From October 31st until November 2nd top pilots from Austria,
Italy, Colombia, Peru, Mexico, USA and Ecuador will be racing the famous Canoa
Ridges to claim the King of The Ridge title. Christian Ciech, Tom Weissenberger
(current King of the Ridge), Daniel Velez, Rudy Gotes, Raul Guerra and all the
Ecuadorian gang will be there. Competition is FAI 2 with two classes: open and
sport.
It will have live tracking according to Raul. Plus I'm taunting
Weissenberger and Manfred, who are both apparently coming, which is probably a
lot like taunting a bear. So it should be pretty entertaining.
Also as you know the Canoa race is the only pure glider performance comp that
pretty much isolates pilot skill from the result. Assuming everyone is capable
of flying efficiently and tagging turns well. So I figured a true comparison
would interest your readers. Christian was confirmed but has a detached retina
and imminent surgery. Manfred may take his place according to Raul. Will Moyes
be sending someone to back up Tom?
