Big Air's ParaGliding - News and Events

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Date of the Event/News: August8
Contact Person: Dana Greaves dgreaves@twpress.com
Phone: 916-926-5032
Information: Hat Creek Extravaganza!!! Mark your calendar for August 8, 9, and 10 for the para/hanggliding event you aren't likely to forget. Although this event is free, donations are greatly appreciated to help improve this world-class site. In spite of the considerable and costly amount of work already done by the USFS, NCFLPA and the Buzzard Roost Gang, much more work is needed. Now is the time to pool our resources so we can make one of the best flying sites around even better. Join us in the LZ for live music, massive BBQ, and the magical air of Hat Creek Rim. Each night (Fri, Sat, & Sun) features live bands from Northern California. These guys are hot--local favorites for good reason. Check these out: ->Harticle Crew (reggae) ->Earth Bound (rock-n-roll) ->The Blue Roosters (rock-n-roll) Food: Great food will be provided and BBQ'd in LZ1 each night. We're currently planning chicken, beef and fish as main courses. Please bring your own drinks--and don't forget to bring water. There is no water at Hat Creek. Camping: You're encouraged to come and camp at any of the following locations. The city of Burney also has a motel or two where you can stay if you like, it's about a 20 drive into town. Camping in the LZ's: Since all the action is going to be in LZ1, we expect most people to be camping in LZ1. RV's are possible, but there no hookups at either of the two LZ's. Please check with someone (there will be maps available at LZ1) when you arrive so that you don't set up camp in a restricted area. There are two areas to avoid, one area to the north of the pond in LZ1, and another area to the north of LZ2. Please camp in designated sites so we don't get private land-owners or the forest service angry at us. Hereford Ranch Campground: Located a few miles from the landing zone, this campground has plenty of space for RV's & tents alike. Space fees (including bathrooms and showers) are a few bucks. Additional Site Details: Please, no campfires. The forest service has agreed to let us have one open fire in LZ1 to be used by all. We see that as a good thing since no one will have to tend their own fire or provide firewood. There will be a large pit built and plenty of firewood for the communal fire, and it'll probably always be stoked. Please pick up your trash and keep the place tidy. A lot of people have worked hard to keep Hat Creek clean and flyable. Help us keep it that way so we can fly it again and again. Two portable toilets have been arranged for use in LZ1, in addition to the one that's already at launch. Please stop by the Fireside store at the corner of 89 and Bidwell to pick up your site advisory and other important information. Late-breaking event details will be posted there. What to bring: Bring your wing!!! Water/drinks for yourself Camping gear, RV, or whatever Bug Repellent (those skeeters get nasty at dusk!) Getting there : Hat Creek is located in Lassen National Forest, approximately 75 miles west of the I-5 freeway in northern California. An excellent way to get your bearings is to check out the GeoCities map server at http://www.geocities.com/BHI/geoviewer.html#cityst Click 'Using City/State', then type 'Hat Creek, CA' to get a detailed map. Once you see the map, you'll want to zoom out one level (beneath the map, click the third dot from the left). At the corner of highway 89
Date of the Event/News: August8
Contact Person: Jim Prestwood PREST242@aol.com
Phone: 916 222 4593
Information: COME JION IN THE FUN HAT CREEK RIM FLYING FESTIVAL August 8 9 10 Live entertainment featuring The Harticle Crew strong reggae music, urging us all to unite Earth Bound and The Blue Roosters, playing most of our favorite classic rock and roll. MASSIVE BBQ Come along with the Buzzard Roost Gang for a weekend of flying, feasting, and live music in the hills at no charge. Although this is free, donations are greatly appreciated, to help improve this world class flying site. In spite of the considerable and costly amount of work already done by the USFS NCFLPA, and the Buzzard Roost Gang, much more work is needed. Now is the time to pool our resourses together so we can make one of the best flying sites in America even better. So come out, have a great time and show your support. SEE YOU IN THE AIR!!!!!
Date of the Event/News: December14
Contact Person: Achim Hagemann hagemann@gte.net
Phone: 808 968 8685
