Daybreak finds the city muted in a blanket of fog. Only the periodic roar of a departing jet betrays the proximity of urbania and in betwixt I could easily forget I am in one of the planet's most heavily populated centers. Today heralds the only question mark portion of my journey, transitioning to Valle. Using …
The beautiful oddity of the cherry blossom friendship.
Humans are a curious species. When living out their day to day repetitive existence,they become rather attached to their place in relation to others. The desire to maintain the Jung-esque persona that they have built to show those in familiar circles can be rather inhibiting and prevent them from, for lack of a better phrase, …
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Paragliding in Valle de Bravo: Make This One Count.
"You have a lot of scars on your head" quips the hairdresser amongst the continuous stream of snips cast by her scissors. "Scars would imply stories and while I have many a tale, scars those are not." Nary a tale of the past do those small bald spots tell, but a warning of what may …
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New Comp in Valle de Bravo!
The gent I was under the guidance of during this past Christmas, Marko Hrgetic, is organizing a comp of a slightly different flare for January of 2018. Titled XCSkyRace - the format is different from the traditional RtG (Race to Goal). A start/end cylinder is defined each day and using that start/end cylinder, competitors are …
A ‘Crow’ leaves the nest.
Sent during my last day with Loud Crow Interactive back in 2014. Sitting at a career crossroads with untold opportunity awaiting. ‘Last Day’ approaches. In the past I would send out a simple email thanking everyone for a wonderful opportunity to learn, create, and grow. Those were days when I counted myself amongst the junior engineers. …
Get your head in the game: Paragliding and Helmets – EN 966, EN 1077, ASTM 2040
Many Standards Head protection - a critical element for any activity where the head may impact another object. This protection helps to deflect and absorb the force of the impact, reducing the damage suffered by both skull and brain. In an attempt to establish a baseline level of protection, a variety of activity specific standards …
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Paragliding with the Feiyu WG3 Gimbal.
Fishing upstream for quality In the quest to generate better quality video, one must look as far upstream as possible to get the best bang for the buck. A well edited video is only as good as the source footage. Lens quality, sensor capability, resolution, frame rate, and compression algorithm of the camera all play …
On my own.
Still riding the high from the paragliding flight shared with Rob while on the Gin Explorer, I get word that today will more or less be a repeat => an out and return to/through Engenheiro Caldas. Expecting that Rob will likely be focusing attention on one of my counterparts today, I mentally walk the route in anticipation …
Cross Country Guidance.
The Brazilian Cross Country (XC) league is holding the latest in their year long XC contest here in Governor Valadares (GV). We were told to expect 93 pilots to attend this event so things might get cozy in the air. Thankfully the comp organizers are not going to close the launch meaning we don't have …
