Timo's Paragliding Blog

Paragliding adventures of a pilot flying XC in competitions and scoring in the "top of the middle third."
Flight descriptions, Competition tips, recap of results, and US competition schedule.

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Saturday, March 28, 2009

Right ON!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeYscnFpEyA

PodMod Pt. 3

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Not a lot of info to add at this point, but I thought I'd report on the outcome after making the final mods to the pod. The floor (made...
Thursday, March 19, 2009

PodMod Pt. 2

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A week ago I started my mod of my harness, by adding a pod. You can see Part One HERE. I've also made a few additional changes. I'...
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Sunday, March 15, 2009

Another fun day at Cayucos

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Today was another glorious day at Cayucos. I really prefer higher flights, but it's hard not to appreciate the chance to fly over such ...
Saturday, March 14, 2009

Cayucos Today 03/14/09

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Today was a fun day at Cayucos. The hill is a 700' high walk-up that works with a West wind. The forecast was for high winds in the af...
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Thursday, March 12, 2009

PodMod

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Well, if you were to have read an entry from late Dec. '08, you might remember a post labeled 'Project Time' . I had ordered a ...
Sunday, March 8, 2009

Cuesta Today - Mar. 08, '09

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The prediction for today looked good for a flight at Cuesta - Probably not a day to go XC, but flyable. It was a bit dicey looking since th...
Saturday, March 7, 2009

The season is just about to start

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The first weekend comp of the season is next weekend in Santa Barbara. The next is the following weekend, a BAPA league meet at Potato Hill...
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Cuesta Today - Feb. 18, '09

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Today was a spectacular day in the San Luis Obispo area. I awoke with my usual "got in from Hong Kong yesterday funk," but shook ...
Thursday, February 12, 2009

U.S. Nationals - Dunlap, CA - Briefly

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The website is hot and registration is open for the first leg of the US Nationals. Competition will begin on Monday, April 27th and run th...
Sunday, February 8, 2009

Flying MDO today

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Today I met a few friends for some fickle but fun flying at the bluffs. I've gotten a bit more comfortable with my video editing softwar...
Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Cuesta Today

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Today I met Patrick, Jesse, and Eric for a quick flight at the Cuesta Grade. The air felt good and the cycles were nicely rolling up the hi...
Friday, January 30, 2009

World Championship Risks & Rewards

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What does it take to compete on the international stage in sport? Years of preparation? Commitment? Top performance equipment? Risking...
Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Doing us Proud

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I don't usually get very excited about sporting events - especially when it comes to yelling "USA" at an international spectac...
Sunday, January 18, 2009

Dunlap Recon

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One of the things that a good comp pilot does is minimize distractions and "get stuff out of the way." During a competition, the ...
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Sunday, December 28, 2008

Project time

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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...
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Monday, December 1, 2008

Diversions

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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...
Friday, November 28, 2008

2009 U.S. Paragliding Competition Schedule

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From the USHGA website, I have gleaned the following Competition Schedule for the 2009 season: The website addresses are correct - They may ...
Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving

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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 ...
Saturday, November 15, 2008

Project complete!

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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...
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Cambria, CA, USA
In my spare time I fly paragliders for fun and compete in XC competitions. I also throw pots to vent my creative juices in my ceramics studio.

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