Apco have updated their paraglider rucksack, making it larger, at 200 litres (plus 40) and lighter, and reshaping it to better fit pod harnesses. Apco say the new design is a longer and slimmer shape, to better suit pod harnesses, and it has an additional 40 litres of room available thanks to a zipped volume expander. The […] …read more
Paramotor Slalom World Championships
Jérémy Penone of France won the second FAI paramotor slalom world championship (solo footlaunch category) which closed on 5 July 2015 in Legnica, Poland. Wojciech Bogdal (PL) took the solo trikes title. The first three national teams were Poland, France and Spain. The eight-day event started 27 June, but was sadly marred by the death of the Lithuanian competitor Rolandas […] …read more
Icaro Apus hike-and-fly harness
Icaro have unveiled their new lightweight reversible hike-and-fly harness. The Apus is a seatboard-less design, with an airbag and a 3.5cm foam back protector. The back protection can be changed for a thicker version or removed entirely to save weight, and there is also a tough Lexan plate to protect from sharp objects. The harness comes with buckles […] …read more
Chrigel Maurer wins Red Bull X-Alps for fourth time
Chrigel Maurer has done it again, winning his fourth consecutive Red Bull X-Alps title. He stopped the clock at 8 days, 4 hours and 37 minutes when he arrived at Peille take-off above Monaco, on foot, at around 3pm on 13 July 2015. Though Chrigel had lead the race from the start, it was very close-fought this time around, with […] …read more
View from the Back: Bornes to Fly on a tandem
Cross Country’s Marcus and Charlie King entered this year’s Bornes to Fly weekend-warrior hike-and-fly race with a tandem wing. The race started in torrential rain from the shores of lake Annecy in May. As X-Alps competitors Stanislav Mayer and Eric Rehnfeldt, along with around 90 percent of the field, sprinted nimbly out of the start gate in the pouring rain and […] …read more
Twisted: Theo de Blic Interview
Ed Ewing interviews Théo de Blic, the 21-year-old French acro dude who invented the Twisted Infinite tumble. Théo flies 500 hours a year and last year he and his former mentor Horacio Llorens stood together on every podium in every acro competition they entered. His first paraglider flight was with his dad at the age of just two-and-a-half, with tandem […] …read more
Mont Blanc Paramotor tandem record
Twin brothers Anthony and Tim Green broke the altitude world record for tandem paramotoring in April, flying up to 5,066m above the summit of Mont Blanc on their Parajet / Vittorazi paramotors, running on biofuel. The record is for altitude not height gained, so they opted to start high but in order to meet the requirements for the official […] …read more
Into the Andes: South American adventure
Swiss pilots Thomas Rüesch and Ueli Neuenschwander found a place for a flying adventure where they could explore new places and fly over sites rarely seen from above. Flying in the Andes meant not only over-flying snowcapped 6,000m mountains, but salt flats, patchwork flatlands, tropical rainforests, volcanoes, trout-filled lakes and ancient Incan ruins. The pair started in Perus’s Sacred Valley near Cusco, then moved […] …read more
Dean Eldridge, 1965-2015
Ozone friend and legendary PPG pilot, Dean Eldridge, passed away after suffering injuries in a tragic paramotoring accident on July 7th. Dean was a skilled veteran and a dedicated educator in the PPG scene. Dean’s efforts to improve safety and education in the PPG world will be felt for a long time to come, and the flying community will suffer for his loss. We are deeply saddened by his passing, and our thoughts are with his family.
Dean’s accident occurred during figure-8 slalom flying. Sadly, there were no witnesses and there is no way to accurately determine the precise cause of the accident. The inherent dangers of slalom flying should give everyone pause for thought, but for now our deepest thoughts are for the passing of a legendary pilot and the loss to his family.
Source:: Ozone Paramotor
The King reencounters the queen
The King reencounters the queen …read more
Source:: Niviuk