Eva is currently in Piedrahita, Spain, at the preworld Championships. After a day of great flying and good distance, we suffered through a day experiencing why some people hate competition: Dangerous launch conditions with tail wind, rotors and plenty of dust devils left the decision to launch or not to the individual pilot. With competition pressure mounting, most launched despite huge collapses, lots of tricky launches etc. In the end, the day was invalid for a totally different reason: by 5pm when most people were flying towards the 125km goal, it ws raining at turnpoint 2.

Speedflyer Jacket

The recent "50% off" sales at the outdoor shops made us realise that we should make you all aware of the great FlyGin outdoor clothing. The quality is fantastic and can only be compared the top of the line clothing lines available in NZ. Even at "50% off" they are more expensive in the shops than we offer them all year around.

Buy Gin clothing and be different to every man and his dog wearing the usual brands bought on sale!

Parajet Cyclone 160CC Macro

We are running a PPG theory session for our PPG students. After some fantastic flying and teaching days recently, several are ready to be signed off but still need to brush up on their theory knowledge.

PPG theory - Wednesday 26th May, 3.30PM

Wings & Waves loft in Bayswater.

On a different note: The first Parajet Cyclone engines have been ordered! Delivery times are reasonably long, but if you order now, you can get a reduced rate for combined shipments!! Be quick!

1 Place kitesurfing - Willie Goosen: Lukas at Shoal Bay

Thanks to everybody for their great photos and for their votes.

Note: All the pictures look much better in the original - unfortunately they loose a lot of quality when I up-load them to the website.

We have a clear winner and a lots of close 2nds and 3rds. There was a wide spread after the first one which shows how everyone likes different aspects of the sport - and that we had quite a few great photos in the competition.

1st place paragliding photos:: Barry Baxter - Manilla

The photographer's - Barry Baxter from Masterton - comment: "I took the photo lying flat on my back on the west launch Mt Borah in Manilla, Australia, as the competition gaggle got bigger and bigger and slowly drifted overhead. The camera is an Olympus SP500UZ."

Due to popular demand, we are running some more theory lessons for paragliding students. We will finalise the day and time once I have know which days suit everybody best. So, please contact Eva asap to let me know if you would like to join the theory lesson!

Wednesday , 18 May 2010, 6 pm at our loft in Bayswater.

Boomerang GTO

Long awaited and NOW it is here: The new GIN Boomerang GTO!

The GIN Boomerang GTO is the highest performing glider ever certified. We have the Boomerang GTO size M available for demos now, size S next weekend. Contact us for a test flight to find out why the GIN high peformance gliders are so incredibly popluar. The performance is immediately obvious, but the feeling, handling and fun the pilots have with them are at least as intriguing. Try it!

Reuben flew a GTO proto at the Rotorua Nationals and showed us how well that went. He now has got the final version, which is even a lot more stunning: Fascinating details, but a light, simplified, high tech design - and a stunning look.

To Reuben's surprise, the GTO seems to carve and turn even better than the BoomSport - even though that has been out-standing in it class already.

PG photo competition kite photo comp

I have published the first entries on separate pages for kitesurfing and paragliding separately. Click on the links to see the current entries!

The deadline for entries is Wednesday next week, 28th April 2010. Please email your pictures to me asap!