BGD’s latest video for their new glider the Adam, EN A, is a tale of father and son. Neat video work inside the glider too… • Got news? Send it to us at news@xcmag.com Buy and sell gear on Skyads.aero Home …read more
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Paragliding Winter Cup 2014
Paragliding Winter Cup 2014 …read more
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Lightweight tandem spreaders from BGD
BGD have new lightweight tandem spreaders. Although their tandem glider comes with a set of standard spreaders, the lightweight ones save you 230g. BGD say the lightweight spreaders can also be flown without the spreader bar. “The bar can be unhooked by hand on launch transforming the bars into soft spreaders.” Removing the bars […] …read more
UP’s Summit XC 3 due mid-April
UP are expecting to start delivering their new Summit XC3 in mid-April. The glider is a high-level EN B wing and is aimed at, “experienced cross country pilots who just cannot get enough performance from their EN B wing”. The first gliders in size Medium will start shipping then, with other sizes expected in […] …read more
Bruce Goldsmith XC seminar, August 2014
Bruce Goldsmith is holding a week-long cross country flying seminar in Greece in August. The week, from 23-30 August, will focus on flying cross country and will include daily group flights on radio with Bruce. The seminar will be based on Bruce’s book, 50 Ways to Fly Better, which was published by Cross Country […] …read more
Triple-Seven’s P-Light and Skewer
Triple Seven have two new small gliders aimed at making things small and light. The P-Light is a “super light” 2.6kg miniwing, based on 777′s school glider the Pawn. They say: “The glider is designed for fun and ease of piloting in a wide range of conditions and places. It can be used in […] …read more
Japan Tour 2014
Japan Tour 2014 …read more
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Red Bull X-Alps 2015 will be 2000km long
Organisers of the Red Bull X-Alps have announced that the 2015 race will be “double the length” as they plan to send athletes back to where they came from after they have reached the raft in Monaco. Announcing the news in a Suunto-sponsored Tweet organiser Hannes March said: “The 2013 race was too easy. […] …read more
Seiko Fukuoka claims 50km triangle record
Seiko Fukuoka Naville has claimed a new women’s world record for Speed over a 50km triangle. She flew the flight on 28 March 2014 in Annecy, France. The speed claimed is 34.69km/h. The full record claim reads: Claim number : 17069 Sub-class :O-3 (Paragliders) Category: Female Type of record : Speed over a triangular […] …read more
Sigma 9 offers ‘Compact power’
Advance have announced the release date of the Sigma 9, the latest iteration of their well-known EN C glider. Scheduled to be released towards the end of May this year the glider offers “less aspect ratio and weight, more performance and precision” Advance say. They state: The latest model in the distinguished Sigma series […] …read more