Plymouth, MI
Jon is owner of
Kites & Fun Things Ltd. Est. 1988 www.kitesandfunthings.com
Sky Burner Kites Inc. Est. 1989 www.skyburner.com
Sky Shark Tubes www.skysharktubes.com
Sport Kite designer for Premier Kites www.premierkites.com/collections/sport-kites/products/67811
Wayne has been designing both single line and dual line kites for nearly 20 years, co-designer for Sky Burner Kites.
Jon Trennepohl & Wayne Brunjes
Jon Trennepohl is a professional kiter--one of the few who is so talented he is actually kiting full time! Below is just a small part of Jon's nearly 30 years of kite flying experience! Nearly all of it at the top of the kite field!
Wayne Brunjes has been an avid Kite Flyer for 25 years, and has been designing both single line and dual line kites for nearly 20 years.
Wayne is a former Masters Class competitor on the AKA and American Kite Circuit, and ranked 2nd in Masters Precision in back in 95. An international Flyer, Wayne has attended festivals throughout the U.S., in Europe and in South America.
Wayne has been co-designer for Sky Burner Kites with Jon Trennepohl for the past 20 years. Together they have designed some of the top sport kites in the industry. Wayne and Jon are also co-designers of Sport Kites for Premier Kites for the past 17 years. Creating some of best flying and affordable sports kites available.
In recent years Wayne has focused more on Single line kites, creating unique large framed wing kites. Interest lately has been focused on suspended wing and glider kites. Pushing and refining designs, working on what makes the best all around flying machine.
Experience for Jon...Competed in Sport Kite Competition Individually, pairs and Team events both locally and nationally since 1989.
Competed in Kite Making Competition at the A.K.A. Nationals in both single line and dual line. Flown and competed in indoor flying since 1994
Acted as head judge and chief judge for many local and national sport kite events. Given numerous kite building workshops for adults and children. Also an Indoor workshop for the University of Buffalo Engineering Department
Awards for Jon...Won and placed in numerous sport kite events for the last 20 years. Voted sport kite flyer of the year 1994 by the American Kite Magazine. Won the world indoor championships twice for Dual Line in Wildwood, NJ. Took first in bowed and visual flight two years in a row (2007 and 2008) at the A.K.A. Nationals, Geo Pointer Kite. Awarded first place along with Pam Kirk in 2007 for Multi-Line cooperative in kite building with the Widow Spider Kite
Travel:
Guest and chief judge for sport kite championships in Japan 1992
Kite flying tour at events all over Columbia, South America performing to music and conducting workshops for kids, six consecutive years 1994-2000
Attended kite festivals in Bristol England , Dieppe France, Fano Denmark,
Guest flyer at Pasir Gudang Malaysia 2006 ,2007.
Guest flyer for festival in Jamaica 2008
Guest flyer for Niagra International Kite Festival in 2007 and 2008.
Guest flyer for Kite Party Huntington Beach CA for 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2009
Guest flyer for the Toronto International Kite Festival 2003-2007
Wayne is a former Masters Class competitor on the AKA and American Kite Circuit, and ranked 2nd in Masters Precision in back in 95. An international Flyer, Wayne has attended festivals throughout the U.S., in Europe and in South America.
Jon and Wayne has presented numerous classes including Fort Worden Kitemakers Conference and the Maryland Kite Society Kitemaking Workshop.