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Forbes 2019 Day 2 (2018/12/31 11:48:33)

Similar windy conditions today, so the safety committee delayed everything by 20 minutes and then another 20 minutes. So we ended up starting around the same time as yesterday - pretty late. The task committee wanted something slightly more challeng ...

Forbes Flatlands 2019 (2018/12/30 7:30:25)

I’m back in Oz at the Forbes Flatlands again. Missed last year, but it’s good to be back in the hot, dry, super consistent conditions this area offers. It all got started yesterday with a dogleg downwind and then crosswind to the town of Stockin ...

Bringing it Back (2018/5/5 5:12:07)

I was running past the Thursday beachside farmer's market this morning and bumped into my UPS driver. He gave me a big hug and we caught up on what we've both been up to for the past year. He is the example I always use when I tell people how much I ...

Final Task - This is it! (2017/8/19 1:49:50)

Waiting for the task briefing to start today, I had a chance to speak with Petr Benes from the Czech Republic. The Czech team did very well in the European Championships in Krushevo last summer, but they seem to have come blazing out of nowhere here ...

USA Third!! (2017/8/17 22:44:55)

It's been a tough few days with lighter, more difficult conditions all around, but team USA has at last moved into third place after yesterday's task. Gone are the days of 100 pilots in goal. With somewhat low inversions and lighter lift, the number ...

Brasilia Worlds Days 3 and 4 (2017/8/14 4:14:41)

Team USA is finally getting into the groove here. Zac seems to has found his mojo and is blazing in again the way we're used to seeing him. Robin is ever consistent and inching his way up the rankings He is in seventh now, just 191 points out of fir ...

Brasilia Worlds Day 2 (2017/8/12 0:34:54)

Day 2 was a tough one at launch. The early birds had terribly light conditions. After getting scored minimum distance on day one for top landing for a relaunch because his instrument froze up, Wolfi launched first. He fought and fought to stay up, b ...

Worlds Day 1 (2017/8/10 6:39:08)

It's finally underway! Day 1 task was a relatively short one - 104km optimized. They put goal out on the flats, not at the Esplanada this time. I guess for the first day they wanted to make sure everyone was all warmed up before sending them to the ...

It's Started!! (2017/8/10 3:37:25)

Here is our Team US! Derreck Turner lives in Fort Meyers, Florida and works as a hang gliding instructor, tandem pilot and tug pilot at the Florida Ridge flight park. Derreck was on the US team for the last worlds in Valle de Bravo, Mexico and he fl ...

Getting There (2017/8/9 1:24:27)

Getting here to Brasilia has been quite a journey. But I'm happy to say that all of Team USA is here and ready to get this thing underway. Niki and I left Houston on Tuesday night with three gliders on a direct flight to Rio. United never fails to c ...

Brasilia Worlds Opening Ceremonies (2017/8/7 22:21:00)

The Brasilia Worlds kicked off last night with a very energetic and super fun opening ceremony at the National Museum. The museum is an iconic white domed building in the center of the city designed by Oscar Niemeyer. Teams were paraded down the dom ...

Dinosaur Day 5 (2017/6/24 22:48:35)

We had a second day of predicted overdevelopment and wind. But, early on things didn't look like they would be as bad as expected so the task committee went ahead and set a task and launch was opened. No one was all that keen to launch and a half ho ...

Dinosaur Day 3 (2017/6/23 1:25:44)

When scouting out the area previous to this competition, we came through Steamboat Springs a couple of times. It's a lovely little ski town to our east and a great spot for a long goal. Weather conditions cooperated yesterday for calling a task to S ...

Dinosaur Day 4 (2017/6/23 1:25:26)

Arriving at launch yesterday, we could see the start of overdevelopment to our west, so a task was iffy from the start. But, it seemed to not move or grow toward our task area, so the committee called a task to the town of Meeker. But, by the time l ...

Dinosaur Day 2 (2017/6/21 13:21:05)

Thank goodness the weather forecast for day 2 was off. At the morning's task briefing we were told it was going to be a "hold on tight kind of day". After the rough air and whining yesterday, none of us wanted to hear that it was going to even more ...

Dinosaur Day 1 (2017/6/19 22:55:43)

Late June was chosen for the competition this year to try to avoid the sometimes scary overdevelopment they have experienced here later in the summer. Although conditions are typically quite strong in June, late in the month normally brings little p ...

