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Team pilot Felix Rodriguez has just won the Spanish Acro Championship on his Trickster 2. Twenty-two pilots flew three tasks of which Felix won two flying solid and with good landings. He tells us “The Trickster 2 is still one of the best acro gliders on the market. I’m very happy with it!”
Congrats Felix and cheers from all the team!
Source:: Ozone Paragliders
British pilot Andrew Williams won the tenth annual Ozone Chabre Open, which finished on 10 July 2015. Clearly having a very good day, Andrew also won a brand new Ozone paraglider in the prize draw, which he generously decided to auction for charity, the proceeds being donated to a Parkinsosn’s disease research charity. The first woman, […] …read more
The Italian authorities have issued a NOTAM, banning all hang gliding and paragliding on the Italian side of Mont Blanc, until midnight on 12 October 2015. The NOTAM, dated 16 July 2015, came from the Protection Civile de la Vallée d’Aoste and follows a reminder from the French minister of foreign affairs (MAE) on 8 July for pilots to respect the restricted zone that […] …read more
A record 19 athletes completed the 1038km Red Bull X-Alps race in 2015 – 60 percent of the participants who set off from Salzburg on 5 July. Chrigel Maurer (SUI1) won for the fourth time, in 8d 4h 37m, followed by Sebastian Huber (GER3) 19 hours later in 8d 23h 43m, and Paul Guschlbauer (AUT1), 9d 5h […] …read more
The second leg of the Paragliding World Cup, which was held in northern Portugal in the town of Montalegre, finished Saturday. Portugal is famous for windy conditions, but this time surprised with three great days with low winds and a high cloud base. Unfortunately, the last days the strong winds returned making arriving to goal very difficult and resulted in a cancelation of two days.
During the comp, pilots flew tasks of 103.9, 82, 135.9, 77.7, and 106.1km. In the first three tasks many pilots made goal covering the course with plenty of speed; around 40km/h for the winner.
Honorin Hamard showed that he didn’t win the World Title earlier this year by accident, and after taking 3rd place in the first three tasks and flying well in the rest, he won the general ranking. French pilot Julien Witz took second place and Japan’s Yoshiki Kuremoto came in third, all flying Enzo 2s.
In the Women’s division, there was very close competition between Japan’s Keiko Hiraki and Poland’s Klaudia Bulgakow. They finished first and second respectively, with Italian Silvia Buzzi Ferraris taking third place. The podium was also all flying Enzo 2s.
The Ozone Team with Julian Wirtz, Honorin Hamard, Klaudia Bulgakow …read more
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The world’s toughest adventure race is coming to an end, with more than 10 pilots currently in goal or within site of it. This year’s X-Alps was blessed with absolutely stellar conditions – the best ever seen during any edition of the race – and pilots certainly made the most of it. Congrats to Chrigel, Seb, and Paul, who will share the podium, and to Ozone Team pilots Antoine Girard and Gaspard Petiot, who took 4th and 5th respectively flying their LM5s.
Judging by the statistics, which show that Antoine and Gaspard had the most impressive ratios of flying to walking, if our lazy French team pilots had walked a bit more they might have caught Chrigel! But in all seriousness, we’d like to send a huge congrats to Antoine and Gaspard who not only made a great result, but also flew more and walked less than any other competitor in the event. Gaspard and Antoine hoofed it for 275km and 359km of the route, and each flew over 2000kms (as measured by the X-Alps tracklog, not in straight-line distance) in just over a week. Stats available here.
Competing in the X-Alps is almost unimaginably arduous, difficult, and challenging. …read more
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The Spanish National Paragliding League – Open Iberico Piedrahita 2015 took place last week. With 4 valid tasks from 80-155km, in all conditions from very soft to very strong, Fran Reina won 3 of the 4 tasks. He shares the podium with Xevi Bonet in 2nd and Felix Rodriguez in 3rd, all flying Enzo 2s. Not far behind was Vicente Feria in 4th, also on an Enzo 2.
Full results can be found here.
Congrats from all the team!
Source:: Ozone Paragliders
Syride have released a new version of their top-of-the-range flight instrument. The Sys’Nav V3 is their competition and cross-country model, and it now has a much longer battery life and, thanks to an internal SD card, worldwide topography and airspace. The alti-alti vario has a GPS and an inbuilt G-meter and is competition compatible. The battery will now […] …read more
Apco have updated their paraglider rucksack, making it larger, at 200 litres (plus 40) and lighter, and reshaping it to better fit pod harnesses. Apco say the new design is a longer and slimmer shape, to better suit pod harnesses, and it has an additional 40 litres of room available thanks to a zipped volume expander. The […] …read more
Ozone’s Big Link Lites are lightweight connectors designed to attach a paraglider’s risers to a harness, replacing steel or alloy karabiners and saving weight. They are compatible with Ozone’s new lightweight harness range: the F*Lite, Ozo and Ozium as well as lightweight harnesses from other manufacturers with narrow hangpoints. Ozone say: The Big Link Lites are made […] …read more
