<div> Very interesting Jason, I always figured you for the wonder boy how won everything you went to. With your success, winning twice in the FAI Nationals, and being on the USA Team many times, your a fine example of persistence, and should be an inspiration for all.
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<div> Steve Maxwell<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/16/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">JShulman</b> <<a href="mailto:jshulman@cfl.rr.com">jshulman@cfl.rr.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I haven't been paying much attention to this whole thread, but I've read<br>bits and pieces. Here's just my personal experience.
<br><br>First contest, 1981 Jamesburg, in Novice, dead last<br><br>First Sportsman contest was the 85 Nats and I think 36th<br>Bunch of local contests... top 10, but just barely<br>86 Nats, Sportsman, in the 30's again
<br>Bunch of local contests... top 10, but just barely<br>(got a pattern plane)<br>87-88 locals... top 5 now, even winning a few here and there (some Lockhart<br>kid was beating me up too)<br>88 Nats, 5th... WoooHooooooooo time to move up to Advanced (at the end of
<br>the year)<br><br>89 Back to the top 5, but now in Advanced<br>90 locals, top 5, winning here and there<br>90 Nats, 2nd in Advanced.... then made "The Jump"<br><br>FAI from 91 on... and what a brutal time that was. For the next few years I
<br>was top 3 down here locally, not bad, until the big boys showed up, then I<br>was the end of the "names". But that was my goal for the first season or so.<br>Then I would pick the "names" to beat and go for it. I studied all the top
<br>guys flying, Chip, Ivan, Dave, Bill, Chris......... I needed to learn what<br>they were doing that I wasn't. So slowly I worked my Nats placing from 27th<br>place in 91 to 11th by 94 (excluding the 4th place at my first Masters) then
<br>to consistent 4th and higher by 95 (excluding Masters). So I didn't do it<br>overnight, but I wanted to be at the top and I kept learning, watching,<br>applying and practicing when I could. The rest is history...<br>
<br>It all comes down to how bad you want to improve and how much you can<br>swallow and accept being beat until you get there.<br><br>Regards,<br>Jason<br><a href="http://www.jasonshulman.com">www.jasonshulman.com</a><br>
<a href="http://www.shulmanaviation.com">www.shulmanaviation.com</a><br><a href="http://www.composite-arf.com">www.composite-arf.com</a><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org">
nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a><br>[mailto:<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a>]On Behalf Of Fred Huber<br><br>I do see the hypocracy of people complaining about not being competitive if
<br>they move up... and sitting firmly in the lower class for years so they can<br>always win...<br><br>"I won't move up until I WIN the NATS" is why they came up with the point<br>system to force people to move up... sandbagger. (not even bothering to
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