Dinosaur Open (2017/6/19 22:02:51)

We've got a nice little group out here in the wild west - Dinosaur, Colorado - for the week. After a great competition in the mellow flatlands of Whitewater, many of us caravanned west together with some really fun stops boating towing on the Missis ...

Wishing I was a Highlander (2017/4/30 6:14:56)

This past August I had ten free days between the HG and the PG Euros in Krushevo where I was serving as a CIVL jury member. For years I've wanted to check out Scotland - mostly just to listen to people talk. I probably could have been blindfolded th ...

Valadares Final (2017/4/4 14:24:31)

Big congratulations to Jonny Durand, David Brito Filho and Andre Wolf on taking the first three spots at the first of the Brasilian National series competition in Valadares last week. It's going to be fun to see whether either the Brasilian or Austr ...

Jonny's pro-edge (2017/4/1 0:33:30)

Jonny is flying Gerolf's glider in Valadares this week. It has a cool sail material on the trailing edge. Moyes is calling it the "Pro-Edge". It makes me think of a fashionably faded t-shirt material. It's apparently wrinkle-free and they think it i ...

Valadares - Task 3 (2017/4/1 0:24:03)

Beautiful day yesterday with a 78km triangle that was probably a bit undercalled. There were 34 out of 44 in for a great party at goal. Filippo won the day, which always amazes me considering how little he flies. He averages about 17 flights a year ...

Young Rotors (2017/4/1 0:11:42)

Nene Rotor's young sons Bruno and Guilhermo are here flying the sport class in their beautiful new windows U2's. It's great to see new young pilots coming onto the competition scene.

Valadares Day 4 (Task 2) (2017/3/30 22:37:54)

Finally a second task here at Valadares. We had one day of off-and-on rain and a second day of steady rain all day. Many of the city streets were like little streams. But, flying was back on yesterday and they flew a nice out and return of about 90k ...

Valadares Day 2 (2017/3/30 22:05:36)

Weather isn't exactly looking beautiful for Day 2. Thunderstorms and a bit of rain are in the forecast, but relatively small chance and off and on throughout the day. The organizers initially said they would hold on going up to launch until 10am, but ...

Governador Valadares (2017/3/27 1:38:37)

After a tough rainy winter in California, I got the opportunity to pop down to Brasil for the first of the two-comp Brasilian Nationals series. The plan was to report the competition from the HG Outlanders blog, but we seem to be having some technica ...

Klaudia (2016/8/19 20:07:58)

While woman are busy arguing on Facebook about whether or not girls should wear bikinis on launch and whether or not organizers are sexist for posting pictures of bikini clad girls on launch and who is ultimately responsible for those images appeari ...

Groundhog Day (2016/8/19 19:33:27)

That's how I'm feeling at the moment.... After more than two weeks in Krushevo for the European Hang Gliding Championships, I had a quick week being a tourist in Scotland before returning here for the European Paragliding Championships. This is a ne ...

Peaceful, Easy Feelin' (2016/7/27 15:56:57)

Day before yesterday was a scheduled rest day - Section 7 requirement after 6 days of flying and conveniently, bad weather. Then we ended up with another weather day yesterday. Oddly, something on my mind wandering around town both days was peace. I ...

21 Gun Salute (2016/7/24 21:56:34)

I finally had the chance to get into some of this beautiful Macedonian air yesterday. Tullio was kind enough to bring me a Falcon from Italy so I had something to fly if I found some spare time. Elia, one of the Italian team helpers also wanted to f ...

Longest Task (2016/7/24 21:24:27)

The day before yesterday, they called the longest competition task ever in Macedonia. It seems Jochen from Germany (flying in Class 5) didn't think it was long enough though. There was a 20km radius around one of the turnpoints, but he decided to ma ...

My favorite flying family... (2016/7/24 21:10:09)

....is back! At the pre-Euros last year I met the coolest Greek family. I loved seeing dad and the oldest son Denis who solo'd here last year. I believe he was 16 or 17. Well they're back and now young Elena has solo'd too. She's just 14!!!! She's a ...

Pics from the first few days of the Euros (2016/7/21 21:23:37)

Wheels, Stay Under Me! (2016/7/16 19:29:37)

If you ask me, jetways are way overused at home. It's so much nicer to walk down the airstairs onto the hot tarmac - especially when you step out into a stiff Mediterranian breeze. I always feel like I'm in a movie when I get to do that. I flew last ...

Solo Traveling (2016/7/16 19:25:58)

For the most part, solo traveling makes me feel very spoiled and selfish...and I love it. All alone I get to do exactly what I want to do 100% of the time. But, there are definitely times that it can be the most gigantic pain in the ass. When I arri ...

Travels (2016/6/28 10:23:06)

It's been a while since I've written anything here. Not that there hasn't been plenty happening, I just haven't felt overly inspired to write about it. Sitting watching a James Taylor concert on TV the other night, I was reminded of the two things t ...

The Rainbow Connection (2015/11/25 16:47:27)

All of us under its spell, we know that it's probably magic... Although we haven't had the most perfect weather this time around, this place is still heaven. Yesterday after working until about 3pm, I headed out to the sand blow to find the wind a w ...

Arrived! (2015/11/21 17:25:28)

After three relaxing days of driving at a snail's pace up the east cast, stopping at all the empty, secluded beaches, Hadewych and I arrived at the Sunshine Coast airport to pick up the kids. Kathryn, Franco and Damon flew up from Sydney and we all ...

Too many things I haven't done yet...too many sunsets I haven't seen (2015/11/18 18:39:28)

Back down under to my favorite place in Oz! I arrived on Monday and spent a cool, rainy weekend in the most special little town in all of Australia - Pearl Beach - before starting my drive north along the east coast. Like last year, my plan is to ch ...

My Travelling Star (2015/11/16 14:51:10)

They hunger for home, but they cannot stay. They wait by the door, they stand and they stare. They're already out of there. Run before the wind, run before the rain, over yonder hill, just around the bend. Never knowing why, never knowing when, ever ...

Long Ago Places (2015/8/28 21:58:28)

Everyone packed up and started to head back home after a week in Krushevo. A little at a time, it was turning back into the quiet town I found a few weeks ago. Jochen and I packed up the car with a plan to head west to some place flyable. The idea w ...

Pre-Euros Finished (2015/8/23 17:10:51)

I kind of run out of blogging steam when it comes to the end of a comp. We had a final very difficult task on Friday. Only four flex made goal and Jochen won his second day in a row. Goal was down south very near the Greek border, so the pilots (and ...

Pics from a super fun task... (2015/8/21 21:05:38)

Task 3 (2015/8/21 15:46:18)

We woke up to a lot of low cloudiness and cooler temperatures yesterday. At the 9:30 briefing Goran and the weatherman were not optimistic, but didn't want to cancel too early. So, we decided to re-brief at 11:30, just in case things miraculously im ...

Pictures - Task 2 (2015/8/20 16:06:15)

Task 2 (2015/8/20 15:30:51)

Our weatherman was not exactly optimistic yesterday. The belief was that conditions would be weaker than Day 1, with clouds over the mountains, but blue in the valley and cloudbase not as high as the previous day. There was also a lot of concern tha ...

Launch & Goal Photos - Task 1 (2015/8/19 6:11:52)

Task 1 (2015/8/19 6:00:46)

Although only 5 flex and 1 rigid made it in to goal today, from what I've heard most everyone had a fun struggle. They called a 124km triangle(ish) task around the valley. Turns out conditions were quite a strong as expected and cloudbase was lower ...

Photos from the Practice Task (2015/8/18 21:23:57)

Official Practice Task (2015/8/18 21:22:17)

The forecast called for strong west winds yesterday, so they sent us to the Monastery launch on the opposite side of the valley about 30 km away. The wind started out fairly mellow and that lured everyone into setting up. Eventually it started to gu ...

Pictures (2015/8/17 5:37:40)

Practice Days (2015/8/17 1:26:35)

As nice as it has been having this whole place to myself for the last five days, it's fun when the whole hang gliding family starts to invade the town. The French and Italians have the equivalent of two teams each. Alex Ploner has returned after sit ...

Young Students (2015/8/17 0:27:17)

There has been a Greek family here for the weekend. The Greek border is just about sixty kilometers south of us and with such a perfect launch and wide open landing fields here, it's an ideal place to bring student pilots. On Saturday we got to watc ...

Krusevo (2015/8/16 0:55:04)

I was lucky enough to get to Krusevo a few days before all the pilots started showing up. After a week of sun and beaches with Trudy in Albania, I took a flight to Thessaloniki, Greece. The organizers of the Euros sent a car for me and I got to enjo ...

Albania (2015/8/9 23:55:32)

When I was 14 my dad pastored a church in a tiny town in the mountains of northern New Mexico. The church was on the main street and the parsonage was right next door. One day in the spring I was out in the front yard and two French girls on a motor ...

Breaktime (2015/8/3 7:09:49)

After nearly 6 weeks and more than 6000 miles, it was time to take a short break from the road trip. I never imagined I would enjoy 6 weeks of solo traveling so much. I wasn't alone the entire time. I got to stop and visit friends in Kitty Hawk, New ...

Canadian Nationals - Lumby, BC (2015/8/3 6:53:17)

The idea for this whole road trip started with my good Canadian buddies Tyler and Rob inviting me to the Canadian Nationals up in Lumby. Seemed like as good an excuse as any to hit the road for the summer. After all my national parks and hiking, I w ...

Close Encounters (2015/8/3 6:20:40)

Next stop after the Badlands and a quick cruise by Mt. Rushmore was a day visit to the Devil's Tower in Wyoming. It's not a hugely known site, but any child of the 70's that remembers Richard Dryfus making sculptures in his mashed potatoes will know ...

The Highlight of my Roadtrip (2015/7/20 7:26:53)

I never dreamed I would find one of the coolest places on my summer roadtrip in South Dakota. Who even knew there was anything in South Dakota? I left my new favorite northern city of Minneapolis around midday for the 7 or so hour drive to the easte ...

The Land of Prince & Aveda (2015/7/11 7:46:03)

If you ignore the eight months of winter, I'm quite certain I could live in Minneapolis. After leaving Niagara Falls so disappointed, I got to spend a weekend in Minneapolis under the most beautiful blue skies. This city has now moved up on my list ...

As Long as Niagara Falls (2015/7/10 15:57:46)

For some strange reason, I have always wanted to see Niagara Falls. It was right on the route from Pippo's house heading west to BC, so I couldn't resist. Well...I suppose I'm glad I got that out of the way and I won't likely ever do it again. It wa ...

Next stop...my Italian (2015/7/1 10:01:52)

No way to have a roadtrip without stopping in New England to hang out with my Italian for a few days. Good cooking, great wine and my favorite company. Filippo's house is slightly out of the way when one is driving from Florida to British Columbia, b ...

Kitty Hawk (2015/7/1 1:13:55)

After my family time back in California I flew back to my car in Raleigh, North Carolina to resume the cross country drive. Next stop, Kitty Hawk where my good friends Jim, Mitch, Jonny and my teammate Linda are spending the summer doing tandems for ...

Home for a bit.... (2015/6/30 12:31:59)

I broke up the driving portion of my summer roadtrip by hopping a quick flight out to California for a bunch of family events (Amber's baptism, Ally's birthday and Dillon's graduation). Sometimes- I don't know how- I forget what a cool family I have ...

Road Trip (2015/6/18 12:26:49)

I feel like I'm on summer vacation - I suppose because I am, but also because it feels like the kind of trip my family used to take on summer break when I was a kid - loading up the car and getting out on the road driving across the country. I blame ...

The Rhythm of Flight (2015/3/29 4:57:08)

I met Wolfi Siess about ten years ago at the French Nationals in Laragne. I was there with Gerolf Heinrichs who was flying the competition and coaching a few new young Austrian pilots. One of those guys was Wolfi. To this day, I carry such fond memo ...

Yep, it's Over :-( (2015/3/13 7:47:04)

...and it's that time - short packing time.

New World Champion (2015/3/13 7:04:07)

It was a slight bummer to end on a cancelled day, but everyone is tickled to have Christian Ciech as our new world champion. Congratulations Christian on a strong and consistent performance. He really was on fire throughout the entire competition. I ...

Valentino (2015/3/9 13:52:36)

Italian sweetie Valentino came into goal few days ago and failed to see a set of difficult to see power lines and hit them at very high speed. He scared the crap out of everyone sending up a giant spark , folding the glider in half and then falling ...

Many Happy Faces (2015/3/8 5:49:08)

Joergi (Germany) Glen (Oz) Corinna (Germany) Gordo (UK) Christian (Italy) Gerd (Germany) Roland (Germany) Blenky (Oz) Seppi (Austria) Nils (Oz)

Xoxo (2015/3/8 5:48:57)

I had the very unfortunate responsibility of delivering a multitude of kisses to Laurent from all the well-wishers abroad after his tumble on Day 1. It was torture, but I'm always willing to take one for the team ;-). He is doing well. He had a spra ...

