Author: winguu

Raul Penso has been given a 12-hour penalty for going off route on the first night of the Red Bull X-Alps.

Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Red Bull X-Alps exclusive: Discover Cross Country magazine – for free

Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Kaoru Ogisawa’s Red Bull X-Alps race was saved by a Cross Country magazine reporter today – after Ogi tree-landed minutes after take off

Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

The Red Bull X-Alps 2013 kicked off today in the centre of Salzburg.

Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

The Red Bull X-Alps athletes have arrived in Austria and are preparing for the start of the 1,000km hike-and-fly race on Sunday 7 July.

Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

So far this week 3 fun tasks have been held at the Ozone Chabre Open, with a large number of “personal bests” amongst the pilots in the event. The mission of the Ozone Chabre Open is to create a fun and friendly environment for intermediate pilots to learn about XC competition. Tasks are created to be challenging but fun, and to hopefully bring around 50% of the pilots to goal. So far this year around 40 pilots have “made goal” for the first time in their careers. On the 2nd day a 50km task was set (that’s about the same

Source: Ozone Paragliders

Congratulations to Ozone Team Pilot, Ulrich Prinz, who demonstrated great skill and determination to finish 2nd overall at the PWC Val Louron, in France. 4 tasks were flown ranging from around 50 to 100km and the field was, as usual, highly competitive. Fellow teammate, Julien Wirtz, finished 5th, with Jaques Fournier and Michael Witschi joining them in the top 10. A video and some more info can be found here, and full results are here.

Cheers from all the Team, and thanks for your continued support!

Source: Ozone Paragliders

Marcus King reports from the sweltering heat and blue skies of the British Paragliding Open in Manteigas, Portugal.

Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Super Paragliding Testival Kössen 2013

Source: Niviuk