Well, it finally began today with a low cloudbase, lots of shade, and weak lift. Day one of the Worlds, and it was on, so to speak anyway. The task call was a 46k individual start race because of the weak conditions. We all got into the air and to clouldbase and proceeded to churn around for an hour or so as no one really wanted to leave and get pimped off of by everyone else. I was chomping to get out of there and after a few guys left, Gadd and I teamed up and went for the first crossing. We knew this was not the best tactic but I just don’t have the patience to wait the other guys out, nor to I like this style of racing. I’m just going to go when I think I should go based on conditions and I felt we were late anyway as the day was getting more stabile. We had been watching the clould shadows leading toward the first turnpoint and they looked good. Unfortunately no one followed, and on our own with the weak lift we dirted after a few climbs. Not the best decision and not the best way to start the meet, but we went down like men so I’m good with it. Time to start drinking heavily.

Bill