The task committee truly nailed it today. They built a task to deal with a really active and dynamic sky and our pilots charged hard, many of them surfing the clouds and dodging the growing cumulus into goal. Two very big hikes bookended by some terrific and technical flying! Aaron […]
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Our first two Adventure Division pilots have just made goal and David Chen is getting there shortly. Meanwhile some of the pilots just behind our leaders in the PRO division have hit the dirt and are charging north on foot as they got shaded out and were jumped in the air by Jared Scheid and Tyler Burns who just landed into goal with HUGE smiles!
Aaron has gotten a commanding jump into goal with a large cell booming over Salinas and he's being chased hard by veteran world cup and Niviuk test pilot and beast Tanguy Renoud-Goud, the "Hammer" Erik Klammer, and adventure athlete and vertical crusher Chris Moody.
Day 1 of the 2022 XRedRocks is ON! Our weather forecast is tricky today with moderate SW winds and potentially strong overdevelopment but so far it's been a gorgeous day and the front runners are CHARGING!
Well this is getting exciting! We have signed on ALL the Red Bull athletes from the Red Bull X-Alps. Between the three (Tom De Dorlodot, Aaron Durogati, and Paul Guschlbauer) they have 19 total races between them! But that’s not all, we also have Patrick Von Känel, who was second […]
Was that only 3 days? What a crazy whirlwind of epicness! Your race Director feels like he just competed in another X-Alps (ok not quite!). I am crushed and seriously sleep-deprived and feel like I hiked all those mountains with you all (again- not quite- ha ha!), but I’m still […]
Task deadline just ticked over at 1730. This is when the scoring stops. Matt Dadam relaunched and just top landed Monroe I believe in 6th place just before the deadline. Will it be enough for the win? None of the Pro Division athletes were able to make goal on a […]
The clock is ticking and the race to make goal in the pro class is really on. Can anyone get there in time before the 1730 task deadline? Chris Moody has just shown extraordinary skills and made goal in second in the Adventure class while up on top of Monroe […]
Flying nearly the identical course as the pros speed demon Erik Klammer took off this morning AN HOUR before anyone else while it was still blowing over the back and 95% of the field hadn’t even arrived launch after a record climb of Monroe Peak, tagged the Joseph turnpoint, ran […]