In the northern hemisphere, as we descend into winter and the atmosphere rests cold and stable, it’s the perfect season to hike up and fly down from Alpine peaks. Our Swiss Distributor, Birdwing, recently held a dealer meeting with a handful of the schools they support in Switzerland.
Birdwing has ordered an extensive range of demo […]
Source: Ozone Paragliders
Davis Straub to be Meet Director at Hang Gliding World Championships
‘The Oz Report’ is to be meet director at the Hang Gliding World Championships in Forbes, Australia, in January 2013.
Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine
Collapsible water bottle designed to save waste
Ohyo is a new collapsible water bottle that be folded up and stowed in a rucksack or put in your pocket.
Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine
Niviuk posts harness manual videos
Niviuk have released videos to support their range of harnesses.
Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine
Raul Rodriguez and Nova split – Stay friends
Raul Rodriguez and Nova have ended their working relationship over RR Acrowings. In a statement headed ‘Friends Split Up’ issued by Nova last week Nova’s CEO Wolfi Lechner said the split was genuinely without bad feeling.
Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine
Podcast: Judith Mole on marshalls and competition paragliding
Judith Mole has released a new podcast. It’s on those often overlooked heroes of the competition world, the marshalls.
Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine
NIVIUK HARNESSES – New user’s manuals
NIVIUK HARNESSES – New user’s manuals
Source: Niviuk
In issue 144: How to Clouds and Flying
One minute you’re climbing in a sunny thermal, singing your favourite Madonna song out loud – who can hear after all? – and then the next: Bam! You’re in the wispies and in danger of being sucked in to the white room. Our masterclass can help
Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine
In issue 144: Paraglider review: Blacklight, EN B
Performance in the EN B class is “pretty exciting” at the moment according to Pat Dower, who took U-Turn’s Blacklight (EN B) to the Alps this year.
Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine
In issue 144: Paraglider review: Air Design Volt, EN C
Hugh Miller is like a kid in a sweetshop when he gets his hands on Air Design’s Volt, the EN C glider pitched at experienced XC pilots.
Source: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine