Alex Mateos European Champion

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Over 100 pilots from 11 countries participated in 7th FAI European Paramotor Championships from 16 till 26 of August in Breclav, Czech Republic.

In spite of bad weather during first days of the competition the organized manage to run 8 tasks such as speed and curve navigation, navigation with declared time, economy task and precision take of and landings.

OZONE Team pilots Alex Mateos finished in the 1st place winning again the title of European Champion. He won all from 7 tasks.

Alex Mateos reports:

“Competition started slow, because of bad weather so I knew that there was no time to run many tasks. I will have to focus not to make too many mistakes. I am happy to see that all the years of training still pay off! I used the same wing OZONE Viper 4 18 and motor Macfly Polini than last year World Championships in UK so I know it very well”

Congratulations from all OZONE Team.

Photos: Jose Ortega

Results: http://wiki.fai.org/display/cima/2017+EPC

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Source:: Ozone Paramotor

Bicho Carrera is 2017 Syncro Acro World Champion

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We all have big dreams in our youth. For some of us, these childhood visions are what drive us to reach the highest levels of our passion or discipline. Bicho Carrera is a young dreamer who, through hard work and consistency, has made his dreams come true. Bicho tells us about his latest win, and new World Champion Title.

“Everything started when I was 11, and my flying addiction took over. Since that beginning, my first flights, I had the vision and the dream to become World Champion.

Fast forward to 2016, when I competed in the Second Acro Paragliding World Cup in Annecy . Competitions were quite new for me, but in the end I finished fifth overall, competing against the best pilots on the planet. This was a good reminder that I wasn’t far to reach that flying dream.

This year, I joined forces with another dreamer with the same goal, Rafael Goberna, from Brazil, who became my partner in the Synchro World Acro tour. In the first stop of the year we finished second – it was my first year competing in the synchro category, a new challenge, a new modality, and a lot of pressure, …read more

Source:: Ozone Paragliders

New distance record in Utah

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New distance record in Utah
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OZONE Team pilot, Cody Mittanck and Chris Galli have just flown 204 miles to set a new distance record in Utah. Cody shares:

“The XC crew in Utah has been pushing hard over the last decade to extend the state record to the magic 200 mile mark. While I am completely in agreement with the rest of the world in denouncing the standard unit of measurement, as it turns out the feet of the Romans were preordained to measure paragliding distances here in the Western United States. The nice round and imposing number of 200 has eluded us here in Utah for far too long now; even though we have some of the best access points for long distance and some of the best XC pilots to fly them. We’ve had more than enough flights excruciatingly ending just one thermal shy of 200. I’ve had my fair share of flights in the 180 mile range, even a 192 and 195 mile flight. In 2012 Chris Galli flew 199 miles. For five years now he hasn’t been able to sleep at night; that last insignificant mile taunting him as if it were an impassable mountain …read more

Source:: Ozone Paragliders

George Steinmetz: Recording the Earth from the air

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‘You want to take aerial photographs in Chad? Good luck! There were no helicopters to charter in the whole country. So with a paramotor you’re seeing remote stuff nobody has ever seen from the air.’ Twenty years ago, George Steinmetz strapped on a camera, started his paramotor – and changed the face of environmental photography. […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine