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Thank you for taking the time to look at our collection of records. If you have any to share, please contact us. Also, take a minute to read the 'Reflections of Summer 2008' to get some of the highlights and a recap of the amazingness.

COVE CLUB:
This is everyone that has launched from Cove launch and benched all the way to the peak of Cove (and told us about it)!
To add your name, email your name and flight date to jef@cuasa.com

2005 1. Stacy Whitmore (7/06/05) 2007 3. Doug Whitmore (6/09/07)
2. Cameron Street (8/30/05) 4. Jef Anderson (7/4/07)
2008 5. David Barton (7/14/08) 2009 12. Fio Antognini (Rest in Peace) (9/08/09)
6. Dennis McDonald (7/24/08) 13. Taggi T. (9/11/09)
7. Jochen Rink 14. Todd Nelson
8. Neil McGarry (8/28/08) 15. Ken Hudonjorgensen (9/24/2009)
9. Peter Boven 16. Rick Baars (9/27/09)
10. Dave Dixon (9/13/08) 2011
Nationals
Year		 28. Barrett Kauffman (7/23/11)
11. Thomas Stankowski 29. Preacher (Rest In Peace) (7/23/11)
2010 17. Thayne Belnap (6/26/10) 30. Sam Crocker
18. Mark Latham 31. Chris Kurowski
19. Darius Lukoseviccus (7/3/10) 32. Fredrick Bourgault
20. Hildegard Niedeggen-McManus 33. Chuck Leathers
21. Daniel McManus 34. Jan Voegeli
22. Ron Peck (7/23/10) 35. Casey Meeks
23. Neil Hansen 2012 36. Kristjan Morgan (9/29/12)
24. Tony Lang 37. James Hull
25. Pierre Beney 38. Justin Brim
26. Benjamin Vandyke 2013 39. Doug Argen (6/26/13)
27. Gavin McSweeney (9/23/10) 40. Michael Trottier (9/30/13)
2014 42. Martin Piehslinger (5/1/14) 41. Jiri
43. Lee Wycoff (7/24/14) 2015 54. Josh Evans (06/17/15)
44. Doug Carlson (9/29/14) 55. Todd Bement (06/27/15)
45. Austin Kasserman 56. Jonathan Leusden (9/27/15)
46. Jim Baldo 57. David Whitmore (09/11/15)
47. Joe Wright 58. Thai Verzone (9/26/15)
48. Jan Kursic (9/30/14) 59. Joe McLaughlin (9/27/15)
49. Matt McGlamery 60. Nicholas Reiter (10/10/15)
50. Logan McGlamery 61. Brendon Elliott
51. Jack Rossman 2017
Banner
Year for
Cove Club		 70. Ryan Runolfson (6/24/17)
52. Marten Van Speybroeck 71. James Cowan (8/31/17)
53. Chris Irish (10/1/14) 72. Vladimir Kremenovic (9/2/17)
2016 62. James Griffith (6/1/16) 73. John Murphy (9/25/17)
63. Matthew Van Zjl 74. Brian Fowler
64. Andy Schumachar (6/30/16) 75. Jacob Hartley
65. Jeff Arbon - Hang Glider (7/9/16) 76. Casey Bedell
66. Mike Packard (7/23/16) 77. Carl A.
67. Ryan Dunn 78. Paul Roys
68. Darren Verploegen 79. Tom Jenkins
69. Trevor Cowlishaw 80. David Morrey (9/26/17)

