I live in Dortmund/Germany together with my wife and my son and work as a manager of an workshop for electronics and IT at the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at the Technical University of Dortmund.
I started kite flying with a stuntkite in 1995, won in a tombola.
After a short time of making stunt kites I began making single line kites.
Now there are a lot of selfmade kites in my kitebag, and some collected kites from other kitemakers, too.
From 2002-2005 I was the vize president of the German Kite Association. Additionally, I have taken the task of the editor of the association's magazine HochHinaus and organized the annual competitions of the German kite championships.
During these years I could participate on more than 200 kite events in the following countries:
Belgium, Denmark, Germany, England, Finland, France, Indonesia, Italy, Lebanon, Netherlands, Malta, Spain, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand, USA
1997 - German Champion Boxkites
2000 - Art Kite Festival Detmold/Germany, 1st Place in the category Trompe l' oeil
2010 - Festival International de Cerf-Volant de Dieppe, "Unidentified Flying Structures", 3rd Place " 1st participation " Category
St. Joseph's Catholic College - SwindonKite:
Positive|Negative
Warm Beach - Washington StateKite:
Positive|Negative
Hook Village Hall/Swindon
Lindenberg/Germany Duisburg/Germany StadeKite:
German Antenna Kite
Helsinki