Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Rat Race was a success


The forecast was spot on, and unfortunately we lost the first few days.  The practice day was, however very good and those that chose to fly ahead of the rain had great flying to tide them over the days to come.

Nicole shows Pete her wrist X-Ray after tossing on the practice day.


 After several days, we went up to launch to see fog, which lifted and gave us a short task.  Nobody in goal, but many landed together.  Marco and I landed with many others.

The Armada at the start on the last day.  Fun 3 full days of racing!
Mad props to Torsten and Michael Sigel who pushed the lead gaggle while they were there.  Michael won it but Josh took the final day ahead of him into goal. Nice Josh! Way to go Nick and Eric too. 
  Bill Belcourt took the trophy for sport class. Marco Edged out his dad for 2nd place, Luis ending up in 3rd.

Off to the world championship in Bulgaria!
Go Flying Monkeys!...not to be confused with the Hawaii thermal research monkeys.