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FlyBC "Site of the Day" - May 26/2019
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| 5-26-19 |
 Woodside Forecast Agassiz Forecast: A mix of sun and cloud. 60 percent chance of showers late this afternoon with risk of a thunderstorm. Fog patches dissipating this morning. High 25. Humidex 30. UV index 7 or high. 1200 metres A clip from 2016 that just showed up in my feed.  FlyBC is an authorized distributor for Ozone , SkyBean Varios, Gin , SupAir, Flytec/ Naviter, Blackhawk Paramotors , Wills Wing. Used Gear List: Updated May 15, 2019 Harnesses for Sale: Supair Access Airbag harnesses (new) - $650 without reserve (great lightweight harness) Supair Radical 3 reversible airbag harnesses - $800 without reserve SupAir Strike L demo harness - $1500 Gin Yeti Xtreme 2 - hike and fly - $400 Ozone Ozium S Harness - $1400 CDN without reserve SupAir Delight 3 M harnesses - $1700 without reserve Assorted used harnesses from $350 CDN. Speedwings for Sale: Ozone Rapi-Dos 13 metre - demo with no flights - $2400 Paragliders for Sale: Ozone Element 3 - EN-A - newest student ship from Ozone - $3450 CDN Ozone Atom 3 Medium - $2900 CDN - demo wing 2018 models AirDesign Eazy 2 - EN-A - 2019 Models - $3200 CDN AirDesign Rise 3 Demo - M - 85-105 kgs - blue - just a few demo flights - $3800 CDN SupAir Step M demo - Blue - 1 hours - 85-105 kgs - EN-B - $3000 CDN Ozone Rush 4 MS - 2014 Model with 100 hours - EN-B - $1500 CDN Ozone Swift 4 Large - 2017 Model with 90 hours - EN-B - $2400 CDN Ozone Alpina2 MS - 2016 Model - $1800 - great shape with under 100 hours - 2 to choose from in Blue/Red Ozone Alpina2 ML - 2016 Model - $1800 - great shape with under 90 hours Ozone Magnum 2 Tandem with 80 flights - $2000 CDN SupAir Taska S - Red - 30 hours - 75-95 kgs - EN-C - $3000 CDN SupAir Taska M - Blue - 80 hours - 85-105 kgs - EN-C - $3000 CDN Paramotors for sale: Kangook Lite Frame with Compact Radial MZ100 power. High hang point harness with option to add swing-arms for extra cost. $5500 CDN including taxes with only 4 hours of run time. Kangook Lite Frame with Cors-Air Black Bee (125 cc). High hang point harness with option to add swing-arms for extra cost. $7000 CDN including taxes with only 1 hours of run time. BlackHawk 125Lite Paramotor the new 125Lite Paramotor, 5 lbs lighter than the previous model - $7995 USD with Core glider of your size. BlackHawk 125 Lite Paramotor 5-25-19
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|  Woodside Forecast Agassiz Forecast: Periods of rain ending late this afternoon then cloudy with 30 percent chance of showers. High 15. UV index 2 or low. 600 metres 5-24-19
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| Woodside Forecast Agassiz Forecast: Showers ending late this afternoon then cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers. High 17. UV index 3 or moderate. 800 metres But here are some rainy day musings: Words from the first HPAC President 5-23-19
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| Woodside Forecast Agassiz Forecast: A mix of sun and cloud. Becoming sunny this morning. High 26. Humidex 28. UV index 7 or high. 800 metres As I was packing up and parking the Bronco in the barn, I heard rain drops on the tin roof. This is what I saw when I looked north, there was lightning and thunder all up near Sasquatch Resort.  We took the students to Heritage Park where they did some flights off the top of the hill and lots of kiting.  The big threatening cloud over Dewdney never got to us but I drove through heavy rain on the way home. 5-22-19
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| Woodside Forecast Agassiz Forecast: Sunny. Becoming a mix of sun and cloud this morning. High 24. Humidex 27. UV index 8 or very high. 800 metres We flew flights with Aiden & Hart while Diane & Brad were on the training hill with Rod & Tony getting "tuned up". Aiden is becoming a "thermalling guru" with some great lift out front on his Ozone Mojo 3. The last flight showed some signs of impending winds as forecasted but they both had nice approaches into the landing circle on the last flight. After we packed up Bev & her gang flew off Woodside and some got high and the reports came back the the LZ was thermic. Warning to east bound pilots: Harvest Market is now plowed up and looks like they may be planting corn. The alternate field is the runway at Peter Irwin's farm at the west toe of Hopyard Hill on the dyke.  After our high flights we went to Heritage Park and flew there for hours before it started to rain. 5-21-19
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| Woodside Forecast Agassiz Forecast: Cloudy. High 20. UV index 2 or low. 900 metres We had 2 P-2 students flying off Woodside and 2 P-1 students kiting in the LZ. Colleen took her friend Nadine for a tandem sampling the air at 1 pm.  Aiden & Hart are doing well and logged three flights today and they got to thermal on their last two flights. Thanks to Rod & Tony for wrangling the P-1 students all day and guiding the P-2 landings. We had guest visits from Derek & Kevin and they got high above launch despite the hazy inversion. We were done flying by 6:30 pm, but it looked possible to fly til dark. There is no need to push students past their adrenaline level, and the guys looked pretty tired after 3 flights. 5-20-19
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| Woodside Forecast Agassiz Forecast: Cloudy. Periods of rain beginning early this morning. Temperature steady near 14. UV index 2 or low. 900 metres 5-19-19
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| Woodside Forecast Agassiz Forecast: A mix of sun and cloud. High 20. UV index 7 or high. 1900 metres Hart & Aiden were practicing ground handling before we headed up for some free flights. They have their forward & reserve launches nailed after only two days! They both got two nice lifty flights before it was looking black & gusty over Woodside, so we did a ground school session on Lift Theory & Weather.  The new excavation at Harrison Highlands Phase Two is kicking off some good lift now, not turbulent but great practice for beginner thermal pilots. Almost guaranteed to get a low save on the way to Eagle Ranch that can take you back to launch using "Raymont's 45 degree rule".  5-18-19
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| Woodside Forecast Agassiz Forecast: Cloudy. Becoming a mix of sun and cloud this morning. High 23. UV index 7 or high. 1900 metres New pilots were kiting in NW, SE, S winds until noon and then we went flying. One paramotor flight for Greg and it got kinda windy and bumpy so we did some mountain flights. Bev did a great job with Aiden, Hart & Michael and got them ready for their first solos today! I did two tandems while Colleen, Derek and Andrei helped with a few more tandems too. We flew til 6 pm and probably could have flown some more as we saw Cheryl K coming in from her awesome 2.5 hour flight just as we started dinner. Big Day for those who flew Benny too! We had about 10 pilots who flew from Benny to Woodside and then landing at the Ranch. Tom G had his first big XC from Benny and here is his SPOT Track.  Igor had a big flight on his Ozone Zeno from Woodside heading north to Mt Judge Howay and back down Miracle Valley to come back in the Fraser Valley to almost make it back to Woodside (FAI rules did not make it a closed triangle, so Peter S won the day with a shorter triangle that he actually closed on his Ozone Swift 5).  5-17-19
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| Woodside Forecast Agassiz Forecast: Showers ending late this morning then a mix of sun and cloud. High 17. UV index 6 or high. 1000 metres 5-16-19
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| Woodside Forecast Agassiz Forecast: A mix of sun and cloud with 40 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm late this afternoon. High 21. UV index 7 or high. 1400 metres Two good flights each with good launches and landings and the air started to get thermic by 11 am over the west fields as they have just been hayed. We went up the mountain leaving new student Steven on the training hill where he was practicing his forward launches. Matt & Greg flew off with flawless launches and flights into no wind landings. Bev & Norm arrived with Clark & Neumann and they all flew off as I drove down. Norm got some light lift at the South Knoll but it was pretty shaded in. We all went up again at 4 pm and it was gusty on launch, we watched Neumann & then Clark get "plucked" into the air. Smart guys, Derek & Martin stood down as they saw what was coming.  Neumann headed north but he had no radio to warn him to stay south. Clark & Neumann got up fast as it was thermic and strong ridge lift.  Bev was out over Eagle Ranch and saw the strong winds on the ground and headed back to launch to fly over to Harvest.  Unfortunately Clark & Neumann did not hear the radio calls to head to Harvest and spent the next 30 minutes trying to get down in the turbulence. Fortunately they are on rock solid Ozone Ultralite 4 gliders. Clark was over the Ranch but saw Neumann landing back north of Hwy 7 so he went over there to watch and got blown back almost to the Harrison River. Tip of the Day: Do not fly without a radio tuned to 146.415 mhz. We also stood down and drove to pick up the wayward pilots. 5-15-19