2018
Will this
be the new
normal??

25 Pilots!

 95. Lena Lander (The eariest of any year) (4/9/18) 81. Curtis McDougal (9/27/17)
96. Curtis Harvey (4/14/18) 82. Judith Hutchinson
97. Larry Tudor 83. Mark Fisher
98. Raghu Madanala 84. Charlie Thomas
99. Korey Curtis (7/23/18) 85. Jared Stanley
100. Austin Adesso 86. Bart Garton (9/28/17)
101. Elaina Thorhill 87. Dan Bruce (9/29/17)
102. Nathan Pertuset 88. Devin McGlamery
103. Deor Jensen (7/25/18) 89. Jessie Bohn
104. Tim Blagen (9/24/2018) 90. Stephen Schmidt
105. Tim Reynolds 91. Charles Cozean
106. Patty Mayfield 92. Theresa Fielding
107. David Cox (9/25/2018) 93. Amanda Craft
108. Eric Klumner 94. Julia Krammer
109. Max Montgomery

2019

We had an
unprecedented
number of days
during the Red
Rocks Fly-In
that pilots were
able to bench
and join Cove
Club.

Even more rare
was that there was
one day that pilots
were able to bench
up the south bowl -
less than a dozen
pilots ever have
done that.

Also new this year
is the opportunity
to buy exclusive
Cove Club
jackets!

text Jef for yours:
435-896-7999

120. Bat Masters (6/16/19)
110. Mark Gilliam 121. Adam Green (7/20/19)
111. Nicholas Hamblin 122. Bryce King (8/13/19)
112. Jim Heckenkamp (9/26/18) 123. Katie Silva (8/14/19)
113. Attila Plasch 124. Kale Kudlacek (9/21/19)
114. Tom Texler 125. Brad Fairchild (9/24/19)
115. Mario Manzo 126. John "JJ" Jaugilas
116. Les Hooper 127. Will Craig
117. Shari Hooper 128. Mark (Curly) Dunn
118. William Smith 129. Tim Caplinger
119. Carolyn Reuman 130. Tom Mistretta
 

2020

This is representative
of the great pilots
that came to
Red Rocks 2020!

Out of 400 pilots,
these are the ones
that joined Cove Club
this year.

 		 153. First Cove Club Tandem - Ben Cook (5/27/20) 131. Laszlo Lovei
154. Robert Richter (7/18/20) 132. Lance Murray
155. Tandem Pilot - Mark Arrietta (7/30/20) 133. Shea Dacus
156. Matt Minyard (9/5/20) 134. Carl Martell
157. Sarah Guastella 135. Chad Pranger
158. Riley Conley 136. Russ Kelley
159. Bob Brown (9/27/20) 137. Alek Jadkowski
160. Ross Desmond 138. Josh Sim
214. JD Mallory 139. J.C. Goodwin
215. Casey Evanoff 140. Pam Kinnaird
161. Brad Penoyer

(9/30/20)

 141. Eric Bader
162. Randall Shane 142. Dan Evans
163. Bill Beninati 143. Julian Ansell (9/25/19)
164. Rick Fullmer 144. Nick Wilder
165. Kara Glynos 145. T.J. Sopher
166. Mark Dickson 146. Levi Chandler
167. Chase Hathaway 147. Kristian Hansen
168. Curt Chester 148. Greg Kelley
169. Mark Hug 149. Lindsey Ripa (9/26/19)
170. Shane Grundy 150. Tyler Burns
171. Russell Fogle 151. Arash Salimi
172. Landon Boufford 152. Jason Roberts
173. Cristian Avadon  2021 198. Ryan Corley (6/16/21)
174. Bowen Dwelle 199. Ken Millard  (6/20/21)
175. Ali Mahdavi 215. Amanda Winther (9/3/21)
176. Meghan Kate (10/1/20)

218. Clyde Kelso

 (9/22/21)
177. Brent McCoy 200. Scott O'Brian (9/23/21)
178. Jeff George 201. Dave Oddy (9/24/21)
179. Patrick Hooper 202. Tonya Mistretta (9/26/21)
180. Josh Fugle 203. Larry Holder
181. Keita Sakon 204. Ron Davis
182. Julie Blacklock 205. Nicole McLearn (9/28/21)
183. Dave Blacklock 206. Alex Raymont
184. JT Wardle 207. Jared Scheid
185. Jon Irlbeck 214. Alex Buynytskyy (9/29/21)
186. Jeff Butler 208. Lewis England (9/30/21)
187. Ric Caylor 209. Roland Sanguino (10/2/21)
218. Aaron Rinn 210. Peter Kunkel
188. Alex Bogner (10/2/20) 211. Janica Schmanika
189. Derek Bartlem 212. Tim Carlson
190. Ian McManus 213. Steve Serine
191. Reggie Koch 216. Hunter DeMint
192. James Heckman 217. David Carroll
193. Chet Schwie      
194. Jessie Duan      
195. Stan M. Barankiewicz II      
196. Jonathon Hair (10/3/20)      
197. Anthony Marra      
198. Maxim Kazitov Sept 26, 22            

 

Results for the 2011 Red Rock Nationals

   
Status
Results
Tracks
Day 1
   Task1: Final
 Open
 Serial
 Sport
 Masters
 Women
 Task1
Day 2
   Called due to predicted
overdevelopment / rain
            
Day 3
   Called due to predicted
overdevelopment / rain
            
Day 4
   Called due to lightning
and clouds resembling
Marge Simpson's hair.
            
Day 5
   Task2: Final
 Open
 Serial
 Sport
 Masters
 Women
 Task2
Day 6
   Called due to
overdevelopment and
rain.
            
Day 7   Called due to predicted
overdevelopment and
rain.		            
Overall
Winners
 

  Open   Serial   Sport   Masters   Women  

 

Utah Paragliding and Hang Gliding Records
So, This is an outdated list. There are new records so, if you have any additional info please email stacy@cuasa.com or jef@cuasa.com

Utah's Longest Paragliding Distance Flights - (Currently not current) :(
1. Bill Belcourt 173.6 miles Aug 21, 2011 Jupiter to NE of Farson

2.

 Chris Galli 173.6 miles Aug 21, 2011 Jupiter to NE of Farson
3. Bill Belcourt 159.2 miles Aug. 26th 2010 Jupiter past Rock Springs, WY.
4. Bill Belcourt 154.1 miles Sept 15th 2000 Snowbird to Eden Wyoming
5. Todd Bibler 150 miles Sept 15th 2000 Snowbird to Fontenelle Reservoir WY.
6. Ben Walker 137 miles Aug. 26th 2010 Jupiter to Rock Springs, WY.
7. Bill Belcourt 134.7 miles July 17th 2009 Snowbird to Green River, UT
8. Chris Galli 132.4 miles Aug 14th 2011 Heber to South of Smoot WY.
9. Melanie Pfister 115 miles Aug. 26th 2010 Jupiter past Little America, WY.
10. Bill Belcourt 114 miles July 3rd, 2008 Snowbird to Red Fleet State Park, Utah
11. Bill Gordon 110 miles Sept. 2001 Snowbird to Vernal, Utah
12. Ryan Swan 105 miles Sept. 2001 Snowbird to I-80, Wyoming
13. Dale Covington 100 miles Sept 15th 2000 Snowbird to Kemmerer Wyoming

For distance records for entire US, click here.

Again, this is an outdated list. There are new records so, if you have any additional info please email stacy@cuasa.com or jef@cuasa.com

Utah's Longest Hang-Gliding Distance Flights
1. Dave Sharp 226 miles RW 2000 Horse Haven to near Craig, CO
2. Jeff O'Brien 219 miles FW August 12, 2007 Heber to SE of Lander, WY
3. Dave Sharp 190 miles FW July 10, 1994 Heber to Red Desert, WY
4. Lisa Verzella 189 miles FW June 10, 2007 Heber to South Pass, WY
5. Don Sebastian 188.5 miles FW Date needed Dinosaur to ?
6. Steve Rathbun 183 miles FW July 10, 2003 Heber to Souht Pass, WY
7. Lisa Verzella 181 miles FW July 10, 2003 Heber to South Pass, WY
8. Steve Rathbun 180.5 miles FW July 31, 2003 Heber to Great Divide, WY
9. Dave Taylor 178.8 miles FW July 29, 1995 Frisco Peak to Park City, UT
10. Charlie Baughman 178 miles FW June 27, 1993 Heber to Table Rock, WY

Most distance paragliding flights in Utah
At one time in music history the Beatles had all five of the top five songs. An even more amazing record is held by Ken Hudonjorgenson Who in 2006 had all seven of the seven longest flights turned in to the Utah Cup competition that year.

