Paramotor psychopaths have this race called the Icarus race where the basically downwind the sky down the middle of the usa, stopping in the night to sleep at their new location. The crash videos of this sport (and paragliding) look ****ing scary. As someone who hasn't foiled before, would one of these races, say from the sunny coast to Wollongong over the course of days, be physically possible with winds and everything else?
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Paramotor psychopaths have this race called the Icarus race where the basically downwind the sky down the middle of the usa, stopping in the night to sleep at their new location. The crash videos of this sport (and paragliding) look ****ing scary. As someone who hasn't foiled before, would one of these races, say from the sunny coast to Wollongong over the course of days, be physically possible with winds and everything else?
Pretty big distance to be covering, let alone being in one weather system to downwind the whole way. A southerly would be the most reliable to go opposite Wollongong - north. But even then you're never travelling fast enough to stay within the system, unless you're comfortable to stay at 25 knots for five days and even then, at some point the system will shift and you'll be gradually end upwind.Alternatively you could attempt as you mentioned, North to South. The issue is the geothermal wind north of Ballina is south. And south of Ballina NE. See the problem ?
Select to expand quoteKing Crash said..lessupsolutions said..
Paramotor psychopaths have this race called the Icarus race where the basically downwind the sky down the middle of the usa, stopping in the night to sleep at their new location. The crash videos of this sport (and paragliding) look ****ing scary. As someone who hasn't foiled before, would one of these races, say from the sunny coast to Wollongong over the course of days, be physically possible with winds and everything else?
Pretty big distance to be covering, let alone being in one weather system to downwind the whole way. A southerly would be the most reliable to go opposite Wollongong - north. But even then you're never travelling fast enough to stay within the system, unless you're comfortable to stay at 25 knots for five days and even then, at some point the system will shift and you'll be gradually end upwind.Alternatively you could attempt as you mentioned, North to South. The issue is the geothermal wind north of Ballina is south. And south of Ballina NE. See the problem ?
What's geothermal wind?
Select to expand quotelessupsolutions said..King Crash said..lessupsolutions said..
Paramotor psychopaths have this race called the Icarus race where the basically downwind the sky down the middle of the usa, stopping in the night to sleep at their new location. The crash videos of this sport (and paragliding) look ****ing scary. As someone who hasn't foiled before, would one of these races, say from the sunny coast to Wollongong over the course of days, be physically possible with winds and everything else?
Pretty big distance to be covering, let alone being in one weather system to downwind the whole way. A southerly would be the most reliable to go opposite Wollongong - north. But even then you're never travelling fast enough to stay within the system, unless you're comfortable to stay at 25 knots for five days and even then, at some point the system will shift and you'll be gradually end upwind.Alternatively you could attempt as you mentioned, North to South. The issue is the geothermal wind north of Ballina is south. And south of Ballina NE. See the problem ?
What's geothermal wind?
Land heats up and the hot air rises. The cool air flows in from the sea to take its place.
As King Crash mentioned, south of Ballina we experience it as a north-easterly sea breeze on hot days.
