Busted!

I got busted by some rancher dude for launching and landing on a light wind day conducive to ridge soaring the ocean cliffs of west Maui.

Evidence:


Yeah, OK, technically I pirated the site, but I thought the launch was on semi-public easement land. When the wind increased in strength, I did need to land down in a pasture near the ocean, instead of toplanding. I was under the impression that this was OK as long as horses were not in the fields, which is what older pilots have said in the past. Apparently not.

Oh well. Despite the area having spectacular terrain to fly over, I expect this site to only work on a few days each year because of the normally very strong trade winds we get here on Maui. So, unless we get permission from land owners in the future, I'll save the ridge soaring for O'ahu...