Utah's highest paragliding launches

  Launch elevation:
MSL in Feet 		Vert. Date Pioneered Pioneered By:
1. Mt. Peale 12,559 feet 2429 July 16th 2009 Mario Richard 38 26' 24.29"N. 109 13' 41.12"W.
2. Alunite Peak
(Tushar Mountains) 		11987 5850 July 25th 2008 Stacy Whitmore, Jochen Rink, Dave Barton
3. Mt. Ibepah
(Deep Creek Mountains) 		11940 7470 Sept 27th 2008 Stacy Whitmore, Jochen Rink, Doug Carlson
4. Mt. Nebo
(Wasatch Mountians) 		11870 6908 July 12th 2008 Jochen Rink, Stacy Whitmore
5. Mt. Edna
(Tushar Mountains) 		11730 5600 July 11th 2008 Stacy Whitmore ,Tyson Boyter, Dave Barton
6. Fish Lake High top Plateau 11620 4500 Oct 13th 2007 Stacy Whitmore, Dave Barton
7. Mt. Timpanogos
(Wasatch ) 		11450 6540 May 16th 1992 Ken Hudonjorgenson, Cory Brahnam, Dave Frank
8. Monroe Peak
(Sevier Plateau) 		11200 5800 July 14th 2007 Stacy Whitmore, Tyson Boyter
9. Snow bird
( Wasatch ) 		10980 3000 April 24th 1995 Ken Hudonjorgenson


Utah's highest Hang-glider launches

1) Mt. Edna (Tushar Mountains) elevation 11570 feet MSL. First flown Sept 13th 2008 by John Russell and Calvin Mills.
2) Monroe Peak (Sevier Plateau) elevation 11200 feet MSL. First flown ?

Utah's Biggest Verticle height to LZ paragliding launches

  Launch elevation:
MSL in Feet 		Vert. Date Pioneered Pioneered By:
1. Mt. Ibepah
(Deep Creek Mountains) 		11940 7470 Sept 27th 2008 Stacy Whitmore, Jochen Rink, Doug Carlson
Landing .5 miles outside Callao
2. Mt. Nebo
(Wasatch Mountians) 		11870 6908 July 12th 2008 Jochen Rink, Stacy Whitmore
Landing - Mona City Park
3. Mt. Timpanogos
(Wasatch ) 		11450 6540 May 16th 1992 Ken Hudonjorgenson, Cory Brahnam, Dave Frank
Landing -Pleasant Grove
4. Snow bird
( Wasatch ) 		10980 6468 April 24th 1995 Ken Hudonjorgenson
landing at his home at 4512 feet
5. Alunite Peak
(Tushar Mountains) 		11987 6437 July 11th 2008 Jochen Rink
Landing near Ivory LZ - Joseph, Ut
6. Monroe Peak
(Sevier Plateau) 		11200 5800 July 14th 2007 Stacy Whitmore, Tyson Boyter
7. Mt. Edna
(Tushar Mountains) 		11730 5600 July 25th 2008 Stacy Whitmore, Jochen Rink, Dave Barton

Utah's highest drive up (tram up) Launches

1) Mt. Edna (Tushar Mountains) elevation 11730 feet MSL. First flown July 11th 2008 by Stacy Whitmore ,Tyson Boyter, Dave Barton vert 5600 feet.
2) Fish Lake High top Plateau elevation 11620 feet MSL. First flown Oct 13th 2007 by Stacy Whitmore, Dave Barton. Vert 4500
3) Monroe Peak (Sevier Plateau) elevation 11200 feet MSL. First flown July 14th 2007 by Stacy Whitmore, Tyson Boyter. Vert 5800 feet.
4) Snow bird ( Wasatch ) elevation 10980 feet MSL. First flown April 24th 1995 By Ken Hudonjorgenson. Vert 3000 feet.

Utah's highest tandem launches
1) Mt. Edna (Tushar Mountains) elevation 11570 feet MSL. First flown Sept 13th 2008 by Dave Dixon.

CUASA site launch records
Top distance flights during 2011 Red Rock Nationals from Monroe Peak
Note: All 16 pilots below made the 72.18 miles to goal!

# Id Name Nat Glider Sponsor SS ES Time km/h Dist. Dist.
Points 		Lead.
Points 		Time
Points 		Arr.
Pos
Points 		Total
1 7 Nick Greece M USA ozone r11 Evolve Capital, Flytec, KAVU, Ozone, Bill and Darlene 14:00:00 18:16:54 04:16:54 26,8 116,16 560,1 74,9 309,7 55,3 1000
2 170 Bill Belcourt M USA Gin Boomerang 8 SuperFly- Flytec- Landcor 14:00:00 18:25:24 04:25:24 25,9 116,16 560,1 77,4 257,8 48,1 943
3 16 Chris Galli M USA Gin / Boomerang 7 XC Skies / Super Fly 14:00:00 18:30:07 04:30:07 25,4 116,16 560,1 50,7 240,1 41,8 893
4 240 Robert Hauser M Ozone Mantra R10.2 14:00:00 18:30:15 04:30:15 25,4 116,16 560,1 53,6 239,6 36,3 890
5 182 Arnold Frankenberger M USA UP Summit XC 14:00:00 18:32:19 04:32:19 25,2 116,16 560,1 56,1 232,6 31,4 880
6 515 Brad Gunniscio M USA Ozone R11 14:00:00 18:37:52 04:37:52 24,7 116,16 560,1 43,9 215,0 27,3 846
7 101 Dean Stratton M USA Ozone R11 Eagle Paragliding- Flytec 14:00:00 18:39:05 04:39:05 24,6 116,16 560,1 46,8 211,4 23,7 842
8 76 Frank Henriquez M USA Axis Mercury III 14:00:00 18:40:17 04:40:17 24,5 116,16 560,1 48,7 207,9 20,8 838
9 197 Eric Reed M USA Ozone R10.2 14:00:00 18:42:41 04:42:41 24,3 116,16 560,1 47,2 201,1 18,2 827
10 148 Jan Voegeli M USA Ozone Mantra R10.2 14:00:00 18:53:02 04:53:02 23,5 116,16 560,1 35,7 173,6 16,2 786
11 153 Michal Hammel M USA Boom 8 Superfly 14:00:00 18:58:09 04:58:09 23,1 116,16 560,1 39,9 161,1 13,4 775
12 511 Bill Hughes M USA Gin Boomerang 8 Super Fly 14:00:00 18:56:17 04:56:17 23,2 116,16 560,1 165,6 14,6 740
13 243 Matt Dadam M USA Advance Omega 8 14:00:00 19:19:37 05:19:37 21,5 116,16 560,1 14,9 113,3 12,5 701
14 156 Hayden Glatte M USA Boomerang GTO Super Fly 14:00:00 19:21:38 05:21:38 21,4 116,16 560,1 12,8 109,1 11,9 694
15 67 Riss Estes M USA Gin GTO 14:00:00 19:25:03 05:25:03 21,1 116,16 560,1 1,0 102,1 11,5 675
16 64 David Wheeler M USA Ozone Mantra M4 Aerial Paragliding 14:00:00 19:35:09 05:35:09 20,5 116,16 560,1 19,1 82,0 11,2 672