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Become a Founding Partner.

Help launch the world’s first international championship of Haitian kite fighting. Support a new international sporting tradition while connecting your brand with competitors, families, cultural organizations and audiences from around the world. There will only ever be one Founding Edition — become part of it.

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$17,000
guaranteed prize purse
2
championship divisions
4
competition days
Global
livestream planned
Tiers

Four ways to stand behind the first edition

Every tier is available to one category only. Purse matching and named prizes are open to any tier at Bracket and above.

Title sponsor · one available
Presenting Sponsor
$100,000+
One available
·Naming rights
·Largest branding across event and stream
·Championship trophy presentation
·Category exclusivity
·Founding Partner recognition
·Co-branded 2028 qualifier series
·VIP Lounge
·Awards Ceremony
·Reserved parking
·Hospitality tent
·Meet the Champions
·Private reception
·Spectator passes (150)
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Platinum · two available
Bracket Sponsor
$25,000
Two available
·Named championship bracket
·Featured website placement
·Livestream mentions
·Hospitality
·Youth program support
·Spectator passes (75)
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Gold · eight available
Lane Sponsor
$8,000
Eight available
·Named competition lane
·Bracket signage
·Website logo
·Hospitality
·Youth kite sponsorship
·Spectator passes (30)
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Silver · multiple available
Field Sponsor
$2,500
Multiple available
·Venue signage
·Website listing
·Press kit recognition
·Spectator passes (10)
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Packets & dossiers

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Kite Wars 2027 — Sponsorship Packet
Founding edition · 14 pages · updated July 2026
For brands and category partners
A new sport, a founding edition, and one name above it
Kite Wars is the first world championship of Haitian blade kite fighting: a street tradition formalised into a bladed bracket with marshals, lanes, a world ladder and a purse. Kite fighting is old and competed in a dozen countries — what has never existed is one rulebook, one ranking and one crown across all of them. The founding edition flies in summer 2027 in a host country now in negotiation with its tourism ministry. Sponsors of a first edition are named in the record permanently — there is only ever one.
01 What the championship is
Four days: two of coached practice and tech inspection, one of group heats across thirty-two lanes, and a finals day with the individual and team brackets, the recovery chase and the Razor Cup. Blades stay in the main bracket — fitted, sealed and collected by certified marshals — which is what separates this from the festival kite events a sponsor has seen before.
02 Who is there
A field split roughly evenly between diaspora competitors, local competitors and traveling competitors from the world's kite-fighting cultures: Haiti, Brazil, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Chile and Afghanistan. Half of the field will be first-timers, which is why youth lanes and coached practice are funded first.
—Two classes: individual and crew of three, with dual entry encouraged
—Youth lanes from age eight, blunted tails, finder keeps the kite
—Officials certified in the week before the bracket opens
03 What a sponsor gets
Placement is built around the two things people actually watch: the lane and the bracket board. Every tier carries category exclusivity, on-site presence, and rights to the photography and footage for your own channels.
—Lane banners, bracket naming and on-air mentions
—Named youth lanes and kite packs with your mark
—Hospitality on finals day and a founding-edition credit
—Purse matching and a named grand prize at Bracket and above
04 Where the money goes
Sponsorship does not subsidize margin. It pays the purse, the officials' certification week, the safety kit issued with every entry, the youth lanes, and the six-language broadcast. A full budget breakdown sits in the appendix of the PDF.
The numbers we will commit to
Registered competitors 600–900
Spectators on site 8,000+
Broadcast languages 6
Competition days 4
Prize purse $17,000+
“There is no second founding edition. Whoever is on it is on it forever.”
Founder, Kite Wars
Tiers run from $2,500 to $100,000+, each exclusive to one category. Bring us a category and we will build the activation around it.
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Host Country Dossier — Kite Wars 2027
For ministries and venue authorities · 22 pages
For tourism, culture and sport ministries
What hosting Kite Wars asks of a country, and what it returns
Kite Wars needs one wide summer field, four days, and a regulatory environment that permits bladed line-cutting inside a closed, permitted arena. In return the host country gets an internationally broadcast sporting first, several thousand inbound visitors in a shoulder week, and a founding-host credit attached to the sport permanently.
01 What we ask
A permit to run bladed line-cutting inside a controlled arena, a field of forty hectares or more with dependable afternoon wind, and standard event cooperation: policing, medical liaison, and visa facilitation for registered competitors from the kite-fighting nations.
—Written confirmation that the format is permitted
—Field access for eight days including build and strike
—Visa facilitation letters for registered competitors and officials
—A named liaison in the ministry
02 What we bring
Full event operations, insurance, certified officials, the safety regime, the broadcast, and international marketing in six languages. We hire locally for marshalling, recovery, translation, catering and build.
03 Safety and liability
Blades are supplied, fitted and collected by marshals and never leave the field. Spectators stand behind a fixed rope line, upwind of every lane and outside the drop zone. Wind ceilings, medics on field and a single-whistle full stop are written into the rulebook, and the insurance outline is attached in the appendix.
—Event liability cover named to the host authority
—Trained recovery runners only in open classes
—Helmet, gloves and eye protection issued with every entry
04 What the host returns on
Shoulder-season inbound travel, six-language broadcast exposure, a permanent founding-host credit, and a repeatable annual property if the first edition works. Economic modeling for a mid-size host sits in section nine.
Drop a photo of an open plain or candidate venue
Site requirements at a glance
Flying field 40+ hectares
Spectator perimeter Roped, upwind
Event window 4 days
Inbound visitors 3,000–6,000
Local hires ≈220
“The field is the venue. Everything else is tents, rope and marshals.”
Operations outline, section 4
We are speaking with candidate ministries now. A signed host agreement releases the city announcement, travel packages and the qualifier calendar.
Open a host conversation
Kite Wars Press Kit
Boilerplate, logos, imagery · rolling updates
For journalists, producers and photographers
The story, the facts, and the assets to run it
Kite Wars is a competitive event built from a Haitian childhood game: razor blades tied into kite tails, lines cut in mid-air, and a street-wide chase for whatever falls. This kit carries the boilerplate, approved imagery, founder background and the facts we will stand behind on the record.
01 Boilerplate
Kite Wars is an international line-cutting championship organized by Timl. Competitors fly single-line kites with marshal-fitted blades in timed heats; a cut line ends a competitor's heat, and fallen kites are recovered from the drop zone. The founding edition flies in summer 2027. Entry is open to individuals and to teams of three or five.
02 The origin story
The founder grew up in Haiti flying kites almost daily and fighting them in the air with blades tied to the tails — a game adults joined as readily as children, where cut kites became prizes for whoever found them first. Kite Wars formalises that game without softening it.