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| Woodside Forecast Agassiz Forecast: Cloudy. Becoming a mix of sun and cloud this morning. Fog patches dissipating this morning. High 22. UV index 7 or high. 800 metres So off to Mission and Cherry Hill for some training hill practive even though these pilots had all flown off Woodside (except Ian the new guy). We arrived to wind over the back at times but we got nice up cycles and about 6 flights each for the five students today.  New student Ian did very well for his first kiting day after a rainy ground school day yesterday, and he flew Woodside well for his first solo flight (quite different than the Air Canada A320 he normall flies). After 2 hours on Cherry Hill we headed back to the Ranch for more kiting and after a few hours of high wind reverse kiting, the winds dropped down to towing speed and I went to get the tow rig. By the time I got the Tracker moved the winds went to normal inflow winds in the LZ. After a quick check of the windsock on top, we loaded up the Bus at 3 pm and headed up to find beautiful straight inflow cycles and no wind on Harrison Bay! Everyone had nice flights and despite no landing coach everyone followed the approach to the letter and landed well! James & Kat headed home early leaving Greg, Matt and Bill to paramotor for their first time. Bill has his own unit and Greg & Matt shared my Blackhawk Paramotors 125 Lite unit. Bill had a few duffs but eventually got airborne only to have his throttle jam up in the "off position" as it has a safety lock (we are going to disable that!). And he landed on his knees but no prop or wing damage. Greg and Matt had nice flights with the 125Lite paramotor providing ample thrust for both of these big guys! Derek and Linda went up while we were motoring but the winds were NE on launch so no flights for them. What a busy day but very good progress for everyone! 5-14-19
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| Woodside Forecast Agassiz Forecast: Rain. High 20. 1000 metres New driveshaft in the Bronco for sunny day shuttle missions, and a new Carb too to save gas at the current highway robbery prices at the pump. 5-13-19
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| Woodside Forecast Agassiz Forecast: Sunny. High 28. UV index 7 or high. 1000 metres The students that started Saturday with Jacek & Tony as Instructors are continuing and got three flights in today. Conditions were perfect all day and it was a bit bumpy mid-day but not dangerous. We also did some towing with the Paramotor Students and they did very well. Two tows each with no drama. The last flight at 6:30 was Magic Air, floaty and no wind so everyone had nice calm flights and good approaches. 5-12-19
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| Woodside Forecast Agassiz Forecast: Sunny. High 28. UV index 7 or high. 1000 metres The students that started Saturday with Jacek & Tony as Instructors did very well at Heritage Park, so it was time to fly. We only got one flight off Woodside for them due to conditions but everyone was smiling at the end of the day! My tandem with Tim went well and we had nice thermic climbs before heading to harvest. 5-11-19
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| Woodside Forecast Agassiz Forecast: Mainly sunny. High 22. UV index 7 or high. 1000 metres But we headed to Mission after a ground school session and lunch and we flew off the Heritage Park Hills for hours before heading down to the flats to kite. Five new students and three existing almost P-2 pilots kited hard all day. When we got back to the Ranch, a foreign pilot that I had taken up and given a site briefing arrived back at the Ranch . . . apparently by boat. He got too far back in the North Bowl and hit the ever-present rotor and had to land on a small beach on the Harrison River, where my neighbour picked him up and brought him back. 5-10-19
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| Woodside Forecast Agassiz Forecast: Sunny. High 26. UV index 7 or high. 1000 metres Grant (newly minted P-2), Ricardo (P-1) and Mark were flying with me and a truckload of other pilots went up with Bev. Bev's group stayed up over the South Knoll for an hour as we arrived. Ricardo was trying the Rush 4 MS as he could not seem to get to the LZ on the EONA the past three flights (really it was the wind not the glider). Mark was flying the Rush 5 L. The first flight around noon was thermic all over the mountain and valley. The last flight at 4 pm was smoother and very lifty too as Ricardo "sky-ed out" on his way out to Eagle Ranch where he landed right in the circle Meanwhile a load of pilots went up Bridal at 4 pm and they enjoyed lots of lift and Kevin got to play on his new Ozone Mantra M7. Kevin got to 2200 metres over Ludwig on his way back to Bridal.  Cheam looked good from above too on the tour/cruise of the Bridal Falls side of the Fraser Valley.  Kevin got as high as 3000 metres near Upper Bridal launch area on his new ship!  5-9-19
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| Woodside Forecast Agassiz Forecast: Partly Cloudy. High 28C. Winds NW at 10 to 15 km/h. 1400 metres But Terry B had to do one more tandem before heading back to Vernon, so we waited til 1 pm and after checking the webcam we went up the hill fo find great inflow cycles. Rob H was the tandem meat today and they had a nice thermic flight but Terry wanted to drive back today so he cut the flight short.  After that I headed to Bridal to join Willy, Derek and Andrei for a solo flight . . . my first at Bridal in 2 years. Derek launched first and "beamed up" above launch. I followed flying a Swift 4 L and also started climbing fast but I forgot my coat and was wearing a thin hoody Derek lent me and did not want to get too high today (yesterday some folks got to 3000 metres). I topped out at 1700 metres and headed to Gloria where I saw someone in the bowl trying to get up. I was gaining altitude just flying straight and away from the hill. The person I was heading to join went east and I kept heading west and was over Hwy 1 at 2000 metres and it was beeping all the way to Annis Road where I turned back towards launch (rethinking my idea of heading to Chilliwack to shop). I made it back to launch at 1700 metres and it was hard to tell where the headwind was as it kept changing along the route. I saw Andrei topping out over Archibald before heading towards Cheam, but never saw any one else for an hour. Apparently, Brad H was flying with Kevin & Claudia as they all hiked up together. This is Brad's Spot Track, doing laps to Elk & The Butterfly at 2000 metres.  It was a blue day with no CU but we were going up everywhere in light winds. Brad took this shot over Cheam area.  It was blowing 15-20 kph out of the west in the LZ, but I need to donate a bigger windsock to the WCSC. The one there is a small Ozone sock and it was easier to see the wind in the trees than the sock. 5-8-19
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| Woodside Forecast Agassiz Forecast: A mix of sun and cloud. High 25. UV index 7 or high. 1000 metres It was not a problem as we had indoor work in the morning to complete. Conditions were nicely soarable, and James went solo with Martin N to check the air and he got to 1900 metres north of Woodside before heading to Sasquatch. Odlly later in the day when we headed up at 5:30 pm it went completely catabatic despite seeing SW winds down below. The folks flying Bridal got very high and had good launch cycles there. Derek sent me his gloat report after flying.  Apparently he got pretty high for 2:47 hours.  I am pretty sure he could have flown home to Agassiz?  If you keep hearing about the "Butterfly", there it is in the shade as Derek heads east.  Nice sunset at the end of the day. 5-7-19
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| Woodside Forecast Agassiz Forecast: Sunny. High 26. UV index 8 or very high. 1000 metres Most of the Tandem Candidates got three Pilot-in-Command flights, and the rest are going to finish off their five supervised flights on Wednesday. Here is Rod on final with his Magnum 1.  As usual on these hot days, the outflow is strong in the morning and by noon it cancels out with inflow and then gets windy by 5 pm fom the SW. Derek had a nice top-landing to clear a tangle on the third round today, nicely avoiding all the tandems on launch.  The last flight of the day had most of the tandems soaring together out front before heading out to check the air for Ricardo. Unfortunately the tandem pilots were so well loaded they did not feel any of the wind shear or turbulence that Ricardo go to fly through, but Ricardo is on a super safe SupAir EONA that is well loaded.  New student Ricardo is doing well despite having another windy flight late in the day but he made the Ranch just barely with Derek's guidance at the end.  5-6-19
