Category: para news

OZONE team pilot, Dave Turner , and his crew are preparing to embark on a global adventure. Their mission is to visit, and fly through, some of the more environmentally sensitive, and threatened, mountain ranges on Earth. Dave and his climbing partner, Malcom, plan to summit peaks in Greenland, Antarctica, and the Andes. They are currently in the Alps, warming up for their adventure, If everything goes as planned, they will be climbing and flying from the area summits for a few weeks, with a summit speed riding descent of Mont Blanc as their main objective.
Dave and Malcom will be employing Litespeeds and Rapidos for their alpine descents. Stay tuned for more on this journey!

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Source:: Ozone Paragliders

SAM stands for ‘Safe Attractive Multiglider’, and it’s the name of Simplify PPG’s first wing, an EN-A /DGAC-approved wing for all uses. Simplify call the Sam a ‘sport cruiser’, and say it’s for “all pilots who are looking for a high-end A-class wing of the latest generation, which is excellently suited for engine-flights”. They say […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Oisín Creagh is planning to fly his paramotor on a 3,000km journey from Ireland to Morocco, to raise money and awareness for Gorta-Self Help Africa. The Cork-based pilot plans to set out from Co. Antrim in August 2016, and expects his journey, which includes 100km over sea, to take around a month depending on weather, flying in the mornings […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Sup’Air have made a super lightweight pod harness, especially for competition hike-and-fly events. It evolved from their 2015 X-Alps harness, and they say it has a similar feel and comfort to the Delight 2. It’s a step-through, split-leg design with a removable mini seatplate, and a certified 14cm Bumpair back protector. Available in two sizes […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Nicole Schmmidt told her Nikita 5 she loved it – watch her preview video from May 2016 – and now freestyle pilots can get their hands on the serial version. Icaro say it’s capable of taking talented freestyle pilots through to pro acro pilot status. If you fly it lighter in the weight range, it will give you […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Tens of thousands of paragliding and paramotoring harnesses have been potentially ruled un-airworthy following a safety notice from buckle-maker Finsterwalder. The company, which supplies buckles to dozens of harness manufactures, issued a safety notice about Click-Lock and T-Lock buckles at the start of June. Since then, it has become clear that thousands of harnesses will […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Antoine Boisellier’s beautiful film about paragliding, hang gliding and other forms of free flight is available as a pay-to-view download, rent or buy. The 52-minute documentary was made for French TV and features stunning aerial and flying footage throughout the Alps. See it here: vimeo.com/ondemand/lclversionfrance …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Olympic Wings, paragliding seminar for cross-country flying, with Bruce Goldsmith and the participation of pilots from all over the world. It was an incredible week of June with great flying, every day for everyone! The Olympic Wings team would like to thank each of the pilots for their fantastic cooperation, joyful mood and responsible […] …read more

Source:: Paragliding Hellas

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Source:: Paragliding Hellas

Dave Turner just got back to civilization after an epic journey in Alaska. Here he shares his experience:

“Alaska has proved to be an experience of a lifetime- and oh boy, do we have some stories to tell! Two days ago we popped out at Cantwell, having made a vol biv traverse of most of the Alaska Range by hiking and flying our paragliders. Our route was about 450 kilometers long, and we flew approximately 64% of the distance covered. It was 29 days of pure adventure.

We started out at the SW tip of the Alaska Range, right at the border of Lake Clark National Park. From there we headed up towards the north slope of the range, battling bad weather and brutally rough hiking terrain. Oh yeah, did I mention that we had to post hole for MILES through waist deep snow over Sled Pass? Two days for six miles, hiking 12 hours a day!? Luckily we had a few short flights in these first days as well, which gave us hope that our route would work.

Since no one has really ever flown a paraglider where we traversed through, we were totally unsure of what conditions we would encounter. …read more

Source:: Ozone Paragliders