I must admit, I'm a bit biased against Powered Paraglider pilots. . . Most of the ones I've met have been, well, a bit, um . . . odd...

In his new book on XC competition flying, “ Flying Rags to Glory ,” Mads Syndergaard writes extensively about the subconscious and its abili...

Good news from Eric's Facebook post -

A recent dispatch from Antoine Laurens indicates things are going well for the guys.  He writes: The other day , i had a call with Brad…. ...

Driving past Cayucos at 11 am The XC Skies forecast models all said Friday might be sporty so I headed up to Cuesta for some rodeo action...

The U.S. Paragliding Team Inc. is a non-profit corp. set up to help subsidize the expenses of our U.S. PG team.  They have made it easy to ...

Killing time in Sikkim.  Photo from Eric's Facebook post. The latest news out of Sikkim is good, relatively.  The guys are comfortab...

The news out of India is a bit disturbing.   According to the Telegraph , out of Calcutta, Eric and Brad have been arrested in the small, la...

At this very moment, a couple of paraglider pilots are doing something special. They are truly exploring areas of Western Nepal that have n...

Fun Day at Cayucos - We had a fairly strong East until 1PM then it came in from the ocean with some convergence.  I launched early and paid ...

It's the off-season in the Northern Hemisphere and there is a noticeable shift in the winds.  This competition season will be interestin...

Today was a good day at MDO. I got back from my 8-day trip and was very happy to get back into the air. It was a beautiful day with 10 pil...

Nova Dasalla is a Bay Area pilot that has been on a quest for years.  He's had his struggles and his successes, but he has shown that a ...

All photos courtesy of Scott Harding www.scottharding.com I'd like to pass along some info regarding the ongoing improvements to Whal...

Today turned into a nice day for flying, and Dan, Dave M., Jeremy, Adam & I all got a good taste of the best of Winter Cuesta. . . We ...

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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...

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

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...

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...