Information: MAUNA KEA FLY IN DEC. 14-21,1997 BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII. FUN FLY IN FOR HANG GLIDING AND PARAGLIDING PILOTS. FLY OFF MAUNA KEA, THE WORLDS LARGEST MOUNTAIN MEASURED FROM SEA BOTTOM TO THE TOP. lAUNCH SITES AT 107OO, 12500 AND 13700 FEET. FOR RESERVATION AND MORE INFORMATION CHECK VISIT: http://www.freeyellow.com/members/hagemann/index.html or call 808 968 8685
Date of the Event/News: January10
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Date of the Event/News: July26
Contact Person: David Stanek skyline@intergate.bc.ca
Phone: (604)535 8304
Information: BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA Advanced Maneuvers Clinic 1997 will be held at Mara Lake, B.C. Hosted by Skyline Paragliding and Mr.Chris Santacroce (The Best). Clinic will cover all advanced maneuvers and canopy control. Foot launch site at 3,300ft above the lake; one of the best maneuvers clinic site in North America. Limited space, call or e-mail for reservations.
Date of the Event/News: July10
Contact Person: Kinsley Wong kwong@calpoly.edu
Phone: 805.756.5927
Information: I am going to visit my friend Antoine from July 10 through 18th at Annecy Lake, Talloires - France. After that I am planning to visit Austria, Switzerland, Germany, and Italy until July 24th. I would like to visit you and your flying sites. Please let me know: email==>Kinsley Wong. I look forward to meeting and flying with you soon!
Date of the Event/News: July23
Contact Person: Paco Burgos pburgos@arrakis.es
Phone: 907 555252
Information: Hola amigo: Si te gusta la aventura, en Paramotor en ULM trike o en 4x4, esta es tu aventura. II SUBIDA AEROTERRESTRE AL NACIMIENTO DEL GUADALQUIVIR 500 km de aventura, desde la desembocadura en Sanlucar de Barrameda (Cadiz) a Beas de Segura (Jaen) Los dias 23,24,25,26,27 de Julio, por tierra y por aire, te espero. If you like adventure on paramotor, ULM or 4x4, this is your adventure. II SUBIDA AEROTERRESTRE AL NACIMIENTO DEL GUADALQUIVIR. 500 Km of adventure from the San Lucar beaches were the Guadalquivir river dies to its beginings in Beas de Segura (Jaen). July 23 to 27 by earth and air. We hope you come. why don´t you join us in the II Air-Earth trip to the beging of the Guadalquivir (river). Its a 500Km trip and we use paramotor, Trike, ULM and 4X4. Its a good oportunity to make youre selfs be known in Spain. Regards, Paco http://www.aventura.arrakis.es
Date of the Event/News: June26
Contact Person: Ivan Lopez echermes@col1.telecom.com.co
Phone: 57-7-6478593
Information: Colombian national championship of Paragliding, and international PG open
Date of the Event/News: June22
Contact Person: Ray Kashefi http://www.skytoy.com
Phone: 805 489 0230
Information: New Paramotoring Web-page. http://www.skytoy.com
Date of the Event/News: June20
Contact Person: US Paragliding Team and Aspen Super Clinic not available
Phone: not available
Information: Meet the US Paragliding Team at the Aspen SuperClinic! (In the above headline, please underline "US Paragliding Team" and link it to this URL: "http://www.kurious.org/us-pg-team-1997.htm") (Paragraph): "The top US pilots will be competing in the World Paragliding Championship this July in Castejon de Sos, Spain. Come and meet the US Paragliding Team at this special event during the Aspen SuperClinic. National Champion Dave Bridges will present a talk on his experiences flying in international competitions already underway this season. This event will be held Friday, June 20th at 7:30pm in Aspen, Colorado. Check out this website to find out more about your US Paragliding Team!"
Date of the Event/News: June15
Contact Person: Laszlo Takacsy takacsyl@lnx.hu
Phone: +361 2660707
Information: Cross Country Open/Hungarian PG. Nationals 1997. 06. 15-22. Place: Kriska Gora/Slovenia Contact: Peter Simonics +36 30 417 537 Cross Country Club, E-Mail: Laszlo Takacsy takacsyl@lnx.hu Application during the contest: Slovenia, Babni Vrt Hotel/Camping.
Date of the Event/News: June26
Contact Person: Jonas Svedberg Jonas.Svedberg@swipnet.se
Phone: +46706758198
Information: Open Nordic/Swedish Championship in Piedrahita(Spain).
More information here NM/SM 1997.
Cirrus Paragliding Club and the Swedish Paragliding Association have the pleasure to invite you to the 1997 years Open Nordic and Open Swedish Championships in Paragliding.
The competition well be held in Piedrahita, Spain the 26th of June to the first of July.
Welcome !
Date of the Event/News: May1
Contact Person: Xcountry Magazine xcountry@planetb.fr2
Phone: Xcountry Magazine
Information:

