Rat Race 2008

3rd place (me, L), 2nd place (Brad Gunnuscio, center) & 1st place (Marty DeVietti, R) after getting dunked in the pool

West Coast Paragliding Championships

The West Coast Paragliding Championships took place at Woodrat Mountain in Oregon last week. Two days before the competition I had my first flight on the UP Edge, my new glider, and fell in love immediately. This wing is so awesome!

We flew 6 of 7 tasks, and had numerous tasks over 60km long. Oregon was much colder then previous years and toward the end of the competition we didn't have any clouds but the flying was still amazing: Woodrat!

This event was incredible, because in addition to flying and hanging with my friends, I won my first task & my first competiton! Congratulations to Marty DeVietti who took 2nd and Jack Brown in 3rd, and everybody else for an awesome week of competing and hanging out.

Results are at: http://flyxc.org/wcpc.html

Thanks to Eagle Paragliding & Flytec for their support!