What a week!

Posted by Stuart, July 1st, 2010

I always say that good times are made by the people that you’re with…the place and the weather is just a bonus. Well if that’s true, last week was definitely an amazing week…with lots of bonuses! It was a week of great company, huge achievements for first time flyers, impressive thermalling for the low air time guys and some wonderful xc tasks achieved by ...

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PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Posted by Stuart, June 25th, 2010

What a week! Three of our instructors enjoy a silky flight at the end of an amazing day. Photo: james Bartosik.

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Is this a first?

Posted by Stuart, April 2nd, 2010

Mike reports back from the Maldives. Has anyone ever flown over these spectacular atolls before? I don’t know but I’m pretty sure that this is a first! Mike has gone out to join the sailing vessel ‘Discovery’ for an incredible 5 week voyage through the most remote part of the Maldives. He was able to send me these ...

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Are you folding well?

Posted by Stuart, March 5th, 2010

Do you always fold up your glider in exactly the same way? Something to do with how we fold our wings was brought to my attention recently after testing a relatively new zulu for prosity. Ninety nine percent of the wing was in excellent condition, yet sadly one small part of the leading edge failed the test ...

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A land lost in time

Posted by Stuart, February 18th, 2010

I have just returned from the Andaman Islands where I was asked to skipper ‘Discovery’, the yacht that we sailed around Tonga on last year. The Andaman Islands belong to India and are located on the Eastern part of the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean. These islands are without a doubt the least ...

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Pierre Avoi

Posted by Stuart, December 5th, 2009

Two years ago we acquired a beautiful lodge which has been great, but we have also started to feel that we have grown too quickly and that a certain amount of our personal touch has been lost due to the size of the groups that we can now cater for. Because of this we have ...

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BHPA school

Posted by Stuart, December 4th, 2009

Verbier Summits is now an official BHPA school and Stu Belbas is now a BHPA Senior Instructor. Up until now we have been able to complete the BHPA syllabus, but now students can not only learn the BHPA way with us, but actually go home fully qualified. Furthermore, due to our fantastic training site, we ...

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Am I flying the right wing?

Posted by Stuart, November 11th, 2009

The question of what wing to recommend to people has recently become a topic that has plagued my mind. For quite some time now I have said that too many people fly a DHV 2, (or LTF 2) wing who really should be flying a 1-2. So what is that has brought this question back ...

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Like The Fine Fillets Of a Deep Sea Fish

Posted by Stuart, October 11th, 2009

‘If the winch sank to the bottom of the ocean right now it would have all been worth it for this one flight’, said Gavin with a playful and mischievous grin. It was quite a statement considering what he had gone through over the previous year to get the winch sent across the world. It ...

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