鈥淯p, up, follow me! No, around like this!鈥�

That鈥檚 the sound of kite leader Terry Wiggill directing his crew on Sunday afternoon at .

The Victoria-based foursome, are members of Team Island Kite 鈥� a performance quad-line kite team based in Victoria.

鈥淐anada doesn鈥檛 have much of a culture of kite-flying, but much of the rest of the world does,鈥� said Wiggill. 鈥淜ite culture is worldwide.鈥�

Terry Wiggill and Mario Di Lucci kite at White Rock Sea Fest on Sunday. Katya Slepian/Black Press

But Wiggle didn鈥檛 know that a decade ago when he first started.

鈥淎 friend gave me a kite and the rest is history!鈥� Wiggill said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a good time.鈥�

The team 鈥� made up of Wiggill, Mario Di Lucci, Sari Becker and Mike Tracy 鈥� have travelled to Washington, D.C. and Oregon, and soon hope to go as far as Spain.

Kite-flying has garnered Wiggill some weird looks.

鈥淲hen you tell your friends you鈥檙e going to fly kites, they think of the little diamond things,鈥� he said. 鈥淭here鈥檚 single-line kites, dual-line kites, kites as big as a garage!鈥�

He shakes his head.

鈥淚t鈥檚 odd. It鈥檚 an odd hobby.鈥