Author: winguu

Klaudia Bulgakow reports:
This year three Slavic countries teamed up to to have their nationals together. The best pilots from Poland, Slovakia and Czech Republic came together to Krushevo, Macedonia, to race in this great place for paragliding for the title of national champion. Due to the location and combination of countries it was almost impossible for other nation’s pilots to get in.

Macedonia didn’t disappoint pilots and served the best racing conditions. Five tasks were flown of: 74.4, 94.8, 68.8, 67.4 and 57.1 km.

In the overall category the competition was dominated by Ozone pilots with the top 6 flying Enzo 2s:

1. Peter Vyparina SLO
2. Michal Gierlach POL
3. Alexiey Tarakanov RUS

Women’s ranking of competition:

1. Petra Slivova CZE
2. Klaudia Bulgakow POL (Enzo 2)
3. Dominika Kasieczko POL (Delta 2)

The new Polish Champion is Michał Gierlach (Enzo 2) with Bartosh Moszczyński (Enzo 2) in 2nd. 3rd place went ex aequo to Tomasz Janikowski (Enzo 2) and Paweł Kumorek.

The Polish female Champion is Klaudia Bulgakow, 2nd place Dominika Kasieczko and 3rd Anna Zezula.

Sport class Polish Champion became Krzysztof Zelisko (Delta 2).

The new Slovak Champion is Peter Vyparina (Enzo 2), 2nd Tomas Podmanik on his Delta 2 and 3rd is Maros Kravec flying a Delta 2.

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Source:: Ozone Paragliders

Aaron LaPlante: ‘Two minutes in heaven are better than none’ …read more

Source:: Niviuk

Dean Eldridge’s friends and family paid tribute to him yesterday in a moving ceremony held outdoors, close to one of Deano’s favourite pubs in the south of England and a place he had flown from many times. Standing in front of Deano’s second ‘home’ – his large white van which he lived in when instructing […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Aaron LaPlante: ‘Two minutes in heaven are better than none’ …read more

Source:: Niviuk

A $1,000 prize pot is up for grabs at one of the sport’s longest-running fun spot-landing competitions. Canada’s Lakeside Event is now in its 39th year and attracts hang glider and paraglider pilots to what is billed as “Canada’s longest-running light aviation meet”. Pilots launch from Mount Swansea, Invermere, British Columbia and descent to a […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

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Source:: Niviuk

Triple Seven are looking for good XC pilots who want to join their team flying the new 777 King, EN D. “We are looking for team pilots who will be able to enjoy the benefits of a great wing and full support from Triple Seven. “If you’d like to apply, send us an email with […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Yassen Savov reports on the Nordic Paragliding Open:

Every year, when the great northern snows melt and the urge to be in the sun is too strong to resist by even the most powerful and fierce and fearless and hugely moustachioed of them, the Viking warriors of all of Scandinavia put on their traditional EN-certified horned helmets, board the wooden sail ships, and converge from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland to some carefully chosen sun-struck piece of heaven lower down in Europe, carrying, instead of their double-bladed axes, a paraglider each – and a nice racing one, whenever possible – so they can fight out the battle of the Flying Vikings and raise up some big wooden mugs and shout, red burned happy faces cheering all together: “SKOL!”

This year that carefully chosen sun-struck piece of heaven was the Italian town of Gemona del Friuli, which – cuddled in the corner between Venezia, Austria, and Slovenia (location sounds not so bad, doesn’t it?), and having both sharp mountains and quite thermally flatlands – delivered on all fronts. We had three very nice tasks, jumping from mountains to flatlands and back, and, even though the length and difficulty of the tasks …read more

Source:: Ozone Paragliders

Twenty Five Ways to Fly Better (Vol 2) is the ebook version of the best-selling print book 50 Ways to Fly Better. The ebook includes three exclusive free bonus chapters that examine exactly how Red Bull X-Alps champion Chrigel Maurer flies – and explains how you can adapt his ‘Flying Modes’ technique to help your own flying get better. […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine