The first WorldCup of 2015 season in Baixo Guandu, Brazil, saw incredible conditions with 7 tasks flown. Ozone Enzo 2 pilots Marco Littame and Allly Palencia took first and second overall respectively, while the women’s podium was swept by Ozone pilots Klaudia Bulgakow, Yayoi Ito, and Nao Takada.
Klaudia had this to say about the comp:
Great weather conditions during Paragliding World Cup in Baixo Guandu permitted to fly everyday. So pilots voted on not using the 6 task rule – after six task event is suposed to finish. First time in history there were 7 task flown.
Opposite to previous World Cup which was held here 2 years ago, air was dry, cloud base high and thermals strong.
Some days there were clouds some days blue thermik days. Apart of that some times the task line was in shade, some time there were strong thermals and just some km away weak. What made racing more various. It was important to adapt flying style all the time.
Task comity did great job on setting interesting and challenging task all around flying area. What made competing level very high.
For me it was nice to see some former top pilots, like Raul Penso, Rafael Saladini, Rodrigo Montero …read more
Source:: Ozone Paragliders