Nick Greece won a historic US Paragliding Open on Saturday 12 July after a classic competition that saw the longest ever successful task set in a paragliding event. Nick squeaked ahead of second-placed Josh Cohn to win the comp by a margin of only 37 points – 6,656 ahead of Josh’s 6,619. Eric Reed was […] …read more
Luc Armant’s 463km American record not ratified by FAI
Luc Armant’s 463km record flight in Texas on 2 July 2014 will not stand as a North American continental record according to the FAI. Christine Rousson, competitions manager with the FAI, said the claim for the open distance continental record – the longest ever paraglider flight in North America – could not be upheld because the […] …read more
X-Pyr 2014: Coast to coast along the Pyrenees
X-Pyr 2014 kicked off at 11am local time on Sunday 13 July. The race will see 25 teams race from west to east across the Pyrenees in a style similar to the Red Bull X-Alps. Pilots can move 17 hours a day by foot or by flying, and must always carry their glider, harness, parachute, […] …read more
Ready for the X-Pyr!
Ready for the X-Pyr! …read more
Source: Niviuk
Exoceat competition harness new from Ozone
Ozone’s new Exoceat harness has been released. The harness is for serious XC and competition pilots and is a heavyweight package – it weighs in at 10kg and includes a twin “never seen before” ‘bomb bay’ reserve deployment system. Ozone’s Fred Pieri explains how to stitch up your Exoceat the right way. • Got news? Send […] …read more
Stefan Bernhard wins Ozone Chabre Open 2014
Stefan Bernhard (DE) won the Ozone Chabre Open 2014, which was held in Laragne, France from 28 June to 4 July. He won all three tasks, beating UK pilot Pete Chalmers into second place. Mark Graham (GB) was third. In the Women’s class Switzerland’s Catherine Bartholdi came first flying an Ozone Alpina 2. Anna Hadders […] …read more
Piedrahita Spanish Championship
Piedrahita Spanish Championship …read more
Source: Niviuk
Bernhard Pessl’s top five tips for flying defined XC
What does defined flying mean to you? For some it will be a ridge run – there and back to top land where they started; for others it will be a 20km out-and-return XC to complete a task for a pilot qualification. For some it’s 35km FAI triangle flown at top speed, for others it will […] …read more
Cross Country 154: What’s in this issue
FEEL THE LOVE All Cross Country subscribers are about to get a free £10 voucher to spend at xcshop.com! It’s our way of saying thanks to all our readers – longterm and new – for supporting the magazine. To get your voucher, just make sure you subscribe before Wednesday 16 July 2014, or double-check your […] …read more
AcroAria 2014 – France on top of the world
The come back of AcroAria after a 5 years stops has been a total success with 3 solo and 3 synchro run completed. We have also seen the come back in competition of Raul and the presentation of many of the new twisted tricks.
Source: Just Acro