Hammondsport Sled Fest

The weather reports lured 10 pilots out to the hill and things never got as good as they were predicted. Lots of sled rides Dan and I broke down and packed up, Ron got a short soaring flight, Mukrum managed to get up and stay up twice and even took a short XC. Here are a few pictures of Mukrum's launch and Doug launching.

Gardenscape 2010

Last weekend was the garden show here are a few pics from the show. I was playing with long exposures to blur the water some were up to six seconds long.

Great day on the ice

The day was warm and sunny and I should have used sunscreen. Ice boaters and Andy were out when I got to the lake so I set up and worked some of yesterdays sore spots out with the hair of the dog. If it stays this warm then the ice will be gone soon.
A few shots of Andy making a few high speed passes with his home built Nasa Power Wing 4m.
The wind picked up after noon and I packed up and headed home to dry things out.

Keepin' up with the ice boats

I can feel the crash coming. I fitted a pair of children's downhill skis with back country XC bindings and tested the theory today. Zoom, zoom, zoom, I was keeping up with the ice boats going way to fast. Conditions were perfect for skis and you could carve a nice turn in the crusty surface of the ice.
I got home and ran out to photograph a couple young bucks in the corn field behind the house. Surprised to see one still carrying his antlers.

Traction Kiting Canandaigua Lake 2-10

Skis ruled the day.
I met with John and Andy at Kershaw Park on the north end and we had hours of fun. Due to the crust of snow on the ice the buggy had way to much friction and although it would go it was a workout and a half. We spent the majority of the time on skis and could really fly. I used my back country XC skis with edges and they worked great. Not quite enough grip on the glare ice but you could just blow straight agross any bare spots and then turn when you got to snow again. Today I am sore all over and will go do it again.

Honeoye Lake traction kiting 1-23-10

I met John at the lake and although the wind was very light the sun was out and the temps were up and we did get a few passes with the 5 and 8mtr kites. Ice conditions are perfect now all we need is a little wind.

Cloudbase at Harriet

This is the other side of HHSP. A cross country ski paradise.