dean jordan started flying kites at the ripe age of 7 and never stopped. When his parents wouldn't buy him any more(they cost $.25!)he built his own. Flying and building kites off and own his whole life, dean was educated in the US Navy, dean jordan is a major shareholder and Vice President of KiteShip Corporation. A kite builder and competitive kite flyer from a very early age, Mr. jordan holds a number of records, achievements and trophies in the field of sport stunt kiting, even though he says he only competed for a chance to fly in front of an audience. Mr. jordan has been among the world's few professional kite designers, flyers and demonstrators since he was a teenager; he derives all of his income from kiting. As a professional designer, Mr. jordan personally developed many of the innovative features and details of stunt kites during their heyday in the 1980's and early 1990's. Mr. jordan's company, Jordan Air Kites, was the first to build ultra light kites and the first to design and build hyper-lightweight kites for indoor (windless) kiting in the 1990's. Mr. jordan also designed what was to become a world standard for single-line large ram air kites, the Jordan AirForm kite following in the footsteps of Domina Jalbert and Stephen J. Sutton with a little help from Peter Lynn. In the field of traction kiting, Mr. jordan was amongst the first to be part of the emerging sport of kite sailing (kite buggies),and has rubbed wheels with some of the best. Later a strong demand as a test pilot, trouble shooter and design critic for numerous kite making companies, both on land and on water. Mr. jordan studied under master kite designer Peter Lynn in New Zealand, worked helping Bruce Flora at Kiteman Productions in Florida and has trained professional dancers, skaters and entertainment performers in the physics and art of kite flying in Japan, Russia, South America, and throughout Europe and America. dean has used kites as his calling card all over the world. Past director of the most awesome buggy event, NABX. Now involved in No Event. In 1998 Mr. Jordan was invited to join KiteShip Company on a consultancy basis to design, fabricate and fly at that time the world's largest ram-air traction kite. Since then, dean has continued to make great things, now venturing into wood, and furniture making.