The Paragliding World Cup Superfinal is in Valle de Bravo, Mexico from 12-23 January 2016. France’s Maxime Pinot who won the 2015 Superfinal is in Mexico to defend his title. Wednesday 13 January is the first task. Although held in January 2016, the competition closes the series of six PWC competitions from the 2015 season. […] …read more
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Ozone Forza harness: Safety notice
Ozone have issued a safety notice for their new Forza harness. They say: Concerning all Forza harnesses manufactured in 2015 with the serial numbers: Forza-(size)-Q-31A-(???) to Forza-(size)-Q-49E-(???) There have been several reported cases of a reserve loop failure on the Forza harness. In all cases, one of the loops holding the reserve pin failed completely. […] …read more
Video: Ozone Team perform firework show in Qatar
A few Ozone team pilots were invited to perform demonstration flights together with the Qatar Army PPG Team. Alex Mateos, Cade Palmer, Filip Peremans, and Mark Morgan flew with the team during Qatar National Day in December, and were also able to fly through urban areas of Doha city and perform a PPG-launched firework show at sunset. The video can be seen here.
Source:: Ozone Paramotor
Podcast: Finding Balance with Veso Ovcharov
The latest Cloudbase Mayhem podcast from Gavin McClurg is out and features acro ace and Red Bull Athlete Veso Ovcharov. Veso has traveled the world perfecting his craft, pushing the limits of what can be done by paraglider. In this episode we travel back in time to find out how Veso got into the sport; […] …read more
#WAGDubai: World Air Games, Dubai
The World Air Games in Dubai was the biggest multi-airsports competition ever. We were there The World Air Games are the air sports equivalent of the Olympic Games – an attempt to bring together the world’s best pilots in multiple disciplines to compete over two weeks in one place. Like the Olympics they are supposed […] …read more
Onboard with Skipper McClurg
Gavin McClurg is a Red Bull X-Alps pilot, a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year nominee for vol-biv and holds the North American paragliding footlaunch record. He hosts the Cloudbase Mayhem podcasts at www.cloudbasemayhem.com Well here goes, the first entry for my new column in Cross Country. The editor first suggested ‘Big Guns McClurg’ for […] …read more
Soaring Giants: By Max Mittmann
Speedflying the Jungfraujoch with DanA Max Mittmann flies the Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau in one spectacular flight To fly over the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau is one of the most impressive flying experiences in the Alps. But it’s not often possible to take off from the 3,500m high Jungfraujoch – the weather and wind have […] …read more
Triple Seven Rook 2, EN B
Marcus King tries out Triple Seven’s new EN B sports wing The Valic brothers’ first wing for Triple Seven was a complete hit. With good handling and stunning performance, the Rook dominated the podiums of not just EN-B class events but sports competitions too. I reviewed the wing in issue 142 and found “a mile-munching […] …read more
Oxygen on: By Giles Fowler
Giles Fowler explains how to set a height record in paramotoring Flying above 10,000ft the CAA recommends using supplementary oxygen, and above 35,000ft 100% oxygen is needed. During the 2014 preparation we visited the RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine (UK) and quickly realised the seriousness of what we planned. Air pressure at 25,000ft is so […] …read more
Flying High: By Dr Matt Wilkes
Flying at altitude brings its own demands – and you don’t even have to be that high. Altitude specialist Dr Matt Wilkes gives us the lowdown When Tom de Dorlodot took off one bright morning in Pakistan’s Hushe Valley, he didn’t see himself getting particularly high. Though he was in the Karakoram to break the […] …read more