Author: winguu

Mexico PWC: Seiko won the women competition and Pierre Remy was 2nd overall …read more

Source: Niviuk

Greg Knudson set a new world record for Speed over an out-and-return course of 200km in January. He was flying in Kenya’s Kerio Valley and had gone there with a team specifically to break the world record. Launching early on the morning on 19 January he flew for seven hours and averaged 36.33km/h to […] …read more

Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Paramotor weekend in Spain …read more

Source: Niviuk

You’ve got two weeks for a summer holiday. Beach… mountains… bit of both? In Stefan Bocks’s case he chose mountains. Remote, distant, unflown mountains. In July last year Stefan, ‘Boxi’, flew a solo, unsupported, 1,000km vol-biv through the heart of Central Asia, from Dushanbe in Tadjikistan to Lake Issyk Kul in Kyrgyzstan. The route […] …read more

Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

NK1, first Niviuk glider …read more

Source: Niviuk

Jonny Durand has claimed two hang gliding world records flying on the cliffs of the Great Australian Bight in the south of Australia. The records are: 1. Speed over 300km out-and-return record at 71.28km/h 2. Speed over 100km out-and-return at 90.41km/h Both flights smash the previous records of 56km/h and 75km/h, respectively. Both flights […] …read more

Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

A few weeks ago, Greg sent us a message saying that he was planning to return to Kenya in order to attempt a new world record. Greg was flying his new EnZo 2, which he said “…is unquestionably an elegant machine …I felt instantly at home on it”. He had only been in the country for a few days before we received news that things had gone exactly according to plan.

Greg hails from Luxembourg, and his new world record is for speed over an out-and-return course of 200 km. …read more

Source: Ozone Paragliders

This tip is from Fred Wilson in Canada and is about water landing in a hang glider If you have to land on water then treat the surface of the water like the ground. Land into wind unzipped and as “out” of your harness as you can manage in the air. The glider will float […] …read more

Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Certification Icepeak 7 Pro-Model 24 …read more

Source: Niviuk

Rafal Luckos was a Polish paragliding champion and first class XC pilot The Paragliding World Cup was hit by tragedy on Friday when Rafal Luckos, a longstanding competitor from Poland, was killed during a training flight in Valle de Bravo, Mexico. He was 39. Rafal’s death was greeted with shock and sadness by pilots at […] …read more

Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine