November 18, Santa Barbara, CA Taught a 19 year old girl to fly at their beautiful training hill. She flew off the top several times at the end of the day. What fun, to teach someone who's never even really seen paragliding. Amazing what people can learn in one day. A friend documented the whole process and it ought to be on ESPN, OLN and on video tape. We used a Firebird Matrix Small.

November 19, San Bernadino, CA Marshall Peak was on from 10-5 some people got five hours. I was working on a piece showcasing some advanced paragliding. I don't know how much airtime I got, but I sure did a lot of flying and did a bunch of top landings. A whole bunch of great pilots and friends were there too.

November 20, Palos Verders, CA Marshall forecast wasn't that good, so we opted to review footage from the previous days. Also, we did a lot of interviews about learning to paraglide,  equipment, soaring, thermalling and aerobatics. The footage will be on the OLN, ESPN and on video tape. I am starting to think that it ought to be a pretty good show. Still, there will only be a thirty minute beginner show and a thirty minute advanced show. I am not sure if it is possible to do these subjects justice in that amount of time. We will try. 

November 21, San Bernadino, CA Marshall peak was "on" with small thermals when we showed up at eleven thirty. Enleau and Anne O'Connor were already in the air with other locals beginning to join them. Condiditions became better with much better and stronger thermals. Peak heating seemed to be at about 2:00 when conditions were actually a little on the turbulent side. Still, they were perfect. I flew my Ozone Octane for the whole Advanced show.

November 22,  Palos Verdes, CA Got a 30 minute soaring flight right off of my friends property in Palos Verdes. The conditions were "on" for ridge soaring. It was a bit of a cliffy launch and if I sunk out, I was going to land in a rock pile. Also, top landing behind the edge of the hill meant for an encounter with the rotor. Very advanced flying except that the lift band was huge and the air was as smooth as can be. I think that I'll keep this site to myself. The police even came by and enjoyed the show. Likewise, I showed my appreciation by taking some aerial photos of the homes along the cliff with a wide angle lens. Ought to be great shots. I think that my friend will give them as Christmas presents.

November 23-25, Fallbrook, San Diego etc. No flying, just running and eating Turkey with family. Went to Ono Sushi in Hillcrest. Sushi by pilots, for pilots. Saw some people kite surfing. Looked like fun. Check out the San Diego HG and PG Club Web Site for flying in the area...

November 26 Salt Lake City, UT. Did five flights off the South Side of the Point of the Mountain with Jan Heineman from San Francisco who had never been a tandem pilot before. We flew the Bongo Tandem and he did great...

November 27- Dec. 4 Salt Lake City, UT Office time... 

December 5, Salt Lake City, UT I went to the N. Side of the Point of the Mtn. with Byron, a new pilot from the Pro Flyght School on Maui. He had never had an opportunity to handle a glider in wind. Luckily he was a quick learner and quite savy. He did A's only kiting with D's to set it down, then A's and D's  without any kiting. He was just pulling it up and setting it down softly. Then, we switched to wrong hand kiting with the emphasis on moving under the center of the glider and on setting the glider down on its trailing edge so that he could inflate once again. From there, we did some kiting at the edge of the hill with an emphasis on keeping the risers in front of his face (i.e. looking through the X that the risers make when crossed) with the knees bent and the weight in the glider(eyes on the horizon too). The grand finale was cross hands inflation with the A's in one hand. He pulled it up a half dozen times and managed a turn. In the end,  he did a cross hands inflation with a nice transition and a TORPEDO launch. We drove back up and he did a running reverse, cross hands inflation in a trickling tail wind. Hoorah! The boys at Pro Flyght really did well with Byron...  By the way, Josh Waldrop and Bill Bellcourt were soaring the bench for more than an hour while Dave Dixon, who had hiked to the top of the North Side flew past sunset. Not bad for Dec. 5

Dec. 6-13 Salt Lake City, UT Office time... 13th. P.M. departing for Lake Havasu!  Hoping for Mesquite tonight. Maneuvers by noon tomorrow if all goes well. We'll keep you posted. People like Bobby and Amy Ryzyhy, Frank Polant, Paul Sommerset, Dave Mellon, Othar Lawrence, The O Connors and more are threatening to be there... 

Dec. 14th. Boy was I dreaming. Santaquin was as far as I got before experiencing the mother of all electrical problems. 100 mile AAA tow back to the shop. Crammed a suburban load of gear into three backpacks. Taxi ride home by twelve thirty. Back to the shop at one AM looking for my wallet. One thirty, wallet found in the grass where I had been jumping up and down, waving at to the lost cab driver. Seven thirty cab ride to SLC Intl. Tweaked back carrying huge bags. Delta Airlines First Class Upgrades, thank god... High speed Taurus ride to Lake Havasu by 12:30. Took an hour run, cleared my head, fixed my back... Private towing with Enleau, Anne and myself. Beautiful views, fun maneuvers, great video. SAT into Spin into Helicopter is the move du jour. Enleau celebrates an eight turn helicopter on his wifes Bandit. More later on those maneuvers and combinations. Tomorrow, twelve friends will join us for the next three days. Must sleep...

Dec. 14 th. Dawn till dusk towing at Lake Havasu with all but three of the participants getting three tows to at least 2500 and some as high as 3500 in low to now wind. Dave Mellon did a SAT on his first try. Bobby Ryzyhy stalled his Argon. More fun tomorrow.

Dec. 15th. to 16th. While we had some wind during the mid-day on Sat., the whole weekend was blessed with great weather. The entire group progressed nicely. Five people did the SAT for the first time and three of them did it on their first attempt. We had four reserve deployments during the course and one of them was planned. The others were as follows. Bobby Ryzyhy, flying his Nova Argon, did several spins which resulted in perfect exits. On his fourth spin, the tip stuck in and wouldn't come out despite having done consecutive, deliberate full stalls. In the end, after more than a minute of wrestling with the stuck tip, I instructed him to throw his parachute. Dave Mellon, on his third safety training course, had done numerous stalls, spins and SAT's  when he spun his glider by accident trying to do the SAT. He spun for a few rotations, chose to exit into a full stall and then, when he released it, he experienced a surge to tip stuck that would not clear and which caused him to spiral and experience some riser twists. I instructed him to throw his reserve and he did so at a comfortable altitude. Chad Bastian(second course), having stalled, spun and Satted ever glider that he flew(4 or 5) got on a Bonanza S and proceeded to do his routine. He did one SAT that resulted, mistakenly, in a spin which wasn't so bad, because he exited nicely. Still, a few riser twists had locked the brakes "on" and he couldn't get them to release. He was in a perfect, mild, tail slide stall for a few hundred feet before he/we decided to throw the reserve. All of the course participants were pleased. Each pilot that threw his/her reserve learned a lot from the experience. Also, each pilot that threw and many who did not, were pursuing paraglider free-style/ aerobatics. Most participants in "over the water safety training" don't engage in all of the above mentioned activity, their exercises are typically different and don't end with reserve deployments and water landings. Also, a local with an Adventure Paramotor came by to have me test fly it. It was really, really fun!

Dec. 17th. Blown out. Plenty of time for an instructor training seminar with Dave Prentice and CO. Chris Langan(new instructor), Enleau OConnor, Anne OConnor and Othar Lawrence along with some of Enleaus beginner students were around for Dave(Instrutor Candidate) to practice on. We used the banquet room at the Ramada for reserve re-packing and classroom exercises.

Dec. 18th. Dawn till dusk towing with many exciting events. Dave Prentice did a running launch boat tow launch in now wind with his Laminar(HG). Othar Lawrence and I towed successfully behind the boat at the same time utilizing a tow line with a Y system. Also, we did a direct bag deployment of one solo paraglider off of a tandem paraglider. It was a beautiful day in which one student had his first real flight, via tow, to several thousand feet. Also Chris Langan, of Paraguides Hawaii(Big Island) got a private course in all of the maneuvers start to finish in one day...

Dec. 19th. Took the 6:40 AM flight from Las Vegas to SLC and was in the office by 10:00.

Dec. 20th. Applying Latex paint to the shop floor and generally organizing the new, bigger, better facility.

Dec. 21-26 Enjoying the Christmas Holiday, spending time with family, friends...

Jan. 3 Flew to Mexico for Mextravaganza 2001, picked up the van and the suburban and stayed the night at the Mexico City Airport Hilton.

Jan. 4 Met clients at the airport all day. Met the last one at 1:00 AM and headed for Malinalco.

Jan. 5 Slept in till 9:00 AM, had breakfast and headed for launch. Nice evening conditions, every pilot took two flights. Some celebrated their first flights in Mexico.

Jan. 6 Checked out some local ruins, then went to launch. Pilots got three thousand over, experience level ranges from 65 flights to advanced pilots. Dave Wilkinson(Sweden), Mike Ward(Reno), Don Massoni(Boston), Niece Miller(Boston), Mike Nelson(Santa Cruz), Doug McKee(Visalia) and Bill and Wendy Hughes(Portland) make up our first group. All are first rate people with great skills, having lots of success.

Jan. 7 We fly Malinalco all day. Wendy Hughes gets her first cross country! Don Massoni goes XC too along with Mike Ward and Bill Hughes. Niece Miller flies all over, gets really high and top lands. Bravo!

Jan. 8 Early morning drive to Valle de Bravo. Cloud Base is low and showing signs of N. Wind. Still, all the clients get great thermal flights with Mike Ward making a nice out and return to the West.

Jan. 9 Everyone flies including Jeff and I. Mike Nelson and Doug Mc Kee launch early and get a thousand or more over, constantly heading way out in front and picking up great thermals. Jeff takes off toward town early and lands at the last field before town. Don gets high over launch numerous times and finally heads out to the Pinitas where he finally lands.  Dave Wilkinson heads out solo and makes  his way to the Pemex station reporting cloudbase at 9500. Mike Ward and I leave the cliffs together and head toward the Escalaria. We run into a light thermal there but continue, landing at Casas Viejas.  Bill Hughes leaves the cliffs later and lands at the base of Cerro Gordo. We round everyone up, have lunch and then go to El Penon for the evening flight. Niece and Mike climb to 9500 and Niece heads for the Pinitas(her first time). The rest of us land out front.

Jan. 10 Low cloud base, 700 over, some rain, for the first time ever. Light in the evening. 

Jan. 11 Drying out... Most flew El Penon in the eve. and made it to Pinitas.

Jan. 12 Chris Wick, Jeff Farrell and Mike Ward landed at the Santa Maria LZ(made it back to town, the lake). Wendy Hughes, Don and Doug flew locally. Mike Nelson flew XC to the restaurant and reported cloudbase at 10k and that he went to 10,200.. Half of the pilots flew El Penon and went to the Pinitas with Doug making it for his first time, while the rest of the group did maneuvers at La Torre.

Jan. 13 Niece Miller headed out to the Pinitas at 11:30, Mike Ward, Dana Greaves and I all landed at the Santa Maria landing zone on the lake.  Rick Thompson landed by the Pinitas and David Olson and David Wilkinson landed on the Mesa Rica road. Jeff Farrell flew up the pass to the East to the Three Virgins. Half flew El Penon in the evening while half flew La Torre.  The La Torre LZ was exciting with three water landings and several bad landings on the dirt(none from our group).

Jan. 14 Airport run, Don, Niece, Mike, Doug, Wendy and Bill head home... Picking up Richard, Rachael, Phil, Karl, Freitag George and Jerry... Chris, Kristin, Dana, Doc, Rick and Dave W. are all out flying...

Jan. 15 Chris Wick was first to the beach. Dana Greaves was second.

Jan. 16Chris Wick was first to the beach. Jeff Farrell flew to the "Three Virgins" which is about 15km to the East. Jerry Shimke made it to the beach for the first time.

Jan. 17Chris Wick was first to the beach. Jerry Shimke made it to the beach again.

Jan. 18 Jeff was wind dummie and flew down to land the new pilots. He reported unsavory conditions, as did one avid professional pilot. I flew down quickly and the group went to lunch and then La Torre for the evening session.

Jan. 19 Went via horseback, to see the Monarch Butterflies. Heard, via radio, that it was blown out at El Penon anyway... Then, drove to Malinalco where it was seemingly also blown out. The group opted for crackers, sardines and beer around the pool.

Jan. 20 Malinalco was "on." I flew tandem with Dave Wilkinsons girlfriend Cecilia. We got a grand over and then snuck in for a top landing. By then, folks were going XC and needed to be rounded up. Some flew up wind to the town of Malinalco, while others went to the small volcano feature behind launch and further. Rick Thompson and Dana Greaves made it to Malinalco while almost everyone else went over the back. I went tandem with Rachael and we got some sustained 1500 fpm lift. We were able to see another volcano to the East and the view was stellar. She commented that she didn't really like the air and we top landed. Our new pilots, Rachael(sub twenty-five flights) and Richard(sub 75 flights) got nice evening flights.

Jan. 21 Malinalco was "on" again. We were able to fly all day. Many 7km flights were had with many logging their first two thousand foot altitude gains. Karl Blust(two years exp.) got 10,000 for the first time and then got to 11,500 on subsequent flights.  Half of the group headed back to Valle de Bravo for the evening session at La Torre while the other half opted to fly at Malinalco. All of the pilots went XC, with David "Doc" Olson setting our Malinalco site record of 12,000 and 17km. Richard, got two flights.

Jan. 22 Probably the best day so far. Karl Blust and Kristin Wick made it to the beach for the first time. Jerry Shimke and Freitag Ewald headed up the pass and were hanging out at about 10,500. Jerry opted to do and out and return and landed at our lunch spot, while I joined Freitag and headed to the "Three Virgins." We landed there and were promptly picked up and taken to lunch. The whole group went flying at La Torre which features a concrete radial ramp and a restricted landing zone on the lake. Everyone had nice flights and Richard and Rachael flew their(solo) for the first time, with life jackets.

Jan. 23 El Penon was strong. Rachael and Richard launched, flew and landed without any coaching and did great. Most ended up in the landing zone after getting beaten around for a few hours. Jeff Farrell and Rick Thompson worked together to make it to the Santa Maria Landing Zone by the lake at Valle de Bravo. Jerry Shimke and I headed across the mesa at 10,500 and found ourselves on the deck a few minutes later. I had a few hundred more feet than Jerry and was able to make low save. As I climbed, I was joined by Freitag Ewald, and a few others. I led the way for Freitag who enjoyed hitting 12,000 before gliding to the beach.

Jan. 24 Got up at 3:00 AM to get to the airport by 5:30. Caught the 6:30 flight to DFW and then on to SLC by noon. Jeff brought the rest of the gang to Mexico City a little later.

Jan. 25- Jan. 31 Office time, catching up and gearing up for the next ten day session in Mex. Did take time to drop Shane Mc Konkey(famous base jumper and extreme skier) from the Red Bull Monster paraglider at the N. Side of the Point of the Mtn. Othar Lawrence was also there for some aerobatics on a very nice North Side evening.

Feb. 1 Picked up Greg Morgan, Tony Lang, Steve and Debbie Rohrbaugh, Pam and James Bender, Bill Bellcourt and Randy Campadore in Mexico City.

Feb. 2 Tony flew to the beach, reported a big(80%) deflation along the way, made two very low saves and spent 2 hours and forty minutes doing it. Everyone else just got used to the lay of the land.

Feb. 3 Bill Bellcourt ended up taking Steve Rohrbaugh on the ultimate tour of the area. By the time that I caught up to them, they were in the middle of nowhere. I had loaned my vario out and was having to be really carefull not to blow it. When it was all said and done, all three of us landed at the beach. Steve recorded 37 miles on his track log and got to 10,800.  Jeff had been way out in front, way early, but may have gone a little fast and ended up catching a convenient taxi ride to the restaurant. Randy and Pam landed at the Pinitas on the evening flight and got to 10,300. 

Feb. 4 El Penon showed some N. wind aloft. Only Bill Bellcourt and I flew. I ended up making it to our restaurant, but just barely. Some others made it to the beach without much trouble. Still, there were big clouds and some decent N. winds. La Torre was nice in the evening.

Feb. 5 We went to Tisca, where we waited almost all day for it to straighten out. In the end, I flew out in the valley and landed. The only HG pilot in the county came out and met me within a minute of landing. Turns out that I had landed right next to his house without knowing it. He was drunk and so were his friends. They fed me, sang a few songs, practiced their English and sent me on my way. We all salvaged the day by enjoying a feast at our very favorite trout farm/ restaurant.

Feb. 6 Greg, Randy, James and Pam took thermals over the back to the Pinitas.  Tony Lang pushed toward the lake, making cloudbase along the way(first time!), but came up short and landed on the gold course at Avandaro. Bill, Steve and I went East toward the pass and ended up with Steve on the ground at the last possible field before the summit. Bill and I went over the pass but didn't find anything. Bill went about five miles closer to Toluca than I(no vario) did. Jeff made a beautiful out and return up toward the pass and then back to the restaurant.

Feb. 7 Randy, Greg, Tony, Bill and I made it to the lake while Steve went to the East in an attempt to make it over the pass. He reported 13,300 while the gang that went to the lake were all at about 12,000 at one time or another. The rest of the gang had great local flights.

Feb. 8 We went to Malinalco where Tony flew for three hours. Greg got three flights and Randy got two. The whole gang just flew locally, got lots of flights and made tons of circles.

Feb. 9 Blowing down when we arrived at launch, so we played with massive bottle rockets until it straightened out. It wasn't really good until the evening when, again, everybody got multiple flights, lots of airtime and even more circles.

Feb, 10 Early group left at 7:00 and the late group went at 12:00. Back in SLC by 9:00 P.M.

Feb. 11-14 Office time and prep for Lake Havasu Maneuvers.

Feb. 15 Flew to Las Vegas with Julie and Snoopy too. Snoopy rode in her crate and was a good sport. We rented a car, filled it with a whole mess of gear and then drove to Lake Havasu in time to run with shorts and T-shirts at sunset. Saw an Octane doing spins over the lake at sunset.

Feb. 16-18 Successfull maneuvers session with eight participants. They all got at least ten tows each. Twas grand. I intend to insert some details here shortly.

Feb. 19 Took the 6:45 AM flight from LAS to SLC and was in the office by 9:45 AM.

Feb. 20-22 Office time... Did sneak out on Fri. AM to ski at the Canyons with Jeff. I telemarked for the first time in years.

Feb. 23-25 Tandem 2/ Tandem 3 course with Peter Mousten, Troy Houghton and Milos Krivka(sp?) They all did great and are moving toward being T2's and T3's in time. We had great conditions for light wind flying on the South Side on Saturday AM and stronger wind conditions on Sun. P.M. As a result of notes taken during the course, I updated the Tandem Forum section of this web page to include the key points about T3 briefings, the T3 test and also, the points to emphasize at each different point of a tandem flight.

Feb. 26 Office time...

Feb. 27 Skied all day with Brett and Shawna Pendleton at Park City. They let me ski their perfectly tuned race skis on perfect groomers and gave me un-real coaching. They are a couple of first class people who can ski like hell(paraglide too). Wow! What a treat. Brett's Avocet watch said something like 37 runs and 40 thousand vertical feet. I didn't take off the skis from 9-3:45. I think that I slowed them up a fair bit. They usually get 60k. Unreal...

Feb. 28- March 1 Office time...

Mar. 2 Caught the mid-day flight to Seattle, then drove to Canada, checked out the Thin Red Line factory and met Jim and Coleen Reich for dinner in Chilliwack.

Mar. 3 Flew Woodside, cloudbase was 1k over at 11 and thermals were everywhere. Flew the Bandit S and got to practice lots of tricks. Made a half dozen top landing missed approaches before landing uphill, down wind on top, HG style. Tried to drive someones car down, but got roped into flying tandem. Had one of the scariest tandem launches ever on the Apco Futura. Passenger was face down at high speed over a cliff before we got airborne. The rest of the flight was grand and the views were stellar. There must have been thirty or so pilots at Woodside that day. Thanks to Jim and Coleen for the hospitality and the ride up the hill. Drove to Seattle and enjoyed standing around the fire with the Team Chirico. Pizza at Round Table sponsored by Jim Wilson, mmmm, thanks.

Mar. 4 Hiked Tiger with my glider a few times, hoping for some flyable conditions. Still, it was howling East every time I got to the top. Opted for some reserve packing, blooper viewing etc. with Team Chirico. Twenty some people came out despite the adverse weather and I we had about forty minutes of Q and A type chat followed by a viewing of the satirical South Launch DVD which was grand. Six o'clock flight to SLC, at home by 9:30. 

Mar. 5 Office time, Snoopy is getting her teeth cleaned, she has the worst stink breath ever...

Mar 6.-7 Office Time with North Side evenings. I am flying my Ozone Octane S for the first time and finding that it is very dynamic. Basically, everything that I always wanted. I heavy on it, but still in the weight range. 

Mar. 8 Early AM flight to Key West, FL. Red Bull Recess, Spring Break, yes! 

Mar. 9 Setting up for Aerobatics demonstrations over the beach. Static line towing with a 16ft. boat, 1000 ft. of 1000lb. Spectra and a 30hp. motor(not enough). 

Mar. 10 Two tows to about 800 ft. right next to the Key West Intl. Airport(w/ permsission). OJ did the flying, I did the towing. He lands on the beach and gets cheers from a crowd of scantily clad women and I sit in a 16ft. boat, rewinding 1000 ft. of line onto a mickey mouse plastic reel otherwise known as our "tow system." All good, because it's beautiful, in the 80's and life is grand.

