I met Steve in 1981 when he took over running the Hang Glider Emporium of S.B. from Don Burns. He was a mentor to me as I was a new pilot and had a lot to learn. He was a knowledgeable guy and fun to be around. In the last few years  I would occasionally think about Steve and wonder how he was doing, I hadn’t seen any new DayHead posts lately.  Late summer 81 : I don’t remember how I heard about it but Steve tumbled a Comet behind Marshall or Cloud and had to toss , and I went looking for him. Sure enough there he was on the road between Marshall and Cloud Ok and happy to be alive. It was too hot and too late to retreive the Comet so we went back to the shop to drink beer . It was fun to be at the shop when groups of pilots were stopping by to check on him and to hear the story. He said it was a multi- core thermal and he should’nt have pushed out. One of his sayings was    “When in doubt push out”                                                                                                                                                    Thanks for the memories Steve                                                                                                                                             Pat