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The British Open in Roldanillo, Colombia, has come to a close.

After five valid tasks, it was local pilot Juan Sebastian Ospina flying for the UK who took the win. In second place was Polish pilot Michal Gierlach followed by the British Martin Long in third. All flying Enzo 3s.

British pilot, Kirsty Cameron won the women’s category followed by Adel Honti from Hungary and Johanna Hamne from Sweden in third. All flying Zenos.

Winner of the event, Juan Sebastian Ospina shares:

“Very thrilled to have won the British Winter Open after 5 amazing races in varied conditions and the precence of really strong pilots.
It was very special for me to prove myself against some of the best pilots from my two nations, Colombia and Great Britain and to see everyone so joyous to see me up in that podium.
The best of all was the overwhelming support of my friends, family and my wife”

Nine out of the top 10 pilots flew Enzo 3s.

For full results click here.

Congrats and cheers from all the Ozone Team.

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MARIE MATEOS JOINS OZONE TEAM

OZONE is excited to announce that Female World Paramotor Champion and European Vice Champion (overall) Marie Mateos has joined our team.

Marie is 27 years young, from France, and has been flying paramotors since 2011. She participated in her first competition in 2014 flying the Speedster 22m in regional championships. After competing in the French Championships she qualified for the French National Team in 2015 and participated in her first international competition flying the Slalom 16m at the World Slalom Championships.

Marie is known as an extremely focused, hardworking, and talented pilot.

Her results so far:

World Female Champion 2016, 5th overall
1rst Female at World Championship 2018, 5th overall
French Female Champion
French Vice-Champion (overall)
Vice European Champion (overall) 2017

Marie says: “I am very happy to join the Ozone Team. I already use Ozone wings especially the Roadster 2 with my students, so I know that Ozone offers high quality all range of wings, from school to competition. I tried the Viper 4 and my first impressions are very good, I’m impatient to use it in the next competition! My next goal is World Slalom Championship in Egypt, in October!”

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Icarus Trophy is a known as the World’s Toughest Air Race where paramotor pilots fly long distance unsupported. This is a near 1000 mile adventure air race where pilots fly across some of the most challenging terrain on the planet.

The Icarus Trophy this year was about 1200 km and included crossing two international borders, from South Africa to Botswana and then from Botswana to Zimbabwe. The Race started just north of Johannesburg and finished at Vic Falls in Zimbabwe.

South African pilot Alard Hufner won the race flying Speedster 28.

Alard reports: “I had a great time! What a fun adventure! As the race was held in winter the flying conditions were pretty good. Cold mornings and manageable conditions during the day.

The Scariest moment was when Sebastian and I were out on a remote road in Zimbabwe doing some work on his motor after his throttle cable broke and 2 lions appeared on the road 50 m away. We managed to get a lift to safety with an overland truck.

The longest flying day was just over 500 km, with the longest flight 240 km. I was flying a Ozone Speedster 28 with a Parajet Zenith Polini Thor 200”

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Ozone Team pilot, Raul Penso, finished off his 2018 season with a win in Placivel, in the north-central region of Venezuela.

After that, he continued the momentum and started 2019 with another win at the Open Andes in Merida. Few pilots know this part of the Andes as well as Raul does, so it was no surprise that he led the field in what is essentially his backyard, flying the Enzo 3.

For full results click here.

Congrats and cheers from all the Ozone Team.

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The 2019 OZONE Gliders Calendar is now available to order from your local OZONE distributor.
12 months of stunning photos, in A3 format.

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While the PWC crew was gearing up in Brazil, Wayne Seeley & friends were chasing the first XC window of the year in the UK.

Wayne reports:

“The UK season finally kicked off. On March 24th, the forecast was good with a 1500m base predicted and a nice NW wind . A few of us launched our Zenos from Selsley common in the Cotswolds, Tom Cole and Ollie Clothier both made 100+km flights and me and Graham Steel made our declared goal of 155km finally landing at 162k after 5 hrs. A great start to the year!!!”

For Wayne’s flight click here

Congrats guys for such a good start. Cheers from all the Ozone Team.

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The 2019 X-Alps equipment setup weighs in at under 5.5kg for wing, XC harness, and reserve. The Zeolite itself is just 2.85 kg. It is designed for use in the X-Alps race environment, which means small and unimproved launches, technical top-landings, small & restricted LZs, and strong alpine conditions.

From the R&D Team: “Forget everything you think you know about the compromises in 2-Line paraglider designs. The Zeolite is easy to launch, easy to land in small/restricted LZs, and has the most comfortable B-handle control we have experienced. This is a new breed of 2-Line design.”

We’ll post more info on this exciting new gear in the coming weeks, and we wish all of the athletes in this year’s race the best of luck.

Thanks to Manuel Nuebel for the review.

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1,200 km by Paraglider: Ozone Team pilot, Benjamin Jordan pushes his mind and body to the absolute limit during the most daring series of Rocky Mountain flights in history.

For more on this incredible adventure visit: www.theendlesschain.com

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Andalucian Paramotor Race 2019 organized by Mario de Eolox took place on 9 – 10 February. 28 best pilots from Spain intended to fly a long cross country of 482 km from Huelva to Almeria. All pilots had a ground crew following them and were allowed to land for fueling. Ozone Team pilot Nicolas Aubert flying his Viper 4 and PAP Tinox with Thor 200 managed to make it first to the goal!

Nicolas Aubert reports: “I am very happy to won the Race. I flew total 482 km from Huelva to Almería. It has been one of the hardest flights I have ever made in my life! It took me nearly 9 hours with 3 fuel stops. Total flight time was 6 h 30 min at maximum speed. The last section from Guadix to Almeria was the hardest, I was so tired that my legs were shaking, but at the end we made it! I would like to thank my ground crew: Pierre Aubert and Juan Morillas. I am also grateful for excellent and reliable equipment, PAP paramotor and Ozone Viper 4, fast, good performance and solid glider!”

Congratulations from all Ozone Team!

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The 10th Paragliding World Cup Super Final will take place in Baixo Guandu, Brazil from the 19th to the 30th of March 2019.

Baixo Guandu is a favourite destination for the Paragliding World Cup, with its stunning black granite dome mountains and testing tasks in the land of record-breaking skies.

This will be the World Cup’s fourth visit to Baixo Guandu (previous comps were in 2013, 2015, 2018). The World Cup has also been to nearby Castelo four times which has very similar topography (2006, 2008, 2012 and 2016). Proof, if it were needed, that the state of Espírito Santo, in south-eastern Brazil, with its Jurassic Park landscape, monster bamboo and pilot high grass, is a Paragliding mecca. It also means that there are a lot of pilots in this 10th celebratory Super Final who are very experienced in flying these unusual monolithic black blocks.

On the World Cup website PWCA.org, you can now see preview pilot profiles of the high flyers from 2018, who will be taking part in the Super Final.

The pilot quality in this Super Final is going to be amazing. 6 out of the 8 previous overall Super Final winners will be taking part.
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