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The 2016 Korean Championships, organized by the Korea Hang & Para Gliding Association, took place earlier this month in Gochang county in North Jeolla Province, South Korea. After 4 tasks, Woo Young Jang took first place on her new Enzo 2. Congratulations on your accomplishment and we look forward to hearing of many more. Cheers from all the team!
More info and full race results can be found on Airtribune.
Source:: Ozone Paragliders
AirDesign’s new video for the Vita 2, their entry-level EN B wing, has hit the web. Sit back and enjoy… They say: Never before has flying been this easy and relaxed than with the new VITA2. With the simplest starting behaviour, direct handling, combined with top-level stability providing the highest comfort level available in flight… …read more
Paragliding World Champion Honorin Hamard flew an incredible 342km through the French Alps on Saturday 21 May. Flying an Enzo 2 he took off from Gourdon in sight of the Mediterranean, and landed 11 hours later on the shores of Lake Geveva in Switzerland. An amazing flight! Explore the tracklog here …read more
Helmut Eichholzer and Chris Reinecker launch from the Gaisberg, 1,300m, above the city of Salzburg, Austria, and fly 60km to land on the Dachstein Glacier. Packing skis and crampons they climbed to the summit, skied down the other side, and then bivvied the night. In the morning they launched onto the south face at 10am […] …read more
[See image gallery at paragliding.olympicwings.com] …read more
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Finnish pilot Hermanni Keinänen has filed a claim with the FAI for a 121.9km tandem ‘straight distance to a declared goal’ European record. He and passenger Tero Tikkanen, flew a GIN Fuse 41 from Ylivieska to Hoisko in Finland on 11 May 2016, a five-and-a-half hour flight. Finland might not be the first place to come to […] …read more
Gradient have announced the release of their latest intermediate cross-country paraglider, the Nevada 2. A three-liner EN-B wing, it comes with a high degree of passive safety and is designed for long XC flights. Gradient say it’s a well-behaved wing with pleasant, precise handling, and is suitable for occasional pilots and ambitious cross-country hunters. It will be […] …read more
Ozone’s Russell Ogden flew a proto of the Zeno at the North South Cup in the UK, May 2016. We got to fly alongside the Zeno over two tasks of 200km and 150km. No release date has been confirmed by Ozone, who say they never know when a wing is finished – until it’s finished! […] …read more
The Peak 4 continues to devour kilometres around the world …read more
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Herminio Cordido and Ozone have produced a great video for tandem pilots. Watch and learn! …read more