The latest issue of Cross Country magazine (issue 159, May 2015) features an incredible 7,500 word essay on wingsuit Base jumping by wingsuit pro Matt Gerdes. Matt comes from the world of paragliding (indeed he works for Ozone) and is now an expert voice in the close-knit world of wingsuit Base jumping. In this essay […] …read more
Author: winguu
‘You’re going to stall again…’ Allen Weynberg gets an SIV jab
Some of the stories in Cross Country magazine really strike a chord. This was published in the latest edition (issue 159, May 2015). if you like it, consider subscribing Allen Weynberg’s been flying for 20 years – after a while away from the sport, he gets back on the path… “Release, release!” The radio crackles. […] …read more
Frequent Flyers Episode 1
Our friends Guillaume and Perrine spent the better part of a year traveling around the world to fly. The result of their journey is being chronicled in a three part series, the first of which is available now. Check out this beautiful film, and if you want more info on visiting the locations in this episode, see their report below!
Cheers, from all the Team.
NEW ZEALAND
Traveling for an extended period of time (more than 8 months), especially with a wing, harness, and a reserve parachute, clearly deviates from the ordinary. There is always the question of weight, bulk…. When you are traveling in “backpacker-mode” and you don’t plan to fly every day, you can really wonder whether it’s worth to take your glider or not … But even if your wing, harness, helmet (and maybe a rescue!) add weight and volume to your original bag, traveling with your paraglider in some remote areas opens up a range of amazing discoveries and encounters, that you would have never imagined as a “simple tourist”. We are two regular pilots. We do not seek to break records or doing some crazy tricks, but only to have fun, to fly on …read more
Source:: Ozone Paragliders
ITV Fury 2 comp wing (PPG)
ITV’s new Fury 2 is a competition paramotor wing for experts. It has been DGAC certified in two sizes, 17 and 18m2. Originally designed as a slalom wing, like the original Fury, ITV say the Fury 2 has demonstrated such solidity in turbulence and low fuel consumption that it is developing a reputation as a multi-purpose competition […] …read more
Turnpoint InCross 100 / 120 reserves
German company Turnpoint have added the InCross 100 and InCross 120 to their range of parachutes. The InCross 100 and 120 models are based on the Team Five Orange Cross, but Turnpoint have added packing loops and a different container to facilitate packing and quick opening, and to reduce the risk of the parachute getting caught in the […] …read more
Karen Skinner and Jason Whitehead have made a new world tandem record flying a Takoo 3
Karen Skinner and Jason Whitehead have made a new world tandem record flying a Takoo 3 …read more
Source:: Niviuk
EXOCEAT XS Size Now Available
This popular full race harness has now been scaled to an XS Size, in which the entire structure is now smaller. In addition, all sizes have been updated with some improvements, including a more comfortable chest strap location, increased storage area, new pockets in the cockpit, and a new strap for cockpits with ballast. The XS size is now available to order.
Source:: Ozone Paragliders
World PG (tandem) record for triangle distance
French pilot Laurent Faniel flew a 127.1km FAI triangle on his tandem Nervures Diamir ForTwo from Allevard on 21 April 2015. The flight took 7 hours at an average speed of 18.5km/h, and is one of 212 cross-country flights recorded in the French league that day – a Tuesday! If ratified by the FAI, this will […] …read more
Green twins break tandem paramotor record
Ant and Tim Green successfully flew tandem paramotors to over 5,000m above Mont Blanc, on 22 April 2015. If ratified by the FAI, they will have achieved a paramotor tandem altitude record. The two paramotors, piloted by the twins and with passengers Eliot Nochez and Pierre-Emilio Medina, took off from the glacier below the Aiguille du Midi and […] …read more
Tandem paramotor speed-to-3,000m record
Karen and Jason Skinner broke the paramotor tandem speed-to-climb-to-3000m record on 21 April 2015, making a height gain of 3,000m in 40 minutes. If ratified by the FAI, this beats Mick Roche and passenger’s previous record by around 8 minutes. karen flies for Niviuk and PAP teams, and was flying the Polini PAP Thor 250 under a Niviuk […] …read more