Great weather for more kiting and ground school as the spring winds were too unpredictable for flying today. I still think this is the most fun way to get in your cardio for the day!

Thanks to Bart for this panorama shot during one of our many Q&A times. The modified one-day course went smoothly (and I think Jeannette even got all of her erasable highlighters back, ha ha).  Wonderful to see that each year another group of pilots take to the skies with more awareness and higher levels of safety.  Getting to meet fellow air junkies from around the province is a great bonus!

Do you know how to read this map?  Can you figure out where you can and cannot fly or where you need a radio and/or transponder?  
The next HAGAR study course is coming up on Saturday, January 3rd in Chilliwack, BC.  The HAGAR is a Transport Canada airspace exam which is mandatory to write in your pursuit of an advanced rating in both your hang gliding and paragliding licences.  It is also full of knowledge you should possess before you start planning cross-country flights.  
Visit our HAGAR study course page or email Martina for more information!

Paragliding skills are not static.  One day you're launching like a pro, the next day it takes you 6 tries to get airborne.  This is especially true when you're learning.  Rob had been having good launches all summer but yesterday he met with the latter half of the phrase "two steps forward…one step back".  So along with Claudia (who has been doing Novice coaching with me), we went back to the training hill to review some basics and find out where the bad habits had snuck in.  By the end of the day, both students had a few "aha!" moments and were back in their wing-handling groove.  

Every year, Skywalk holds a video competition asking pilots to show what they love about their wings. I had started a video to answer the question "How did you get into this?  How do people learn?" and decided to enter my movie into the competition.  Here's the finished product…enjoy!