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The Swiss Open has concluded with Stefan Wyss in 1st, Stephan Morgenthaler in 2nd, and Charles Cazaux in 3rd, all flying Enzo 2s. Seiko Fukuoka Naville took 1st in the Woman’s category on her Enzo 2, continuing her impressive winning streak.

Congrats to all the pilots, and cheers from all the team!

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Congrats to Thomas Groefler for his 200 km Out and Return Austrian record with his Mantra M6!

His wife says that he had to fly very fast because they were to spend their honeymoon in Slovenia and Thomas tried to come back to her as fast as possible. He was very fast indeed and made a new Austrian record!

Very well done, congrats, all the best for you both, and Cheers from all the team!

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At the most recent PWC event in Disentis, Switzerland, Ozone team pilot Seiko Fukuoka Naville delivered what is probably the all-time best performance of any woman in the history of paragliding competition. Almost one thousand points ahead of the second place woman, Seiko finished in 20th place overall, beating the vast majority of the men while flying with a serious speed disadvantage.

Ozone pilots took 6 out of the top 10 spots, with Stefan Wyss in second place overall flying his Enzo 2, just behind fellow local Chrigel Maurer. The local Swiss flew well, as usual, sweeping the top four spots. The competition was, by all accounts, a beautiful event in a stunning locale!

Overall results, and women’s.

Cheers, from all the Team.

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U-Turn have recently released a high-performing and “very safe” EN-A school wing, called the Emotion 3. While they say their priority was its passive safety, they were proud to share news of Benjamin Becker’s 200km triangle on one, demonstrating that safety does not have to come at the expense of performance. Calling it “the perfect […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

On 11 August 2015, 25-year-old Robert Schaller flew a 209km FAI triangle flight on an EN-A Nova Prion 3. The take-off was Grente, South Tyrol, with turnpoints near the Grossglockner and at the Agglsspitze. Robert landed near St Martin in the Badia valley, not quite closing the triangle but nonetheless fulfilling the requirements for an FAI triangle. […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Icaro have released a new paraglider speedbar to the market. They say it’s light, robust and user-friendly. Its bright red anti-slip EVA-foam-covered main bar makes it stand out in a crowd and, more importantly, means your feet don’t slip off it while you accelerate. It has a Nitinol (sprung steel) strap below it, to make it easy to hook with […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

The German Open has come to a conclusion with 3 small tasks flown due to poor weather. Ferdinand Vogel became German Champion 2015 followed by Manuel Bauer in 3nd and Martin Petz in 3rd. The top 7 spots were held by Enzo 2 pilots. The young Germans rocked it and no “old heroes” could reach the German podium. Big congrats, especially to the youth – very well done!

The Overall Podium was Suza Primoz, Ferdinand Vogel, and Lóránt Falucskai, in that order, all on Enzo 2s.

The Women’s Overall Podium was Nao Takada on her M6, Annalena Hinestroza, and Yvonne Dathe also on here M6.

Full results can be found here: http://www.dhv.de/web/german-open-2015/competition-news/ergebnisse-results

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Carl Wallbank set a new UK hang gliding record in June – but is it enough to keep the paragliders at bay? He talks record days, international comps and hang gliding revival with Ed Ewing “The record is on my mind 24 hours a day,” says Carl Wallbank a couple of days after setting a […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine