Author: winguu

The lightweight version of Nova’s EN-B Mentor 5 is out now. It’s 25% lighter than the Mentor 5, with a small pack size. Nova say they see the Mentor 5 Light as an everyday wing, and offer it with the same three-year guarantee as the rest of their range, and the first-year Nova Protect warranty. […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

The R-Bus, a docile and powerful tandem wing. …read more

Source:: Niviuk

On the morning of August 8th, Austrian Alpinist, Hansjörg Auer embarked on an adventure with a few essentials: his small paraglider, a light paragliding harness, his climbing shoes, a jacket, a pair of thin gloves, a headband and his chalk bag. Hansjörg shares the story of his latest project, 3 big walls | 2 flights | 1 day | no rope:

“Already as a young kid I was fascinated about mountaineering in general. For the last 15 years I’m playing the game of free solo climbing and back in 2007 I took off with a paraglider for the first time. To combine those three elements within a day and to experience a different kind of physical and mental limit was something I was thinking about for a long time.

While searching for the right mountain range the Italian Dolomites were my first choice. Choosing then Marmolada, Piz Ciavazes and Sass dla Crusc for the climbs was pretty logical. It’s simply the faces where I always felt at ease. Equipment wise I used a 18L backpack, filled with my wing, a light paragliding harness, my climbing shoes, a jacket, a pair of thin gloves, a headband and my chalk bag. …read more

Source:: Ozone Paragliders

Olympic Wings offers an exclusive TANDEM paragliding course to pilots who wish to learn how to fly with passengers safely. The course will take place from 11. to 18. November 2017 at Mount Olympus in Greece. Tandem paragliding course points: Official maximized safety standards Technical and tactical flying of a tandem […] …read more

Source:: Paragliding Hellas

The Paragliding World Cup in Pico Do Gaviao, Brazil, starts tomorrow. The PWC reports:

“This is the first World Cup to be held at Pico Do Gaviao. Everyone here is really eager to try this new site, although due to its proximity to Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, it’s no secret to the Brazilian flying community.A lot of top Brazilian pilots are here, including four of the World’s big distance record holders. They are flying on their home turf looking for a Super Final place following the success of the 2016 Brazilian Super Final.

Looking through the competitor list, at least 40 pilots here are contenders for a Super Final place. They’re all desperate to get one of only 15 automatic selection places available from this competition.Ten pilots here who have already qualified for the Super Final, along with five previous World Cup winners in the line-up, reflect the extremely high pilot quality in this prestigious competition.

‘Often far flung legs are an easy way to get into the Super Final. That is so not going to be the case here, this is going to be a battle royal’, Ulric Jessop Paragliding World Cup Technical Delegate.

With a great forecast and similar topography …read more

Source:: Ozone Paragliders

Over 100 pilots from 11 countries participated in 7th FAI European Paramotor Championships from 16 till 26 of August in Breclav, Czech Republic.

In spite of bad weather during first days of the competition the organized manage to run 8 tasks such as speed and curve navigation, navigation with declared time, economy task and precision take of and landings.

OZONE Team pilots Alex Mateos finished in the 1st place winning again the title of European Champion. He won all from 7 tasks.

Alex Mateos reports:

“Competition started slow, because of bad weather so I knew that there was no time to run many tasks. I will have to focus not to make too many mistakes. I am happy to see that all the years of training still pay off! I used the same wing OZONE Viper 4 18 and motor Macfly Polini than last year World Championships in UK so I know it very well”

Congratulations from all OZONE Team.

Photos: Jose Ortega

Results: http://wiki.fai.org/display/cima/2017+EPC

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Source:: Ozone Paramotor

We all have big dreams in our youth. For some of us, these childhood visions are what drive us to reach the highest levels of our passion or discipline. Bicho Carrera is a young dreamer who, through hard work and consistency, has made his dreams come true. Bicho tells us about his latest win, and new World Champion Title.

“Everything started when I was 11, and my flying addiction took over. Since that beginning, my first flights, I had the vision and the dream to become World Champion.

Fast forward to 2016, when I competed in the Second Acro Paragliding World Cup in Annecy . Competitions were quite new for me, but in the end I finished fifth overall, competing against the best pilots on the planet. This was a good reminder that I wasn’t far to reach that flying dream.

This year, I joined forces with another dreamer with the same goal, Rafael Goberna, from Brazil, who became my partner in the Synchro World Acro tour. In the first stop of the year we finished second – it was my first year competing in the synchro category, a new challenge, a new modality, and a lot of pressure, …read more

Source:: Ozone Paragliders

Decent weather at the Ozone Chabre Open saw five tasks flown in Laragne, France. The 12th instalment of the comp saw tasks of 30, 50, 80, 62 and 45km – and was won by Brit Martin Long on an Ozone Delta 2. We have the full report in the September 2017 issue. See what else […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

‘I’ve sometimes been slow to recommend my favourite wing, the Aspen, knowing it may be too much. ‘But this really is the best Aspen I’ve flown – and did I mention she’s beautiful, too?’ Brian Steele flies the new Aspen 6 and discovers it’s a case of once bitten, forever smitten with Gradient’s ENC XC […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine