Essentially NTSS-based meets in the US are put on by volunteer organizers who are not being rewarded much for their efforts. Putting obstacles in their way is not helping. There is an adversarial relationship between the USHPA Competition Committee and the meet organizers, which is not helping. I'm hoping to reduce that.
Also the associated the... mehr

It's hard to get any Vibram Five Fingers shoes these days. The new ones are on back order to the end of the year. The KSO's are not available until the end of October. Even the socks are two weeks out. Check your local sporting goods/shoes store. mehr

Lehrer writes (page 51):
It's not the quantity of practice, it's the quality. ...the most effective way to get better is to focus on your mistakes. In other words, you need to consciously consider the errors being internalized by your dopamine neurons. ... After ... he painstakingly reviews what happened. Every decision is critiqued and... mehr

I assume that the Competition Workgroup Proposal will once again be presented to the USHPA BOD at the Fall BOD meeting. I also assume that this time it will first go to the proper committee, the Competition Committee, before it goes to the full BOD. The full BOD doesn't have the time or attention to review such a complex proposal in its meeting,... mehr

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Yesterday it was cool, high almost 70 degrees, like the switch had been switched and autumn had arrived. For the first time in two weeks it was stable, and has been so today also. For the first time the sky hasn't been filled with cu's or cu-nimbs here in Wilson, in Jackson Hole.
So then Claire and her party showed up at the campground last... mehr

Aaron Swepston <<Tontar>> writes:
Ralph Senter is celebrating his 80th birthday this coming weekend at Dog Mountain, where he is still flying regularly.
I first met Ralph in the park in Chelan, Washington when I was a hang II pilot and had brought my Pacific Airwave Vision 20 over to fly from the Butte during the US Nationals in... mehr

Lehrer writes (page 198):
While the cortex struggles to make a decision, rival bits of tissue are contradicting one another. Different brain areas think different things for different reasons. Sometimes this fierce argument is largely emotional, and the distinct parts of the limbic system debate one another. Although people can't always... mehr

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This is the USHPA Sanction Agreement, which is a legal document that all meet organizers are required to sign.
This is what says:
Applicant understands the safety standards set forth in the most current USHPA Sanctioning and Competition Rulebooks are to be regarded as bare minimum general safety requirements...
Let me quote once again from the... mehr

The USHPA BOD will be meeting in mid November. The Competition Committee will meet at that time for a few hours. I am now proposing a few agenda items:
My proposed agenda item #1:
I propose that the 2006 USHPA Competition Rulebook be edited and divided up into a Competition Rulebook and two competition manuals. These are my drafts of the... mehr

Jim Lamb wonders when has the Competition Committee has been instrumental in securing meaningful promotional help, or helped organize a Regionals?
Jim has a point. For the most part the Competition Committee is just a gatekeeper, and pretty much operating on automatic. The USHPA Competition Rulebook hasn't been changed since 2006.
It is only... mehr

Lehrer writes (page 136):
What causes choking? Although it seems like an amorphous category of failure, or even a case of excess emotion, choking is actually triggered by a specific mental mistake: thinking too much.
On the fifth day of the Big Spring Nationals we were again heading to the west then to the north. The lift was weak, the clouds... mehr

Evgeniya <<leagull>> sends:
There are two movies from Vladimir Leouskov in internet now:
Laragne World 2009
Russian Open 2009, flatlands, Volgograd - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMSIpE7_Epo
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