The St André WHGS (7th- 17th August) will include both an XC and speed gliding format in St André les Alpes. The prize money pool so far amounts to 10,000 FF. The WHGS will be run jointly with the French National HG Championship. Entry fee of 1000 FF includes both the speed gliding and XC events. Contact Jean-Marc Laporte at +33 (0)492027970 for more information.

The "4th Free Flying Met Days", organised by meteorologist Guy Sennequier and author Hubert Aupetit are scheduled for June 2-8 in Aurillac. The program (in French) includes general meteorology, aerology, round table discussions and technical talks. The number of participants is limited to 15. Interested parties should sign up quickly through the FFVL 4 rue de Suisse 06000 Nice Tel: +33 (0)493886289.

Winners of the 96 Défi Jurassien are Françoise Mocellin (HG) and Beni Stocker (PG) who made a record flight of 120 km in the Jura mountains last fall. Both received their weight in wine!

Former designer and owner of ITV, Michel Leblanc, after being bought out by Edel, recently launched his own new brand of paragliders produced by Parachutes de France under the name of "Flying Planet".

"Paragliding in Rhône-Alpes" a booklet available through the tourist bureau of the Rhone Alps (Fax: +33/(0)472592160) lists the numerous schools and training sessions organised in the Alps during 1997 for adults and also for children (for example Particule for children over the age of 12 Tel: +33/(0)4 76 45 07 79).

VENEZUELA

Sandy Dittmar cleaned up the Venezuelan Hang Gliding Nationals by winning every task on his standard Concept 49.

GB

British PG champion and Airwave staff member Barney Barnes has left Airwave to join the Israel based manufacturer APCO as head of marketing, although he will also be involved in product research and development.

The British HG Open will be run in conjunction with the Ladies HG Open on May 3-5 . For entry forms contact John Aldridge at +44 01252812137.

Airwave's beginner/ intermediate paraglider, the Harmony, has been passed by the DHV at Grade 1-2 no matter what style harness the pilot uses. Airwave now has a home page which provides all the technical details of their product range and a list by country of their dealers. Consult it at: http:// andromeda.rmtech.com/ Airwave.

Johnny Carr has formed a WHGS team along with Tony Lucchesi and Steve Cook sponsored by Rory McCarthy of Virgin Records. All 3 will fly La Mouette Toplesses under the banner of the McCarthy Corporation Hang Gliding Team. Rory McCarthy incidently is a former HG pilot who today flies paramotors and is also a part of the Virgin round- the-world hot air balloon team.

GERMANY

Flügel der Welt- Der Katalog, 97 will be published around June 15 with pictures and information about the season's new paragliders, paramotors, hang gliders, microlights, trikes, kites, gyrocopters and small planes. There is now a French version and an English one for

Date of the Event/News: May1
Contact Person: World Wide Calendar Big Air ParaGliding
Phone: Big Air ParaGliding
Information:

MAY

DATE	COMPETITION	LOCATION	INFORMATION
2-5	FAI World HG Series	Korea	Jound, Byoung Woo: nlbrds@chollian.dacom.co.kr	HG
13-18	PWC Monte Cornizzolo	Monte Cornizzolo, Italy	Marcello Tessieri: Club Scurbatt, Via Roma 1 22030 Suello, Italy. Fax:+39/ 31 655 576.	PG
16-19	Eger HG Cup	Eger, Hungary	Laszlo Kerekes, Hungarian Aeronautical Association, Fax: +36 1 21 77 222.	HG
19-25	French PG Championship	Combe de Savoie, France	Maison des Sports, 90 rue Oreiller, 73000 Chambéry, Tel: +33/479850909.	PG

JUNE

DATE	COMPETITION	LOCATION	INFORMATION
2 - 7	PWC Linzhou	Linzhou, China	Mrs Zhang Xuan: Aero Sports Fed.,9 Tiantan Neidongli, Beijing 100061, China.	PG
7-14	Sandia HG Cl assic	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Mike Gregg (+1 505 275 5978).	HG
14-22	Hungarian HG Nationals	Békéscsaba, Hungary	Laszlo Kerekes: Hungarian Aeronautical Association, Fax: +36 1 2177222.	HG
15-21	WHGS Greece	Mt. Kithereon	Lilian Leblanc: Fax : +30/1988 1121.	HG
21-28	King Mountain HG Open	G.W. Meadows	Fax: +1 919 480 0117.	HG
29-5 Jul	WHGS Norway	Vaga	Nils Aage Henden: Fax : +47/61 232 178.	HG

JULY

DATE	COMPETITION	LOCATION	INFORMATION
3-8	PWC Piedrahita	Piedrahita, Spain	Centro de Vuelo, Plaza Julio de la Calle s/n 05500 Piedrahita, Avila, Spain.	PG
9-13	Alpen Open	Austria	Marcus Villinger Austria Fax +43/5223 43746.	HG
9-26	World PG Championships	Castejon de Sos	Fax: +34 74 553473.	PG
13-19 <2 Date of the Event/News: May1 Contact Person: Xcountry Magazine xcountry@planetb.fr Phone: Xcountry Magazine Information: AUSTRIA Austria was the only country to place a bid to hold the 1999 World Paragliding Championship at Pinzgau. The first Yahoi Mountain Festival, will be held in Zillertal on June 13-15, with paragliding contests, tandem flights, a "clear water contest", a "water jump contest", a circus and all kinds of music. For info by Hotline: +43 5282 21110, Fax: + 43 5282 21114; Postfach 8, Zillertal, Austria. In a very different style, a Gay Para-Delta Meeting is also scheduled to take place in Zillertal, Austria July 12-19th. The aim of the organiser, Dutchman Willem Meijs, is "to create a positive effect on the acceptance of gays and lesbians in sports in general and in the flying world in particular". For information call (in Holland) 031 492 510 120 or write: Willem Meijs Drechstraat 7, NL-5704 GX Helmond. Email: mannen_natuurlijk@compuserve.com. BELGIUM Roland Coddens is claiming a new microlight (weightshift trike) record: Time to climb 3000 m: 6 min 8 s. The microlight was an Air Creation Racer. BRAZIL The first Brazilian HG league took place in Governador Valadares with foreign participants from Germany, Switzerland, Paraguay and Spain. Six out of 7 tasks were flown in mediocre conditions but the excellent organization and Brazilian style fun made up for them. 1° Guido Gehrmann (Topless) 2° Carlos Niemeyer (Laminar) 3° Beto Schmitz (Laminar) 4° Zegala (Topless) 5° Olin Schotola (Bautek). CANADA The Canadian Paragliding Championship will be held as usual in Golden, BC, August 2-4th. And one week previous to the Nationals, The Golden Paragliding XC Challenge will take place. 50 % of the proceeds from this challenge will go to help support the Canadian Hang Gliding team. The remainder will be given for the upkeep and improvement of the site of Golden. Contact Randy for info at email: randy@keyinc.com; or tel: +1/ 403 256 6869. FRANCE The French National Paragliding team mourns the death of 27 year old team member Yann Espinasse who had a fatal accident on March 23rd. All the competition lines of his wing snapped while he was performing a series of tight 360°s. When he threw his emergency parachute the main strap burned from the force of pulling it from the harness strap. Yann was full of life and projects; he will be sorely missed. The 24th mascarading Icarus Cup and International Free Flying Film Festival will be held September 18-21, 1997 with the usual festive activities, second hand market and ever-growing trade fair. For film entries or exhibition stands contact: Office du Tourisme 38660 St. Hiliare du Touvet (Tel +33/(0)476083399 or Fax: +33/(0)476972056). The St André WHGS (7th- 17th August) will include both an XC and speed gliding format in St André les Alpes. The prize money pool so far amounts to 10,000 FF. The WHGS will be run jointly with the French National HG Championship. Entry fee of 1000 FF includes both the speed gliding and XC events. Contact Jean-Marc Lapo Date of the Event/News: November7 Contact Person: Tony Delaney airborne@btinternet.com Phone: 00 + 1422 834989 Information: Pro Flight Promotions present the Professinal Paraglide Grand Prix. Tenerife South. Application Forms for teams of 4 available from airborne@btinternet.com or snail mail Hey End Farm Luddendenfoot Halifax West Yorkshire HX2 6JN England Applications close August 15 1997. International event with large cash prize money. More details soon available on www.btinternet.com/~airborne/ Date of the Event/News: October13 Contact Person: anwar soerjomataram anwisata@cbn.net.id Phone: tel. 62 21 8841915 fax. 62 21 7970924 Information: fun & fly week in maninjau/west sumatra - indonesian 13 - 20 oktober 1997 http://flieg.com/indonesia/~sumatra.htm Date of the Event/News: September7 Contact Person: Airtek Paragliding Center sebas@airtekusa.com Phone: 619-450-6696 Information: Airtek Sundays. We at Airtek would like to invite any pilots, hang or paragliders, and their familys, friends, clubs, students, instructors etc. to come down to our house in La Salinas Mexico for a bbq on the first Sunday of every month. Come down and fly for the day, then drop by the best bach porch in Mexico, it's byob and food, we will provide the space and bbq. We can also provide tours for groups, schools, or clubs, so call us if the July/August cover of PG Magazine looks like fun to you, or you need directions to the party. Take'air, Sebastian. Big Air ParaGliding http://www.bigairparagliding.com