Whatever kite it was, these onlookers seem rather amazed by it. Photo: VINO

Mr Elvis Harrigan having some trouble getting his kite up! Photo: VINO

Eyes turned to the sky on Monday March 30, 2013 when the Rotary Club of Road Town held its annual kite flying event. Photo: VINO

This beautiful kite was ready to soar but was held back owing to entangled strings. Photo: VINO

It's not a bird! It's not a plane! It's just a kite! Photo: VINO

This kite took a dive into the water. Luckily it's plastic! Photo: VINO

There was definitely a family environment created at the kite flying event on March 30, 2013. Photo: VINO

This little lad didn't enter the competition but his kite certainly caught the attention of many. Photo: VINO

Demoi Morton (third from left) of the Enis Adams Primary School and all his friends left a joyous bunch as he collected the trophy for the kite with the longest tail.

The trophy for the Best Local Kite went to Mr Leroy James, whose large ‘box kite’ only went up briefly before ‘crash landing’ as the breeze suddenly stopped. Photo: Reuben J.A. Stoby/VINO

Marlon D'Aguir won the trophy for the 'Highest Flying Kite'. He won it by a breeze! Photo: VINO

Photo: VINO

The breeze was inconsistent and some kites were up and then down in a matter of seconds while some had a hard time taking to the sky even with strong gushes of wind, however, Mr Marlon D’ Aguir had no trouble at all as his kite rose the highest undisturbed.

Announcer Craig Lake aka DJ Push Pop joked that they weren’t able to get the Braithwaite brothers to come and judge how high the kite was but it was clear to all that Mr D’Aguir’s kite flew the highest by far as persons sometimes had to take a long look before they spotted it in the sky.

Mr Marlon D’Aguir’s son, Marlon D’Aguir Jr., received the prize for being the Youngest Flyer.

Demoi Morton of the Enis Adams Primary and all his friends left a joyous bunch as he collected the trophy for the kite with the longest tail.

The trophy for the Best Local Kite went to Mr Leroy James, whose large ‘box kite’ only went up briefly before ‘crash landing’ as the breeze suddenly stopped.

The Prettiest Kite, a bird kite, belonged to Denequa McSheen and she received a trophy as a result.

Some 35 persons registered for the kite flying event which was dubbed ‘Kites in the Sky’. 

For the first time since the event started more than five years ago, a special prize of $500 was up for grabs for the school with the largest amount of participants (minimum of 10 persons) entering the competition, however, there were not enough participants for that prize to be given.

Mr Shan Mohamed, the Chairman of the Rotary Club of Road Town’s Kite Flying Organising Committee, said the committee was hoping for better participation from the community but assumed the weather may have had a hand in the lack of participation. He did note, however, that corporate support was well received.

“Kite Flying has been a longstanding family tradition in the Virgin Islands and the Rotary Club of Road Town is pleased to provide the enabling environment for families to spend time together," Mr Mohammed had stated in a press release prior to the event.