Looking for a present for the pilot in your life? Or want to leave a list out for Santa? These top 10 Christmas gift ideas from the XCShop will fit the bill. Skip to the good bit on XCshop: Enter code ‘XMAS14′ at the checkout to get £5 off if you spend more than £30. […] …read more
Author: winguu
BigOpenSky 2015 paragliding calendar – available now
BigOpenSky’s 2015 paragliding wall calendar is available now. Twelve stunning paragliding scenes all shot in the alps and printed on quality glossy paper will inspire your flying every month of the year. The 480x335mm calendar has a clean and minimalist design, and includes the GPS locations of where the photos were taken so you can […] …read more
Herve Burdet paraglides over Machapuchare in Nepal
Andy Pag reports on Herve Burdet’s flight over the summit of Machapuchare French paraglider pilot Herve Burdet became the first person to fly over the summit of Machapuchare in Nepal on Monday 24 November 2014. Second to Everest the mountain is the most iconic in Nepal, its 6,993m ‘fishtail’ summit the background to the view […] …read more
10th anniversary: Niviuk pilots
10th anniversary: Niviuk pilots …read more
Source:: Niviuk
Redbull X-Alps’15 – NEW FACES
At next years Redbull X-Alps a lot of new Athletes are participating. Also two very young ones: Pascal Purin and Manuel Nübel.
Source:: Just Acro
MARVIN & TIM Edit
Marvin Ogger and Tim Alongi are showing their skills in this sick GoPro – Edit.
For Marvin Ogger, paragliding is about “the feeling of flight, and nothing else.” He’s one of the pilots blending the disciplines of classic ‘acro paragliding’ and ‘freestyle flying’. So, which does he do? Both.
Source:: Just Acro
Kendal Mountain Festival: See the Free Flight Movies
We round up the movies shown at Free Flight Night at the Kendal Mountain Festival 2015… Free Flight Night at the Kendal Mountain Festival saw about 250 people pack the town hall to listen to Red Bull X-Alps pilot Tom de Dorlodot and moviemaker Shams. The night, on Thursday 20 November, was the fourth Free […] …read more
Nova start shipping the Mentor 4, EN B
Nova say they are now shipping the latest Mentor, the Mentor 4. Released at the Coupe Icare in September the high-end EN B wing offers “more technology, more know-how and more performance,” the company say. Aimed at the regular XC pilot who wants performance with security, the wing has been optimised for weight, performance and […] …read more
Advance launch the new Iota, high-end EN B
Advance have launched a brand new glider – the Iota. Pitched as a high-end EN B wing “for the ambitious XC pilot” it is due out in January 2015. Announcing the new wing Advance said the glider was a “semi-lightweight” wing, weighing in at only 4.45kg for the small size 23. Aspect ratio is 5.5. […] …read more
Island Hopping by Emilia Plak
Constantly looking for adventure and challenge, Ozone team pilot Emilia Plak had an idea to make an over sea flight crossing from Menorca to Mallorca Island, Spain. In late September on a Saturday morning, she took off from Ciutadella in Menorca and 1,5 hours and 68 km later landed in port Alcudia of Mellorca. She flew with a Slalom 19 and was accompanied by another pilot flying the new Roadster 2 26.
Emilia reports:
“Baleares islands are a one night ferry ride away form my house. We didn’t think much about the plan. As soon as the weather looked more or less OK we took a ferry to Menorca. We had no boat following us but we were equipped with all possible safety equipment: GPS, iPhone, Agama water rescue system, life jackets, wet suit, knife, smoke system, torch and … an airbed from a Chinese shop.
“There will be plenty of boats crossing from Menorca to Mallorca during weekend” – said my friend, when we were discussing the plan. In reality there were NO boats at all! Fortunately we had an emergency contact in Mallorca. The flight went incredibly well despite the visibility that day being really bad. After only 30 minutes of …read more
Source:: Ozone Paramotor