it features professional kite fliers and kite making activities for kids, but it's not the only memorial day celebration appearing here in the bay area. there are dozens of events, including one at the presidio in san francisco. there's a memorial day ceremony there. this is video you're looking at of last year's event. that ceremony starts at 10:30 with a parade, and a 21 gun salute. a half hour before that parade starts, there will also be an extra special ceremony, honoring japanese world war ii veterans. here's some other events going on at vallejo. at benecia, a special flyover. at oakland, for the 90th year in a row, they will have a memorial day ceremony, and 21 gun salute at that cemetery. back here live in san ramon, in spite of all the uncertainty, you can see, there is a crowd of about 200 people out here. a short time ago, one of the organizers came out and told the crowd these balloons will be not be flying, but they will still inflate some of the hot air balloons. they'll inflate them, and we'll see them go up, and they'll bob up and down, just a bit just so you the crowd c

it is free, although parking is 5 dollars, it features professional kite flyers, arts and crafts vendors and kite making activities for kids, it is not the only thing happening in the bay area. there are dozens of events, including this event at the presidio. this is video of last year's event. it starts starts at 10:30 this morning. a half-hour before the parade starts there will be a special ceremony honoring japanese american world war ii veterans, elsewhere other events, in vallejo, a ceremony at 9:00 and in venetia at 10:00 and a fly over with jets, in oakland at mountain view cemetery a ceremony and 21 gun salute. the 90th year for the ceremony there. in alameda at veterans park a service at 11:00 a.m. back out here live we are waiting for the hot air balloons to lunch. you can see a group of people kind of putting together their game plan. again they are waiting for the fog to clear up, we will check back with you throughout the morning. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >> any attack in afghanistan kills 5 italian soldiers when a car packed with explosives was detonated early to

>>reporter: not surprisingly the tiny village of leucate is home to one of the legs of the professional kite riders association world tour the ten day long festival attracts around 150,000 fans. the downside is the downtime - no wind can mean a lot of waiting around for action. >>toscano: kiteboarding, it's been definitely an expanding sport. it started about 10 years ago, a little bit more maybe 12 and since then its just been growing at a fast rate. i mean right now i think it's starting to peak a little bit. its a very nice and spectacular sport once we have the conditions but because we have to wait for the wind then that is the biggest constraint that it has on the growth and competition level. >>reporter: but when the conditions are good.... >>this is alex caizergues the fastest kitesurfer in the world - skimming the waves at more than 100kilometres an hour. >>60 competitors took part in this tour event, but with total prize money of just 60 thousand dollars none of them are exactly millionaires. >>travel and housing to kitesurfing hotspots in spain, germany and brazil are often paid f

they have an arts and crafts booth, and professional kite fliers and kite making activities for kids.ll of that activity continues despite the wind and fog today. for a more traditional memorial day ceremony, because this holiday is to show appreciation four for our military men and women, there is an event in the presidio. it includes a parade, ceremony, and 21 gun salute. we have video to show you of last year's parade. also, there will be a special ceremony, honoring japanese american world war ii veterans. elsewhere in vallejo. a memorial ceremony will include a flyover, with military jets from travis air force base. for a more complete list of events happening, you can always go to our website, ktvu.com. in the meantime, here in san ramon, even though these balloons never took flight, the reminder of the festivities today, the wind festival continues today. that event, and all the other events we mentioned are free. reporting live in san ramon, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the time is 8:35. starting tomorrow, pg and e crews will be getting ready for high pressure testin

kite board. we get a lot of professionals, doctors, lawyers. most we get is pilots and engineers. at. >> we're pumping up the kites and we will set the lines on to the kite. how it works is push and pull. what i'll do is i'll turn and push with my outside and pull with the other and that's what directs the kite and makes the kite steer left and right. when i pull in on the bar it creates more power and pull me. when i release the bar it depowers the kite. >> we get a lot of exercise. you burn a lot of good calories. keeps you young. you got to carry all your kite gear out. carry your boards. then you got to battle the ocean. it's a lot of fun. if you're not in shape it will get you in shape. >> full body workout. your legs. core. shoulders. arms.

kite board. ♪ >> we get a lot of professionals, doctors, lawyers, the most we probably get are pilots and engineersa form of flying and sailing so pilots are already kind of in touch with that. >> we're pumping up the kites and we're going to set the lines onto the kites. how it works is push and pull. i will turn and i will push with my outside hand, pull with the other, and that's what directs the kite and makes the kite steer left and right. when i pull in on the bar, it creates more power and it wants to pull me. when i release the bar, it depowers the kite. ♪ >> we get a lot of exercise. you burn a lot of good calories and it keeps you young because you have to carry all your kite gear out, pump your kites up, carry your boards and battle the ocean. it's a lot of fun. if you're not in shape, it will get you in shape. >> full body workout, your legs, core, shoulders, arms. >> everything. >> it's a life changing experience to fly kites in the water.

kite to propel surfers across the sea. don't believe me, take a look. >> we're hear in cocoa beach and we teach people how to kiteboard. we get a lot of professionalse get are pilots and engineers. >> it's a form of flying and sailing and so pilots are already kind of in touch with that. >> we're pumping the kites. we have bar here. we'll set the lines on the kites. it works by push and pull. i'll turn and push with outside and pull with other and that's what directs the kite and makes the kite steer left and right. when i pull in on the bar it creates more power and it wants to pull me. when i release the bar it depowers the kite. >> you got a lot of exercise. you burn a lot of good calories during the day. it keeps you young. you got to carry all of your kite gear out and pump kites up and carry the boards and battle the ocean. if you're not in shape, you'll get in shape. >> full body workout. legs, core, shoulders, arms, everything. >> it's a life changing experience to fly kites in the water. >> my gosh. that does look incredible. earlier in the newsroom i told you about a new census bureau data that has nothing to do with kiteboarding but inst