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Luc Armant reports that the Italian Open had 6 tasks in a row with an amazing organization in beautiful country with a great atmosphere between pilots. The comp took place at the Monte Avena flying site, which is located in south-west of the Dolomites mountain range in the Italian Alps. This Pre World Cup event is held together with the Guarnieri International Trophy competition, which has been held annually since 1984!

The overall results saw Charles Cazaux, Maxime Pinot, and Marco Littame on the podium in that order, along with 8 of the top 10 on Enzo 2s.

The Women’s podium was also swept with Enzo 2s by Seiko Fukuoka Naville, Silvia Buzzi Ferraris, and Klaudia Bulgakow respectively.

Congrats to all the pilots from the Ozone Team!

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Source:: Ozone Paragliders

The Kangaroo 4 is Sol’s latest LTF/EN-C high-performance tandem paraglider. Sol pride themselves on their Kangaroo models having set numerous world records throughout the generations, and they hope the fourth incarnation will be no different. A three-riser design with an aspect ratio of 6.25, the wing is supported with battens, trailing edge mini-ribs and double V-tabs. The 32m2 […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Fly Piedrahita are creating a range of comic paragliding T-shirts for 2015, designed by skygod and Sky Junkies illustrator, Steve Ham. They will try to capture some of the fun of the cartoon style shirts we produced for the PWCs we ran in the 1990s. You can see more of the T-shirt designs at Flypiedrahita.com, […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

If we told you there was a place beyond the pass with crystal blue skies and base at 7,000m you’d sell your grandmother to go there, wouldn’t you? Manu Beno, Andrej Durana and Martin Gaborik went there last year to try to set their own personal height records, camping at close to 4,000m and flying […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

The Canary Islands lie off the coast of Africa, 100km west of Morocco. This Spanish archipelago is one of the most far-flung reaches of the European Union, and made up of seven unique islands. From largest to smallest they are Tenerife, Fuertaventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera and little El Hierro. Beaches, nightlife […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Francois Ragolski and Martin Schrike wanted to fly 1,000km along the coast of Chile. They nearly made it. By Jessica Bown Iquique in Chile is a paragliding paradise that attracts thousands of pilots every year, but while the airspace between Iquique and Antofagasta is well known and well flown, the arid stretch of land south […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Some of the oldest heads in our sports started at the youngest age. Whether going tandem with mum or dad, ground handling a paraglider in field, or playing with model planes on a hillside, getting in early has lots of benefits. Children learn quickly, they absorb everything, and they are keen to advance. However, the […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

“There is nothing particularly special about most of the official launches in the Alps,” writes Jon Chambers in the latest issue of Cross Country magazine. He should know, he’s crossed them twice as part of the Red Bull X-Alps. “In fact, the one unifying criteria they all fulfil is the fact that they all have […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Why would you want a lightweight paramotor wing? That’s the first question Marcus King asked Ozone’s Emilia Plak when they went paramotoring together in Spain. The new Ozone Sirocco is being marketed as the first lightweight full-reflex paramotor wing, but with a 25kg engine on your back, does a weight saving wing really matter? Yes, […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

We all know that you don’t need a top-end glider to give you a top-end flight. In fact, the opposite can often be the case: put an inexperienced pilot on a high performing wing and they won’t necessarily have a good time or go very far. So when last year Skywalk boss Armin Harich flew […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine