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Source:: Niviuk

The 10th Ozone Chabre Open came to a successful close with a week of hot dry weather and thankfully zero rain. Four tasks were set, all of which proved to be interesting and fun.

Andrew Williams won the overall competition, and – proving to not only be good, but also lucky – he won the prize draw and a new Ozone paraglider. Andrew decided to auction the new wing and donate the money to charity, for Parkinsons research. A true gentleman!

Congrats to Jens, Luc, and Jan, who swept the X-Class all flying their Mantra M6s, and to Catherine Bartholdi who took first place in the women’s category flying her Alpina 2. Verena and Ella were close behind, flying the M6 and Alpina 2 respectively.

More info including full results and all task reports can be seen here.
We’d like to send out a huge and heartfelt thanks to the Chabre Vol Libre crew, who have organized 10 brilliant Ozone Chabre competitions. Their tireless efforts and impressive efficiency are the keys to the Ozone Chabre Open’s success, and we are grateful to be able to work with them!

Cheers, from all the Team.

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The 2015 RedBull X-Alps has started with a bang, thanks to an alpine heatwave. Pilots have already passed turnpoint 3 and it is a real race! The first two days of the event have proven to be incredible – paraglider pilots all over the Alps are experiencing stellar conditions.

In other news outside the X-Alps race, Alex Robe reached the top spot on the world XC league ranking with a 255km triangle and pilots in Chamonix overflew the summit of Mt Blanc.

For those of you that are not currently circling at a >4000m cloudbase, follow the X-Alps pilots here. For the third straight event, more pilots are flying Ozone in the X-Alps than any other brand. We are very happy to be able to support so many pilots, and will be rooting for them in the coming days.

Cheers from all the Team.

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Source:: Ozone Paragliders

Cross Country Magazine editor Ed Ewing caught up with Red Bull X-Alps legend Chrigel Maurer the day before the start of the X-Alps 2015 to ask him about his new wing, his broken foot, and the new strategy of Clean and Green – because this time Chrigel and supporter Thomas Theurillat plan to complete the X-Alps […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Pre-PWC Millau …read more

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The Cross Country Team are embedded with the Red Bull X-Alps this year, providing media support and on-the-spot analysis as well as reporting from the road. Cross Country Magazine editor Ed Ewing is joint editor-in-chief with Tarquin Cooper from Zooom Productions. Zooom Productions is the media agency behind the Red Bull X-Alps. Together they will […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

The Austrian Championships have come to a close after perfect weather conditions and 3 valid tasks between 53 and 141.4km.

For the Austrian’s, Alex Schalber is the Champion, Vice Champion is Helmut Eichholzer followed by Thomas Weingartner in 3rd, all flying Enzo 2s. In the Overall standings: Alex was 1st, Martin Petz from Germany took 2nd with only 2 points less than Alex, followed by Helmut Eichholzer in 3rd. 16 of the top 20 spots were flying Ozone.

The podium of the serial class saw only Mantra M6 pilots! There was a tie for 1st place: Stefan Bernhard and Michael Wöhrle (state champion) followed by Günther Willner taking 3rd.

The Women’s was won Ewa Korneluk-Guzy on her Alpina 2, followed by Nora Martiny in 2nd on her Mantra M6.

Full results can be found at paragleiter.org and more photos on Guzilla Photography’s Facebook Page.

Congrats to all the pilots and cheers from the team!

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Source:: Ozone Paragliders

After flying five tasks Alex Coltman was crowned the winner at the British Open in Kruševo, Macedonia, which finished on 27 June 2015. Despite landing out on the final task, the discard rule meant that Alex, flying an Ozone Enzo 2, held on to his slim lead over Guy Anderson, also on an Enzo 2. […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Paul Guschlbauer (AUT1) scored a convincing win at the Powertraveller Prologue on 2 July 2015, the warm-up adventure race for the Red Bull X-Alps. Stanislav Meyer (CZE) and Gavin McClurg (USA2) came second and third, and all three win an extra night pass to use in the Red Bull X-Alps, which allows them to walk through the night […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine