On the last day of the Uvalde Pre-World Gliding Championships and 18m Nationals, I was asked to give a safety talk to the competitors and organisation.  It’s something that we’ve done in Australia too in the past, but not of recent years so much unfortunately.  I think it’s a really good initiative, no matter how quick or small the topic presented by the speaker, it puts safety at the forefront

Our emotional state is largely dependent on our assessment of how we’re feeling for the day.  Some days we can wake up, feel super good and everything seems just goes to plan.  Sadly there are other days when we wake up, fight through the day, and by the end of it, we figured it was probably better to just stay in bed, we just had a bad day.

How You Feel

Many of us feel that it’s very difficult

Dehydration

Tends to be a contributing factor to a lot of stupid things that happen at contests.

Preventative Maintenance

My first contest was in Phoenix, AZ, early in the season before it got hot. At least that is what they claimed, it seemed pretty hot to my crew, and I. All of the pilots walked around with water. I remember Tony Smolder with his huge Big Gulp cup full of ice water and a wet towel