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Ozone test pilot Russell Ogden introduced the new Eco Solos – a concept harness that uses organic cotton and recycled PET (plastic bottles)
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Once again, the Coupe Icare has come and gone, with all of the madness and excitement that one would expect from the world’s largest paragliding festival.
As every year Alixa/Ozone stand was not a traditional display of Ozone branding. Our friend, Mathieu de Quillacq, always manages to set us up with something original and non-commercial.
This year Ozone Power revealed the latest new products: Kona 2 based on the Buzz Z6 and EN B universal paragliding and paramotor wing.
Ozone Team pilots, Alex Mateos and Nicolas Aubert participated in the Parabatix Sky Race (slalom / precision competition), which took place on plateau of St Hilaire and the landing of Lumbin during three days of the event. Both of them flew Freeride 14 and ended up on the podium winning the overall final run. Congrats to all of the pilots and thank you for a great show!
Also, on Saturday afternoon the crowds enjoyed a PPG show put on by Alex and Marie while Raffaele Benetti were presenting his new project – electric paramotor for paragliders.
Thank you to everyone who took time to visit our stand. It was great to see old friends and meet new ones.
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AirDesign’s designer Stefan Stieglar takes us through their new products, including the new Vivo, lightweight reserves and hike-and-fly backpacks
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Coupe Icare 2019: Stefan Kurrle from Independence introduces their new lightweight (1.8kg) tandem harness – the Pilot Alpin
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Apco’s Swift-R paraglider race harness is now part of a range, with the addition of two new lighter versions: Swift Sport and Swift Zero
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Pico do Gaviao in Brazil, once again,
proved itself to be the land of big skies, welcoming smiles and seven task
competitions.
The competition had everything,
beautiful scenery: banana and coffee plantations on the rolling hills, cattle ranches
and palm trees around the scattered oasis.
A variety of tasks were set from closed
circuit, to one with a long leg east to the town of Pouso Alegre, which appropriately
enough in Portuguese means, ‘Happy Landings.’ The last day finished on a high
with a concentric circles task as a grand finale.
The Enzo 3 wiped the table once again
taking 16 out of the top 20 places overall and 4 out of the top 5 in the ladies’
rankings.
Having won the World Cup in China
earlier on in the year (also on his Enzo 3), Baptiste Lambert gave a thermal
perfect demonstration of how to control the gaggle. He came in the top seven
every day and flew away with another World Cup victory, joining a very select
group of only 10 other pilots in history to have won two World Cups in the same
year.
Here’s what he had to say about his Enzo
3:
I love my Enzo 3, it’s a real gem, it’s
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This weekend we will be back in St Hilaire du Touvet, France, for the 46th annual Coupe Icare and the 20th Anniversary of Ozone Gliders.
Please come visit us at the OZONE stand to talk about new products for 2020 and beyond. We’ll be announcing some new stuff for next year, and catching up with friends.
Here is some info on new products arriving imminently.
And here is some information on an exploratory project in which we are endeavoring to create more sustainable paragliding gear.
In addition to the above, we’ll be answering your questions on the other exciting products that will be available for next season. See you at the Coupe!
Cheers, from all the OZONE Team
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Nova have released their first mini wing, the Bantam. The first size was certified in time for the Red Bull Dolomitenmann in September 2019
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The 46th Coupe Icare, Icarus Cup, starts on Thursday 19 September and will attract an estimated 100,000 spectators over the four-day flying festival
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Xwings custom-make their Hero hang glider race harness to fit the pilot, and then print on it whatever design the pilot chooses. Each one is truly unique.
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