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Source:: Paragliding Hellas
Author: winguu
Team GB set to create ‘formidable force’
Britain has launched a new dedicated racing academy for up-and-coming competition paraglider pilots. Announcing the creation of the British Paragliding Racing Academy co-organiser Malin Lobb said the aim was to, “design and deliver a competition pilot development program, in order that the current British Team and the future British Team become a formidable force within […] …read more
Urtzi Uriarte wins Cross Country Prize Draw
And the winner is…. Urtzi Uriate! Urtzi Uriarte from Spain won the Cross Country Prize Draw 2016, which was made at 12noon GMT on Friday 16 January. He wins a new paraglider or paramotor wing of his choice from Advance, Air Design, Gin, Gradient, Mac Para, Nova, Ozone or Paramania. Congratulations Urtzi! Richard Webster from […] …read more
Special Paragliding Events 2016
Source:: Paragliding Hellas
Ozone Sweep at the Monarca Open 2016
The Monarca Open 2016 was a success with 150 pilots from 23 countries. 3 tasks were completed (2 canceled due to unusually high winds). Director General for the meet, Miguel Fernández, tells us the mentoring was great. Ozone was present sponsoring with Alas del Hombre, and provided raffle prizes including 4 Ozone items every day.
Ozone pilots topped the podium in every class. In the Open Class, Pinot Maxime, Adreas Malecki, Yassen Savov, and Josh Cohn took the top 4 spots respectively in that order, all flying Enzo 2s. 8 of the top 10 were flying Enzo 2s. You can download the Open Class results PDF.
In the Sport Class, Roy Morris took first on his Alpina 2. The Sport Class results PDF is here.
In the Woman’s Class, Ewa Korneluk-Guzy took first on here Alpina 2 as well. The Woman’s Class results PDF is here.
And finally, first place in the Mexican Nationals went to Emmanuel Gudarrama (Alas del Hombre) on his Enzo 2.
Congrats to all the pilots and cheers from all the team at Ozone!
Source:: Ozone Paragliders
Podcast with Veso on progression, motivation and more
Gavin McClurg is an X-Alps athlete and runs an interesting podcast series on his blog. Recently he interviewed Veselin “Veso” Ovcharov. Veso talks about how he started paragliding, his acro progression and a funny story about his passport. The one hour long talk is worth the time.
Source:: Just Acro
PWC Superfinal 2015: Valle de Bravo 12-23 January 2016
The Paragliding World Cup Superfinal is in Valle de Bravo, Mexico from 12-23 January 2016. France’s Maxime Pinot who won the 2015 Superfinal is in Mexico to defend his title. Wednesday 13 January is the first task. Although held in January 2016, the competition closes the series of six PWC competitions from the 2015 season. […] …read more
Ozone Forza harness: Safety notice
Ozone have issued a safety notice for their new Forza harness. They say: Concerning all Forza harnesses manufactured in 2015 with the serial numbers: Forza-(size)-Q-31A-(???) to Forza-(size)-Q-49E-(???) There have been several reported cases of a reserve loop failure on the Forza harness. In all cases, one of the loops holding the reserve pin failed completely. […] …read more
Video: Ozone Team perform firework show in Qatar
A few Ozone team pilots were invited to perform demonstration flights together with the Qatar Army PPG Team. Alex Mateos, Cade Palmer, Filip Peremans, and Mark Morgan flew with the team during Qatar National Day in December, and were also able to fly through urban areas of Doha city and perform a PPG-launched firework show at sunset. The video can be seen here.
Source:: Ozone Paramotor
Podcast: Finding Balance with Veso Ovcharov
The latest Cloudbase Mayhem podcast from Gavin McClurg is out and features acro ace and Red Bull Athlete Veso Ovcharov. Veso has traveled the world perfecting his craft, pushing the limits of what can be done by paraglider. In this episode we travel back in time to find out how Veso got into the sport; […] …read more