Last year at the Sun Valley PWC and then afterwards at the Open Distance Nationals some bad ass pilots took the floor on the non-flyable days and shared their knowledge. Veteran comp pilot, Ozone test pilot and all around good dude Russell Ogden spoke about safety, going far, and how to handle new comp wings.
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After one short flight in Fiesch and a continued blurry forecast we hit the road in the Niviuk mobile for the only place in Europe that held any promise- Bassano, Italy. Many people are saying this is the wettest (ie worst) spring in history. Whatever the case may be, it has been dismal. But the flying forecast was for two good, maybe even great cross country days.
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Arrived Paris two weeks ago with Nate Scales, my Sun Valley flying buddy with huge plans of massive triangles in the Alps. Spring flying in Europe is spicy, strong and when you get the days completely RAD, but the days don’t come often. Patience is the key. My flying partner Bruce Marks arrived in the middle of April, got three back to back days of 8 hours+ in the air in the Wallis area (Fiesch, Riederalp, Zermatt, etc.) but since then it’s been…challenging.
The new all things paragliding website TheParaglider.com just posted an awesome feature…
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Been thinking about getting a flying blog going for some time now. I’m sitting in Fiesch, Switzerland with my good friend and flying partner slash fellow addict Bruce Marks. It’s raining non-stop, it’s nearly June, the mountains are getting buckets of snow…and we can’t fly. So I can dream about things like our trip last fall across the Sierra Mountains. Hope you enjoy.