New club member

New club member
Originally uploaded by gomario.

Thu 14/06/2007 16:39 My bud Dirk photographed with the N73 I am not into hang gliding at all, but after meeting Dirk I might just as well give it a try. Take off is about the same dangerous/safe as paragliding. The flying part is definitely safer. The landing on the other hand hmmm . . . Perhaps I would stick with paragliding :-)

Go baby Go :-)

Go baby Go :-)
Originally uploaded by gomario.

Tue 05/08/2006 14:20 Gin Bolero Plus and me. This is a old picture. It is taken by a friend while I was doing my final flight for my paragliding licence (beginner). The flight went well. I did all the tasks as asked by the instructor (radio). A few weeks later I got the licence and went thru the 'initiation' procedure at the club :-) I have decided to post this picture because the glider will be sold and this is the moment I will remember most when talking about my old Gin Bolero Plus wing.

Sunset

Sunset
Originally uploaded by gomario.

8:24 AM Sunday, May 27, 2007 Sunset Paragliding. For no apparent reason, I wanted to post this pic to my cell blog using my laptop. (Nokia's Lifeblog)

I love it :)

I love it :)
Originally uploaded by gomario.

Thu 31/05/2007 19:37 Mario 2-nd flight on Golden2 Hands up Here is a pic my buddy took with his N73 cellphone. I was flying the Golden2 from Gradient and getting ready for the 'final approach' to land. I don't know exactly 'why', but I like this 'clean cut' and responsive wing more and more. Now I am almost certain, I will buy one.

Golden 2

Golden 2
Originally uploaded by gomario.

Sun 27/05/2007 17:56 Mario test flying the Golden2 - photographed by a friend with Nokia N73.
Here it comes. After 60+ flights on my old Gin Bolero Plus wing, I have decided to test fly a few more 'advanced' (and less safe) paraglider wings. Golden2 from Gradient was the first one I got from my dealer to keep and test for a few weeks. Impressed? Yes, I am. But lets see what the competition has to 'say'. The Mistral4 from the German company Swing is next in line :-)

At the main beach in Jeffrey's Bay.

At the main beach in Jeffrey's Bay.
Originally uploaded by gomario.

Sat 31/03/2007 18:04 Michael at the beach.Picture taken with Nokia N73. I took this pic of my 2year old son just before sundown.It come out rather nicely for a cellphone.And look at the pic's size - only 14kb for jpeg.Should I have used the more recent jp2 codec the picture size should have dropped to just below 10kb while maintaining the quality.Even more amaizing is - the cellphone does support jp2 !