The Best Paragliding Tandem Movie in the World

A couple months ago when I was still working on my paragliding tandem rating, one of my passengers took along a video camera and took some footage of what turned out to be a pretty fun flight. Check it out.

You won't understand the "Chili Cook-off" footage at the beginning, so I'll enlighten you by saying that when it's flyable and I'm not in the sky, I tend to imitate Homer because I'm immature and childish. Also, I think singing songs with passengers adds to the ambiance of a flight and is therefore awesome.

Chiu is a great friend, a great pilot, and a great tandem passenger - thanks for the vid man!

http://vimeo.com/2245630

Politics Without Paragliding

Since my towing flight a few weeks ago where I did a couple stalls and such, I haven’t flown. The weather put a bit of a monkey wrench into my plans a couple times, and when it was flyable, it seemed I had things to do. I definitely could have made a bigger effort, but I didn’t, am now regretting it a bit.

Although not paragliding-related, the media almost made me hurl with the amount of coverage they gave to the US election, and now that it’s over, our southern neighbour's relentless infatuation with Obama still makes me nauseous. White or black, the President is a politician, politician’s lie, and Americans are fooled if they think any man can instantly fix the mess they have created for themselves. Americans: You’ve chosen your leader, we all know you’re proud, but he is not a wizard and your problems won't magically dissapear; stop patting yourselves on the back, thinking that you've found your new messiah...

Back to flying: Not much to say, other than it’s always at the back of my mind. I haven’t groundhandled, haven’t read too much about it lately, and have actually had mostly non-paragliding related conversations with people, which is a bit unusual. A flying trip is not currently on the books, but hey, life is rather dull right now and I do like to create my own adventures...