03 Assets available
Logos in light and dark, the wordmark, the lane-color palette, approved photography, competitor portraits on request, and broadcast-quality footage after the first edition. All assets are cleared for editorial use with credit.
—Logo pack — SVG, PNG, dark and light
—Photography — approved editorial set
—Rulebook — current draft
—Founder bio and headshot
04 Interviews
Founder interviews are available in English, French and Haitian Kreyòl. Marshals, officials and competitors can be arranged during championship week with a day's notice.
Drop a press-kit hero image
On the record
Event Kite Wars 2027
When Summer 2027
Host In negotiation
Organizer Timl
Format Bladed line-cutting
“In Haiti a kite is not a toy, it is a challenge.”
Boilerplate, paragraph one
Press accreditation for the founding edition opens with the host announcement. Photographers must apply separately for drop-zone access.
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Kite Wars Rulebook
Draft v0.4 · for federations and officials
For federations, judges and officials
The written format, open for federation comment
The rulebook is deliberately public in draft. We want kite associations, federations and experienced fighter-kite judges to mark it up before the founding edition, because a format nobody else has reviewed is not a sport — it is one organizer's opinion.
01 Equipment
Single-line kites only; no dual or quad line. Maximum span ninety centimeters, maximum tail two meters. Championship-issued line only — no abrasive or glass-coated line of any kind, at any point, including practice. One sealed blade per kite, fitted at the line by a certified marshal and returned after the heat.
02 Heats and scoring
Four-minute heats with two to four kites per sky and one competitor per lane. A cut is recorded when an opponent's line parts while your own kite remains airborne, confirmed by two marshals. A competitor is out when their line parts, their kite touches ground, or they cross into another lane.
—Individual: double elimination to a final of four
—Team of three: crew survives while one kite flies
—A competitor may enter both classes; draws are scheduled not to clash
—Ties broken on cuts landed, then on time held
03 Officials
Each lane carries a marshal and a spotter. Recovery runners work the drop zone. All officials are certified in the week before the bracket opens, and federations may nominate judges for certification.
04 Safety regime
Blades never leave the field. Spectators stand behind a fixed rope, upwind of every lane. Helmet, gloves and eye protection are issued with every entry and are mandatory on the field. A wind ceiling is enforced, medics are on field, and a single marshal whistle grounds every lane immediately.
Drop a photo of marshals at the line
Core parameters
Kite Single-line only
Max span 90 cm
Heat length 4 minutes
Kites per sky 2–4
Blades Championship-issued
“A cut is confirmed by two marshals, or it did not happen.”
Rulebook, section 6.2
Send comments and proposed amendments to rules@kitewars.com. Federation submissions are logged and answered in the next draft.
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Volunteer & Officials Guide
Roles, training, certification · 10 pages
For volunteers, marshals and clubs
The bracket needs a hundred pairs of hands
Kite Wars runs on trained volunteers. Marshals fit and collect blades, spotters watch lanes, recovery runners work the drop zone, translators carry the briefings, and youth coaches teach the next field. Every volunteer is trained on site, certified where the role requires it, and flies a free heat.
01 Training week
Officials arrive five days early. Certification covers blade handling and sealing, lane discipline, cut confirmation, drop-zone procedure, the whistle protocol and basic first response. Nobody handles a blade before certification.
02 Roles and requirements
Marshals and spotters must be eighteen or over and pass certification. Recovery runners need fitness and a clear head in a crowd. Translators need working fluency in one championship language plus the host language. Youth coaches need patience more than anything.
—Marshals and spotters — certified, 18+
—Recovery runners — fit, briefed daily
—Translators — one championship language + host language
—Repair bench — kite-building experience welcome
03 What volunteers get
Meals and water on shift, event kit, transport from the partner hotels, a free heat in the open bracket, and certification that carries to future editions and to partner federation events.
04 Clubs and groups
Kite clubs can volunteer as a block and run a lane together. Groups of six or more get a named lane and a bench slot for the week.
Drop a photo of volunteers or officials on the field
Roles we are filling
Lane marshals 24
Spotters 32
Recovery runners 40
Translators 12
Youth coaches 10
“Every volunteer flies a free heat. Nobody works a sport they never get to play.”
Volunteer guide, page two
Applications open now and close eight weeks before the first bell. Certification places are limited and filled in application order.
Apply to volunteer
Sponsorship packet
Read or print
Host dossier
Read or print
Press kit
Read or print
Rulebook
Draft v0.4
Volunteer guide
Read or print
Partner associations

We bring the format. You bring the judges.

Kite associations, national federations and clubs partner with us on standards rather than money. Four ways that works:

Sanctioning
Your association reviews the rulebook and sanctions the event, so results count toward a recognized record.
Certified judges
You nominate judges for our certification week and they officiate the bracket alongside our marshals.
Member qualifiers
Your club or federation runs an open qualifier that seeds competitors into the championship draw.
Standards work
Joint work on equipment specs, safety regime and a format other nations can adopt without us.
Kite association
National federation
Local kite club
Tourism ministry
Airline partner
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We answer within two business days, in English, French, Kreyòl, Spanish, Romanian or Portuguese.

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