David,

Thanks for lining this up. Kawa is no doubt among the best soaring pilots alive, and it would be great to get his perspective on his training/practice regimens and team preparations, and get a sense for what he feels is necessary to field a competitive team at WGC and SGP competitions.

I also hope to ask him whether he finds himself flying faster in the "run" than his U.S. competitors, and at what point in the lift band does he finds himself getting more conservative to preserve altitude and increase the chances of reaching a thermal that's potentially stronger than the average for the day? Does he notice any difference between himself and his foreign counterparts?

Lastly, did he ever study or look at time-lapse photography to study cloud development/formation/cycling since reading the sky is so important in racing. What does he do to "size up" the day at the beginning of a race? And, what does he do that helps him adjust to changing conditions throughout a race?

Thanks for all your work putting together the SSA Webinar Series.

- Chris Schrader