Join us at the Stubai Cup! …read more
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Mount Olympus Paragliding New Year 2014
The Flying Muppets with Wolfgang from Hohe Wand Austria visited us again for their New Year paragliding trip in January 2014.
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Stubai Cup 2014: 7-9 March, Austria
The Stubai Cup takes place this weekend, 7-9 March in the Austrian Tyrol. This three-day event is the first chance European manufacturers have to showcase new designs and products for the upcoming summer season. Some 20 manufacturers will be there, offering pilots who attend the chance to test fly new gliders and gear. The event […] …read more
The Slimfast plan: The Ozone LM5 on review
The lightweight Mantra 5 cleaned up at the Red Bull X-Alps. But is it any use to us mere mortals? Hugh Miller finds out in Cross Country 151… Pick up an LM5 in one hand and an Enzo or Icepeak 6 in the other, and the difference is staggering. At 3.35kg, this is a […] …read more
The Garden of Eden: MacPara’s Eden 5 reviewed
The Eden 5 is the latest EN B paraglider from MacPara. Is it all good in the garden, or is there a serpent in the undergrowth? Marcus King reviews it in issue 151 of Cross Country and found out. He had a tasty start… Unusually, my first experience with this wing was on an […] …read more
New hike-and-fly online league launched by X-Alps race director
The race director of the Red Bull X-Alps, Christoph Weber, has launched a new online contest dedicated to hike-and-fly. The site, www.hikeandfly-xc.com, is aimed at pilots who want to record their hike-and-fly adventures and compare them with others. Christoph said: “The idea is to score hiking and flying in the same way as other […] …read more
Video: Extreme Lives: Kingdom of the Clouds
Follow Rob Whittall and Bob Drury as they traverse western Nepal by paraglider. A classic, defining paragliding film from 1999, recently uploaded to Vimeo. • Got news? Send it to us at news@xcmag.com Buy and sell gear on Skyads.aero Home …read more
Three pilots start 20 day Vol-Biv across Nepal
A trio of pilots have embarked on a 20 day vol-biv flight across Nepal. Mitch Riley, Brian Thibeault, and Premek Hulek hopped a 30 hour bus ride from Pokhara to Patan in the far west of the country earlier this week, and will spend the next three weeks flying with the prevailing winds eastwards […] …read more
justACRO Shop
I am happy to introduce justACRO’s new webshop! Here you can finally purchase the products that I developed for myself and my friends mainly for sporting purposes. No matter if it is going to be a warm flying suit or special technical gear, I’m sure it will be with you during many happy moments! The development continues, stay tuned for new products!
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Australian Champions for three years in a row
Australian Champions for three years in a row …read more
Source: Niviuk