Our friend Jeff Shapiro, of Five Valley Hang Gliding, flying his Wills Wing

hang glider in Montana, USA.

Photo by Jeff. 

Here, we took a road trip to fly the Stockton Sand Dunes near Newcastle, NSW Australia.

The hang glider is the "dune gooning" machine, the Moyes Malibu 188.

Hang Gliding Road Trip: Sydney to Newcastle, then Dalby

Curt flying the Moyes Litespeed RS 4 hang glider in Newcastle (Australia).

Olli Barthelmes took the photo while flying his own RS 4.

Here's curt in a SIV paragliding course via (boat-tow) with Chris Santacroce in Utah in 2007.

Curt loves all forms of free-flight: hang gliding, paragliding, kitesurfing, gliding, surfing, skydiving...

My buddy Olli Barthelmes recently bought the Ricoh GX 100 Camera from me...and has emailed this shot of him flying his Moyes Litespeed RS on a XC (Cross Country) flight near Mt. Bogong in Victoria. He shoots professionally full-time and had some great immediate results and positive feedback on the camera. Check this shot out! Makes me want to load up the car and head to Bright, Victoria for some classic XC hang gliding....

Here we're testing (and loving it) a new Moyes single surface prototype hang glider (to be named the Moyes Litespirit or Moyes Malibu), developed by Gerolf.
We're flying at one of our favorite sites: Hill 60 of Port Kembla, Wollongong, NSW.
The entire coastline of Australia is loaded with tons of these sand dunes that can used for flying sites. It's whole other type of hang gliding...soaring and skimming just above the sand dunes..called Dune Gooning.

Easter Island, Chile, September 2006:
Most likely the first hang gliding ever (?) on the island....
Conrad, Selmsy, and Al went on a global reconnaissance hang gliding trip.
These guys modified their glider to short-pack it to near 6 feet, then chucked it on the airplane. I met up the crew in Tahiti....
Pilot: Selmsy
Photographer: Conrad