Moyes write: We are celebrating Bill Moyes’s historic first flight in a kite 50 years ago this December. We are working together with Tony Ritter on a memento docu-tribute film for Bill. So we need your videos from around the world – showing the number ’50’ in a creative way in a group, with your […] …read more
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Need a ride to launch? Easy Paragliding
Need a ride to launch, or looking for flying mates in a new area? A new website will help you do just that all across Europe. “Easy Paragliding is a way to connect with the different communities and to make existing services more visible to pilots,” says co-founder Sonza Reorda. Visit: www.easyparagliding.com …read more
Naviter and Flytec ‘bundle strengths’ in tech takeover
Naviter have bought Flytec. In a statement released to coincide with the international free-flight festival the Coupe Icare, which is this coming weekend, Flytec said the deal will “guarantee” the Flytce range will continue to be developed. The email statement says: Flytec, the oldest brand of varios for paragliding and hang glider pilots, and Naviter, […] …read more
Mongolians pay tribute to Steve Nash
Friends and supporters of Steve Nash, the British paraglider pilot who was killed in Mongolia last month, held a candlelit vigil in his memory on Sunday 18 September. Baika Puntsag, a journalist based in capital Ulaanbaatar, said in an email that local mountaineers, athletes, expats and citizens gathered at the National Park of Ulaanbaatar to […] …read more
Swiss Team win Red Bull Elements 2016
Swiss Team, with Chrigel Maurer as their paraglider pilot and olympic rower Simon Niepmann on the oars, won the 2016 Red Bull Elements multi-sport adventure race on 17 September. This year’s four-discipline relay race was battled out by 58 teams in grey and rainy conditions, with some of the events, most notably paragliding, having their courses altered for safety […] …read more
Steve Nash Funeral Arrangements: 28 Sept 2016
Friends of Steve Nash who wish to attend his funeral should note these details, which have been given to us by his wife Shirley with a request that we publish them here, so his many friends can join her in marking and celebrating Steve’s life. Funeral Arrangements for Steve Nash Date: 28th September 2016 Address: […] …read more
R-Bus, the great traveller
R-Bus, the great traveller …read more
Source:: Niviuk
‘It has the feeling of a true all-rounder’
‘It has the feeling of a true all-rounder’ …read more
Source:: Niviuk
Paragliding across Canada
Paragliding across the entire span of Canada’s Southwestern Mountain ranges this summer, OZONE’s Benjamin Jordan discovered that impossible is sometimes just a code-word for fun.
His adventure, “From Pacific to Prairie” took the 35-year old filmmaker from glacial peak to high desert to rocky mountains, landing high when possible and near villages to re-stock supplies when needed.
Solo and unsupported, Jordan took his time, walking only when necessary and spending time on-summit for up to one week during bouts of temperamental Canadian weather. Though often in solitude, hikers would occasionally find the pilot playing ukulele, waiting out stability or strong winds, and ask how many days had passed or how much distance he’d covered. “They thought I was being an a**hole” he said “because I had no clue. But it didn’t matter to me, and, if I was looking at those numbers I probably would have gone crazy!”
In the end it took him 39 days to cover 1000 km, much of which had not previously been flown. The first 100 km of the journey was made on foot as Jordan marched away from the stabilizing effects of the Pacific sea breeze. Once nestled in the mountains, things came together and, despite having …read more
Source:: Ozone Paragliders
Bi Skin 2 P, tandem from Les Grand Jorasses
Bi Skin 2 P, tandem from Les Grand Jorasses …read more
Source:: Niviuk