{"id":14449,"date":"2023-08-03T03:55:36","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T07:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/?p=14449"},"modified":"2023-08-03T06:27:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T10:27:14","slug":"wind-wolves-brought-a-traveling-kite-festival-to-seaside-park-heres-what-it-looked-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2023\/08\/wind-wolves-brought-a-traveling-kite-festival-to-seaside-park-heres-what-it-looked-like\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Wind Wolves&#8217; Brought A Traveling Kite Festival to Seaside Park: Here&#8217;s What it Looked Like"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script id=\"b1161cb18ace44c1aff43b505e5d312c\">(new Image()).src = 'https:\/\/capi.connatix.com\/tr\/si?token=e6ca17a0-9f6c-402e-8f17-7db2585f0eb0&cid=209cb62d-f20d-41b1-885d-a317d66dc464';  cnx.cmd.push(function() {    cnx({      playerId: \"e6ca17a0-9f6c-402e-8f17-7db2585f0eb0\",      mediaId: \"b44a8afa-bc16-4b63-936b-527c0059e87b\"    }).render(\"b1161cb18ace44c1aff43b505e5d312c\");  });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A group known as the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/windwolves.org\/\">Wind Wolves<\/a>&#8221; brought their signature traveling kite festival to Seaside Park Wednesday night, drawing a large crowd of spectators to the O Street Beach \u2013 and dozens of large, colorful kites that brightened the early-evening sky.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14452\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1397-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"The &#039;Wind Wolves&#039; present their weekly kite performance in Seaside Park, N.J., Aug. 2, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14452\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14452\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1397-1024x581.jpg\" alt=\"The 'Wind Wolves' present their weekly kite performance in Seaside Park, N.J., Aug. 2, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1397-1024x581.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1397-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1397-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1397-1536x871.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1397-2048x1161.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14452\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The &#8216;Wind Wolves&#8217; present their weekly kite performance in Seaside Park, N.J., Aug. 2, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Wind Wolves are &#8220;a traveling group of kite enthusiasts who enjoy spreading our love of kiting,&#8221; according to the group&#8217;s website. The participants bring a combination of massive, floating kites as well as sport kites that perform tricks and twists to similar shows across the country. The group is New Jersey-based, however, and came together in Hackensack.<\/p>\n<p>The kite-flying is accompanied with popular music (the music had to be edited out of our video, embedded above, due to copyright restrictions) that sets a mood to correspond with what&#8217;s flying in the air.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14456\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-03-at-6.18.37-AM.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"The &#039;Wind Wolves&#039; present their weekly kite performance in Seaside Park, N.J., Aug. 2, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14456\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14456\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-03-at-6.18.37-AM-1024x646.png\" alt=\"The 'Wind Wolves' present their weekly kite performance in Seaside Park, N.J., Aug. 2, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-03-at-6.18.37-AM-1024x646.png 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-03-at-6.18.37-AM-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-03-at-6.18.37-AM-768x485.png 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-03-at-6.18.37-AM-1536x969.png 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-03-at-6.18.37-AM-2048x1292.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14456\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The &#8216;Wind Wolves&#8217; present their weekly kite performance in Seaside Park, N.J., Aug. 2, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14455\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1400-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"The &#039;Wind Wolves&#039; present their weekly kite performance in Seaside Park, N.J., Aug. 2, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14455\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14455\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1400-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The 'Wind Wolves' present their weekly kite performance in Seaside Park, N.J., Aug. 2, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1400-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1400-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1400-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1400-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1400-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The &#8216;Wind Wolves&#8217; present their weekly kite performance in Seaside Park, N.J., Aug. 2, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14450\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1395-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"The &#039;Wind Wolves&#039; present their weekly kite performance in Seaside Park, N.J., Aug. 2, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14450\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14450\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1395-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The 'Wind Wolves' present their weekly kite performance in Seaside Park, N.J., Aug. 2, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1395-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1395-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1395-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1395-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1395-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14450\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The &#8216;Wind Wolves&#8217; present their weekly kite performance in Seaside Park, N.J., Aug. 2, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14454\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1399-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"The &#039;Wind Wolves&#039; present their weekly kite performance in Seaside Park, N.J., Aug. 2, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14454\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14454\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1399-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The 'Wind Wolves' present their weekly kite performance in Seaside Park, N.J., Aug. 2, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1399-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1399-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1399-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1399-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1399-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14454\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The &#8216;Wind Wolves&#8217; present their weekly kite performance in Seaside Park, N.J., Aug. 2, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14451\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1396-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-5\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"The &#039;Wind Wolves&#039; present their weekly kite performance in Seaside Park, N.J., Aug. 2, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14451\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14451\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1396-1024x572.jpg\" alt=\"The 'Wind Wolves' present their weekly kite performance in Seaside Park, N.J., Aug. 2, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1396-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1396-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1396-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1396-1536x858.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1396-2048x1144.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14451\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The &#8216;Wind Wolves&#8217; present their weekly kite performance in Seaside Park, N.J., Aug. 2, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14453\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1398-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-6\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"The &#039;Wind Wolves&#039; present their weekly kite performance in Seaside Park, N.J., Aug. 2, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14453\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14453\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1398-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The 'Wind Wolves' present their weekly kite performance in Seaside Park, N.J., Aug. 2, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1398-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1398-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1398-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1398-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1398-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14453\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The &#8216;Wind Wolves&#8217; present their weekly kite performance in Seaside Park, N.J., Aug. 2, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you missed Wednesday night&#8217;s performance in Seaside Park, there are <a href=\"https:\/\/windwolves.org\/event-schedule\">still a few opportunities<\/a> to see the group locally this summer. Each Tuesday for the remainder of August, the group will host &#8220;Kites in the Heights&#8221; in Seaside Heights at the boardwalk&#8217;s north end, and will return to Seaside Park&#8217;s O Street Beach each Wednesday for the rest of the month. Both shows kick off at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Wind Wolves will also present the annual LBI International Kite Festival, Oct. 6-10, in Ship Bottom. Snowbirds can check out the group in Cocoa Beach, Fla. in January.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2023\/08\/wind-wolves-brought-a-traveling-kite-festival-to-seaside-park-heres-what-it-looked-like\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group known as the &#8220;Wind Wolves&#8221; brought their signature traveling kite festival to Seaside Park Wednesday night, drawing a large crowd of spectators to the O Street Beach \u2013 and dozens of large, colorful kites that brightened the early-evening sky. The Wind Wolves are &#8220;a traveling group of kite enthusiasts who enjoy spreading our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,23],"tags":[1959,2266,2495,32,2286,2494],"class_list":["post-14449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seaside-heights","category-things-to-do-seaside-lavallette","tag-featured","tag-kite-fest","tag-kite-show","tag-seaside-park-nj-news","tag-summer-2023","tag-wind-wolves","post_format-post-format-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ssp_kite_festival_1397-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgsn9q-3L3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}