RE: 2008 Basic Narrative
Bass1,
The first maneiver is called a Bow-Tie.
It's up to you but I would have the caller call each part just as you are finishing the first part. So in response to the first maneuver, I'd call it like this fro mthe moment he's in the box to the end of the maneuver
Call pilot in the box
To Pilot: At center pull to a 45 degree upline, 2 of 4 on the upline
Wait until he completes the first part of the roll and then
Now pull a135 degress to a downline,
Pull 135 degrees to a 45 degree upline, one half roll on the upline
Pull to level, exit inverted
That's all there is to it
I would suggest that you start in basic until you can nail down how to read Aresti. It does take practice and as was already mentioned read the Aresti made Simple, The 2007-2008 Judging Guide and try to get someone to help you that already does is.
You do need to learn NOT to rely on the written narratives. Once you get past Sportsman, there is no narrative. PLUS, your' caller is liable to screw up calling a maneuver and if you do not know it your caller can cause all sorts of zero's for you
I had that problem once, I fly a lot with my caller and I call for him as well. During a contest last year I was not paying attention to the sequence and just doing ewxactly what he said, well he skipped a whole maneuver which was number 5 and that in turn zero'd all maneuvers after that so I ended up with 4 zero's, maybe 3, I cannot really remember. I knew the sequence well, just was not paying attention. He felt so bad, he really thought I was never gonna have him call again but I got him on the next round and he did just fine, emphasizing the one he missed.
I got him back later, about 2 contests later I did the same thing and even argued with him when he corrected me and he zero'd several. He then asked if I did it on purpose and I of course did not and I really did feet terrible.