It’s the end of the practice day here in z-Hills and with the number of swoopers around, you’d think it was US Nationals.  There are 47 pilots(so far) registered for meet one of the 2012 FLCPA season.  22 in the PRO class and 25 in the Amateur class.  The Cessna has been running constantly all week with pilots training for the meet, and boy did the pace pick up today with the Caravan running 13 loads.  There were 5 pilots doing group coaching with Jay Moledzki today.  A few skips off the water showed that the new rules are certainly going to take some time for everyone to perfect.

The festivities begin tomorrow morning at 7:00am with the safety briefing.  In usual form, that will be followed with a practice round for all competitors and then straight into round 1 of the meet.  The meet director has decided to start the day with the ZONE ACCURACY event.  Given the new rule changes, it makes the most sense to start with the finesse event, rather than the power events.  This should give the competitors a gentle ease into the new format of having to drag water in all events(for the pro’s at least).

We’ll try to keep you up to date with the meet on the FLCPA Facebook page throughout the day.  Also keep an eye on the BlueSkiesMag.com Facebook for updates.