http://www.thefloridaridge.com/pages/RidgeTeamChallenge2012.php

Derrick Turner (on the Spanish speaking team) at take off:

The Team Challenge started off Sunday with a challenging task, with C pilots
required to stay in the air for one hour, and the B and A pilots two hours. They
could land any where. There was a nice breeze across Lake Okeechobee reducing
the lift right near the park, but lift projected to be much higher a little to
the west. Scarce cu's as you can see above.

Pilots who stayed around the flight park had difficulties as they had to work
their way back up wind into the weaker areas to find lift and stay within glide
of the park.

This is a multi-lingual Team Challenge with a Russian speaking team, a Spanish
speaking team and an English speaking team.

Scoring will be done with a multiplier formula which takes into
consideration the pilot's skill level and the glider type being flown. Jeff
Nibler's unique scoring system will normalize the scores to a standard score of
100 when a pilot makes his goal. The tasks will be handicapped based on pilot
skill level by giving relatively easy tasks to the "C" pilots and quite
difficult tasks to the "A" pilots.

Preliminary scoring for the first day has the Russian team way
ahead.