XC Fun Comp July 3-4th -5th

Hi everyone , we are getting some nice prizes being donated from Advance and Flytec for the competition coming up July long weekend. The X-C comp is open for all pilots and is a combined distance flown over 3 days from different sites in the Valley . Local pilots will be giving tips and advice on flying the area , it is good time to fly XC in our area with retrieves being provide by from the club ! Free Camping in my yard for the weekend ... cheers

Summer courses and more fun ...

Courses planned for the summer ... This Sunday the 26th April is a reserve throw and repack course , at the priest valley gym , behind the Vernon rec center . Cost is 40.00 , this will give you the opportunity to throw and repack your reserve. Course starts at 9:30-2:30 try to be on time !!
July 3rd-4th-5th is the X-C challenge , a fun comp for most pilots , we will fly from 3 selected sites in the valley , your best distance is recorded and the winner in each category is determined , Only dhv 1, 1/2 and 2 gliders can enter , cost is 100.00 for 3 days flying and $$ will be donated to the Climb for Prostate cancer http://www.climbforprostate.com/.
Also I am hosting another SIV course over the Mara lake site, July 25th-26th-27th. Cost of this is 675.00 for the 3 days , book early if you want a place on this course . Email me if you want details on any of these events I have planned ... good flying .. cheers

Back to work , lets go flying !

Ok so it is back to work now on everything ... paragliding defintely, house well I have to at least clean it .. the new shop yes , put power into it , thanks to Greg P ! Yard need lots of TLC as well . Never ending once it starts... lots of new equipment coming in , orders to Advance and woody Valley have been placed . If you want anything let me know asap before it is shipped , spring is backordered usually with most companies and some popular products ! we will be flying this week if this storm blows over , let hope we are so far behind already on spring ! lets go flying and get some spring x-c flight in ... cheers

I`m comming home ......

It seems like everything takes a turn in the right direction for me ... as I was riding along the coast of Uraguay , I noticed a Kawasaki dealership so after not seeing one for a few months ... not many Kawi´s here , only Honda and Yamaha and some Suzuki´s . I stopped in for an oil change , it been awhile..... the bike ! I was talking to the guy whom owns the place and he had someone who could store my bike for me whom he trusted , I looked at my import visa and noticed it was good for a year ! Yah !! Now I don´t have too go to B.A. Argentina, set it all up in 2 days , found a great hostel in Punte del Este near the beach in a nice area . Beaches on both sides of the hostel and lots of people to chat with , booked a ticket out of here for next week direct to Kelowna. This is so cool, great way to end my big adventure and feeling comfortable about leaving a nice country . Washed the bike lubed it up , unhooked the battery , drained the carb, put a cover on it and hopefully it will be waiting for the next trip in 10 months to Patigonia and ......

I`m in Uraguay !!

Well what a ride ... 3500km in the past week from GV . The riding became better past Sao Paulo when it started to become less populated. The ride thru Rio and Sao Paulo were easy but you did have to battle traffic and sqeek by everyone, othwise it would have taken hrs in a car , bikes rule !! I did get stuck one night between towns at dark and it started to pour , I got soaked , could not see and their were about a thousand trucks on this road. I had to pull into a gas station and wait until 9pm for the rain to stop . Found a hotel ordered pizza ! haha , Yesterday I entered Uraguay after a nice few days riding in the south of Brasil and last night stayed at Rio grande . I had to stay here, I liked the name ... it was a cool city on the coast , lots of fishing and prawning ! Brasil border was confused ... I had to check the bike out then ride 20 km back into brasil to get my passport stamped to exit myself , figure that one out ! Uraguay was a breeze no computor work , just paper ... the customs guy wanted a tip he put a jar in front of me , I played stupid and went and got my drivers license out for him instead , ha . That`s how it works just act stupid ! I really like the feel of this place easy laid back , temp is nice and it is really rural , it seems like a cross between the foot hills of Alberta and New Zealand .... time to head south again toward Argentina ... 200 km away .

Riding Riding Riding ....

Ok , I am ready to come home now , too many restraunte meals to many hotel rooms and wearing the same cloths for months now ahhhh ok well I do know it still sucks at home , as doug sent me a picture of my backyard... 2 feet of snow still and just about April ... that sucks as well ! I have spent a few days touring Vitoria area and Buzious with a friend, it was cool .. Buzious was nice but a tourist trap , beaches were nice ... now i have headed toward Sao Paulo and am planning to go south into Uraguay and Argentina ... so well just see what happens I´m taking the toll rd south , shit they eat up the money fast , I´m sure glad we don´t have them at home anymore . This road south is just full of trucks and I am getting headaches from the diesel fumes. My face is black with soot after a couple hrs riding.... nice !!!! Racoon face.... I am looking forward to spring and flying and getting some work done... chow

Flying is so nice ....

We are just winding down the tour group now , Frank Tracy and Chris have gone back to Canada .... Roger , Chris E, and Phil are still flying and gettting in their personal best flights , cloud base has been high but the launch has beeen fickle witht the wind comming up the road instead of up the north or south launch, so we have to move back and forth looking for the best cycle to launch in . most days the guys are logging 2-3 hrs airtime and reaching cloud base . Everyone is blown away who have not been here before and are improving nicely. I have been flying 60+ km every flight and landing early to catch the bus back . Greg went up north to Puetro Seguro with Lisa to catch some sun and travel a bit. I am finished here on Thursday and will be heading home via Argentina , looks like I cannot sell my bike or store it here , and Buenos Aries is the place to store it for a while untill I decide what to do with it . Your allowed 8 months to keep a bike in Argentina ... so looks like I will be heading out on my bike again south to Argentina again .... hmmmm I was kinda looking to just fly home and get back ... oh well more riding to come ....