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The 9th edition of the Ozone Chabre Open has come to a close. During the comp there were three fun tasks, with a lot of pilots in goal including nearly 20 “goal virgins” and some personal best XC flights as well. The Chabre has become famous in the paragliding world by now, due mainly to the incredibly efficient organization by the Chabre Vol Libre team.The Chabre is not just a paragliding competition – it is an XC Coaching week, a how-to-fly-competition-week, a week of parties and gatherings amongst pilots from all over the world, and generally an event at which …read more

Source: Ozone Paragliders

New from Icaro, is the EN C Maverick 3. Designed using new software it has a whole new profile, line geometry and tension compared to the Maverick 2. The three-liner Maverick 3 now sports trailing edge and nose rods and a lighter construction, because “a lighter glider is also a more agile glider”. The team […] …read more

Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

AcroAria 2014, Bravo Eliot! …read more

Source: Niviuk

Luc Armant flew 463km in Texas last week, on 2 July 2014 – the second longest paraglider flight ever flown. He was flying as part of an Ozone Team record encampment. Towing out of Hebronville in the south of the state the pilots had hoped to break the open distance world record of 502km. Poor weather […] …read more

Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

The Ozone Team have now left Texas with the R&D Team returning to France and Charles and Seiko headed to Chelan to fly XC in the US Nationals. The team had a short window for their visit and only three flyable days. In those three consecutive days, they managed to get a lot done!

Nick Greece reports:
“The Texas encampment was an experience of a lifetime in many ways. We logged six 400+km flights and all together we flew over 4500km in three days. Bill Belcourt flew over 1000 km in three days! Luc Armant completed the 2nd …read more