Tag: british championships
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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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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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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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Exorcising the demons…
On Friday 5th August I finally got to fly after not flying for over a month during which time the wider paragliding community suffered its blackest week ever first with Xavier Murillo dying in Chile followed shortly by the deaths of the two pilots flying in the World Championships in Piedrahita. Even though I was…
Advance paragliders in the West Country 