997 Outstanding Flyer (Masters Class)
Links and Resources more less
John Barresi's homepage
iQuad homepage
Kitelife Magazine
American Kitefliers Association
Total Books: 5