Author: winguu

The second stop of the PWC in Nis, Serbia came to an end on Saturday. OZONE Team pilot, Yassen Savov, reports:

“We had a good week of racing in Nis. First two days saw no one in goal, with the first group waiting for retrieve at random patches of doom and gloom mid-course, looking up scanning the sky for hours, hoping not too many of those cheeky late-comers go too much further, killing the points. Then next two days weather was proper good and lots of us made it to goal, me winning both days at good speed. Finally, the last day wind was close to the limit, but conditions in the air proved good enough to blast to the end of that task as well, with the meet director stopping it only after the first ones made it to goal.
At the end it was French World Cup veteran Stéphane Drouin (Enzo 3) who was smooth and consistent enough to get the overall win, beating me (Enzo 3) by one point, and Arnaud Baumy by a few more. With the women, it was the Japanese who dominated the podium, Atsuko Yamashita (Zeno) and Yuki Sato …read more

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The Spanish Nationals in Pedro Bernardo have come to a close after four tasks. OZONE Team Pilot, Xevi Bonet, took first overall. In his words:

“After three amazing competitions already celebrated this year in Pedro Bernardo, our expectations for the Spanish Nationals were high and the comp filled up quite fast, with a total of 150 pilots.
The first two tasks, 63 and 79km, we flew on the flats avoiding the stability in the mountains. We had many people in goal and not much difference in the final times.
After two days “off” due to instability, we flew the best task of the event: 163k with goal in Penafiel (Valladolid). The beginning was difficult with low cloud base, but as soon as we arrived to La Meseta de Avila the ceiling got higher and the conditions improved. We made it to goal around 5pm with an average speed of 50 km/h, a super day.
There were just two days left with strong wind in the forecast. The first day was canceled but the last day of the comp we managed to finish a complicated 52k task on the flats.

I am pretty happy to win, one more time, the Spanish Championship and, to …read more

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Subscribe to Cross Country Magazine before 15 July 2017 and be in with a chance of winning a free Skywalk Range X-Alps 2 harness, an Icaro Nerv helmet or a GoPro Session in our unique subscribers’ draw. To celebrate an action-packed month of paragliding competition and racing, we’re running a special Cross Country Magazine Subscribers’ […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Gavin McClurg and Team USA1 have put the fun back into paragliding with the bumper sticker to end all bumper stickers. Like everything from ‘over there that comes over here’ to Europe, it’s bigger, brasher and bolder than anything any spaghetti-legged European could conjure up. “We want to send a clear and present message, without […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Aaron Durogati and Sebastian Huber proved they are the athletes to watch on the ground as they took a joint win at the Leatherman Prologue, which marks the start of the eighth edition of the Red Bull X-Alps. The pair crossed the finish line in just under two hours after a very fast ascent and […] …read more

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RSD, a new flight experience …read more

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Nick Neynens full stalls his brand new Ozone Z-Alps during training for the Red Bull X-Alps 2017 …read more

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Chi-Kyong Ha from South Korea has withdrawn from the Red Bull X-Alps before it has even started, citing financial reasons. The 42 year old pilot, known as Hachi in competition circles, had completed the X-Alps before – coming 14th in 2015. A Gin Gliders test pilot, he recently came first in the South Korean Nationals, […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Hello to the athletes in the Red Bull X-Alps 2017 – some well known faces, some new guys. Starts 2 July, with the Prologue on 29 June 2017. More at www.redbullxalps.com …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Stéphane Drouin (FR) won the Serbia round of the 2017 PWC, just one point ahead of Yassen Savov (BG). Atsuko Yamashita of Japan was the women’s winner, and team Ozone the top team. The event was held in Niš from 17-24 June 2017, and five tasks contributed to the overall score. They were: 69.2km (no-one […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine