Ollie Gregory writes:
It’s time to sign up, gear up, brush up, team up, and get uppity.
Team Challenge 2010 begins Saturday, September 19th and the early registrations
indicate this year’s winning team may already be out there, putting last year’s
lessons into practice.
If you are a Hang 3 or 4 foot launch pilot and you’re... mehr

Dave Aldrich <<designbydave>>
writes:
I asked my buddy Jared, who blogs and creates content for the very
popular www.Cinema5d.com
web site, to come up to Santa Barbara and help shoot a little mini Zippy promo
film I'm working on. He took the opportunity to also shoot a short piece for his
web site, check it... mehr

http://www.cucco2011.org/
Jamie Sheldon blog /task tweets
here
Jamie's tweets
Jonny Durand's blog
here.
Corinna's Sky
hereWe had a fabulous task today with a northeast wind at three to eight mph and a
top of the lift a little over 6,000'. The task consisted of multiple turnpoints
that had us launching at the north Montecucco launch that... mehr

All the staff and organizers of the pre-Worlds are staying at
apparently the finest residence and restaurant in the area, Country House “VILLA
PASCOLO.” See here. On Friday night some members of the US and Australian contingents were
treated to a marvelous dinner by the meet director, Franco Rinaldi and his wife
Nuccia.No menu... mehr

Thursday the winds were strong which is why the Jeff's went up
early for a flight. The clouds came during the day and it always looked like it
was going to rain, but it didn't until late at night. Then the thunder and
lightning came knocking out power to the Residence Alba Rosa, where we are
staying. The Jeff's were driving Zippy back to his... mehr

Rodrigo Russek <<russek>>
writes:
http://ozreport.com/data/despegue_rayones.kmz
A very nice takeoff. Pilots used to launch at a much lower part of
the hill in that same place, but some friends put a ramp in that upper part of
the hill some eight years ago. Not many people know it or fly it but I think it
has great potential and... mehr

http://gearjunkie.com/vibram-fivefingers-2011 mehr

Ken Wilson <<lostboater>>
writes:
I am doing another charity ride for the Canoa school. I have
Kevin's paragliding auction on the blog also.
http://scooterdiaries2010.blogspot.com.
Ken heads up the
James Dean
Byrd Foundation the the US. All the money goes to help the English school in
Canoa, La Escuela Bilingue los Algarrobos.... mehr

The FAI sends:
Type of record : Speed over a triangular course of 25 km
Course/location : Aiguebelette, Savoie (France)
Performance : 46.8 km/h
Pilot : Charles CAZAUX (France)
Paraglider : R 10 / Ozone
Date :20.04.2010
Previous record : 41.15 km/h (23.07.2006 - Charles CAZAUX, France)
Type of record : Speed over a triangular course of 200 km... mehr

Scare writes:
The strange differences between GPS-altitude and
pressure-altitude, here's Christian's in Google Earth with both.http://ozreport.com/data/Christian_Ciech.20100723-155058.6034.12_GPS_and_pressure.kmz.Green = GPS-altitude
Yellow = pressure-altitude with corresponding GPS-altitude
Red = pressure-altitude when there was no... mehr

We had ourselves a
real flight on Wednesday. We being the Jeff's,
Raul, Derrick Turner, Ben Dunn and his dad, Tim, Mike Glennon, Wolfi, and
numerous others. The forecast for 4,000' had been for light northerly winds
turning to light westerlies by 2 PM. There were plenty of cu's but the lift
seemed sparse around noon as we got to launch.... mehr

Jonathan Dietch writes:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SsgrILjbu-kThis is the extended and narrated version of the video I shot during my first
flight ever at King Mountain on July 19, 2010. I launched second while my 'Epic
Spuds' team mate Mike was landing in the upper LZ. Mike quickly broke down then
re-launched for a good flight score later... mehr

Further analysis of Christian Ciech's track log on the last day of the
Europeans
Further analysis of Christian Ciech's track log on the last day
of the Europeans

http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20916&start=2
It is not a faulty GPS. It's strange judgment. That is the point.
Discuss "Further analysis of Christian Ciech's track log... mehr

Here. mehr

Matjaz Klemencic <<klemencic_matjaz>>
sends:

European championship HG (Áger, Spain 2010) from
Matjaz Klemencic on
Vimeo. mehr

I wrote earlier
here: "Wide down
tubes made for a very comfortable and solid feel when hoisted up on my
shoulders. This is important if you want to have a strong launch in light wind
conditions. I throw my shoulders back, stand straight, and rotate the glider
nose down pivoting on my shoulders. The strong pivot point provided by the wide... mehr

That's what it looks like:
Click on above to see the better version. I don't have the waypoints for the
2010 Europeans, so I don't have a spot where he crossed the line, and I don't
have a way to know from that what his goal time actually was. mehr

Gordon Rigg, who always enjoys a controversy, <<gordon.rigg245km>>
writes:
Attila took third ahead of final task winner Mario Alonzi by just
five interesting points.Christian Chiech physically passed the goal line second on the last day, behind
Mario but still half of a kilometer ahead of the pack, which was Attila, Alex,
Martin... mehr

Belinda sends:

http://ozreport.com/14.065#1 mehr

Jeff Hunt <jeff>
writes:
We have our tow trike back in operation finally, it starts, runs,
restarts after shutdown, does not seem to overheat, doing what she is supposed
to. Finally!We are based west of Austin about 50 miles. There is a Dragonfly based at Luling
now. Calling Joel or myself to make appointments for anything is how we... mehr