Category: para news

The 41st edition of the Coupe Icare was, as always, an exciting amalgam of industry news, old friends and new, and swarms of flying humans, all joined together at the beautiful plateau village of St Hilaire du Touvet.

This year we announced several new products that will be arriving in 2015:

Swift 4
The Swift 4 is based on the Rush 4 design, which is now a landmark design in the Sport-Intermediate Class (to maintain clarity as to which Rush the Swift evolved from, we have skipped the Swift “3″ in the series). The new Swift 4 contains all of the performance enhancing details of the Rush 4, packaged into a very light and low-volume travel / vol-biv package. For pilots who want a dependable yet highly efficient wing in this class, the Swift 4 delivers real XC capabilities, to-go!

Mojo 5
The Mojo 5 may be the 5th in the series, but this iteration is completely new, and was designed from the ground up to redefine this specific class of wing. The Mojo 5’s handling is even more compact and user-friendly than any of its predecessors. Passive safety is even further improved over the Mojo 4, and at the same time we have refined …read more

Source:: Ozone Paragliders

GoPro have launched the latest incarnation of their action camera. The Hero4 Black features 4k video at 30FPS. Despite a lack of 4k-ready TVs in homes this can still be useful for post-production manipulation including cropping and faux panning. The camera, which is compatible with Hero3 accessories, also offers 2.7k video at up to 50FPS and 1080p […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

If you’ve always fancied getting a GoPro but couldn’t justify the cost, the company have launched the camera for you. The Hero is their new entry-level camera that the company says “delivers the same immersive footage that’s made GoPro one of the best-selling cameras in the world – all in a simplified experience that’s easy for […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Online registration is now open for the 14th FAI Paragliding World Championships, to be held in Roldanillo, Colombia from 11-24 January 2015. Full information on the event, timings, pilot qualifications and registration forms can be found online here. The entry deadline is 15 October 2014. Organisers say that the the maximum team size is 8 […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

We’ve just released a video from the Ozone Slalom Open, which was hosted by Pro Fly School Filip Peremans in July in Belgium.

Slalom competitions have grown in popularity recently, and the Ozone Slalom Series puts pros and amateurs together in a friendly learning environment. Pilots at the event were able to demo Ozone wings, including the new Ozone Viper 3. Ozone Team Pilots, Alex Mateos and Emilia Plak were on hand to give tips and instruction on the best techniques for Slalom flying, and PPG flying in general. We hope to see you at an Ozone Slalom Open …read more

Source:: Ozone Paramotor