Saturday, June 12, 2010

My Birthday Weekend - May 29-31, 2010

3 Days, 14 flyers, 25 Practice swings/tricks, 24 Tricks thrown to catch, 4 Board Buddies, 2 Special Guests, 2 Catchers, 1 Coach...Infinite Memories!!!

Day 1

Air Sisters!

Me, Meredith & Carol

First rip of the weekend...a Baby rip from falling out of my Uprise and peeling off the Bar.

After a wonderful BBQ at the Waldman's, flyers drove to Santa Monica to shake a monkey's hand for $1. Oleg loved my convertible.
Day 2

Flyers taping up and stretching...

Me and Master Trapeze Coach Richie Gaona

Chicks Fly! Judy, Amy & Me

Mica shows off her heart shaped rip while Terry ponders the mysteries of the Universe.

Mica *Hearts* Trapeze!!!

Mica and The WINNING RIP!!!! (And she kept on flying.)

Trapeze paparazzi...Meredith...

...Me...

...Meredith...

Special Guest Terry Cavaretta, the youngest girl to ever perform a Triple! Inspiring!!!
Practice Bar
Rest when ever and where ever you can - Me, Judy, Carol & Marisa
Rest when ever and where ever you can - Alex, Ruth, Rebecca & Denise
I knew that callous was going to go. A person could stand upright under that skin flap.
Hard core flying! Judy shows off her hard earned net burn and rip at Richie's flyer BBQ.
Relaxing at Richie's BBQ for flyers.
Day 3
Me and my Air Sister!
Amy's Grandma and I adopted each other.
Inspiration and coaching from the greats Terry and Jimmie Cavaretta!!! "Finish the 2, hold your 7, WAIT, WAIT, Kick back hard" and I'll make it back to the Board every time.
VIctory Pose! Amy's Hox Saulto Catch
Victory Pose! Anthony's Double Full Catch
Terry and Mica
Judy's Legs Catch Return
Victory Pose!
Taped up, grips secure and ready for one last round of hard core flying...

First Generation Trapeze
Celebrating great flying with Oleg
Wonderful to fly again with dear friends Amy & Anthony
Me and Meredith
It's great to have friends on the Board, Anthony & Ruth. Thanks for the "Grab & Scoop"!
With some of the Best Guys in Trapeze - Terry, Richie & Alex
3 days of hard core flying and my hands held up!

Richie was proud!
Flyers & catchers hands after 3 days!
We flew Hard! We Flew Strong! We Flew Safe!
A whole lot of hard core flying took place here...


...until we fly again, thanks for the memories!

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Anniversary of my first Silks lesson, taken May 18, 2009 on the Pier...







It's International Learn to Fly Day - May 15, 2010

A mile of highway will take you a mile, but a mile of runway can take you around the World!!!

Fly High! Fly Strong! Fly Safe!

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Le Studio Fun!!! April 28, 2010


(From left to right) Me, Kristin, Lisa, Louis, Evelyn, Hope & Holly




Holly bases my Shoulder Stand (w/ coach Petra spotting)

Me basing Holly's Shoulder Stand

I love this photo! Finding the courage and trust (thanks Louis for basing me) with my Le Studio family there to catch me should I fall.

Stacking Students!

Student Pilot Murray - April 2010

Murray studies his flight checklists!