It’s been hell so far, with rain, wind, cold and tarmac. On the third day the weather turned on and pilots got to fly. Three minutes of action from Day 3 of the Red Bull X-Alps 2017 …read more
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FAI Paragliding World Championship 2017
The 2017 Worlds in Italy, has begun!
Monte Avena, situated in the south-west of the Dolomites mountain range is the main stage for the FAI World Paragliding Championship 2017, this is the first time that Italy hosts this event.
Yesterday the organizers decided to move the first task to Bassano due to the weather, where they had great conditions for a 77,8km task. The winners of the day were Pierre Remy from France and Silvia Buzzi Ferraris from Italy, both flying Enzo 3s.
Today’s task is a 95 km Race to Goal, conditions have improved and the pilots will be taking off from the official launch in Monte Avena.
For results and live tracking, click here
Good luck to all the pilots!
Source:: Ozone Paragliders
Red Bull X-Alps 2017: 3D Live Tracking is here!
3D live tracking is now available for the Red Bull X-Alps 2017 using Google Earth Pro. The event’s organisers have released the above videos explaining how to get it working, and the instructions below: Visit https://www.google.com/intl/en/earth/desktop/ and download Google Earth Pro. There are free versions for Windows PC, Mac and Linux. Important note: The Google Earth version available […] …read more
Red Bull X-Alps 2017: Day Two clip
Day Two at the Red Bull X-Alps 2017 saw strong wind and turbulent conditions. Chrigel Maurer pulled ahead and tagged Turnpoint 2, while Antoine Girard had a bad take-off and injured himself – he’s out of the race. Aaron Durogati is limping and in pain – but determined to fly as much of the route […] …read more
Red Bull X-Alps 2017
Red Bull X-Alps, the world’s toughest adventure race has returned for its eighth edition. Starting in Salzburg, 31 Athletes of 20 nationalities are racing a straight-line distance of 1,138km across the Alps to Monaco via 7 turnpoints in 7 different countries, including a turnpoint in Slovenia for the first time in Red Bull X-Alps history.
Over the years, the race has attracted some of the world’s top adventurers and has pushed them to their limits. It demands not only expert paragliding skills but extreme endurance, as some athletes will hike over 100km a day and gain 1000’s of meters in altitude while flying.
Some of the pilots are flying our new Z-Alps, an ultralite high-performance wing for the most experienced vol-biv adventurers. We wish them well on this fantastic adventure.
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Source:: Ozone Paragliders
Gripping race overshadowed by live tracking problems
Day two of the Red Bull X-Alps started slowly but delivered a nail-biting race that saw four-time winner Chrigel Maurer rise from 22nd place at the start of the day to end with a commanding lead over race hero, Romanian Toma Coconea. Technical problems, however, meant that many passionate fans were unable to follow the […] …read more
Red Bull X-Alps 2017: Chrigel Maurer’s One Right Move
Chrigel Maurer has done it again, pulling ahead of the pack and setting a blistering pace during his fifth Red Bull X-Alps. Editor Ed Ewing talked to him after the Chrigel had landed on Day Two “The flying was amazing,” Chrigel Maurer said after he had landed today. Following a quick meal he was on […] …read more
Guy Anderson sets new UK triangle record
On Monday the 19th June, Guy Anderson set a new 127km UK record triangle from the XClent tow site in the Cotswolds, under his ZENO. Wayne Seeley reports:
“Whilst Theo and Lawrie were busy breaking the declared tandem record further north the lads from XClent were attempting to break the uk triangle record (105km) but sadly we failed, Graham Steel landing 5km short after a 7+ hr flight .
Luckily the forecast for the following day (Monday 19th) looked even better with light winds and a possible 2000m cloudbase. The current record stood at 105km and we decided to attempt a 122km FAI. By 1pm had all climbed away from the tow field and soon we were a group of Zeno’s pushing NW towards our turnpoint 40km away, this was pretty straightforward but we lost Richard Osbourne on this leg (he carried on to fly over 100km of the course) .
The 2nd leg pushing east went well, the wind was light, we had good clouds and good climbs to 5500ft and myself, Graham Steel and Guy Anderson pushed on as time was running out and we still had a lot of ground to cover .
Turning tp2 the day was slowing …read more
Source:: Ozone Paragliders
The World’s Toughest Adventure Race Just Got Tougher
It’s raining continuously. Thick clouds envelop the mountains. Normal pilots would not even consider leaving the house on such a day. For the 31 teams in the Red Bull X-Alps, they’re not just leaving the house, they’re hoisting 8kg bags for what is going to 1,138km of gruelling adventure. The new route – the full […] …read more
Red Bull X-Alps 2017: Chrigel Maurer and Tobias Dimmler
Chrigel Maurer is going for his fifth Red Bull X-Alps win in a row with a new team and a new supporter, Tobias Dimmler. Plus there’s a meteo crew in the ‘back office’ and even a ‘hiking team’ to work out the best routes on the road. He’s playing it cool – and he’s been suffering […] …read more