New Niviuk Down Jacket …read more
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Ozone Pilots Sweep 2015 PWC Superfinal
We’d like to send a huge congrats to Stephan and Seiko for winning the Superfinal in Mexico, and also to all of the many Ozone pilots who competed and filled the top of the rankings. Despite the poor weather at the start of the competition that forced cancellation at the first two days of The Superfinal, Valle de Bravo delivered eight excellent tasks in strong thermic conditions.
Stephan Wyss dominated the leaderboard with an excellent display of flying, winning four of the tasks to take the title ahead of Julien Wirtz (2nd) and Luca Donini (3rd) and the rest of the world’s best pilots. Ozone featured strongly on the leaderboard with the first 5 places and the vast majority of the top 20 all flying Enzo 2’s.
Seiko took the female title ahead of Laurie Genoves (2nd) and Emmanuelle Zuffery (3rd) beating (as usual) most of the men on the way, making for an outstanding 2015 season for Seiko who won the women’s class in the Paragliding World Championships in Colombia and set the new women’s paragliding world record in Australia in December.
We are also very proud of our R&D team, Honorin Hamard, Luc Armant, and Russell Ogden along with Seiko, …read more
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Jean Baptiste Chandelier flies in for coffee…
Jean Baptiste Chandelier flies in for coffee in his home resort of Serre Chevalier, France …read more
Emanuelle Zufferey grabbed third place in the PWC 2015 Super Final
Emanuelle Zufferey grabbed third place in the PWC 2015 Super Final …read more
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‘Desanctioned’ comps to stand, says CIVL
CIVL has released a statement about ‘desanctioned’ competitions. It reads in full: Dear Delegates and Friends, 2015 and 2016 have seen a number of Category 2 competitions appearing on the FAI calendar and then disappearing, sometimes just before the competition takes part, because they are ‘de-sanctioned’ on the request of the organizing NAC or by […] …read more
Stefan Wyss cleans up at Superfinal in Mexico
Switzerland’s Stefan Wyss won the Paragliding World Cup Superfinal 2015 in Valle de Bravo, Mexico after a competition that saw eight good tasks. Stefan won four of those eight tasks, stamping his authority across the competition. Julien Wirtz (FR) was second overall and Luca Donini (IT) was third. Seiko Fukuoka Naville (FR) won the women’s […] …read more
New edition of Las Candelas
New edition of Las Candelas …read more
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Olympic Wings team flying together
Source:: Paragliding Hellas
Open FAI II Roldanillo, Columbia results
After a perfect 7 task run, the Open FAI II comp in Roldanillo, Columbia has come to a close. The conditions couldn’t have been better with most tasks around 70km and one nearly straight task of 92.2km.
The Open podium consisted of Brad Gunnuscio, Bernardo Medina Sastre, Julian Andres Carreno Colonia in that order, all flying Enzo 2s. The Columbia Open National competition finished with Bernardo Medina Sastre, Julian Andres Carreno Colonia, and Carlos Andres Hernandez C. on the podium with the top 5 finishers all flying Enzo 2s as well.
There is a blog of the daily tasks with photos, and the full final results available on Airtribune.
Congrats to all the pilots and cheers from all the team!
Source:: Ozone Paragliders
Podcast: Paul Guschlbauer talks to Gavin McClurg
Paul Guschlbauer competed in his first Red Bull X-Alps in 2011 with only 5 years of flying under his belt. In his own words his skills were far inferior to most of the other pilots in the race, but fitness and determination and creativity saw this incredible athlete realize a remarkable 3rd place podium finish. […] …read more