Ozone have released the Rush 5, high-EN B intermediate paraglider
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THE RUSH 5 IS NOW AVAILABLE
The Rush 5 is a top of class Sport-Performance-Intermediate wing that has been developed with the same technology used in our performance wings including the Enzo 3 and Zeno in addition to several new innovative features. An extensive period of performance glide testing allowed us to evaluate the R5 against class-leading wings from other manufacturers. The results have proven significant gains, especially in accelerated glide performance.
Like our performance and competition wings, the R5 excels in active air and challenging conditions. Hundreds of hours test flying in real air and turbulent conditions have gone into the development, ensuring that it satisfies our own demanding requirements along with the True Performance design goals – real, usable performance in turbulent air throughout the speed range.
A solid, high-performance wing is not the whole story; fun is the reason we fly. The R&D team concentrated on the handling and spent a lot of time optimising feedback and turn coordination.
Read more info on the Rush 5 product page: Rush 5 Product Page.
The Rush 5 MS and ML sizes are ready to order from your local OZONE distributor , four more sizes coming soon! stay tuned.
Source:: Ozone Paragliders
PWC Bright, Australia
The first stop of the 2018 PWC in Bright, Australia, wrapped up after four very imaginative tasks, good organization and excellent task setting.
The overall winner was OZONE R&D Team pilot, Honorin Hamard (FRA) followed by Maxime Bellemin (FRA) in second, and Cody Mittanck (USA) in third. In the women’s category, Méryl Delferriere (FRA) got the first place followed by Midori Nakanome (JPN) and Wooyoung Jang (KOR) respectively.
The team winner was The OZONE Team. Nine out of the top ten pilots flew Enzo 3s.
OZONE Team Pilot, Cody Mittanck takes us for a ride into the land down under with his unique report:
“Australia is a place of extremes and contradictions. It’s massive, yet there’s barely any people here. It’s soil is old and exhausted, it’s mountains worn down and geological inert, yet it’s teeming with a diversity of life found no where else on the planet (most of those species are highly poisonous by the way). In the comp briefing they told us in a sardonic tone “if you are bitten by a snake you will likely die, but don’t panic that will only make it worse.” I never saw any snakes but I did …read more
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Nova release EN-B Ion 5
Nova have released the Ion 5. They say it’s a low aspect-ratio EN-B cross-country wing, with “usable performance, great handling and high passive safety”
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XC Tracer release Mini II acoustic vario
The XC Tracer Mini II is a tiny acoustic-only vario powered by a solar cell, with lag-free indication of lift or sink
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ANTOINE GIRARD’S SOUTH AMERICA UPDATE (2)
We just received the latest update from Antoine Girard and Martin Beaujouan. The guys have flown above untouched Andean terrain to continue with their 2500km South American bivouac flight.
Antoine reports:
“We have just achieved 800km of fly-biv in the Andes. 650km of which were never flown before. We crossed through passes higher than 4000m.
Our highest cloudbase was 5200m, at a temperature of -3°C. Flying conditions are hard with stability in the morning, very strong valley wind (50kmh) as high as 1500m from the ground.
The most complicated was the water management in this desert. We had to bring 10 lt of water each to survive 3 days. Stunning flights in moon like landscape. It was a total success for this exploration.
We are now on the Pacific coast to fly the next 1000km of dunes in fly-biv. It has been done once before. Exploration will be on again on the north of Arica.”
Follow Antoine and Martin’s progress along their South American bivouac flight HERE.
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New Zealand Paragliding Open 2018
The new Zealand Paragliding open 2018 just came to an end. The competition attracted 100 international pilots and and was based in Wanaka, South Island, using the Treble Cone take off site. Meet director, Mark Hardman ran a well organised fun event with tasks up to 96km. Weather was mixed but four challenging tasks were completed. A mix of mountain flying with associated valley winds to contend with and flat land conditions gave pilots varied flying.
The overall winner was Tony Sheperd (from Scotland) flying his Zeno followed by Zhenjun Zhao (from China) in second, and local pilot Louis Tapper in third.
In the sport class, the winner was Abe Laguna flying the new Alpina 3. Abe finished fifth in the overall category.
For full results click here
Congrats and cheers from all the OZONE team.
Source:: Ozone Paragliders
Apco Mayday reserves upgraded
Apco Mayday reserves have been upgraded with improved new bridles and deployment bags
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Eurofly Snake nanolight trike
Eurofly’s Snake is a nanolight trike, which can be assembled and disassembled easily and transported in the boot of a car
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Gradient announce Golden 5
Gradient have released a new version of their EN-B Golden: All sizes of the Golden 5 are expected to be ready by late-March 2018
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