tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68239293682562604162011-04-21T18:06:50.455-07:00Leaders in SpeedRichard Westgatenoreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6823929368256260416.post-51007830198954545062008-07-14T13:12:00.000-07:002008-07-15T07:45:50.461-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_r1csLjGm-Uw/SHy0lEuuuAI/AAAAAAAAAIA/gnWTLRAprb8/s1600-h/P1010453.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_r1csLjGm-Uw/SHy0lEuuuAI/AAAAAAAAAIA/gnWTLRAprb8/s320/P1010453.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223248216860833794" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Too windy for a few hours so the Basik Speed Rider came out of the bag. We found a good run at the bottom of Bell Hill, Dorset with its' own half-pipe to play in. Roy Menage, Paul Hawkins and even <a href="http://www.flightculture.co.uk/">Flight Culture</a> Instructor John Welch had a play.<br /><br /><br /><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-217874a7ef71fe13" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v21.nonxt2.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D217874a7ef71fe13%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331122943%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D37D56A36E3E8E7BDC8F0DB82147B06E44CBB7768.41BFBA3D195D822CE8A53F79FB2C87934CEA8EB2%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D217874a7ef71fe13%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DG5il-gyaGihA503wSnlqMyiipyY&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v21.nonxt2.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D217874a7ef71fe13%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331122943%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D37D56A36E3E8E7BDC8F0DB82147B06E44CBB7768.41BFBA3D195D822CE8A53F79FB2C87934CEA8EB2%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D217874a7ef71fe13%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DG5il-gyaGihA503wSnlqMyiipyY&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-ef73d9c097fd0ecf" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v4.nonxt2.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Def73d9c097fd0ecf%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331122943%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D3105439DBA395AEB0CEC397E554C4993B66081C5.53705007A7D744B17A0F453FF8FB74018F3D6FF6%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Def73d9c097fd0ecf%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DOpsNFdjUUcnFprHvXwEoSMjJUMo&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v4.nonxt2.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Def73d9c097fd0ecf%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331122943%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D3105439DBA395AEB0CEC397E554C4993B66081C5.53705007A7D744B17A0F453FF8FB74018F3D6FF6%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Def73d9c097fd0ecf%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DOpsNFdjUUcnFprHvXwEoSMjJUMo&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6823929368256260416-5100783019895454506?l=rspeedconcept.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Richard Westgatenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6823929368256260416.post-69657582906866672552008-06-26T02:02:00.000-07:002008-06-26T02:03:22.134-07:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NTFL2P5w1VQ&hl=en"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NTFL2P5w1VQ&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6823929368256260416-6965758290686667255?l=rspeedconcept.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Richard Westgatenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6823929368256260416.post-68803922502784521162008-06-18T15:56:00.000-07:002008-07-02T05:11:32.376-07:00RSpeedConcept UK importers Neil Hutchison and myself (Richard Westgate) spent last week in Macedonia where we managed to get our hands on the Predator (8.5m2) and Kobra (11.5m2). The training hills in the Krusovo Valley and a 30mph wind made perfect conditions for playing around. After an hour everybody had stupid grins on their faces....from ground handling!!<br /><br /><br /><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-c18e17f16ce11808" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v13.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Dc18e17f16ce11808%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331122943%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D632A0E7E8AD1FDCF341D34855A44AA66C0950CD3.613B5943AB4F214C9937669163F2191B90D19C86%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dc18e17f16ce11808%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DHXNEK5wlebXXYPsdFdOHUgnTVv0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v13.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Dc18e17f16ce11808%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331122943%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D632A0E7E8AD1FDCF341D34855A44AA66C0950CD3.613B5943AB4F214C9937669163F2191B90D19C86%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dc18e17f16ce11808%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DHXNEK5wlebXXYPsdFdOHUgnTVv0&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6823929368256260416-6880392250278452116?l=rspeedconcept.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Richard Westgatenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6823929368256260416.post-32835059061386353982008-06-18T15:26:00.000-07:002008-07-02T05:12:04.368-07:00Look out for us at the first ever Triple-X Free Flight Festival (<strong>June 20th-22nd</strong>). This is now THE main Free Flying Festival this year (unfortunately the Homegrown has just been cancelled) and is at <span class="postbody"><a href="http://www.ukattraction.com/a_print/print_entries_frames.php?&amp;e=254TDL&amp;a=0">Walcot Hall</a>, Lydbury North, Shropshire, </span>SY7 8AZ.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> Walcot Hall is here:<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.multimap.com/maps/?&amp;t=l&amp;map=52.508,-3.0283%7C15%7C4&amp;loc=GB:52.508:-3.0283:15&amp;dp=841#map=52.45888,-2.95999%7C14%7C4&amp;dp=841&amp;loc=GB:52.45888:-2.95999:16%7CSY7%208AZ%7CSY7%208AZ"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 41px;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_r1csLjGm-Uw/SFmQmihYXnI/AAAAAAAAAG8/Rzjgp62mj7w/s320/multimap.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213357035434303090" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LMmLIuo4eCY&amp;hl=en"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LMmLIuo4eCY&amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">See you there!!</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6823929368256260416-3283505906138635398?l=rspeedconcept.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Richard Westgatenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6823929368256260416.post-83531013619228214602008-06-18T01:06:00.000-07:002008-07-02T05:14:29.236-07:00We are now also importers for <a href="http://www.rspeedconcept.com/">RSpeedConcept (Leaders in Speed)</a> wings, the 13m2 Basik, 11.5m2 Kobra, 10m2 Interceptor and 8.5m2 <a href="http://www.ecole-speedriding.com/videos/valfrejus2008.wmv">Predator</a>. Designed by Serge Collin with <a href="http://www.acromacedonia.com/club.html">Mendo Veljanovski</a>, these are some of the best speed riding (SR) wings on the market with excellent build quality and proven <a href="http://www.speedflyingpro.com/speedflyers.html">competition</a> performance (David Eyraud: 2nd Big Mountain, 3rd Parallel Slalom).<br /><br />For more information contact us on +44 (0) 7974 208076 in the UK or email rich@born2fly.co.uk!<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AVqdKBTx_Rg&amp;hl=en"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AVqdKBTx_Rg&amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-SoZLKU-sDY&amp;hl=en"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-SoZLKU-sDY&amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><br />For more information on this exciting new sport see the Paragliding Forum <a href="http://www.paraglidingforum.com/viewforum.php?f=34">Speed Riding section</a><br />and the <a href="http://www.speed-flying.com/rspeedconcept-2008">Speed Flying</a> Website.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6823929368256260416-8353101361922821460?l=rspeedconcept.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Richard Westgatenoreply@blogger.com0