Author: winguu

We love innovation, and that includes new styles of paragliding competition. The Back to Grand-Bo competition that took place from June 27th to July 10th was exactly that: an interesting format of out and back. The concept was to take off from Le Grand-Bornand with only one goal, to make the longest distance and come back to land at Le Grand-Bornand landing zone. The pilots could choose their flying day or days over the 10 day period. With three Glider categories (Elite, Performance, Standard), there were no imposed courses or turn points and no limit on attempts, simply the longest out and return wins, with a prize purse of 8000 Euros!

Our friend and team pilot, Seiko Fukuoka, took overall 1st place, also setting a new women’s out and return world record (to be ratified) with a 210.67km out and return flight! She was followed by Charles Cazaux who was only .29km behind. Maxime Pinot came in third with Julien Wirtz in fourth, all on Enzo 2s. Also of note was Abe Shogo in 5th overall and 1st in the performance category on his Mantra M6. You can see the full results here.

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Source:: Ozone Paragliders

It’s been a great season in Portugal thus far. Nuno Virgilio wrote to tell us about big flights the last week of may with several pilots going beyond 200km multiple days in a row, as well as his own site record at Linhares da Beira, flying 260km in 6h. A week after that flight he flew almost the same route in reverse, flying 242km starting close to the border of Spain.

Nuno also grabbed first place in the Portugal National Championship after 5 valid tasks. He and Pedro dos Santos Cruz Moreira, who came in third, were both flying Enzo 2s. The Women’s category was won by Rita Vogel on her Delta.

Congrats to all the pilots on the big flights. We love to hear about your adventures. Cheers from all the team!

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Source:: Ozone Paragliders

Nova’s 2015 X-Alps wing, as used by their athletes in the race, is now available to buy in three sizes, certified EN C for the S and M sizes, or CCC for the XS. It’s based on the Triton 2 but lighter, and trimmed to give maximum performance for minimum weight – it’s just 3.4kg in the […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

After taking second place at the Ozone Chabre Open 2015 the week before, Jens Cullmann (DE) went on to win the GIN Wide Open 2015 in Tolmin, Slovenia. In second place was Slovenian Simon Konavec, followed by the first woman and the first GIN pilot in, Petra Slivova (CZ). Verena Puttrich (DE) and Ella Pyrah (GB) […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

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Source:: Niviuk

The Amicus is Skyman’s first beginners’ paraglider. Certified LTF/EN A in four sizes, Skyman say it’s light with top-level safety. The hybrid three-liner weighs 4.2kg in the smallest size, and has a flat aspect ratio of 5.2, and 47 cells, which is significantly more than some other EN-A wings on the market (Nova’s Ion 3 has 39 and Ozone’s Atom 3 […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Team pilot Felix Rodriguez has just won the Spanish Acro Championship on his Trickster 2. Twenty-two pilots flew three tasks of which Felix won two flying solid and with good landings. He tells us “The Trickster 2 is still one of the best acro gliders on the market. I’m very happy with it!”

Congrats Felix and cheers from all the team!

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Source:: Ozone Paragliders

British pilot Andrew Williams won the tenth annual Ozone Chabre Open, which finished on 10 July 2015. Clearly having a very good day, Andrew also won a brand new Ozone paraglider in the prize draw, which he generously decided to auction for charity, the proceeds being donated to a Parkinsosn’s disease research charity. The first woman, […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

The Italian authorities have issued a NOTAM, banning all hang gliding and paragliding on the Italian side of Mont Blanc, until midnight on 12 October 2015. The NOTAM, dated 16 July 2015, came from the Protection Civile de la Vallée d’Aoste and follows a reminder from the French minister of foreign affairs (MAE) on 8 July for pilots to respect the restricted zone that […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

A record 19 athletes completed the 1038km Red Bull X-Alps race in 2015 – 60 percent of the participants who set off from Salzburg on 5 July. Chrigel Maurer (SUI1) won for the fourth time, in 8d 4h 37m, followed by Sebastian Huber (GER3) 19 hours later in 8d 23h 43m, and Paul Guschlbauer (AUT1), 9d 5h […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine