We spent four days assisting to Isabela. We took the opportunity to combine our Paramotor flights with the International Surfing Event, the Corona Pro Surf 2022. Every year the Organizer of the Event makes a stop with professional surfers at Isabela’s “Middles” Beach. We have excellent flight weather all four days, and here we go with a day-to-day summary of our activities in Isabela.
Thursday, October 13, 2022…
Excellent weather from very early in the morning. After several months of absence, we had the presence of the Team Kamikazes pilot, Ted Sowinski, who was returning to the island after fulfilling professional commitments abroad. Along with Ted, were present, Instructor Luis Ruiz, local pilot Charles Riggs, along with student/pilot Angelo Ávila and his brother Eliud, who was pending to make a Demo flight with Luis.
Angelo arrived to use for first time his new Parajet Maverick Moster Factory R MY22 paramotor. During the week he gave the corresponding “Break In” to the Paramotor and today came the opportunity to take it to fly for the first time. Luis Ruiz provided Angelo a noble BGD Wasp Size L glider. This paraglider is easy to handle and surely Angelo would enjoy it a lot flying around. Eventually, his take off and landing were excellent and he kept flying for an hour around the area 💪.
Everybody flew in the morning, Ted, Charles, Angelo and Luis flying alongside Eliud. All flying with excellence, and in the case of Angelo, adding one more flight in his short career in the sport.
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Friday, October 14, 2022…
With the arrival of the weekend, the number of people who will attend or participate in the Surfing Event increase. All the scaffolding was already assembled and everything was ready. Except for the waves that were kind of low for this type of event 😕. But at least for flying the weather was perfect…
Pilots present in the activity were, Charles Riggs and his son Evan, Ted Sowinski, and Luis Ruiz. While arriving by air, flying from Hatillo were, Edgardo Rivera, Omar Colon, Ray Malave and Samuel Travis. They landed and have a good time sharing before flying back to Hatillo. Well in reality, Edgardo and Samuel flew back and Omar and Ray returned by car with Wilnelia due to mechanical equipment failure.
About, our friends that goes to Live their Flight Experience, a new friend, Glenda arrived accompanied by our old friend Daisy Seize who had previously flown with us. It turns out that is Glenda’s birthday and came to us as part of his celebration. The flight was great and we flew close to the Corona Pro Surf Event. Great start to the birthday celebration day for Glenda. Congratulations!!!
Also as part of the Surf Event, two athletes came to us to Live their Flight experiences. The surfers “Control” and Jerry, both having a great experiences in their flights.
With the departure of Edgardo and Samuel to Hatillo, we ended the day’s flight activity. And so we prepare for the weekend where the Surfing event officially takes place.
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Saturday, October 15, 2022…
Again excellent weather to fly. Ted Sowinski, Pablo Cruz and his wife Millie and Luis Ruiz would arrive very early to prepare everything. Alberto Sabah also arrived, but in a different way. He Take Off from the yard in front of his house and came to fly with us. Eventually in the afternoon he returned to his house by the same method 💪.
Meanwhile, Kamikazes family kept coming to our activities during the morning. Jessica arrived with Noah, Ricardo Gonzalez with his wife Ermelinda, Sammy Badillo and Eric Román arrived from Levittown, ready to fly after months of absence.
The new friend Harold Rosales came from Camuy to Live his Flight Experience. Instructor Luis Ruiz made Harold’s flight and later took his son Noah Enrique to another fly in the area. In fact, a Video made by Luis, while flying with Noah, was the sensation of the Corona Pro Surf event. The sponsors and executives of the event liked it very much. Was notable that the video was taken without much planning, but both the shots and the music created something very special, where you can see the magnitude of the event. The one-minute video is shared here…
Meanwhile, at one point, the pilots Edgardo Rivera, Omar Colon and Danis Rodríguez arrived flying from Hatillo. Along with them, they were followed by other pilots, who, upon learning of the Cross journey that Edgardo was going to make, coordinate with him in order to follow on the Cross adventure. Later these pilots fly back to Hatillo.
As for Eric Román, this student/pilot has not been able to fly his new Paramotor Parajet Maverick Moster, and today was the day. His Paramotor was flown by Luis Ruiz in Loiza last week making sure everything was in order with the unit and the setup. Eric spent some time kiting with the paraglider on ground as a warm-up. Eventually, he successfully Take Off and goes flying for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Even he reached an altitude of more than 1,000 ft!!! His landing also was very good. By the time he landed, both his mother and a cousin were waiting for him at the landing area. Congratulations 💪!!!
As part of the Kamikazes family, and as is our tradition, we celebrate by surprise Omar Colon’s birthday. He did not see it coming and was emotional by the moment lived. And as always, he didn’t escape having to break the piñata. Congratulations!!!!
In the afternoon getting close to Sunset we finished the activities with a paragliding war between Ted and Noah, was funny see this war of kites. Also, Noah, convince Pablo to help him with low altitude flights with the Towing method ☺️.
Also more Demo flights were made. This time to Brian from Miami, Florida, and Janelle from Canovanas. Inclusive, she will be back tomorrow because her friend Arianed, want to Live the Experience too. Both are members of a basketball team that plays in Isabela this weekend.
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Sunday, October 16, 2022…
Fourth intense day of activities in Isabela. Once again we had excellent flying conditions, and fortunately for the organizers of the Corona Pro Surf Event, they had better waves today than yesterday 💪.
Luis Ruiz and his son Ian Darrell were there early, ready to do some Demo Flights. Janelle, who flew yesterday arrived early and want to fly again. This time with the idea of being taken to some altitude. Ian Darrell was in charge of her flight, while Arianed fly with Luis.
Other people that arrived to Live their Experience in the Paramotor were, John Santos from Guaynabo and Daisy Seize, who last Friday brought us Glenda to enjoy her adventure. This time she brought Veronica, a native of Chile, but residing in Aguada, and who has 74 years old!!!. Also arriving from Cayey were Yaritza Santiago and Zoriam.
Among the Kamikazes pilots present were, Pablo Cruz and his wife Millie, Omar Colon, Alberto Sabah, Edgardo Rivera, his wife Wilnelia and their friends Jean Carlos and Víctor. Also Sammy Badillo, Hermes arrived with his wife Neisha and daughter Katelyn. It was nice to see Hermes arrive and not only that, but he was flying all day. Also arriving at late evening was Iván Torres, his wife Pamela and son Caleb.
In the afternoon, and with good weather conditions. Luis Ruiz gave a Demo Fly to Jean Carlos. He arrived with Edgardo and for him, flying was a dream come true. Congratulations!!!
Also in the afternoon, we gave the green light to Omar Colon to try his first Demo flight accompanied by his friend Odalis. After the instructions of rigor, they success in the second attempt. They flew for about an hour in the surrounding area. Odalis was very happy with all the flying experience. Congratulation to Omar in his First Demo Fly 💪!!!
And continuing with the stories. Today we also celebrated another surprise birthday, this time was Neisha Rosario Turn, the wife of Hermes. Again, she also had to break the piñata.
When the Sunset arrived, many pilots and family did not want to leave to their homes. The weather and breeze were very comfortable. And to finish, an spectacular rainbow was formed, showing us the beauty of our world. And yes, with that we finished our 4 days activities.
We want to Thank all the Kamikaze Family that took some time to be with us sharing good times as a family and also flying in a great weather. Blessings to all of you 🙏!!!!
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