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Up and coming: Jeff Galvin

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Being a young hang gliding pilot I though it would be cool to introduce a few of the young ambitious pilots to look out for.

I recently got the chance to catch up with Jeff Galvin. Not only is he an amazingly talented pilot, he's got style for miles, looks that turn heads, a sense of humor that could tame a wild cheetah and an all round nice guy but is defiantly some to look out for!

Jeff on the way to Salt lake cityJeff on the way to Salt lake city

Going H.A.M

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Swooping Stanwell

I have had some extra unused footage from the past two summers(northern and southern hemisphere season) that I haven't used yet so I threw together this short video.

I get a lot of people asking me for advice on doing aerobatics or low passes or whatever: and what I tell them is do a clinic! Do it with someone who can mentor you. Acro is fun and safe if you learn it properly and don't rush your progression, ease into it take it slowly. With that being said Enjoy the video!

Manilla- The down and dirt

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After a awesome week of hangin out with good friends, having hilarious conversation around the dinner table or camp fire (mainly thanks to John Smith) and some great flying, it has all come to an end. We're already talking about our next trip and brewing up some cool projects for the near future! But for now its time to make some coin.

Hang gilding makes you crazyHang gilding makes you crazy

Mantra's

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I left my camera in my harness so today's photos and complements of the baby face assassin(wolf dog).

The cool think about hang gliding is everyday is different and each day one will fly in different modes and experience different air. Today I was in race mode then got low and had to change modes and make a mantra that I repeated non stop it seems like till I made it to goal. So here you have em.

climing just before the start gatecliming just before the start gate

Short and sweet

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Day 4

Conditions for today didn't look good but the task committee set a 54km down wind task with a sky in complete cloud cover, and a few showers to the east and west. People figured the day wasn't going to get any better some broke down and went to the Pub, others trickled off and sunk out. Many of us wait and wait and waited till Conditions got better and people started soaring and getting up. Jonny Durrand, Dave Seib, Len Payton, Wolf and I got a nice climb at Mt Borah and had a dig at the task..... Jonny, dave and I landed 9KM later beating Len and Wolf who landed at 7km:-)

a few Roo's came to launch to see the hang glidersa few Roo's came to launch to see the hang gliders

Manilla day2&3

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Manilla Hang Gliding Comp, Day 2-  We didn't fly here as there were not enough options to have a good enough task that was safe, so the day was canceled but pilots were allowed to free fly. My back locked up on day one, soo bad that after landing I had to wait for Wolfi and our driver to pick me up, and then wolf broke down my glider. So I took the day to relax and get my back good again.


Cowabunga!Cowabunga!

Indecisions

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Manilla Day 1- 90km zig zag

We had some awesome racing conditions yesterday with nice looking clouds, light winds, and nice thermals 400-600fpm up.

Jonny and I at TP 2Jonny and I at TP 2

Manilla Practice day

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Wolf dog and I are up in Manilla for the NSW state titles comp. Yesterday was the practice day so I set up my litespeed wolf set up his T2c and we ran off Mt Borah to get acquainted with the area. We had a nice flight to the north and back to Manillia. 

Practice day Manilla 2012Practice day Manilla 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Turns

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We chased the wind around yesterday hoping for some dune-goonin but the
wind was just a bit to light on the water. They boys and I ended up back
at Bald Hill where there the launch conditions were less then

Gone Fishin

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After a morning of hangin' out on Bald Hill, waiting for the wind, and doing a few short hang gliding flights down to the beach we realized the wind was not coming in, so we took afternoon off.

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