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Congratulations to Ozone Team Pilot, Ulrich Prinz, who demonstrated great skill and determination to finish 2nd overall at the PWC Val Louron, in France. 4 tasks were flown ranging from around 50 to 100km and the field was, as usual, highly competitive. Fellow teammate, Julien Wirtz, finished 5th, with Jaques Fournier and Michael Witschi joining them in the top 10. A video and some more info can be found here, and full results are here.

Cheers from all the Team, and thanks for your continued support!

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So far this week 3 fun tasks have been held at the Ozone Chabre Open, with a large number of “personal bests” amongst the pilots in the event. The mission of the Ozone Chabre Open is to create a fun and friendly environment for intermediate pilots to learn about XC competition. Tasks are created to be challenging but fun, and to hopefully bring around 50% of the pilots to goal. So far this year around 40 pilots have “made goal” for the first time in their careers. On the 2nd day a 50km task was set (that’s about the same

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Marcus King reports from the sweltering heat and blue skies of the British Paragliding Open in Manteigas, Portugal.

Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Super Paragliding Testival Kössen 2013

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PWC Val Louron, podium in all categories

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Andy Pag who reported from the Rat Race was on launch when Gin and his team were test flying their new EN C glider, the Carerra.

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The countdown for the Red Bull X-Alps

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Last day at the Rat Race and the final podcast from Andy Pag is packed.

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On the penultimate day of the Rat Race in Oregon, Andy Pag talks to Swiss pilot Michael Sigel about beating the Americans on their home turf and finds out all about the Boomerang 9. Plus Nick Greece, Josh Cohn, Marty DeVietti, Eric Reed and Kari Castle

Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine