Goodbye to Golden

The week in Golden had some more meaning to it for me personally than just coming here to compete. In 1999 i was here in Canada and learnt to fly just outside of Calgary on a hill that was about 30m high. Then I had my first flight from a 'proper' hill which was the launch we used all week on Mt Seven. Those first flights were just glides off the hill at 7am but they were the ones that had me hooked. On the last morning, a group of us went up the hill early and I repeated my first flight.

Looking north. Launch is the bare patch on the ridge just right of centre

The morning also gave Gavin and Karl the chance to fly the speed wings. Some video footage is here. Those crazy kids...