Amgen Tour of CA Stage 6 from My Hang Glider
05-24-10, 06:24 PM
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Amgen Tour of CA Stage 6 from My Hang Glider
These are some preliminary edits. More to follow.
Frame still of the leaders near the 100-mile point. (click for full res)
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To inquire about lessons in your area: https://www.hanggliding.org/marketing...tact.php?id=52
More information about the sport: https://ushpa.org/
Other videos of what the expereince is like from my personal vantage point: https://www.youtube.com/nmerider
Cheers, Jonathan
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05-24-10, 06:33 PM
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At least we got in some good shadow tags on the lead rider and a few pelotons and chase vehicle. Hopefully these show up o.k. on the final edit.
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Wow. Thanks for posting.
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Thanks for the rapid feedback everyone!
If anybody wants to inquire about lessons in his/her area try this link: https://www.hanggliding.org/marketing...tact.php?id=52
I have many other videos posted that give an idea of what the expereince is like for me: https://www.youtube.com/nmerider
Cheers, Jonathan
If anybody wants to inquire about lessons in his/her area try this link: https://www.hanggliding.org/marketing...tact.php?id=52
I have many other videos posted that give an idea of what the expereince is like for me: https://www.youtube.com/nmerider
Cheers, Jonathan
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I'd be worried I watch the race and forget to fly.
Nice stuff. Totally cool. Thanks!
Nice stuff. Totally cool. Thanks!
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Is this you? At Stage 6, I took this photo from the last KOM in Rim Forest.
05-24-10, 09:02 PM
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Looks like you have the best seat of the house.
05-24-10, 10:01 PM
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Hey! That's me! 
You can see the little vertical camera boom sticking up from the rear of my keel. You can also see the sunlight is glinting off the reflective Mylar tape I applied to my leading edges so the chopper pilot would see me better. Let's face it--I wanted to get in as close as I could and I didn't have time to pick up an air band transceiver so I could communicate with any powered aircraft following the race. The paraglider in your photo album is my buddy Stephen who also appears at the beginning of one of the videos. Thanks for posting this.
Jonathan
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05-24-10, 10:23 PM
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The commentators didn't know what a hang glider was.
I remember the biggest comment, "And this man has a bird's eye view of the Tour from his strange flying machine."
Awesome work, though.
I remember the biggest comment, "And this man has a bird's eye view of the Tour from his strange flying machine."
Awesome work, though.
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HAHA! We heard about you guys on Stage 6 as we where at the 25KOM hill and listening to the race patrol radio relay folks. They got a kick out of it but said that one of you came close to clipping their radio antenna so they thought. good stuff.