Mar. 11 More of the same... Lots of Red Bull parties. Streets crowded with drunken college kids, till six in the AM.

Mar. 12 Went for a run in 85 degree and humid weather, almost died, got on the plane and was at home in SLC by 9:30.

Mar. 13 Towing with Scotty Harris and delivering him his Ed Pitman Super Tow Hydraulic Winch . Smiley, Tom Bartlett and Tom Russo all took part and we had an official USHGA Towing Clinic. 

Mar. 14 Blown out for towing, perfect for classroom towing discussion, testing etc.

Mar. 15-16 Office Time

Mar. 17-21 Flew to Las Vegas and met up with six maneuvers course participants. Dave Frawley, George Rigdik, Ross Robinson, Kent Hudson, Jeff Huey, Charlie Crocker and Gene Dursin. We all traveled to Havasu and got there in time to see a group of Pro Tow session participants who were finishing up. Each participant got about 8 or 9 tows. The course was successful all around and was totally dry except for those(2) that wanted to throw their reserves. The only events were when one pilot spun his new DHV 2 by accident while flying in a light weight hiking harness that didn't allow him to make the weight shift input that he needed. Also, one pilot who threw his reserve intentionally had his parachute open inverted. The apex line was, at that point, over the top of the parachute causing what is normally referred to as a "May West." 

Mar. 22-26 Cabo San Lucas, Mexico for Red Bull Recess. All very fun. Static line towing with 600 feet of parasail rope(very advanced). Motoring up a storm over crowded beaches with music pumping and skiers and snowboarders launching off a huge ramp into the water. Met Frank Rouden who you should all meet when you go to Cabo on vacation. He is a very new pilot, but is a Cabo local who can show you where to fly and who knows about all the towing and motoring possibilities. Also, his catamaran La Princesa offers all sorts of cruises around the area. I strongly recommend a La Princesa cruise...

Mar. 27-29 Office Time

Mar. 30-April, 1 Seattle, WA Great hike fly conditions on Fri. Sat. and Sun. full on rain and wind. Lots of time for harness hanging, theory etc. The Chirico compound is the foremost paragliding facility in the country...

April 2-4 Office Time

April 5-9 Parastars.Com powered paragliding convention Bradenton, FL. A first class paramotor event so big that 53 people were in the air at once for a North American record.

April 13-15 Went to Zion Natl. park with Julie, hiked/ran both days. Some of the cliffs made me want to base jump. Saw Neil Michaelis who was going motoring outside the park.

April 20-22 T1 course with Fred Henry(Aspen, CO) and Steve Williams(Seattle, WA) They both did great, finished with T1's and six flights. Steve is here all week and Fred is returning for the weekend. 

April 27-29 T2/T3 with Scott Horton(Tucson), Cory Stevens(Seattle), Steve Williams(Seattle, Fred Henry(Aspen). Some strong wind gave us a chance to beat the hell out of the classroom subjects, simulator work and tandem PLF workshops. Also, we got some dynamite high wind kiting sessions. All of those involved impressed each other with their willingness to keep the paragliders in the bag when it was "borderline." All of the participants demonstrated great solo skills and left with either ratings or homework. See the "New Tandem Ratings"  page for details. Also the two back to back weekends got the wheels turning, and we managed to publish a new message to the tandem forum.

May 1 Ryan Swan joined us and we commemorated the occassion by giving the office a once over, the in house customer service guys(Ryan and Kevin) got new chairs, desks, computer and all... Also, Paraglide America launched. Check it our www.paraglideamerica.com I wish that I was with them...

May 5,6 Instructor Re-Certification with Greg Kelly of Vail Paragliding and Xavier Girin who has a school in Grand Junction, CO. Saturday gave us a great chance to help a whole herd of people kiting on the S. Side of the POM. Sunday, was a North morning and we did some stationary winch towing of new students on the South Side. Then, we moved to the N. Side and did some more tows to a higher altitude. The Atom tows great!

May 10-13 Front Range of Colorado, near Greeley. I gathered with the following for three days of towing and cross country. We were blessed with great weather. Thanks to Granger Banks of Parasoft Paragliding who put on a great weekend complete with lodging, breakfast, two tow trucks and many, many miles of XC! Sweet...