Task 1 - 80km

Started overcast and involved lots of dodging clouds in the start gate, mix of good climbs in the hills and slightly petered out in the flats for the last 20km. The lead gaggle got stuck and slowed down, the gaggle then went from 20ish to 100ish pilots. 100 pilots inside 10minutes from the leader. All the Aussies in goal in good shape, Gareth, Kari, Felipe, Steve then Pete, all scoring good points in the 900's.

Official practice day. 80 k race up and down the valley.

Rego And practise day.

Paragliding Worlds 2017 Monte Avena

Friday before!

Practice day, all the team in the air, epic 500m above the clouds day. I did a trip down the ridge to play with some transitions over the gorges, then landed at the team house.

Thats some good height

Glide out from above cloud (base)

Down the courseline

Goal for the day - Team Australia House

Getting closer to the Paragliding World Championships 2017!

The competitions are run, the team selection ladder is populated and preparations are under way to send the Australian Team to Feltre, Italy for the Paragliding World Championships.

This year the Australian is ranked highly as a country and the pilots are in with a real chance to do well.

The provisional team (depending on numbers that are selected) is:

Gareth Carter
Kari Roberson
Peter Slade
Felipe Rezende
Steve Nagle
Alex Yaschenko

Keep in touch with information here and on our facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/Australian-Paragliding-Team-260715001029592

And help the team reach Italy by donating on our gofundme page!

https://www.gofundme.com/australian-paragliding-team-2017?utm_source=internal&utm_medium=email&utm_content=campaign_title&utm_campaign=donation_receiptv5

Thanks

G