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The Canopy Piloting community has been reeling from a rough few weeks after a few high profile accidents.  Most recently had been an accident which claimed the life of Walt Hawkins.  As competitors arrived for the Skydive Sacramento Pro/Am there were somber greetings and reflections on our fallen friends.  Walt was an amazing person, always quick to help everyone around him and always had a smile on his face.  He had a big part in getting the Sacramento pond up and running again, and always made sure the pond was as well maintained as possible while it was around.  Walt and his wife Sharon organized this whole meet, making it a Pro/Am so that the Am’s could get as much help and learning as possible.  The comp was held on a Thursday so that there could be a dedicated King Air for the competitors.  There was a great turn out, 24 competitors showed up to compete in Walt’s memory. The weather was not cooperating the day before the competition and no practice jumps were made due to high winds.

The morning of the competition, the weather was much better and the winds were only at 6 mph.  The competitor briefing happened around 7:30, with Sharon thanking the great turnout for support Walt.  This competition was a much more relaxed meet.  It was about being together as a community and having fun in the sport we love.  Curt and Jeannie had a 30 hour travel day from Uruguay to California the day before the competition, and had zero training jumps on location before the competition started.  They used the practice jump the morning of the comp to get acquainted with Skydive Sacramento.  Ryan Brownlow and his wife had also taken off work to support the event.  There was a great judge turnout and even some vendors in the form of Safeish and Sierra Navada brewing company with tents set up.  With the side of the pond covered in spectators, the competitors started the comp with the Speed event.  Curt started off the comp with the fastest speed time in the Pro’s, and Ben Lowe started the Am comp with the best time.  The speed event moved along smoothly with Curt putting the fastest speed time of the meet up in the second round, and Jessie Brownlow putting the fastest Am time on the board in the same round.

From there the comp moved to distance.  The winds had died down to a light head wind and the weather was looking beautiful for a swoop comp.  The first round went off without a hitch, with the judges doing a great job.  In the second round of speed there was an accident where Dave Hebert crashed, missing the pond on the first impact and ending up in the pond at the end of the tumble.  Everyone was quick to attend to him and help out.  Dave will make a full recovery and ended up coming out of the rather scary looking crash with just a broken leg.  Everyone at the event sends their well wishes and were very happy that he is ok.  After the break in action from that incident, the jumping resumed and distance was finished.

The competition was rounded out with the visually appealing Zone Acc.  The spectators cheered as all the jumpers came in and posted great scores in light tailwind conditions.  Curt had 2 stand up landings in zone 6 and then zone 5 giving him 1^st place in Zone Acc.  Ryan flew 2 extremely smooth and consistent runs on his Petra in a tailwind and put a lot of points on the board to round out the competition.  When the dust settled, Ben Lowe took 1^st place in the Amateur class with a 1^st in Speed, 2^nd in Distance and 2^nd in Zone Acc.  2^nd Place overall for the Am’s was Nathan Emmett, and rounding out the podium was Jessie Brownlow.  Congrats to all the Am’s who flew an awesome and safe meet.  Curt took 1^st place overall for the Pro class with a 1^st in speed, 1^st in distance, and 1^st in zone accuracy.  He walked away with 595.822 out of 600.  Ryan Brownlow ended the comp in 4^th place overall with a 2^nd place finish in zone accuracy.  At the awards, Curt and Scott Harper said a few words in remembrance of Walt  to all those that were gathered, and then the trophies were distributed to the winners.

The team would like to thank Skydive Sacramento and all of the judges who made the meet happen.   A special thank you goes to Sharon Hawkins for organizing the meet after everything that had happened.  We all know that it was not easy for her to be there doing what she did and we are all grateful that we could support the event and Walt’s memory.  It was a very special event and Alter Ego was extremely honored that we could have a great presence to support someone as special as Walt.  We will all miss him dearly and we, as a community, would like to send our love out to Walt, Sharon, and the entire Hawkins family during their time of need.

Photos by Will McDaniel and Phil Zidek

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The FLCPA season continued with the second meet of four at Skydive City in Zephyrhills.  The weather was still not co operating in Florida and the conditions were very tricky the few days before the meet and during the comp.  Curt was the league coach again the friday before, handing out tips and tricks out of his seemingly endless bag of tricks.  The weather was far to windy the second half of the day friday so Curt held a seminar on competition and course strategy.  Rolling into Saturday morning, the ground winds were ok for the training round, but the uppers were 30 knots!  It made for some interesting setups and visuals.  As the meet kicked off with round one, Curt started the meet off with the fastest speed time of the day.  The winds had already started to pick up and going into round two there was a 0.3 second time drop off due to high winds and very tricky cross-head wind conditions.  Competitors had to dig deep to hit their setups correctly and have a good score.  Ryan Brownlow was in town for the comp and had 2 strong runs in the conditions seating himself in the top 5 after speed was done.  Jeannie struggled with the difficult conditions with her new turn but kept pushing on during the comp.

On to distance next, Curt again kicked distance off with the farthest swoop.  Despite hooking his Peregrine 67 up incorrectly after a fresh reline and no training time before the meet, Curt was able to control the canopy through the course and counter a slight left turn due to twists in the line group on the left front riser for a good score.  Ryan again put down nice consistent runs on both distance rounds to keep himself up near the top of the pile.  Jeannie racked up another few zeros while still having a rough comp.

Zone Acc proved one of the trickiest events in the super strong winds.  There were a lot of scores in the 70 point range, along with a few 91’s on the second round.  The team put some good scores on the board to round out the end of the comp.  When the dust settles, Curt was out front again by over 40 points to second place Gage Galle.  Third place was an impressive performance from Matt Shull.  Greg Windmiller of the Golden Knights was fourth, and Ryan Brownlow, our yellow ranger rounded out the top 5 of 21 Pro Competitors.  In the Amateur class, Ben Lowe fought through the tough conditions to come out victorious, while Pawel Piotroski was second, and Darin McKeen got on the podium in 3rd at his first competition.  Rob Harris in 4th and Stephen Perry, both students of the Alter Ego Project, rounded out the top 5.

Halfway through the FLCPA season, Curt sits in the lead with 200 out of 200 points, followed by Gage Galle with 195.4 points, and Scott Harper sits in third with 190 points.  Jeannie is rounding out the top 10 with 157.9 points.  With 2 more meets to go can Curt stay on top?  1 of the 4 competitions will be dropped from the overall standings, with the top 3 performances making up the competitors scores.
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 Photo’s by Jim Harris

The FLCPA kicks off the season every year for Alter Ego.  Jeannie and Curt showed up 4 days early for some training but unfortunately had to sit on the ground until Friday due to weather.  Curt was the league coach for the first meet, and gave everyone tips and tricks out of his seemingly endless bag of tricks as they landed.  All the competitors were eager for the help and listened and applied the coaching very well.  We may have even seen Curt sneak on the last load of the day to get a sunset swoop in, I guess he couldn’t let everyone else have ALL the fun.  There was a huge turnout to the first comp of the season, 25 Am’s and 21 Pro’s eagerly registered to get the year into full swing.  There were a few heavy hits in training and a few trips to the hospital, but nothing overly serious.  Everyone was eventually released and doing are now doing well.

The winds were very tricky for the start of the competition.  We kicked off with the speed event, and the winds were somewhere between a downwind and crosswind.  It was extremely turbulent and gusty, which in fact kept the am’s on the ground for much of the day following their practice jump in the morning.  The pro’s kept plowing through even though the most experienced felt uncomfortable with all the bumpy air.  Curt came through the course with two consistent 2.3 second runs, both being the fastest of their respective rounds.  Jeannie put her Valkyrie through the gates and got 2 solid scores.  Jeannie had switched her turn from a 270 to a 450 in the off season and had put a lot of hard work into making a difficult, yet necessary, step in her career.

Everyone went on a wind hold in the middle of the day due to the high, turbulent winds.  Later in the afternoon the am’s finally saw some action and cranked out both of their speed runs while the pro’s took a turn watching from the ground.  A lot of great flying was seen from the am’s, and they got their comp started.  Everyone then moved on to distance with the new 70 meter gate in the afternoon after a short wind hold.  Justin Price set the farthest run in the first round, edging Curt out by less than a meter.  Jeannie put a third score on the board in changing wind conditions, giving her some valuable experience with her new turn.  One last jump on the first day right before sunset to round out that event for the pro’s, while the am’s had to make up the last distance round in the morning.  Curt got to head home that night with another 100 point distance round and a decent lead in the overall with some breathing room.  The am’s were halfway through their comp and a great fight developed as the dust settled.  Pawel Piotrowski was leading in first place from Rob Harris in 2^nd.  An even more interesting fight saw Danny Feltner fighting it out with his dad Fraser for the podium in 3^rd and 4^th place.

The start of the second day started in calm winds for zone accuracy.  The wind quickly picked up to a steady downwind just as the competitors started running the course.  There were a lot of solid runs thrown down.  Curt pulled his usual zone acc magic and stood his landing up even in the downwind, and Jeannie threw down an impressive score to keep her climbing up the scoreboard.  The last round of the comp saw the winds shifting into a crosswind and changed up everyones approaches last minute.  Curt finished the comp with a 91 on the zone acc course, making it his 5^th 100 point run out of the 6 rounds.  Jeannie made her adjustments as well and put 6 out of 6 scores on the board, smashing the goals she set out for herself.  Zone acc threw the am scoreboard for a little bit of a loop.  After a little bit of a shuffling, Piotrowski ended up bringing home the gold for am’s, Rob Harris secured 2^nd place, and Fraser edged out his son for the last step of the podium.  Alter Ego sponsored the medals and trophies for the FLCPA season, so these three am’s will be receiving medals for their efforts for the first time in the league history.  Everyone at Alter Ego wanted to help support the league and help it grow, as well as help give the am’s the recognition they deserve for all the hard work and dedication they put in.  Congrats to all the am’s and we are looking forward to watching them battle it out at the next comp.
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For the pro’s, Gage Galle from the PDFT edged out Justin Price for the last spot on the podium, followed by Scott Harper in 2^nd Place.  Curt rounded out the top of the podium with 599.242 points out of 600.  Jeannie made the top 10 in the pro class, edging out 5 of the “prototype” canopies on her Valkyrie.  The judges did an amazing job once again, the whole swoop community would like to give them a huge THANK YOU for what you guys do.  Albert ran another flawless meet and we all look forward to the next one!

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