Stefan Bernhard (DE) won the Ozone Chabre Open 2014, which was held in Laragne, France from 28 June to 4 July. He won all three tasks, beating UK pilot Pete Chalmers into second place. Mark Graham (GB) was third. In the Women’s class Switzerland’s Catherine Bartholdi came first flying an Ozone Alpina 2. Anna Hadders […] …read more
Author: winguu
Piedrahita Spanish Championship
Piedrahita Spanish Championship …read more
Source: Niviuk
Bernhard Pessl’s top five tips for flying defined XC
What does defined flying mean to you? For some it will be a ridge run – there and back to top land where they started; for others it will be a 20km out-and-return XC to complete a task for a pilot qualification. For some it’s 35km FAI triangle flown at top speed, for others it will […] …read more
Cross Country 154: What’s in this issue
FEEL THE LOVE All Cross Country subscribers are about to get a free £10 voucher to spend at xcshop.com! It’s our way of saying thanks to all our readers – longterm and new – for supporting the magazine. To get your voucher, just make sure you subscribe before Wednesday 16 July 2014, or double-check your […] …read more
AcroAria 2014 – France on top of the world
The come back of AcroAria after a 5 years stops has been a total success with 3 solo and 3 synchro run completed. We have also seen the come back in competition of Raul and the presentation of many of the new twisted tricks.
Source: Just Acro
The 2014 Ozone Chabre Open
The 9th edition of the Ozone Chabre Open has come to a close. During the comp there were three fun tasks, with a lot of pilots in goal including nearly 20 “goal virgins” and some personal best XC flights as well. The Chabre has become famous in the paragliding world by now, due mainly to the incredibly efficient organization by the Chabre Vol Libre team.The Chabre is not just a paragliding competition – it is an XC Coaching week, a how-to-fly-competition-week, a week of parties and gatherings amongst pilots from all over the world, and generally an event at which …read more
Source: Ozone Paragliders
Icaro Maverick 3: EN C paraglider
New from Icaro, is the EN C Maverick 3. Designed using new software it has a whole new profile, line geometry and tension compared to the Maverick 2. The three-liner Maverick 3 now sports trailing edge and nose rods and a lighter construction, because “a lighter glider is also a more agile glider”. The team […] …read more
AcroAria 2014, Bravo Eliot!
AcroAria 2014, Bravo Eliot! …read more
Source: Niviuk
Luc Armant flies 463km in Texas
Luc Armant flew 463km in Texas last week, on 2 July 2014 – the second longest paraglider flight ever flown. He was flying as part of an Ozone Team record encampment. Towing out of Hebronville in the south of the state the pilots had hoped to break the open distance world record of 502km. Poor weather […] …read more
Ozone Team In TX
The Ozone Team have now left Texas with the R&D Team returning to France and Charles and Seiko headed to Chelan to fly XC in the US Nationals. The team had a short window for their visit and only three flyable days. In those three consecutive days, they managed to get a lot done!
Nick Greece reports:
“The Texas encampment was an experience of a lifetime in many ways. We logged six 400+km flights and all together we flew over 4500km in three days. Bill Belcourt flew over 1000 km in three days! Luc Armant completed the 2nd …read more
Source: Ozone Paragliders