Hang Gliding Competition Results
Annual Contest ResultsAnnual Contest Results – 2000 – 2015
Contest Results are available on this website from the year 2000. The results are a condensed version, as most of them do not have total points. Generally I was provided with a summary report, and that is what gets put on the website. We have images from the contest T-Shirts starting in 1998.
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King Mountain Contest T-Shirt Images
Professionally created by Dan Gravage. View all T-Shirt Graphics since 1998
Annual Contest Discontinued
Hang Gliding Contests have been discontinued.
King Mountain’s Hang Gliding contest was once the largest attended Hang Gliding Contest in the USA. Sometimes good things come to an end. 2015 was the last year that we had a national contest.
You can still fly King Mountain! There are still many fly-ins and club visits.
King Mountain and the surrounding area is a great place to fly. All the outrageous stories about BIG AIR, Long Distances, Rowdy Conditions, and High Altitude flying are true. Come fly, have a good time, fly safe. Visit the area, lots of things to do.
Check out the Annual King Mountain Glider Park Fly In.
The King Mountain Annual Safari is a free event that happens every summer. All birds are welcome. Free camping, great comradery. Sailplanes, motorized sailplanes, hang gliders,motorized hang gliders, paragliders. They all come and fly at the Annual King Mountain Glider Park Safari.
Contest Results From 2000
Prior Year contest excerpts are listed below with the top 3 winners in each class.
To view the full list click “read more…”
2012 results are only available to me as a photo image, so I can’t import the table into the new website sections. I still need to type in the data.
2015 Competition Results
2015 King Mountain Idaho Hang Gliding Contest The 2015 contest is over. The weather was not on our side this year. We were only able to fly on Tuesday (day 2) and Thursday (day 4). A total of 19 pilots competed. Pilot turn out was lighter this year, due to the...
2014 Contest Results
2014 Recreation (<75mi.) Class: 1 Dave Chapman, 2 Don Lange, 3 Patrick McGuinness 2014 Open Class: 1 Dave Chapman, 2 Paul Allen, 3 Gary Braun
2013 Contest Results
2013 Recreation (<75mi.) Class: 1 Timo Friederich, 2 Aaron Rinn, 3 John Glime 2013 Open Class (all pilots): 1 Kurt Bainum, 2 Paul Allen, 3 Dave Gibson
2012 Contest Results
2012 Recreation (<75mi.) Class: 1 Lindsey Chew; 2 Dave Chapman; 3 Michael Soderstrom 2012 Open Class: 1 Bill Soderquist; 2 Paul Allen; 3 Lindsey Chew
2011 Contest Results
2011 Recreation Class: 1 K.C. Benn; 2 Scott Silver; 3 Dave Chapman
2011 Open Class: 1 Bob Stanley; 2 Joe Evans; 3 Kurt Bainum
Prior Year contest excerpts are listed below with the top 3 winners in each class.
To view the full list click “read more…”
2010 Contest Results
2010 Recreational Class: 1 Dugan Gravage; 2 L.J. Omara; 3 Fred Clement
2010 Open Class: 1 David Gibson; 2 Kurt Bainum; 3 Mike Daily
2009 Contest Results
2009 U.S. National Hang Gliding Championships at King Mountain Results
2009 Recreation Class: 1 Dugan Gravage; 2 John DeAguiar; 3 Ralph Karsten
2009 Sporting Kingpost Class: 1 Joe Evans; 2 John DeAguiar; 3 Hank Butzel
2009 Womens Class: 1 Lisa Verzella; 2 Lucy Stilson; 3 Lori Allen
2009 Rigid Wing Class: 1 Kurt Bainum; 2 Bill Voget; 3 Greg Sugg
2009 Flex Wing Class: 1 Bill Solderquist; 2 Paul Allen; 3 Kelly Harrison
2008 Contest Results
2008 Recreation Class: 1 K.C. Benn; 2 Michael Soderstrom; 3 John DeAguiar
2008 Open Class: 1 Bill Solderquist; 2 Ben Dunn; 3 Scot Huber
2007 Contest Results
2007 Recreation Class: 1 Fred Clement; 2 Dugan Gravage; 3 Bill Snyder
2007 Open Class: 1 Tom Pierce; 2 Bill Soderquist; 3 Kurt Bainum
2006 Contest Results
2006 Recreation Class: 1 Marcus Venturini; 2 Pete Anderson; 3 ERic Froehlich
2006 Open Class: 1 Kurt Bainum; 2 Paul Allen; 3 Ben Dunn
Prior Year contest excerpts are listed below with the top 3 winners in each class.
To view the full list click “read more…”
2004 Contest Results
2004 Recreation Class: 1 Orv Haugen; 2 John Kangas; 3 Bill Smith
2004 Open Class: 1 Joe Evans; 2 Bill Solderquist; 3 Shannon Raby
2003 Contest Results
2003 Recreation Class: 1 Jeff O’Brian; 2 Lou Bartell; 3 Orv Haugen
2003 Open Class: 1 Bill Soderquist; 2 Zachary Majors; 3 Joe Evans
2002 Contest Results
2002 Recreation Class: 1 Jimmy Pricer; 2 K.C. Benn; 3 Peter Bovington
2002 Open Class: 1 Zachary Majors; 2 Scot Huber; 3 Heiner Biesel
2001 Contest Results
2001 Recreation Class: 1 Greg Sugg; 2 Peter Bovingdon; 3 Craig Hines
2001 Open Class: Heiner Biesel; 2 Dan Gravage; 3 Brian Horgan
2000 Contest Results
2000 Recreation Class: 1 Jimmy Pricer; 2 Peter Bovingdon; 3 Albert Branson
2000 Open Class: 1 Steve Rewolinski; 2 John Woiwode; 3 Kurt Kiegler
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