Williams Fk, Sailing & TK 25Aug17

After all PM rain yesterday and cold evening I was dubious on many rivers but hit the Williams Fk anyway. I saw 1st evidence of fall colors on the aspen in a few spots. Weather had turned awesome but in the AM it was still warming up, the water too. Action was slow and flows were high, for me at least. I managed a number of 13'-15' browns but none of the big rainbows - others I spoke to fared similarly. I left early to enjoy the blue skies elsewhere.

After lunch at The Nest I headed to the lake to score the fairly steady 8mph winds. Mon Ami sailed great single handed for a couple hours under full sails - including a wing on wing that held well. The sunset was cool but I missed the colors with my iPhone. I did somehow fail my halyard on my winch and couldn't bring down the sail on the lake - I came to dock with the main up (fortunately winds had subsided) but ultimately fixed it ashore. I snagged a new seasonal IIPA from Melvin on the way home, which was excellent; it's won awards.

Once home I learned TK had won his super-regional IBA (International Bodyflight Association) tourney in Phoenix - sponsored by Red Bull and named Flight of the Phoenix. He and partner Paul fly 2 man VFS (vertical formation skydiving) in the open (yep) division. They are Fly Undone and took the top spot on the podium - here Paul had to go home but Matt stayed for the award ceremony. VFS is an event where teams are issued an ordered list of positions in random prior to the event and they must execute these and touch to score... Fly Undone won by 4 points over 6 rounds. Congrats to them. Check the video stream @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLks7BqHvDU&feature=youtu.be @ 1:44 and 2:10 for their first two runs and elsewhere on the feed for more. I included a shot from their home turf in Denver too - the guy next to Matt on his right is Paul and the lady to his left in the black & blue city skyline shirt is Alexa, his girlfriend.