Big Spring and King to "share" National Championship?

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The first and last meets of the year, (Dunlap, CA and Squaw Pk., UT) will comprise the "US Nationals." Their scores will be combined (with a throw-away option) to determine the US Champion.

US Paragliding Nationals (Squaw Peak, UT)
8/16/2009 through 8/22/2009

Want to make the 2011 US National team?

http://www.ushpa.aero/member_comp_restructure.asp

Points for World Team selection are calculated from the pilot's best four Class B and C events over a two year period with at least one event being a Class C event.

Lisa Tate wants the US Nationals at King Mountain

http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13566

It looks like the USHPA President, Lisa Tate, has put in a proposal for a Nationals at King Mountain. We're still checking with the USHPA to see if her name is on the document.

First, the King Mtn. meet is not even sanctioned, and never has been.

Second, the last time we had a National there, a pilot died due to the conditions in the air.

Do you want the US Nationals at Big Spring in 2009?

This coming week the USHPA Competition Committee will receive a proposal/bid/package for the US Nationals in Big Spring, Texas for 2009. How do you want your Regional Director to vote on that?

If you are a competition pilot, or a pilot new to competition who wants to go and fly at the best hang gliding spot in the US, you would do yourself a favor and contact your Regional Director who will be voting this coming weekend on this issue.

Well, it's over. We had two great tasks and the Owens provided the beautiful scenery & excellent flying that it is renowned for. Unfortunately the winds were excessive at launch a few days and the winds aloft kept us on the ground on otherwise flyable days. The decisions to cancel that 5 days were well thought out and in the interest of safety. As Kevin Biernaki said, more than once, "we need to remember that this is only paragliding." I agree that we can't task 80 pilots to fly in obviously marginal conditions in the Owens.

Wayne has a photo gallery at: http://paraglidingphotos.smugmug.com/gallery/6004986_9xfTn#375382594_ti4Q3

Please let me know if you have a gallery to link.