Recent Posts Tagged With 'dunlap'

• BAPA Comp at Dunlap Aug '09

  Posted on Monday August 10th, 2009 at 11:31 in results, competition, dunlap, bapa xc competition, dunlap paragliding

  CLICK ON PHOTOS TO VIEW LARGER VERSIONThis weekend Jack Grisanti joined me to fly in a weekend comp at Dunlap, CA. We drove up Friday night and stayed in my Pop-Up camper. The days were about 85*-90* in the Valley but cooled in the evening for perf...

• A couple more photos from Dunlap

  Posted on Wednesday June 17th, 2009 at 19:22 in photos, paragliding, dunlap, dunlap paragliding

  Thanks to Alex for sending me these two images of our flight last weekend together. Sorry I wasn't able to reciprocate Alex.CNTRL-CLICK ON PHOTOS FOR LARGER VERSION...

• Good Karma Weekend - BAPA Weekend in Dunlap

  Posted on Monday June 15th, 2009 at 11:38 in philosophy, character building, dunlap, bapa xc competition

  CLICK ON PHOTOS FOR LARGER VERSIONImagine this: Your adventure today is to get dropped off somewhere, 20 miles away from home, and get back using your cunning, charms, and skill. . . or bribery – if necessary. This drop off point may be far from...

• U.S. Nat's Video

  Posted on Monday May 18th, 2009 at 05:54 in video, dunlap, 2009 us paragliding nationals

  Here's a video I put together that shows what it's like when thermalling with 70 other pilots before the start of the task. The video also has shots of many of the competitors and podium shots of the winners. Thanks to Aaron Beck and Dean Stratton ...

• U.S. Nationals - Dunlap, CA - Day Three - Task Three

  Posted on Friday May 1st, 2009 at 08:56 in dunlap, dunlap paragliding, 2009 us paragliding nationals

  Today’s task was a ridge run twice, along the ridge that launch is located on, then out to Squaw Valley and South to Lindsay. Total task length was 80km (50 miles). I was looking forward to this task because I lived with my girls in Visalia for ...

• BAPA Competition - Dunlap

  Posted on Monday April 20th, 2009 at 02:47 in dunlap, 2009 us paragliding nationals, gaggles

  This weekend we flew 2 XC tasks from the Dunlap launch. I'll write more about the tasks tomorrow when I've had some sleep. But here is a video of some of the first day fun in the gaggles & on the ridge.TimAirtime at Dunlap from Tim O'Neill on ...

• U.S. Nationals - Dunlap, CA - Briefly

  Posted on Thursday February 12th, 2009 at 12:42 in dunlap, 2009 us paragliding nationals, st. nicholas ranch

  The website is hot and registration is open for the first leg of the US Nationals. Competition will begin on Monday, April 27th and run through May 2nd 2009. Dunlap is one of the sites I consider a home site and I'm really looking forward to a grea...

• Dunlap Recon

  Posted on Sunday January 18th, 2009 at 22:57 in dunlap, sierra challenge, 2009 us paragliding nationals

  One of the things that a good comp pilot does is minimize distractions and "get stuff out of the way." During a competition, the stuff of daily living can be a distraction - or worse, if not handled properly, it can affect your performance. Get a b...

• 2009 U.S. Paragliding Competition Schedule

  Posted on Friday November 28th, 2008 at 09:03 in paragliding, dunlap, 2009 us competition schedule

  From the USHGA website, I have gleaned the following Competition Schedule for the 2009 season:Sierra National Challenge-US PG Nationals (Dunlap, CA) 4/26/2009 through 5/3/2009West Coast Paragliding Championships (Woodrat, OR) 5/31/2009 through 6/6/...