This is brilliant. Andras Vizler has mashed up a whole bunch of paragliding films with a Living Planet David Attenborough voice-over from 1984. It really works… • Got news? Send it to us at news@xcmag.com Buy and sell gear on Skyads.aero Home …read more
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Syride launch new website
French company Syride have launched a new website dedicated to their range of riser mounted instruments. The company’s instruments range goes from a simple audio only mini vario to the riser mounted SYS’GPS, which as the name suggests includes a GPS and logger. The company have announced the forthcoming SYS’Nav aimed at competition and cross […] …read more
Nova celebrates 25 years in the pink
Nova have gone retro in celebration of their 25th anniversary this year – by producing a limited edition version of the Ion 3 and Mentor 3 in hot pink. Set up in 1989 the Austrian company made its first wing, the CXC, in bright pink with yellow stabilos. Nova say: To celebrate the company anniversary, Nova […] …read more
Video: New gear at the Stubai Cup 2014
The Stubai Cup in March was the first chance to see what the paragliding companies have for the new season. We spoke to them to find out what they were excited about for 2014. Includes interviews with Nova, Sup’Air, Apco, Advance, Skywalk, MacPara, AirG, AirDesign, BGD, Triple 7, Skyman, Swing, U-Turn, Sky Paragliders and others. […] …read more
Tribute paid to Amir Shalom
The Oz Report has reported the death of the Israeli hang glider pilot Amir Shalom. The report says that Amir took his own life last weekend and was laid to rest on Monday. Amir was a well known figure in the international competition scene, and a “pillar of the Israeli Hang Gliding Association”. In […] …read more
Video: Rift Valley Speed Record
Greg Knudson sets a 200km out-and-return world record in Kerio, Kenya. • Got news? Send it to us at news@xcmag.com Buy and sell gear on Skyads.aero Home …read more
Greg Knudson’s New Record: The Video
The following video covers a bit about Greg’s new world record for speed over an out and return course of 200km. It’s hard to capture the stress, excitement, danger, and commitment of flying 200km at speed in the active air and remote terrain of the Great Rift Valley, but these beautiful images by Niels Dachler do a pretty good job. Congrats, Greg, on an impressive project!
Cheers, from all the Team.
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New in 2014…
In 2014, Ozone will be releasing two new wings: the Roadster 2, and Viper 3. Both of these exciting new designs feature the Ozone Reflex Profile and our patented SharkNose technology.
Combining the OzRP and SharkNose technologies is a development that we think will prove to be as much of a revolution in the PPG world as the SharkNose has been for free flight wings from the intermediate to competition levels. The SharkNose profile not only vastly improves performance and stability at low (steep and fast) angles of attack, but also at high (slow speed) angles of attack and while during …read more
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FAI Report 2013 released
The 2013 FAI Annual Report, which gives an overview of the FAI’s activities in 2013, has been released. It features chapters on all air sports, including hang gliding and paragliding. In paragliding it highlights the development of the CIVL Competition Class as a major achievement, while in hang gliding pitch stability is top of […] …read more
‘World Championship HG pilots must register’
CIVL have called for all pilots who plan to fly in the multi-class Hang Gliding World Championships in Annecy in June to register. With two days to go until registration closes they say that pilots need to register properly, through their national aero club (NAC), to be accepted. Only 41 out of 111 pilots […] …read more