Falcons at Torrey

The wind was strong and south today. Thunderstorms were even predicted which is very strange for July in Southern CA. I was passing by the gliderport and just dropped in to see what was going on on a day like this. Quite a bit to my surprise.

Robin's son Max was ripping it up in the 15-20 mph winds, but that wasn't the main attraction. A new student at the gliderport is a falconer and brought one of his new birds.



Jim Tigan from the West Coast Falconry Academy told us quite a bit about how these animals are protected in the USA, and some of the ways those laws work against the birds. It was very interesting. He's learning to fly to fly with his birds.

He told us he's an old hang glider who's going to dark side. I told him we're having a lot of fun in the dark.

Here are two more amazing photos:




In other news, I spent the afternoons today and yesterday with my new wing in Mission Bay, kiteboarding of course. Here's a picture of the wing:



There was no way to paraglide today, far too cross. It was nice to be able to kiteboard instead.