Our long-time friend and Cross Country Contributing Editor James “Kiwi” Johnston has just left Quixada, Brazil, reporting on OZONE Team Pilot’s Nick Greece and Josh Cohn hunt for a Declared-Goal record on their new OZONE Zeno’s. Permanently affected by both the beauty of the Brazilian desert and the hospitality of its inhabitants, “Kiwi” offers us a quick taste of record-hunting season at the world’s most famous cross-country site.
“November is record-breaking month in the State of Ceara, Brazil, and so I jumped at the opportunity to tag along to Quixada for 10 days with two former U.S. National Champions, Josh Cohn and Nick Greece to join the small contingent of world-class XC pilots who were gathering there in hope of flights over 400km.
True to form, the 1st and the 3rd of November had produced exceptional conditions, with the Brazilian pilot Leandro Pauda setting a new site record of 483 km on an Enzo 2, and Jose Rebelo, part of a trio of talented Portuguese pilots who took full advantage of the conditions, logging a flight of 471 km on his Enzo 2.
Source:: Ozone Paragliders