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The kite being built Sunday was where Raben had some experience. It required a single sheet of colored paper, tape, a barbecue bamboo skewer, ribbon and string.

“You can use anything to build a kite,” writes Steve Ferrel, who had been judging kites for 20 years by the time he wrote this article in Kiting Magazine in 2010.

It takes less than an hour for him to make a kite, which he attaches to a 2,000-foot string. When it's all done, his pride is sky-high. "It's something I make and I make it work," he said.

It takes less than an hour for him to make a kite, which he attaches to a 2,000-foot string. When it’s all done, his pride is sky-high. “It’s something I make and I make it work,” he said.