Ozone Pilots Sweep UK Open, 7/10 Flying EnZo

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Ozone Pilots Sweep UK Open, 7/10 Flying EnZo
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Our very own Russ Ogden has just won the British Championships / Open, sharing the podium with fellow team pilots Claudio Virgilo and Mark Watts. The top 5 places were all EnZo pilots, with Adam Hill and Ronny Geijsen in 4th and 5th, respectively. In total, 7 out of the top 10 places were EnZo pilots! Congrats also to Kirsty Cameron, who took 2nd flying her Ozone Delta 2.

Full results can be seem here.
Russ reported that 3 tasks were flown in excellent conditions, and it was a great event all around.

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Source: Ozone Paragliders

The AcroJam Paragliding World Cup in Obertraun was a great success

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The AcroJam Paragliding World Cup in Obertraun was a great success

The weather was excellent for the Acro Paragliding World Cup competition and the small Dachstein village of Obertraun became a mecca for the world’s finest Acro Pilots.

Altogether 40 competitors from 12 different nations took off from the Krippenstein mountain to perform three competitive flights for Solo and Synchro paragliding. The standard of competition was higher than ever before. Thanks to the excellent weather, all of the AcroJam events were able to take place according to the schedule.

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Source: Just Acro

Official Statement by the Aerobatic Subcommittee concerning the 2013 APWC final overall rankings

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During its first 2 years of existence, the new “Evolution” competition format continuosly needed to be adapted and improved. Due to the lack of other occasions, this tuning was done during the APWC competition season. This was necessary in order to be prepared for a possible jump in quality of acro paragliding competitions in the near future.

The majority of the changes were suggested and requested by pilots. All changes have been discussed and implemented after agreement between the judges and the pilots’ committee.

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Source: Just Acro

Powered Paraglider Financing Now Available With BlackHawk Paramotors!

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BlackHawk Paramotors has teamed up with Wells Fargo Bank to offer financing on the purchase of Powered Paragliding equipment! This is an industry first and will allow many people the opportunity to fly much sooner than they anticipated. Standard credit checks and bank approval apply. For more information, please contact BlackHawk by visiting: http://blackhawkparamotor.com/contact/

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Source: US Paramotor News

BlackHawk Heads to The Jungles of Costa Rica!

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BlackHawk Paramotors USA was contacted by a major television network to travel to Costa Rica to take part in an amazing documentary experience. Ex-Special Forces personnel from New Zealand, the UK, and the USA were flown to Costa Rica to take part in a very exotic Powered Paragliding training adventure. This involved days of travel by bus, boat, and plane, to reach the very secluded, and ideal, “training base camp.” The ever-famous 4-stroke BlackHawk HellCat 360 Paramotor was shipped from California to a tiny remote airstrip to be featured in the documentary and for facilitating instruction. Once the machine was assembled, BlackHawk owner Mike Robinson, …read more

Source: US Paramotor News

$300 Video Contest With BlackHawk Paramotors!

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Want to get $300 credit towards the purchase of your next wing or motor? BlackHawk Paramotors is announcing their “Fly-Film” contest! We have some amazing pilots and dealers in our vast network and want to help them get more exposure. Simply send us your best video of you flying our gear. We suggest uploading the video to Youtube and sending us the link. Make sure the video is edited well and does not contain any copy-written material. We will select several videos and put them to a vote on the “Paramotor” Facebook group. Whoever makes the best video will win …read more

Source: US Paramotor News

BlackHawk Ranch Paramotor Fall Fly-In 2013:

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What better way to celebrate the changing of the seasons than to get together with friends and fly! At the request of many, and due to the success of BlackHawk’s April Fly-In, we will be hosting another family-friendly event September 26th-29th. We hope to see all the familiar faces and amazing people that have continued to make BlackHawk’s Fly-Ins an amazing experience for all involved. This event will be held at the BlackHawk Ranch at 8591 Hogan Dam Road, in Valley Springs Ca. Registration for pilots is only $45 and will include the banquet dinner. As usual, spectators are free to …read more

Source: US Paramotor News

Airventure 2013 a Total Success!

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Team BlackHawk traveled thousands of miles to Oshkosh Wisconsin for the EAA 2013 Airventure aviation supershow. Thousands of the half-million attendees stopped by the BlackHawk Paramotor booth throughout the event to check out BlackHawk’s Powered Paragliding Equipment. Most people had never seen a Powered Paraglider before and were thrilled at the thought of owning their own personal flying machine for under $7,000. “This was an amazing opportunity to promote our sport to people who are fans of aviation. My voice was gone by the end of each day from talking to people. Our team had a blast out there and …read more

Source: US Paramotor News