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Timo's Paragliding Blog

http://biggovtsucks.blogspot.com

This blog is a chronicle of the flying events & magical moments as I live my life.

Cross country paragliding competition is mypassion.

• Added on: Jun 24th, 2008
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Tim
• Listed in: Sports Outdoor Recreation
• Tags: flying soaring paragliding paraglider hang gliding cross country competition

Recent Posts

• Dreaming

  Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 18:45 in video, dunlap paragliding, ppic

  The weather has been a bit "Easty" lately, so I haven't been flying much.  I find that I think about flying a lot when I go through a dry spell, like this.  I even had a paraglider dream last night - which never happens when I'm flying...

• Flying Pirates

  Posted on Friday October 9th, 2009 at 21:59 in video, paragliding, pirates cove, coastal flying

  I got to fly a new site today. I've heard about some of the flights at Pirates Cove, so today when Patrick called me, I gladly hiked up to launch. The view was striking and the weather very nice. We flew for an hour or so.Here's a short video of t...

• Strong Owens Air (finally)

  Posted on Friday October 9th, 2009 at 11:27 in bapa xc competition, owens valley paragliding bishop xc, boomerang 5

  CLICK ON PHOTOS FOR LARGER VERSIONMonday we finally got some post frontal fun. The system, that passed through yesterday, left behind quite a bit of snow on the Sierras and even closed the passes for 24 hours. The remaining airmass was unstable, dr...

• Sunday in the Owens - No fly

  Posted on Sunday October 4th, 2009 at 15:25 in wave, siv, bapa xc competition, full stall, owens valley paragliding bishop xc, brad gunnuscio, boomerang 5

  CTRL/Click on photos for large versionToday the crowd gathered and we decided to head over to Flynn's to have a look. The weather reports were not encouraging, but when 30 pilots gather you have to take a look.This is what we saw from the East side ...

• Flirting with wave

  Posted on Sunday October 4th, 2009 at 13:35 in wave, siv, bapa xc competition, full stall, owens valley paragliding bishop xc, brad gunnuscio, boomerang 5

  To view photos larger cntrl/click on photoAll photos were taken well after today's flight!I’ve been in Bishop for three days. Flying the Owens is the best anywhere, when it’s good; and a great disappointment when it’s not. Usually it’s eit...

• Simple things

  Posted on Saturday September 19th, 2009 at 03:17 in video, philosophy

  Point a video camera at the sky, the horizon, hilltops, a bay; allow the world to go by in real time, but record it in 'lapse' time. It sounds simple - and it is; but it accentuates the visual vividness that we all could, simply, experience when see...

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

Tommy

Very good blog.

Posted: July 25th, 2009 | Report This Comment

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