Champions (2015/3/8 5:26:55)

In the midst of Christian and Antoine battling it out for the gold, I so enjoy seeing their attitude toward one another. The fierce competitiveness alongside the obvious camaraderie make me smile and make me happy to be part of this community. We ha ...

Some Pictures (2015/3/8 5:13:42)

I've been trying to get photos uploaded all week and I'm not having much luck. Here's a start anyway (all from Day 1).

The Weight of Expectation (2015/3/5 22:18:18)

I've come to a realization this week about Cat 1 competitions, or maybe I've known it for some time and it's finally really staring (or slapping) me in the face here. The morning of the practice task (and most days since) we had what felt like the w ...

Day 1 (2015/3/3 23:13:21)

Despite seemingly endless whining at the team leader briefing and then again at the task briefing this morning, from where I was sitting the first day went off beautifully. They called a perfect 104km task around the mountains and over to the Almana ...

Stef (2015/3/2 6:43:18)

In his first official act as the new CIVL president, Stephan Malbos tore his Achilles tendon the day before the opening ceremonies and is in a cast and on crutches for the duration – not an easy thing with the lovely cobblestone streets in Valle.

Official Practice Task (2015/3/2 6:42:43)

Things are always a bit chaotic at the start. Thankfully, today was just a practice task because all was a disorganized mess with the task briefing very late and no real clear launch crew/help. The US team is mostly well with only Matt feeling some ...

Valle de Bravo World Championships (2015/3/2 6:11:02)

We've all finally arrived here in Valle for the start of the worlds - not without far too many flight delays for the team leader (me!). I came nearly straight from the CIVL Plenary meeting in Belgrade and had my worst run of bad flight luck, getting ...

Forbes Flatlands - Last Task (2015/1/8 17:45:06)

Fantastic last task today. It all started with a bit of grumbling over the task setting. The committee decided to have predetermined stop at 4:30 for safety reasons. The forecast looked identical to yesterday and they were quite sure it would overde ...

Forbes Flatlands - Task 5 (2015/1/7 17:53:48)

The task committee originally called a triangle to the north with the first let into the wind. Not everyone necessarily understood that, but it didn't matter because out at the tow paddock the north wind was stronger than expected and they quickly r ...

Forbes Flatlands - Task 4 (2015/1/7 7:03:32)

Looooong task and a long day overall. They called a 258km task out to the west (toward Hay). The drive along course line takes you through almost nothing, just lots of Australian outback. Drivers were warned at the briefing to fuel up anyplace we sa ...

Some Pics from Day 3 (2015/1/5 10:16:54)

Yesterday and today were canned because of thunderstorms. All should be back to HOT and normal tomorrow and looks like for the rest of the competition. Meanwhile, here are a few more pictures.

Forbes Flatlands - Day 3 (2015/1/4 8:45:50)

What a day!! Seriously under-called task, but 40 very happy pilots at goal yesterday. The cloud streets lined up so perfectly that I couldn't catch them even at 140km/hour on the highway. It was one of those classic Forbes days and it's just a pity ...

Forbes Flatlands 2015 - Task 1 (2015/1/3 8:24:57)

Great way to start off the year! Nearly half the field made the 144km task to Manilda. Launch started off a bit on the slow side with the final few competitors launching after the first start clock. But, everyone got on course fine and for those in ...

Stories of Yesterday (2015/1/3 8:14:06)

The gust front we drove home through last night was the widest one I have ever seen - I LOVE the exciting weather in Forbes. It turned the sky (and everything else) a golden brown. We stopped at one point on a eucalyptus lined road to jump out a get ...

Forbes Flatlands - Day 2 (2015/1/2 17:57:49)

Awesome call on both the weather and the task! The forecast called for quite a lot of overdevelopment around the area, especially in Forbes by mid-afternoon. The task committee (Jonny, Atilla and Gerolf) found a narrow corridor to the south (which w ...

Day 1 Pictures (2015/1/1 19:31:38)

Feliz Año Nuevo from Forbes (2015/1/1 8:17:26)

It wouldn't feel like the new year if I wasn't in Forbes. After a glorious stop in Fiji for a few days, I'm here looking after my favorite Italians and Wonka boys Filippo, Tullio and Zac. The landscape is a tad greener than the past few years, but t ...

Dreaming... (2014/10/13 22:06:03)

...of more dune days again. Just a few weeks till Rainbow Beach! I can't help watching Kathryn's video again.

Photos from Team Challenge (2014/10/6 23:08:26)

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