Category: para news

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Source:: Niviuk

The third and final event for the 2014 Slalomania League slalom competition was held in Mereville during the first week of October. Alex Mateos, flying a new proto of the Slalom, won the foot launch category and repeated his victory from last year, placing 1st overall by a big margin, even over the current European Slalom Champion, Jeremy Penon.

Fifteen tasks were flown over two days with, Alex Mateos, Jérémy Penone and Pascal Vallée consistently taking the top three places, until Pascal had a big collapse and crashed (not dangerously) and lost his 3rd place to another French top pilot, Julien …read more

Source:: Ozone Paramotor

41st Coupe Icare. Thank you and let’s go for another ten years! …read more

Source:: Niviuk

Kirsten Seeto sealed the 1st place position for women at the 15th annual Canungra Cup in Australia. Word is she’s a dedicated pilot making all the right moves and is one to watch in future comps. She was followed in 2nd by Antje Daehler, both on Delta 2s. Ozone Gliders made 6 out 10 places in the top 10.

Spring conditions in Canungra are a welcome change to southern pilots and a lot of pilots come over from NZ to enjoy warmer weather and challenging tasks. The Canungra Cup boasts a full retrieve as part of the competition that makes …read more

Source:: Ozone Paragliders

41th Coupe Icare …read more

Source:: Niviuk

The 2014 Superfinal was reportedly a challenging event, with difficult weather conditions. The results are now in, and although it is a little embarrassing to see such a high concentration of Ozone wings (18 out of the top 20) at the top of the list, we would like to send out a huge thanks to all of the pilots who flew so well. Congratulations to the champions, and everyone who competed.

To see the final results, please click here.

Cheers, from all the Team.

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Source:: Ozone Paragliders

Dreaming about Alaska …read more

Source:: Niviuk

Maxime Pinot won the Paragliding World Cup Superfinal 2014 in Turkey on Sunday 5 October after a final 91.5km task that topped a difficult and sometimes frustrating competition. Maxime won two tasks out of six. He was one of only a handful of pilots to make goal on Task 2 (46.9km); and he flew the […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Theo de Blic and Shams present Sounds of Paragliding. The team used special hi-definition mics to pick up the sound of flying. Big shout to sound engineer Thibaut Darscotte for this one. Turn the sound on! • Got news? Send it to us at news@xcmag.com Subscribe to Cross Country. Buy and sell gear on Skyads.aero […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Julien Irilli, of France, has completed an amazing mission in Chamonix, using his Ozone XXLite. He flew from the Aiguille du Midi to near the base of the Grandes Jorasses, solo-climbed the North Face via the technical Colton-MacIntyre route in just 3:35hrs, and then launched from the summit and flew all the way back to Chamonix, landing before four o’clock in the afternoon.

In his own words:

“Sunday, September 14, 3:00 PM. I am sitting in the snow at the top of the Grandes Jorasses, crying with pleasure and disbelief at a dream accomplished. I had been waiting for an opening in …read more