The biggest kite festival in the U.S. takes place in Long Beach, Washington, every summer. Credit: Courtesy of Visit Long Beach Peninsula Every August, a woman stands in a field in Long Beach, Washington, with crushed red chili peppers in her hand and blows the red dust into the skies, to wish for fair winds. It’s a long-rooted tradition started by Kay Buesing, the late owner of Long Beach Kites, right before the Washington State International Kite Festival every year. The weeklong celebration began in 1981 with just nine participants. Today, hundreds of kites take to the sky every third full week of August. It's become the biggest kite festival in North America, attracting thousands of attendees and some of the most renowned kite designers and manufacturers in the world. These aren’t your ordinary quadrilateral-shaped kites, either.…