On the 22nd of October, Olympio launched his R10.2 from Quixada in Brazil, and flew for almost 11 hrs to set a new foot launch world record at 462kms. He was amazingly casual about it, and is now resting at the beach in Jericoacoara. Olympio told us that he thinks the record may be broken […]
Source: Ozone Paragliders
Category: para news
Judith Mole Podcast: Paragliding the Pyrenees with Steve Nash and Dean Crosby
British pilot Judith Mole has recorded two new podcasts with Steve Nash and Dean Crosby. The pair traversed the Pyrenees in an 18-day hike-and-fly paragliding adventure in September 2012.
Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine
Video: Light Line
Light Line by Jean-Baptiste Chandelier won the Critic’s Prize at the 2012 Coupe Icare, and rightly so. It’s beautiful.
Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine
End of season – Europe Journey 5/5
Since May a bunch of the young talents are on the road together shooting for SOMETHING BETWEEN, a paragliding movie by French filmmakers Antonin Michaud-Soret, Thomas Schira and Robin Cnockaert known as Ahstudio. So far we have seen four travel episodes documenting their ‘Europe journey’ and this is the last and current one.
We had crew member Marvin Ogger for a little talk on Skype this afternoon. Read on!
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Source: Just Acro
All quiet on the Japanese front
As usual in a couple of recent years, Ryoya Igarashi became the Japanese Paramotor Champion, flying a Hadron 22. In addition, Katuo Sasaki on a Nucleon finished third. Congratulations! More: http://blog.livedoor.jp/flm/archives/50497925.html#more
Source: Dudek Paragliders
How Paraglider Fabric is Made
Have you ever wondered how our paraglider fabric is made. It’s a video produced by Xavier Murillo, founder of the Paragliding World Cup and was filmed at Porsher Sport’s production facility.
Source: US Paramotor News
Light Line – new masterpiece by JB
Light Line – winner of two prizes at recent St Hillaire’s film festival. Unusual, created with much taste, with interesting frames and fitting soundtrack. You have to watch it.
Source: Dudek Paragliders
Renato and his friends from Switzerland – October 2012
Cross Country Website: People at Work
You might notice some changes to the Cross Country website. We’re working on refreshing our large archive of online content, making it easier to find.
Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine
Japan Champs
Last week the JAPAN Championships were flown at Nanto, with 3 out of 4 tasks valid. Congratulations to Masao MORIYAMA who flew his ENZO to the overall 2012 Japan Championship title, and to Midori NAKANOME who took the overall women’s flying her M4. Impressively, Midori was also 4th in the overall Open category! […]
Source: Ozone Paragliders