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| Woodside Forecast Agassiz Forecast: Sunny. High 23. UV index 7 or high. 1000 metres New student Ricardo got one short solo flight at 1 pm, and then sat in on the tandem discussions. At 6 pm we went back up for another tandem round and the winds were 15-20 kph on launch and steady and light ripples on Haarrison Bay, so I launched Ricardo. He had a nice forward launch and was heading out and up. He was followed by Kevin, Derek & Brad all on solo wings. As Ricardo got further out he kept climbing to about 1000 metres. I handed him over to Tony in the LZ but there was little forward speed for Ricardo but he was high. After 90 minutes we finally got him down in a field behind the HG LZ with big ears and speed bar. The tandems that took off after him had no trouble penetrating and most landed at Eagle Ranch in light winds after cutting through the windy layer. Big thanks to Freyja for helping guide Ricardo into the alternate LZ after she landed backwards into the HG LZ. The last tandem and the solo guys landed at Harvest Market in light winds too. 5-5-19
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| Woodside Forecast Agassiz Forecast: A mix of sun and cloud. High 20. UV index 7 or high. 1000 metres Rod was working with Jaquie on the FlyBC Training Hill and she was doing well with her reverse launches.  In the interest of safety we headed to Heritage Park with our new Safety Cones warning the public that we were flying, but the winds were too cross so we kited solos and tandems for 3 hours. Later in the day we went back to Woodside and the Instructors all launched to test the air and it was deemed to be too strong as Colleen, Jacek & Derek climbed from 300 metres over the Ranch to Launch altitude in a few minutes. Jacek & Derek headed t Harvest Market and Colleenlanded at the Ranch in nice conditions but it was now too late to launch the students as sunset was creeping up. 5-4-19
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| Woodside Forecast Agassiz Forecast: A mix of sun and cloud. High 19. UV index 6 or high. 1000 metres The new students they were working with were doing well in fairly strong conditions in the LZ. Scott & Mike did a couple of tandems for us as part of the Recert Process and it was very lifty but then it got windy in the LZ. Unfortunately for two past P-2 Graduates with 50+ flights they got too far upwind of the LZ and encountered rotor (never go past the first or north third of the LZ if it is windy in any LZ). Sean had a small collapse when flying without any pitch control (ie. no brakes) and it turned him to the right and he landed on his butt going up the training hill. No injuries. Thiery was not so lucky, he took a 50% collapse according to his witnesses and did no active weight shift or piloting and the wing turned him in autorotation into the ground. 911 was called and the many Instructors on the ground took over assessing his injuries and he was then attended to by ambulance. Due to tingling in his legs they heli-vac'ed him into VGH where he was found to have a broken sternum and a couple of stable vertebrae fractures and he is recovering well.  This is the first time in 20 years we have had to helivac someone out of the Ranch. We suspended flying until the heli departed and then Dennie, Andrei & I flew some tandems to Harvest Market. The WCSC had their Dinosaur Fly-In today and everyone had great late afternoon flights.  Later around the campfire a few Dino's were spotted.  5-3-19
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| Woodside Forecast Agassiz Forecast: Mainly cloudy. High 19. UV index 5 or moderate 1000 metres We spent the day indoors doing Lesson Plans for new students and experienced instructors took Katie & Mobeen out in the LZ for kiting, and Modeen got his second solo flight in perfect conditions, while I took Katie tandem and we climbed high above launch with several other pilots. Here Rod is doing an Aerodynamics Lesson to the group.  We were rewarded with a beautiful evening flight after a long day in the classroom, as it should be. 5-2-19
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| Woodside Forecast Agassiz Forecast: Mainly cloudy. 30 percent chance of showers this morning. High 17. UV index 5 or moderate 1000 metres It did not dampen the UBC School of Nursing Centenary Celebration. Colleen was awarded a medal for service! Colleen's Bio and Award 5-1-19
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| Woodside Forecast Agassiz Forecast: Cloudy. Becoming a mix of sun and cloud this morning. High 19. UV index 5 or moderate. 2900 metres Just Darryl arrived so we started running laps and the cycles were good at 9 am for reverse launching. This was Darryl's first high flights after a full day of kiting and training hill exercises. He did very well and got three flights in by noon and it started getting windy and bumpy by then.  Darryl had his landing perfected and was very close to the circle on the first two flights, but the increased winds on the ground surprised him as he landed short on the property line . . . fortunately there is no corn yet! Glen arrived too late to go flying at Woodside but we hatched a plan to do either Lil Nic or Benny. It was strong in the Fraser Valley so we nixed that Lil Nic plan and headed up Miracle Valley. The gates are open during the day as logging operations are going on at 6 km on Benedict. We got a bit lost and arrived at Lower benny and getting to the new deactivation which has been designed to keep quads and dirtbikes out, a huge wall of rock and debris. On launch we had nice cycles are Jay took off first on his new Swift 4 and he "went to the moon" without a turn he was soon 2000 feet above us and going backwards. He chose not to wear gloves as he thought it would be a sled ride. Mistake No. 1. He spent the better part of an hour on "big ears" and speedbar. He flew out west to Stave Lake and was still going up! Degas went second and after an uncharacteristically scary launch where he got dragged off north in a gust he was also going up but penetrating well.  The gusts from the SW were getting stronger as the thermal cycles died off and we saw dark lines on the little lake out front so we headed down before the gates closed. Degas and Jay ended up in Danny's LZ and walked out to the Cascade Falls Parking lot as we left for home. Good radio reception today as we heard Tom & Alex soaring a secret spot on the ocean, it sounded like we ere next to each other despite our crappy Baofengs. 4-30-19
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| Woodside Forecast Agassiz Forecast: Sunny this morning and early this afternoon then a mix of sun and cloud with 30 percent chance of showers this afternoon. High 20. UV index 6 or high. 2900 metres A busy day with three students and three tandems. Thanks to Scott W for taking two of the tandems wwhile I was wrangling students. Here is JD flying his new Swift 4 today soaring in front of launch.  We had two flights in good student conditions and then it got pretty strong from the north on launch for my tandem flight. We had to wait for a good cycle to cut through the N wind and my passenger was not very strong so I had to launch sideways to the south as the wind pushed us off the launch. Good climbs and the upper level flow was from the NW. After 30 minutes we headed out to the Valley expecting North wind in the LZ but it was strong South in Eagle Ranch??? We had some thermal bumps but a nice standup landing. We went up for the third flight and had to wait til after 6 pm and it kept getting strong. Linda & Ryan arrived and setup their hanggliders and I helped wire them off and they went straight up and were parked. I offered to drive their truck to Harvest market as it was clear we were not flying students in this wind. Meanwhile pilots at Bridal were getting to 3000 metres and doing laps from Elk to Cheam and back. 4-29-19
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| Woodside Forecast Agassiz Forecast: Sunny this morning and early this afternoon then a mix of sun and cloud with 30 percent chance of showers this afternoon. Risk of a thunderstorm this afternoon. Becoming windy this morning. High 20. UV index 6 or high. 2900 metres Josh is a floatplane pilot and has good eye-hand coordination and was kiting like a pro within a few minutes in quite high winds in Eagle Ranch today. We had 20-25 kph of NW wind most of the day. Kiting in Eagle Ranch We also went to Mission and checked out Cherry Hill but it was too cross from the East so we checked out Heritage Park where we got a few flights in. I am still impressed with the Ozone Atom 3 gliders for ease of handling and really decent glide into wind, these gliders make new pilots confident right away! 4-28-19
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| Woodside Forecast Agassiz Forecast: Mostly Sunny. High 17C. Winds N at 10 to 15 km/h. 2900 metres Both CanadaRASP and TJRASP showed the winds to abate by 1 pm, and Paddy's truck was loaded up and headed to Woodside Launch. I kept checking the webcam but no one even laid out a glider. Lots of down cycles with the odd short up cycle. A few brave souls kited in the Ranch and Scotty West was flying his Kangook Paramotor around, first on his 12 metre Ozone Fazer 2 and then on his Ozone Freeride 16. He said the air was quite turbulent. Eventually everyone came back down at 4 pm. Bev had left earlier to shuttle at Bridal and no one launched there til quite late but had good flights. Even braver souls went to Benny and had quick climbs and lots of collapses and the flights were cut short by turbulence.  Photo by John W. The rest of the pilots drove down . . . wisely after seeing all the collapses. 4-27-19
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| Woodside Forecast Agassiz Forecast: Cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers. Windy in the morning and early in the afternoon. High 11. UV index 3 or moderate. 1000 metres Back to the Ranch for some cleanup chores and it was very windy and it was hailing and raining. Then the sun came out around 3 pm, the wind died down. Then we saw a yellow paraglider launch off Woodside and it was climbing well. Not even any penetration issues.  Then they headed out to the Ranch with "big ears" and they had a good landing too. It was James from the Island on his Ozone Rush 5, all smiles. I took a load of scrap metal to the dump, getting ready for the WCSC Party next week and as I returned I heard Norm & Bev had left with Martin N to fly off the mountain. And then I saw a group of HGers congregating at the HG LZ, does no one read the forecasts? I saw Bev launch first and climb out followed by Marin N and Norm, and then the HGers launched too. Crowded skies over Woodside and all climbing out! I setup a BBQ for the fliers and cold beers were in the coolers as we celebrated the day with our own little WCSC Party since it got cancelled at the last minute due to the weather. OZONE MANTRA M7 from Ozone Paragliders on Vimeo. OZONE SWIFT 5 from Ozone Paragliders on Vimeo. 4-26-19
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| Woodside Forecast Agassiz Forecast: Sunny. Becoming a mix of sun and cloud near noon. Becoming windy this afternoon. High 16. UV index 6 or high. 1000 metres I drove to Savona to retrieve my trailer and it was howlig in Merritt, Savona and everywhere else! 4-25-19
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| Woodside Forecast Agassiz Forecast: Mainly sunny. Increasing cloudiness this afternoon. High 17. UV index 6 or high. 1400 metres We went up the hill around 3 pm and got Josh into the air for his second flight and then Norm, Bev, Carlos flew off and had some nice thermalling. It took some time to get Chloe (4.5 years old) ready for her tandem and by then the winds were light and switchy but we finally got off as the lift died off. Barely a beep on the way out lightly loaded on the Gin Osprey tandem. Dad Chris flew off after us and we all landed in the circle with Norm coming in last. 4-24-19
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| Woodside Forecast Agassiz Forecast: A mix of sun & cloud. High 16. UV index 2 or low. 1600 metres Grant & Kalina managed to get 3 really nice flights today and the last flight was very lifty as they flew out.  At the last run up the hill Josh was ready to fly, and he was last off the mountain flying our demo Magnum 2 tandem (Josh is a big boy at 360 lbs!). He had a good launch and nice approach but his turns were a bit slow as Bev guided him into the LZ so he came in short into the west field. Big grins all around today! The XC Hounds did well today despite early cloud cover. Alex & Nicole made it over to Bridal. Norm and a few others got stuck on Green Hill in Agassiz for a few hours landing at Mark Fraser's backyard. 4-23-19
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| Woodside Forecast Agassiz Forecast: Showers ending this afternoon then mainly cloudy. Becoming windy near noon. High 14. UV index 2 or low. 600 metres Meanwhile, our roving reporter/instructor Kevin is enjoying Nepal. 4-22-19
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