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Date of release: 16/06/2002 |
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Sales Soar Post Foot & Mouth For Dartmoor Company. |
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| NEW KITES FROM BROOKITE Sales Soar Post Foot & Mouth For Dartmoor Company. Brookite, the UK’s longest established kite manufacturers who have always managed to introduce fresh new kite concepts each year for over 100 years, have done it again with the launch of two ‘Junior Power’ kites. The development of the Sky Witch and Sky Wizard models has resulted from a huge surge of interest in power kiting and the increase in beach competitions for the Goliaths of the kiting world. Brookite’s Managing Director, Nick Harrison explained: “There are Sport Kites designed to perform precise controlled movements with the emphasis on manoeuvrability and there are Power kites which pit the strength of the individual against the elements. “Power kites can generate huge amounts of pull and can take the uninitiated by surprise. Only the strong and experienced should attempt to fly them. “However, as interest has soared, we felt it necessary to provide a choice of power kites designed as starter models so that the effects of flying this kind of kite can be experienced by beginners.” Nick Harrison added that interest in kites continues to increase and that sales have improved by some 40% over last year. “Being a rurally based company, foot and mouth certainly had a negative effect on out performance last year although sales didn’t actually go down but remained stable. This year, however, sales of kites and our other range of out door products have soared.” Dartmoor based Brookite also make a range of hobby horses, toy sailing boats and out door windsocks and garden decorations. Also new for this year is a new “Bubbles Up” range of bubble blowing magic. Nick Harrison added: “We try to introduce new products each year across the range and for all ages and with this in mind our ‘Bubbles Up’ range features traditional bubble blowing fun alongside battery operated sets but everything is designed to distract and amuse in a predominantly outdoor environment.” Ends Further Information: Nick or Mandy Harrison: Brookite Limited, 01837 53315 Neil Devons: Proteus Media Limited, 01752 691386 Notes For Editors: · BROOKITE is the UK's oldest kite manufacturer with records dating back to the 19th century SEPTEMBER 24th 1910 Newspapers around the world report that a wireless message broadcast over 3,500 miles has been received by Marconi aboard the steamship Mafalda. This historic feat was made possible by a BROOKITE KITE bearing Marconi's aerial aloft from the ship. · Kite flying has long been a popular pastime, particularly in the Far East, where the Chinese are known to have been enthusiast prior to 206 BC. · The world kite altitude record is over one and a half miles higher than Mount Everest. · Over 40,000,000 kites are sold in the US alone each year. · The Air Navigation Act prevents kites from being flown over 200 ft or within 3 miles of an airport. · Kites have been made in many different forms including a giant octopus, a blow fish and countless dragons, owls and birds of prey · Kites have been made toward off evil spirits, to smuggle brandy, to spray crops and to take aerial photographs of enemy positions. · In 1825, George Pocock from Bristol made a string of kites strong enough to pull a carriage along at 30 m.p.h. · In 1974, a kite flown at 450ft by two boys bought down a federal helicopter in Munich. |
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| Contact details: Neil Devons: 01392 687477 | |
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