Eighty pilots head out on a paramotoring road trip through Arizona and the USA. “With a perfect weather, we flew in Lake Pleasant, Rimrock, Cottonwood, Sedona, Flagstaff, Window Rock, Monument Valley, Lake Powell and Grand Canyon.” …read more
Million-dollar campaign to save free-flight in the USA
The United States Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association needs to raise almost a million dollars by March to keep free-flying free in the USA. “This issue affects every hang glider and paraglider pilot flying in the US, and requires all of us to contribute what we can. The insurance landscape has changed dramatically, forcing USHPA […] …read more
World record 367.6km task set at Forbes HG Championships
The longest task in hang gliding and paragliding history was flown at the Forbes Hang Gliding Championships in Australia on Thursday 7 Jan 2015. An amazing 25 pilots made goal after a 367.6km task. The task setters took advantage of a strong tailwind and good conditions and sent the pilots on a south-to-north downwind flight […] …read more
Alaskan Airdrop: Paramotoring in the Alaskan Backcountry
Join Xavier De Le Rue, Ralph Backstrom, and Sam Anthamatten as they journey to Alaska to attempt a new way to get up and down the fresh snow covered mountains. …read more
Marie Liepmann at the World Air Games in Dubai
“I’m 24-years old and paramotoring is my hobby.” Marie Liepmann from France was first woman in paramotoring in the FAI World Air Games in Dubai in December …read more
Acro solo at the World Air Games in Dubai
“This is the first competition where we have only the top pilots.” The solo paragliding aerobatics at the FAI World Air Games 2015 in Dubai. Featuring Tim Alongi (FRA), Horacio Llorens (ESP) and Eliot Nochez (FRA) …read more
The Raft Catchers: Hooking up with the acro guys
Same, same but different. The most important job in acro paragliding is that of The Pilot Catcher.Ant Green spent the afternoon on the raft during the World Air Games in Dubai to see how it’s done. …read more
Horacio and Theo win Acro Synchro at World Air Games
“It’s more like dancing in the sky…” Horacio Llorens and Theo de Blic won Gold in the Paragliding Synchro Aerobatics at the FAI World Air Games in Dubai. …read more
Charles Cazaux Sets New Distance Record in Australia
Charles shares his story of his distance record in Australia:
After a few months thinking about this flight and several days waiting for it, finally I made it happen in the strangest way…
It is 10:30am and I am on tow, when suddenly the line breaks! The tow bridle and drogue are still with me, so I fly above the ground crew and drop them. With my remaining altitude I immediately fly to the lee side of a line of trees along the river to do my best to stay in the air, I get a little lift and keep chasing thermals through the cloud shadows.
After three and half hours I have covered just a 100km. The lift is weak and the wind is light. My hope for a new record before I head home starts to vanish.
But we are never finished until we touch the ground, so I keep flying with countless low saves on the way. Every time I nail a decent climb I need to be quick and glide to what I think could be the next source of lift. Most of my transitions are ending close to the ground above wild terrain with dust devils …read more
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Icaro Parus tandem paraglider
The Parus is Icaro’s new tandem paraglider, a “stable and easy” tandem with a high degree of passive safety, certified EN B. It’s built using modern techniques, including a sharknose profile, and lightweight materials with very striking looks, its colourful design being taken from the heart of their Edelweiss logo. There is a choice of three bright […] …read more