[LASS Soaring] "I Killed On Long Island Today!"

[GordySoar at aol.com]

Weather????  83 with light winds....eat     your   hearts    out!
 
Louis cheated for the win and the over all same as yesterday....he out  
scored us all again :-)
 
Jeff Stiefel put up the most amazing 'save' I've seen in a long time, might  
even be better than some of the saves I did when I was a newbie even :-)
 
Started with a wrong decision off the launch, then a crush all the way back  
to the landing zone,  (the wind was out of the opposite direction so the  
landing zone was craddled in front of a  tree line maybe 400' back.
 
He made to about the land tape area, altitude at around 20'....he got a  bump 
and we all saw it but most importantly Jeff saw it.  He took a wrap  and it 
looked good, so he stayed at it as it wound from side to side, gaining  maybe a 
foot or two, then losing it...at one point he was low enough to nearly  have 
hit the portapotty!
 
He took it back into the crook of the tree line, rising above the smaller  
trees of the line.  He moved back, nearly hooking a tree top, then forward  
hoping to re-core which he did....a few more wraps and he was up and away to  spec 
out.  The adrenaline rush killed him as he was in first place but  ended up 
missing the landing :-(
 
Mike Lacowski (losing his TNT virginity in a few weeks!  Yep an  Easterner 
flying west of the Mississippi!)
took second, flying steady at about 2.4 turns a flight :)
 
Louis and clubmate Lesick both flew Perfects.  The mix of planes  pretty much 
split between Supras and Perfects.
 
I flew the World's heaviest Carbon Light Supra yesterday and decided to fly  
my Volz Powered Sharon today...ever the considerate guest, I left just enough  
points on the field so that there would be room for good piloting to take the 
 top spots..over all I ended up 6th out of a few hundred pilots I think :-)
 
The most exciting thing is that two pilots signed up to start their LSF  
tasks adventures!
 
Next stop....Texas TNT!  From reports, TNT might be one of the highest  
attended events of the year!
 
A good time had by all, hope to see you in Texas!

Gordy



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