‘Some pilots were hit by the front when only 50m above the ground as they were preparing to land. ‘Instead they were rocketed to the clouds. On the ground, wooden phone poles broke in half.’ Three years on, Ivan Demeter shares his bittersweet memories of Russia’s 2014 Altai Cup in the September 2017 issue. See […] …read more
Gradient Aspen 6 (EN C) review
‘I’ve sometimes been slow to recommend my favourite wing, the Aspen, knowing it may be too much. ‘But this really is the best Aspen I’ve flown – and did I mention she’s beautiful, too?’ Brian Steele flies the new Aspen 6 and discovers it’s a case of once bitten, forever smitten with Gradient’s ENC XC […] …read more
Ozone Chabre Open 2017: Martin Long cleans up
Decent weather at the Ozone Chabre Open saw five tasks flown in Laragne, France. The 12th instalment of the comp saw tasks of 30, 50, 80, 62 and 45km – and was won by Brit Martin Long on an Ozone Delta 2. We have the full report in the September 2017 issue. See what else […] …read more
Bianca Heinrich: Crossing the Alps.
Bianca Heinrich: Crossing the Alps. …read more
Source:: Niviuk
APWT 2017 results!
Source:: Just Acro
Another week, another record for Yassen
After beating the Bulgarian free distance record, Yassen was still hungry for more. Last week, he went for a new triangle in his homeland. In his own words:
“Since in the beginning of September we’re having the Bulgarian Nationals in Sopot, followed by a World Cup there next year, it was time for me to do a little terrain study. I want to be setting good, ambitious tasks at the comps at home and if possible winning them too. Both reasons to go practice, trying a triangle I had been thinking of for a while.
First 70km on the mountain face going east, technical but fast in the blue and into the headwind, then a 60% turn to the right and transition over the smaller ridge in front and into the flats beyond, again technical but even faster; then another 60% turn to the right and coming back to Sopot through similar terrain but greener, slower, much slower, about 60km of survival mode, low and slow, but not quite impossible, and finally back on the main ridge for some golden hour surfing of those woody ridges to extend that last leg another 10k west, and then back to base. …read more
Source:: Ozone Paragliders
Théo de Blic is the 2017 World Cup champion!
‘A childhood dream just became true…’ – writes Théo de Blic after standing on the top of the overall World Cup podium in Italy at the end of the AcroMax event! Chile’s Bicho Carrera and Frenchman Tim Alongi where tightly following him on the podium with only 1 point separating the TOP3 from each other.
The AcroMax Solo category was won by Ondrej Prochazka followed by Théo de Blic and Eliot Nochez.
We are waiting to receive the detailed results!
Source:: Just Acro
Théo de Blic is the 2017 World Cup Tour champion!
‘A childhood dream just became true…’ – writes Théo de Blic after standing on the top of the overall World Cup podium in Italy at the end of the AcroMax event! Chile’s Bicho Carrera and Frenchman Tim Alongi where tightly following him on the podium with only 1 point separating the TOP3 from each other.
The AcroMax Solo category was won by Ondrej Prochazka followed by Théo de Blic and Eliot Nochez.
We are waiting to receive the detailed results!
Source:: Just Acro
The Winner Photo of JustACRO Boogie 2017
Check out the entries of the Photo Contest and the result, the voting is over! Click here to see the photos.
Source:: Just Acro
PWC-Disentis, Switzerland
The third stop of the 2017 PWC in Disentis, Switzerland came to an end on Saturday. The comp started on Monday with an exciting and technical first 106 km task. After the first task, wet weather overtook the Swiss Alps and it wasn’t until Saturday that the sky finally reopened for the second and final task, a 43 km race to goal.
The overall win went to Alfredo Studer and in the women’s category, unsurprisingly, Seiko Fukuoka took the win again, finishing in 10th place overall. Both flew their Enzo 3s. The OZONE Team was first overall in the Team Rankings.
In the top 10, 8 pilots flew Enzo 3s.
For full results, Click here
Congrats to all the pilots and cheers from all the team at OZONE!
Source:: Ozone Paragliders