Michael Richards

Owner of Kite Magic at Coogee, in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney,
Michael has run his business from small premises on Malibar Rd for nearly 20 years.
However, his main work is in the broader community and he often travels to events in distant parts of Australia. Michael is a Member of the Australian Kiteflter's Society. He runs a well respected kite program for primary schools with his Tyvec diamond kites. He has developed great kite building skills and also uses these skills in projects far removed from windsports such as art works, public event banners and fiberglass structures. He sells kites of course but he has developed a reputation as a great kite builder, designer and flyer and will give anything a go. Michaels interests are very diverse and even includes teaching juggling and unicyle riding. He has shown determination and enthusiasm for the quest to break the world altitude record. What started out as my project is now our project.

Roger Martin

Roger lives not far from Mike Richards's kite shop. They have been friends for years having met each other through kites and wind sports activities. Roger is an expert kite builder and is adept at flying multi-lined kites and driving kite buggies powered by traction kites. He can be seen at kite festivals assisting Mike Richards with big kite displays and entertaining children and adults with his Sponge Bob trick kite. Roger is a keen fisherman and loves nothing better than to throw in a line off one of the nearby headlands into the Pacific Ocean. Roger is a member of the Australian Kiteflyers Society.
Roger is our unofficial photographer and movie man, documenting the record attempts. I Regard this as a very important role as it forms visual evidence of the record affort and the basis for YouTube videos and an upcoming documentary. Without Roger's footage there would be no Website nor Youtube videos nor the upcoming documentary. Thank's Roger!

Bob Moore

I live in the Northwestern suburbs of Sydney, 35 km from Michael Richard's Kite Magic shop. I am a member of the Australian KiteFlyers Society. I worked in the nearby Prince Of Wales Hospital for several years. My lunch time visit to Kite Magic was one of those chance meetings which can change the course of a life. I must have a tenacious character (some people may say bloody minded stubborness!) which has been a key to reaching record heights. Without this persistance of our current team we will never reach our goal. Other team members have come and gone in 6 years but for the last 3 attempts it's been a cohesive and very effective team of genuine kite enthusiasts who have the knowledge and experience to reach our target. As well as this record quest I am a keen motorcyclist and love MotoGP. I am also an avid chess player. I have 5 children and 3 grand children. I am a member of the Australian Kiteflyers Society.

Michael Jenkins

Michael joined our attempts when he learned of our activities from Michael Richards in 2008.I met Michael at Festival Of The Winds in 2005. He joined our crew at the 2009 attempt series.
Michael was a regular visitor to Kite Magic. A keen kite builder and winner of several competion categories at Festival Of The Winds. He is adept at building and flying multi-line trick kites. He is a member of the Australian Kiteflyers Society. Michael is a competition sailor and can be seen during the yachting season on Sydney Harbour and up and down the east coast. Michael is our cook on our record attempts. Michael's down to earth "no bull" approach keeps me grounded. He is our "co-pilot" winch operator and can claim to have "flown" the kite to our best of 14,121 ft.