This latest summit video from Chamonix local Fred Souchon takes us on a tour of the mountain
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Watch: Top landing Mont Blanc
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Win a paraglider in the Cross Country summer draw 2019
One lucky subscriber to Cross Country Magazine will win the paraglider or paramotor wing of their choice in our Summer Prize Draw 2019…
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FELIX WINS AT HOME
After winning the first stop of the Spanish League in Algodonales, Ozone team pilot Felix Rodriguez continues to dominate the national league by winning the second event in his home state, Castilla de La Mancha.
He reports:
Caudete is the last town between Castilla de La Mancha and Valencia. It is located in the beginning of the main plato of La Mancha. It is the first time that the Spanish league has been held in this area, even though this zone offers a massive potential for XC flying.
We flew 4 out of 4 days of competition, with great conditions and high cloud base. Actually we had to be careful and avoid to pass the maximum altitude restriction.
I led the comp from the 2nd day only a few points ahead of Mika and Wilfred. On day three Wilfred won the task, but received a penalty for breaking the max altitude. The last day was a fast task of 60 km in which the lead gaggle pushed bar 15 km from goal barely making it to final line. In the end I won the task to get the final points to win the comp. It was an honor to win …read more
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Top-landing Mont Blanc banned after record day
Top-landing Mont Blanc has been banned followed a mass landing on Wednesday 26 June
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Brigitte Kurbel: 268km triangle record
Brigitte Kurbel has extended the women’s paragliding world triangle record to 268km, with a flight from Grente, Italy on 24 June 2019
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OZONE CHABRE OPEN 2019
The 14th Ozone Chabre Open has begun!
Task setting, briefings and de-briefings are being led by the inimitable Jocky Sanderson. Jocky’s skill and experience in cross country flying, SIV, safety and training, his enthusiasm to help pilots improve and his animated briefings and de-briefings truly make the competition the best learning environment for any budding competition pilot and even for experienced XC pilots. Plus, he provides great entertainment for everybody.
The Ozone Chabre Open has always been a Serial Class event. This year the organization is going one stage further, restricting the competition to Sport Class and below. No EN-D class gliders allowed! Pilots will still be scored by class. There will be prizes for winners in each glider category: Fun, Recreation, and Sport, determined by aspect ratio and certification, plus prizes for the girlies and rookies.
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Photos Courtesy of Martijn van Dijk
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THE X-ALPS 2019 HAS COME TO AN END
The world’s toughest adventure race has come to an end.
From the 9000m of vertical ascent athletes completed in Switzerland, to the long-distance flights across the main spine of the Alps, the 2019 edition was, once again, a level up.
Maxime Pinot (France-2nd), Manuel Nübel (Germany-5th) and Gaspard Petiot (France-7th) made it to the raft in Monaco on the Ozone Zeolite. Impressively, Chrigel Maurer took the overall win again.
Congrats to all the athletes that participated in this amazing race.
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Photos Courtesy of Red Bull X-Alps
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Top-landing Mont Blanc banned after record day
Top-landing Mont Blanc has been banned followed a mass landing on Wednesday 26 June
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PWC PORTUGAL 2019
The Paragliding World Cup in Manteigas, Portugal will take place from the 29th of June to the 6th of July 2019.
Serra da Estrela is one of the Paragliding World Cup’s favourite mountain ranges having held competitions there in 2005, 2010, 2014 and 2016.
Take off is on the east side of the Serra da Estrela mountain range but the tasks will be, for the most part, over rolling hills, with a dry, arable landscape giving plentiful thermals.
Serra da Estrela is well known for its 100km+ tasks. It can often be quite windy so the tasks are frequently fast and furious with a long downwind component and a remote goal.
Many of the pilots taking part this time have already got a proven track record of flying well having come in the top ten here in the past.
The level of pilot is going to be one of the highest in the 2019 World Cup circuit. 9 pilots have got AA letters and 9 have already won a World Cup. Podium places are going to be very hard to win.
The best in the World are coming from all over the World with 125 pilots taking part from 25 different countries; from as far …read more
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Red Bull X-Alps 2019: It’s all over!
Its all over for the Red Bull X-Alps 2019 – the clock stopped at midday on Thursday 27 June, with ten pilots having made it to Peille
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