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After the disastrous earthquake in Nepal last year, Karma Flights and The Cloudbase Foundation jumped to action and raised truly impactful amounts of support in both supplies and monetary donations. OZONE provided a donation of $10,000.00 to support the recovery efforts of the foundation. But, they are still on the ground and continue their efforts to help those that need assistance and to rebuild the communities that were devastated.

For the next 5 weeks, GoPro Inc. will be matching all donations to The Cloudbase Foundation. You can double your impact by donating at that link and help us give back to those that live in the places we love to fly. Watch the first video below to see how far the efforts have gone and what’s left to do.

In the second short film, a traveling artist brings some color and peace to the locals in the aftermath of the disastrous earthquake. The benefit of public art is tangible, but incalculable, and the work of Jeremy Collins in Nepal was well timed.

Again, GoPro Inc. will be matching all donations to the Cloudbase Foundation for the next five weeks – please consider supporting their mission, as …read more

Source:: Ozone Paragliders

Parapente Mag evaluates the Hook 4 …read more

Source:: Niviuk

On Monday, April 18th Ozone’s Xevi “El Pajaro” Bonet (@xevi.bonet) and his Enzo 2 flew the longest flight in the Pyrenees ever! He shares part of his experience:

“On Sunday Aniol (X-pyr pilot) sent me a test : Monday looked great for a cross country flight in the Aragonese Pyrenees. I had to work on Tuesday so we organized a good retrieve to be sure that we made back home at a descent time. Due to the 4 hours drive to the take off we left quite early on Monday.

At 1:00 pm we took off, between cycles, into a great looking sky with perfect cloud formations but our take off was quite low just 400m of altitude.

In the beginning the air was turbulent but the west wind and the cold air helped to go faster. The landscape was incredible, it was my first time flying above this area.

The ceiling was low just 2400m but improved before we got to the wildest part of the flight: El Parque Nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido reaching at times 3200 m.

After 6:23h and 228.75 kms I landed at Puigcerdà the last town before crossing to France, just to make the retrieve easier.” …read more

Source:: Ozone Paragliders

Our friend Herminio Cordido produced this short film that showcases some useful hints for existing and future tandem pilots. This is not an instructional video and does not contain even a fraction of the amount of information needed to fly tandem safely. Always seek professional instruction, training, and certification from qualified / rated members of your country’s national association. If you are a passenger, always verify that your tandem instructor holds current ratings and certifications and is a member in good standing with the national association governing the country in which you plan to fly.

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Source:: Ozone Paragliders

[See image gallery at paragliding.olympicwings.com] …read more

Source:: Paragliding Hellas

Artik 4 pilots, Anna Ermakova and Evgeniya Belova …read more

Source:: Niviuk

A beautiful four-minute film from paragliding in EL Hierro. Acro pilots Tim Alongi, Theo de Blic and Harold Pluvieux spent two weeks on the island in March 2016. The result is this sublime film, which celebrates the elemental forces found on this island on the edge of the world. …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

The party’s over but the sun is still shining in Brazil. Congratulations to Felix Rodriguez (ES) who won the Castelo leg of the Paragliding World Cup last week. He maintained his lead over seven tasks – winning by a whisker and a mere 5 points. Lucas Bernadin (FR) and Frank Brown (BR) were second and […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Start of the 2016 PWC in Brazil …read more

Source:: Niviuk

Icaro paragliders have a new pair of tandem harnesses on the market: the Loxia is for pilots, and the Batis for their passengers. They were designed to complement Icaro’s Parus tandem and to be used by commercial outfits to cope with rigorous use and different sizes of people. They come in Icaro’s bright, bold colours: blue for the […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine