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The Soča Valley Open, held in the beautiful Tolmin, Slovenia, came to a close after 4 varied tasks with Ozone pilots on top of the podium. Dušan Orož, Joze Molek, and Tilen Ceglar flew their Enzo 2s to first, second, and third places respectively. Overall, 8 of the top 10 spots were Ozone pilots with 6th place notably going to Stefan Vyparina on his Alpina 2 amidst the swarm of comp-class gliders, which placed him first in the Sports class. Check out the full results of the comp for more details.

Congrats to all of the pilots and cheers from …read more

Source:: Ozone Paragliders

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

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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

Theo de Blic and Shams present Sounds of Paragliding. The team used special hi-definition mics to pick up the sound of flying. Big shout to sound engineer Thibaut Darscotte for this one. Turn the sound on! • Got news? Send it to us at news@xcmag.com Subscribe to Cross Country. Buy and sell gear on Skyads.aero […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Maxime Pinot won the Paragliding World Cup Superfinal 2014 in Turkey on Sunday 5 October after a final 91.5km task that topped a difficult and sometimes frustrating competition. Maxime won two tasks out of six. He was one of only a handful of pilots to make goal on Task 2 (46.9km); and he flew the […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

The 2014 Superfinal was reportedly a challenging event, with difficult weather conditions. The results are now in, and although it is a little embarrassing to see such a high concentration of Ozone wings (18 out of the top 20) at the top of the list, we would like to send out a huge thanks to all of the pilots who flew so well. Congratulations to the champions, and everyone who competed.

To see the final results, please click here.

Cheers, from all the Team.

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Kirsten Seeto sealed the 1st place position for women at the 15th annual Canungra Cup in Australia. Word is she’s a dedicated pilot making all the right moves and is one to watch in future comps. She was followed in 2nd by Antje Daehler, both on Delta 2s. Ozone Gliders made 6 out 10 places in the top 10.

Spring conditions in Canungra are a welcome change to southern pilots and a lot of pilots come over from NZ to enjoy warmer weather and challenging tasks. The Canungra Cup boasts a full retrieve as part of the competition that makes …read more

Source:: Ozone Paragliders

The third and final event for the 2014 Slalomania League slalom competition was held in Mereville during the first week of October. Alex Mateos, flying a new proto of the Slalom, won the foot launch category and repeated his victory from last year, placing 1st overall by a big margin, even over the current European Slalom Champion, Jeremy Penon.

Fifteen tasks were flown over two days with, Alex Mateos, Jérémy Penone and Pascal Vallée consistently taking the top three places, until Pascal had a big collapse and crashed (not dangerously) and lost his 3rd place to another French top pilot, Julien …read more

Source:: Ozone Paramotor

Flytec has announced that all Brauniger instruments are to be sold under the brand name Flytec from the end of 2014. The two companies merged a decade ago, but continued to sell the same or very similar products, just under different brand names. However, under new head honcho Joerg Ewald the focus of the company […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

If you are looking to capture super-steady shots with your GoPro Hero3, Chinese company Feiyu Tech’s 3-axis handheld gimbal may be just the device for you. The light weight and lack of internal image stabilisation of the GoPro means there is no natural damping of movement, which can mean wobbly shots. This gimbal is specifically designed […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine