Pacific Valley Hang Gliding

Sunday, November 15th

Jimmie, Dave, Pete and I got to fly from Prewitt Ridge to Pacific Valley. The air was dead calm. The day was beautiful and warm. It was a first for Jimmie and Dave. I think they both had great flights. Pete and I got one extra flight in right at sunset. I have to say the day was epic and I never get tired of just a sled ride in the Sur.

Here are some video's I shot at Marina last week:

M.S.B.

Headed out to Marina early on Saturday. The conditions seemed like they might be good to me. I ended up waiting around the beach for about 4 hours. Almost ready to give up the whitecaps decided to finally show some face. The waves were really impressive and fun to watch with a 20 foot swell hitting. It's crazy how dumb the tourist are letting small kids get right next to the surf and almost get swept out to sea. When I finally got into the air I went south because the ramp was just too northy and wierd. I sunk out at the dirty gap and had to relaunch, but when I made it down to lakecourt the lift was keeping me very happy. This video came out way better then I expected. Check it.

Shorter Days Ahead

Peter and I flew the knob today. When we got to the LZ we met some bay area paraglider pilots. They were flying Prewitt and said it was a no wind launch. We got to the top of the knob and the wind was blowing down. We decided to wait and just enjoy the nice day to see what might change. Sure enough it went dead calm and offered us a window to launch. The video cut out about half way down so you don't get to see the fun wing overs and 360's. Bummer would have made for a good video.

October 26th 2009

One of my favorite places to fly. Dave now knows what lies in his backyard. Ryan's got it dialed. It's Santa Cruz Country.

The Knob

David Sims, Rurik Draper, and I took advantage of the nice weather today. When arrive at PV there were pilots flying and cars everywhere. I guess the Santa Barbara Soaring Association had a flyin and about 50 plus people came. They were all flying Wild Cattle so we headed up to the Knob. No wind when we checked it, but by the time we setup some clouds came over and the wind picked up to about 18. It made for a bumpy flight, but still fun as ever. One of the SB pilots was telling me they got 1500 over Wild Cattle yesterday. Damn miss out on that.