Category: Competitions
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What a week…!
I finished off my last post by praying to whichever god it is that’s in charge of the weather to give us some great flying in St André. Well, my prayers were answered! We had five great tasks, plus a day in St Vincent-les-Forts before the comp, and a great day’s mountain biking from St…
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Oh, St-André…
… I miss you…! It’s only taken me about four months to finish editing a couple of short videos of my eight or nine days in St-André-les-Alps for the British Open back in August, but doing so brought back such great memories – the start gaggles, the booming climbs, the low saves, the scratching low over trees and…
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Summer seems like a long time ago…
Gosh, the clocks are about to go back, and summer seems like a very long time ago now. I’ve had a couple of nice flights since getting back from Ager in early September – a short XC on my solo glider, and a great day taking some friends of mine tandeming at Pandy, but that’s…
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Ager Task 3
This was the classic 80km task to Berga, and wow, was it ever spectacular! Convergence in the valley before the start gave us a lovely relaxed start flying around the clouds, and then once the race was on we headed east over the first gorge at the end of the Ager ridge (where I got…
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Ager Tasks 1 & 2
After much deliberation the task setting committee finally chose a 88km cat’s cradle task around the valley in light of the fact that there were some interesting looking lenticulars over the hills to the north. Race start was at 1350 and I was off at 1300, heading east along the ridge where I found a…
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British Open St Andre
I’ve just realised I never posted anything about this during or after the week back in August. How remiss of me! We were a bit unlucky with the weather but still managed three great tasks and a superb practice day beforehand. Have a look at the video below which hopefully sums up what a great…
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Manteigas Memories
Here’s a short film of the fantastic week I had flying during the British Open in the Serra da Estrela, Portugal at the end of June.
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British Champs Task 1
So, Task 1 was a 90km ish race starting in the mountains and ending in the flats. I had the sweetest ever climb out after enjoying watching the usual Enzo dance on launch. This usually involves the glider coming up very rapidly, twisting back and forth through at least 90deg, and is often followed by…
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Viva Espana!
Well I know this is a long time after the event now, but my planned daily blogging from the British Championships in Pedro Bernardo failed dismally as I was never near the bar with wifi with my laptop for long enough to upload photos on the pitifully slow connection, or to write anything. When I…
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Ending on a high
So it’s the last day of the comp and we’ve only managed one valid task despite lots of free-flying… What will this final task bring us? The answer – a fantastic 68km race to goal including a trip to the Morgon (much less intimidating with lots of company!), two turnpoints on the opposite side of…