Task 1:

A bright sunny day & a 68km task to Constriction.
After hanging around on take-off to see how things worked & how quickly the comp was airborn I had an easy transition to start with 13 minutes remaining. Some of those who had been waiting for a hour had had a different experince with a few local hereos decking at Porterville when bizarely the town didn't work at all.

PURE fun :)

Strangely, it was a theme through the task. The lead gaggle including Pepe & Andrew Smith didn't find anything over Citrusdal and grounded, only to watch 15 minutes later as the 2nd group climbed out above their heads and made goal. Sometimes you just need luck! :-/
Task winner taking a lonesome route in the hills was Andre Rainsford,

My harness still isn't right! There is an improvement but for some reason I have a problem with yaw... each time I hit any bumpy air i'm swinging all over the place and can't get centred & stable. Turning is an issue as well - apologies for flying in straight lines instead of circles! ;-)