The first PWC event of the season is on in Brazil at the minute and I find myself wondering how the first-timers are coping with the bad (unsuitable for tasking) weather and long delays.  At the minute when I'm not flying I have work, kids, dog, chores and life to be getting on with.  It's gonna be weird to have flying and nothing else for ten days, so my preparation will have to be about more than just dealing with the demands of flying for five hours a day.

Part of the reason paragliding appeals to me so much is the apparent simplicity of 'just' left and right controls.  The finesse of getting the balance right and the choice of when to apply just how much is part of what makes it enduring.  I have a feeling that, like my other passion the board game of Go, this event is gonna be something I can do well at if I just don't screw it up on something silly.

That's the problem with simple things, they're often anything but...