“I’ve met so many people flying kites,” Bahadur said, including his wife. Every passing person looked up and smiled. He admits it’s hard to put into words the thing he’s been doing since he was little.īahadur instead demonstrated his technique on a recent morning at the end of the Santa Barbara Harbor breakwater, first with a zippy teal fighter, then with a big white number stitched with a rainbow unicorn. Those are the two pieces of advice you’ll get from Santa Barbara’s resident kite master, Rakesh Bahadur, when you pick his brain about the best way to fly.
