What does it take to compete on the international stage in sport? Years of preparation? Commitment? Top performance equipment? Risking...

I don't usually get very excited about sporting events - especially when it comes to yelling "USA" at an international spectac...

One of the things that a good comp pilot does is minimize distractions and "get stuff out of the way." During a competition, the ...

The weather has been very nice here, lately, but the prevailing winds have been North to NE and that doesn't provide good flying weather...

It has been WAY too long since I was in the air. My wing hasn't left the pack in over 3 weeks! I have a new line-set for the Avax XC2 c...

From the USHGA website, I have gleaned the following Competition Schedule for the 2009 season: The website addresses are correct - They may ...

Here's a bit of a happy tale for you - I hope you find yourselves in the company of loved ones during the holiday season. Tim Original ...

Ok, this ain't paragliding. . .I had planned to fly the SoCalXC event this weekend in Santa Barbara. I was looking forward to meeting u...

More time spent not flying this week. I'm playing with the idea of putting the gate in front of the house. . . What do you think? This ...

I haven't been able to get into the air on my paraglider lately. The winds have been from the East (Santa Ana winds) which brings wonde...

This year I chose to put some time & effort into attending as many paragliding competitions as I could work into my otherwise, fairly fu...

Well, it's over. We had two great tasks and the Owens provided the beautiful scenery & excellent flying that it is renowned for. U...

Today looked so bad, due to forecast high winds in all the models, that the day was canceled at the pilot meeting before going to launch. A...

We arrived at Gunter's at around 10:30. Calm at the airport and on the launch. Threw a few wind-techs into the air around 11:30. It soon...

Today we drove to the Gunter launch on the White range. This launch is at 8300' (2524M) and provided a very nice open area,if a bit bus...

CLICK PHOTO FOR LARGER VERSION The forecast for the day looked a bit windy but the conditions at launch were encouraging. The wind on the v...

Today looked good with a chance of winds increasing from the South again. Launch opened at 12:40 and closed 15 minutes later when the safet...

Today's forecast was similar to yesterday's except that the winds had a Southern component in the afternoon. The task was a 110k (6...

WOW - A great day of flying today. Jug, Tom, Jack, Nick, Gary & I all headed to Walt's today for a warm-up flight before the comp b...

CLICK PHOTO FOR LARGER VERSION Tomorrow I'll be heading for Bishop to fly the US Nationals. Conditions look good with lift to over 17k ...