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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Monday, January 31, 2011

Click-and-Control Interactive Heli Video

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For the best experience, click the "Full Screen" Icon. Tim
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Friday, January 21, 2011

Paragliding World Cup 2011 Roldanillo, Colombia - Task 6

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Today must have been some serious racing.  Speeds today were over 30KPH and there were 87 in goal.  Marcus Malmqvist was first on the UP...
Thursday, January 20, 2011

Paragliding World Cup 2011 Roldanillo, Colombia - Task 5

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Today's task was 123Km and conditions were finally suitable for some racing.  The top pilots had average speeds of  28KPH. Today's T...
Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Paragliding World Cup 2011 Roldanillo, Colombia - Task 4

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Another tough day in Colombia.  113Km. task with no one in goal..  Michael Sigel was the only pilot to make 100K, which will cinch first p...
Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Paragliding World Cup 2011 Roldanillo, Colombia - Task 3

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The third task was considerably shorter than previous tasks at 60 Km.  This allowed all but 13 pilots to make goal.  The top-15 all had aver...

Flying Bookshelf - Flying Rags to Glory

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Mads Syndergaard is an experienced, and quite accomplished XC competition pilot.  He also doesn't mind passing his voluminous store of ...
Monday, January 17, 2011

Paragliding World Cup 2011 Roldanillo, Colombia - Task 2

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Another tough day, from the sound of it.  123K task and it looks like everyone has landed short of goal.  Looking at the 'Live Leader Bo...

Paragliding World Cup 2011 Roldanillo, Colombia

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The first task of the Colombia PWC was a 94 kilometer zig-zag that had as many pilots landing near the 1/2 way point as it had in g...
Thursday, January 13, 2011

Volando en Roldanillo - USA is 1, 2 !

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Well it's over in Columbia and Eric Reed was consistent enough to win the Gold. Brad Gunnuscio finished strong to move up to 2nd, and N...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Volando en Roldanillo - One more day

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Eric Reed is still at the top of the leader board after 5 tough tasks.  He is showing his tenacity and skills among a very talented field.  ...
Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Volando en Roldanillo

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The competition is on in Columbia at the Volando en Roldanillo.  After three tasks Eric Reed is leading the pack with his signature consiste...
Thursday, January 6, 2011

Flytec's 6030 soon to have features of the Flymaster B1Nav!

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Hey sportsfans - The folks at Flytec just announced there will be a significant firmware update for the 6030 very soon. It is being tested...
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Sunday, December 19, 2010

Skywalk video competition 2010 Winner!

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I embedded this video in August because I felt it conveyed much of the appeal of the sport.  Skywalk agrees. Congratulations to José Abreu ...
Monday, November 29, 2010

Magic Soap

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I'm no good at remembering jokes.  I enjoy hearing them - and have an appreciation for humor; I just don't retain the elements of th...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010

REALLY?!

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In an August post I reviewed the Flymaster B1Nav integrated flight instrument.  This post has been one of my most read posts, accessed thro...
Monday, October 25, 2010

2011 X-Alps Athlete selection announced

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Tom Payne put this great table of the 2011 Athletes together: Country Flag Athlete Age Supporter Glider Blog/website 2003 2...
Saturday, October 23, 2010

Flying Safe

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Copyright ©2010 iStockphoto LP I say this a lot. "Fly safe." *   I think this a lot too.  You see, I've never considered...
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Saturday, October 2, 2010

2010 PWC Superfinal Results and some News

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The US team is heading home from Turkey and they can hold their heads up high.  After 7 tasks in 11 days, the US pilots all flew well and br...
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Aftermath of a fall - This one turned out well.

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White Mountains in the Owens Valley - Click photo for larger version - Photos by Jay Gordon None of us wants to leave a three-day flying...
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Owens Valley - Bonus Day!

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Mt. Whitney from 13,500' Click on photos for larger version A group of us decided to do some "value-added" flying today.  ...
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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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