Those are the things that we need to hear! Silver badge on up! Fantastic! I am impressed. Keep it going!!! What are these kids names? Where are the articles (in the gold leaf section of the magazine :-))? I see nothing about this on Facebook (US Junior page).

Clearly, Harris Hill is doing a great job. But, Harris Hill is far behind the UK for example. It's not Harris Hill that I am worried about at this point! It's the many, many U.S. soaring clubs that actually discourage XC and do not have the tools to promote or teach it (to adults or juniors).

I have no "real" dog in this fight. I'm simply trying to argue a for a grander vision. I do not have kids, yet. I am not a soaring club member.

I am thinking seriously of founding a XC school in Ionia for adults and Jrs to graduate into once their license is complete. But one small XC school isn't going to make a difference nationally. We need our clubs to stop actively discouraging cross country soaring! This is a massive disservice to our sport.

We still need to define the problem the USA faces. We need to get real data on what each soaring clubs program (comm ops too) is supporting (pattern, XC, juniors, etc) and who, what, when, where, why. If I were in an SSA leadership role, this would be the first task.

Sean