A strong NE blowing into Sandown Point Reserve brought out the dune gooners and their three Fun 190s. Coincidentally we all have very similar glider colours.
In this clip Trev leads off first and shows his skill, I approach more cautiously being relatively new at flying close to the ground (still finding my wings so to speak). At one stage I practised a new skill of flying close to the water after slipping out of the very tight lift band.
When flying over water a parachute would be of no use - maybe floaties on the base bar? But I managed to just squeeze everything from the little bit of lift in the dull air at the base of the small cliff get the kite to the sandy beach and keep my feet dry.
Then Alan, with his 39 yrs of flying, and a finely tuned kite showed what dune gooning is all about.
Even Champers the Dog thought it was really something to see!
Their was only one injury for the day, Alan's elbow/shoulder, from his skateboarding efforts. Which just goes to show how safe hang gliding is, and as any pilot would say, more fun too :-)
