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When my friend Greg Vautour asked if I wanted to go paragliding on his day off, it didn’t take me long to come up with an answer. He called up his friend Kari Castle, a World Champion Pilot and the next thing I knew we were headed to Bishop, CA to meet up with her. She is a terrific teacher and really fun to hang out with.. It takes a lot of ground practice and work before your feet even leave the ground. Location is Little Flynn in Bishop California.

Here are some shots from ground practice and one of Greg’s flights. The pov video at the end is one of my flights..

The skiing might be crap in Mammoth these days, but there is some great mtn biking to be had until it snows. This is such a fun trail and its pretty much all downhill, just the way I like..

Mammoth Mtn puts a lot of pride and work into their parks and Mammoth breeds some of the best park riders there are. I am not a huge jibbing fan, but what some of these guys and gals can do is pretty amazing. There were kids as young as 7 throwing down just as good as some of the big boys. Their park crews dial there jumps in very nice. With the lack of snow here I am very very impressed on how well the this event turned out. Anyway I decided to take a few pictures since the riding else where on the mountain is just getting boring with no fresh snow. Enjoy!

Mammoth has had a real slow start to Winter this season…REAL SLOW… Its the end of December and there is no natural snow to ski/ride on.  The snowmakers at the mountain have done a great job however getting terrain open for the holiday crowds.  I’ve found that the best time to make some turns has been the first hour of being open.  No lift lines, no crowds on the trail and fresh corduroy.  Hopefully mother nature will get on board soon.  All eyes on the middle of the month for Winter to hopefully make its way to the Sierra.  Until then, keep doing your snow dance and take what you can get.  Here is a short bootcam clip enjoying some early morning groomers before the crowds.