Triple Seven unveiled the K-Light at the 2017 Coupe Icare. It’s a lightweight version of their EN-B Knight, and a “full kilo” lighter in MS size. The company say the K-Light has the same handling and user-friendliness as the Knight, but is easier to launch, easier to carry and travel with, and has slightly better […] …read more
Hang glider Base-tube instrument mounts
AltAIR, who make the smartphone hang-glider pod featured in issue 180, now supply 3D-printed base-tube brackets to attach them to. The brackets can be made for various base tubes, and are supplied with stainless steel eye-bolts and pins. Now we have brackets for all range of Aeros speedbars (carbon, aluminium and round), WW (carbon and aluminium), […] …read more
Record-chasing season in Brazil opens with 507km
Leandro Padua flew 507km in Brazil on Thursday 12 October 2017 – joining the elite group of paraglider pilots who have ever flown more than 500km. Padua was in the air for 10.5hrs (track), having launched by tow from a small airfield in Caico, in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. Padua is part of […] …read more
FLYING INTO THE UNKNOWN
Vol-biv (fly-camping) is Benjamin Jordan’s life purpose. Beyond simply being an extreme method of exploring the wilderness, it is also an extreme method of expressing one’s self. In this unique vignette, Ben tells us what this lifestyle means to him. Don’t miss his US Film Tour happening now
CREDITS: @wildland.media @ohmoretv
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Ozone Free Flight Night at Kendal Mountain Festival 2017
Join Cross Country Magazine, Antoine Girard and Charlie King for an evening of high altitude paragliding at the Kendal Mountain Festival on Thursday 16 November 2017. Antoine Girard became the first person to paraglide up and over an 8,000m summit when he soared over the top of Broad Peak in 2016. He will be showing […] …read more
DELTA 3 PRODUCT VIDEO
Check out the latest informative video for the DELTA 3.
Our mission for the DELTA 3 was to take the handling and “Sport-Performance Class feeling” to new levels and increase the speed and glide performance, without increasing the aspect ratio. The result is a wing that feels more agile and efficient in active air or while thermalling, has noticeably increased performance, and is every bit as pleasurable to fly. The OZONE philosophy of True Performance can be felt in the DELTA 3 with every ascending carve and accelerated glide. Enjoy the video for more info from the designers, and
visit the product page for full details.
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Two X-Alps Pilots Take On the Himalaya
Stefan Bocks and Sebastian Huber have set off on a 1,700km vol-biv from Leh in India to Pokhara, Nepal. Starting on the north side of the Himalaya they will cross through the highest mountain range on Earth passing near the famous Rohtang Pass and Manali. The pair will then traverse the range through the […] …read more
Lex Robe wins FAI WXC 2017
It was 2015 when Lex Robe won, for the first time, the FAI World XC Online Contest. This year he has repeated the feat, winning with 2520 points, followed by Resigner Alois and Markus Eder for a full Austrian podium. The trio all flew Zenos.
In Lex’s words:
“Oops, I did it again!” Britney Spears would have squealed in my place with a shrill voice. By today’s deadline it is official: I am the winner of the official FAI WXC, for the second time. With up to a year ago still absolutely unimaginable points peak of 2520 points. How incredible …
Looking at the more detailed XContest results list, it is noticeable that the remaining pilots among the TOP 5 submitted all of their routes on Brazilian soil, where one can really rack up the kilometers, if only you can only take a long enough vacation!
After my return from South America I shed a tear, as I had to come home after just 16 days in the flatlands there. I had just begun to warm up in the strong wind and flatland environment, and had two new Austrian records on my last two flight days there: 462km and 442km.
So …read more
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Fassa Sky Expo 2017 – Magic in the Dolomites
The Fassa Sky Expo 2017 took place in the Italian town of Campitello di Fassa over the last weekend in September, with cloudbase at 3,400m and pilots flying to the summit of and toplanding the famous Marmolada (3,343m), the highest summit in the Dolomites. September and October is peak season for paragliding in the […] …read more
Supair Romania: Hike-and-Fly with George Moldovan
Supair Romania and filmmaker George Moldovan captured some of Romania’s beautiful landscapes on a hike-and-fly with the new Taska. …read more