FAI, soaring and Olympic Games

LarSwan wrote:
I am a gliding fanatic, but I think that the most suitable air sport for
the Olympic Games is parachuting.

Robert


While I've never flown one myself, I wonder if hanggliding/parasailing would
make more Olympic friendly sport vs my beloved hardwinged soaring. Better TV
close-ups of thinner competitors faces/bodies, more colorful equipment, more
muscles used for control and landing, more percieved danger, more creative
options for required preliminaries events and room for individual expression.

And a downhill event.

Noting the influx of retired hang gliding pilots into our form of soaring...the
best way to promote soaring at the Olympics is to play our best card which may
be our hanggliding brothers. The media already preferences their images over
ours, go with it.

Nice to imagine gliders in the Olympics, but I suspect you're right.

Shawn