Author: winguu

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Source:: Niviuk

Apco have unleashed the NRG Pro II, their new slalom racing PPG wing. “It’s the rebel brother of the NRG XC II”, they say. It was designed to be fast and manoeuvrable, and to be flown aggressively for racing round pylons. The NRG Pro II is a full-reflex wing with 2-D steering and HIT […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Manfred Ruhmer has won the Class 2 Hang GlidingWorld Championships for a record seventh time. The 20th FAI World Hang Gliding Class 2 Championships was held in Aspres-sur-Buech, France, from 26 July to 6 August 2017. Eight pilots took part in the Class 2 competition, which was battled out over eight long tasks of 181.1km, […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Julian Robinson won the first round of the 2017 British Paragliding Championships 2017. The competition was held over the week of 22-28 July and based at Tewkesbury in the UK. The British weather was not kind, and only one valid task was managed. The scores, with only one task, were very close, a single point […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Manfred Ruhmer is 2017 World Hang Gliding Class 2 Champion – his seventh consecutive title – and Patrick Chopard is Class 5 Champion! The two World Championship events were run alongside each other in Aspres-sur-Buech, France, from 26 July to 6 August 2017. Eight pilots took part in the Class 2 competition, which was battled out […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

The Paragliding World Cup in Disentis, Switzerland, starts today. The PWC reports:

“8 out of the top 10 pilots are here from the 2015 Disentis World Cup and both the top ladies from the Pre World Cup in 2014 and the 2015 World Cup are here. There are 33 Swiss pilots competing who know these Alps like the back of their harnesses, this promises to be a very exciting race.

Disentis is right in the middle of Switzerland, on the main spine of the Alps, so we should see some classic Alpine big mountain flying with high peaks, deep valleys and complicated aerology.

Disentis is a big, diverse paragliding playground. In the 2015 comp they managed to send pilots deep into the mountains avoiding a ridge run competition – let’s hope we see more of the same fantastic task setting with lots of route choices in this competition”

You can follow the competition via the live commentary and tracking on: http://www.pwca.org/
Stay tuned for more news from the Swiss Alps. Good luck to all the pilots!

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Source:: Ozone Paragliders

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Source:: Just Acro

The XC Retrieve Sign will significantly increase your chances of getting home quickly. Basically, it explains that you’re a stranded paraglider pilot and not Norman Bates from Psycho. Invaluable! In tests we’ve found a lot of drivers have picked pilots up who wouldn’t normally stop for hitchhikers, and the sign has made the difference. The […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

The European summer has been packed with amazing flights and we have received stories from all over. The next story comes from the South Tyrol in Italy where Lex Robe follows his instinct and, against the odds, finds his way to his first 300+ km FAI triangle from the Grente in the beautiful Antholz Valley, Enjoy:

“On our way to the takeoff we were a bit unsure about the weather. Hardly anyone of my flying mates followed my public Facebook “Grente-invitation”, heavy rain from Emberger Alm until Italy and finally just us 6 Austrians and just 2 locals with a tandem believed in the day and climbed to the summit of Grente Alm above Anterselva. Although we started a little late we were rewarded with an already turned on airmass and especially with plenty of height alreday in the first thermal. So the initial risk of early takeoffs to bomb out was successfully defused and the way to the Großglockner (highest peak of Austria) was a no-brainer: High cloudbase and low winds allowed a safe extension of the first Turnpoint to the east.

After tagging it, battling 10-20km/h headwind along the 120km from Großglockner to the end of the Ridnaun valley …read more

Source:: Ozone Paragliders