My friend Gareth and me will leave for Mongolia on Friday 19th Aug, ready to start the crossing of the Khangai Nuruu mountains on the 26th Aug. The following link is to ‘XC Retrieve’ which should show the position of both our Spot satellite…
10 years ago, just before I joined the NOVA Pilots Team changed, I was attempting to cross an unflown mountain range in Mongolia with my good friend Gareth Aston. We were unsuccessful at that attempt, mainly down to the weather and it being generally a…
Last week I spent 6 days on 6 islands in the Hebrides, to the west of Scotland. Thanks to amazing weather, I got to fly in some of the most beautiful locations. This is the 3rd time I have visited these islands with an alterer…
I have just returned from a week-long trip to Brazil where I managed to escape the UK’s winter weather to get to clock up more than 500 kms of exciting flying. Sometimes strong (8.5 m/s) and at others really weak. I was staying in Governador…
Last week, I joined a few members of the NOVA Pilots Team (Laetitia, Kerim & Sebastian) on an SIV training course at Annecy. The course instructor was Fabien Blanco of Flyeo, a master of all things SIV. We had great weather during the 3 days…
Last weekend I travelled to St Hillaire in France for the Coupe Icare, the World’s largest flying festival. There were so many things to see and do; new flying kit, crazy costumed creations, insane flying manoeuvres, late nights and early mornings and a wicked G-Force trainer……along with…
This weekend in the UK was perfect for coastal soaring with the IBEX 2. Ahead of the remnants of hurricane Bertha, the strong westerly winds combined with a 15m high sand bank at Thurstaston resulted in some great fun. Steve
After weeks of bad weather, it finally stopped raining for a day in the UK this weekend, so I managed to sneak a first flight on my new Mentor 3 Light :) Steve
July 27th, 2013 – Grainbach, Germany – CrossAlps 2013 I’m stood under the inflatable Biotech start gate with other CrossAlp’ers, wondering with trepidation what this 33 hour event is going to be like in a German heatwave ! With the group photo taken, its 5…
Two weeks ago, myself and Idris competed in the British Championships held at Manteigas in Portugal. The location was new to almost everyone in the field, so the event was wide open. We were both competing on NOVA Factor 2’s, which still proved to be…