Bornes to Fly 2014: Dates announced for 3-day hike and fly competition

The organisers of Bornes to Fly, the 3-day hike and fly race that takes place around Annecy have announced dates for 2014. The race will take place between the 2nd and 4th of May, and the course, which will be announced on the morning of the first day, will be between 100 and 250km. […] …read more

Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Horacio Llorenz switches to Gradient

Horacio Llorenz switches to Gradient

Horacio Llorenz, multiple paragliding aerobatics World Cup Champion and Infinity Tumbling Guinness record holder announces his new sponsorship deal with Gradient – he told us these breaking news in a skype call two days ago. We managed to get hold of him at home in Albacete, Spain as he was making his final preparations for the next Search Project starting today.

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Source: Just Acro

And it begins… 261km on the new M6

Felix Woelk is currently in Brazil, testing out the recently certified Mantra M6 size MS. Felix has been sending us some amazing images of this new wing high over the Quixada plains, and yesterday he flew 261km over 6:11 hours. This wing has only been certified for a couple of days and has only just started production – we look forward to hearing about many more excellent flights on this new wing as they begin to arrive in pilot’s hands next month.

Awesome work, Felix! You can see his tracklog at XC Contest, or DHV.

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Source: Ozone Paragliders