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Richard Carter set a new UK paragliding record on Sunday 15 July – flying the country’s first 300km paraglider flight across the country
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To become better pilots, we often rely on the wisdom of our instructors. The knowledge they share can take us further. Josiah Sewell just flew 100+ miles near his home in Arkansas, USA. To complete this epic flight he had the opportunity to join forces in the air with his mentor, Britton Shaw. In Josiah’s words:
“4th of July 2018. I launched my OZONE Buzz Z5 from the Grand Canyon of Arkansas, near Jasper, then flew a record setting 164km cross country.
20 km into the flight I got low in the scenic Buffalo River Valley near Ponca. I would have been happy to land in such a beautiful area however, I caught a thermal that took me to cloud base. I followed the cloud streets to Eureka Springs (80 km) and was joined by my Instructor Britton Shaw flying his OZONE Zeno. From there we worked together leaving the mountains for the flatlands. We eventually crossed the Missouri state line. After 4hrs 49min we landed near Joplin, Missouri. 101 miles!”
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Congrats and cheers from all the OZONE Team.
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Supair’s Delight 3 is a “light and precise” cross-country pod harness with “optimised passive safety”
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Sky have released the Z-Blade, a “small and dynamic PPG wing for radical freestylers and slalom and pylon competition racers”
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Stolen Moments 3 has landed! The third volume of Jérôme Maupoint’s coffee-table book showcases his paragliding and travel photography from 2012 and 2018
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The Stodeus BipBip+ tiny solar-powered vario came out in 2017 to replace the original BipBip
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CIVL have published a list of approved flight instruments for FAI Category 1 competitions
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The 13th OZONE Chabre Open was a great success with 124 pilots competing in 6 classes, flying 3 tasks plus a practice task. The flying season had been slow to start this year, with only a few good days between April and June: windy and stormy. But after a cracking pre-comp week, the competition started on 30th June with a 42km practice task, in good conditions, resulting in 55 pilots in goal.
With Meet Director, Jocky Sanderson in control, the competition saw 3 great tasks over the next four days: 75km from Chabre to Chorges (45 in goal), 61km from Chabre to La Batie Neuve (54 in goal) and 40km from Chabre to Veynes (69 in goal). Over-development caused problems on Tuesday and Thursday, with one cancelled task and one cancelled day. Friday, unfortunately, was a ‘petit mistral’ and too windy to even consider going up to the take-off. But there were perfect conditions at St Vincent Les Forts, where pilots had a truly chilled flying finish to the week.
There were no less than 34 Rookies (no previous competition experience) this year, and there were dozens of ‘goal virgins’ and ‘personal bests’ claiming …read more
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Paragliding is an adventure, it allows us to explore dazzling new landscapes and pioneer untrammelled lines through some of the world’s most beautiful places. This month, we go further, higher and wilder.
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AcroGame 2018 has announced its pilot list – 15 of the world’s best acro pilots going head-to-head in a fast and furious battle above Organya, Spain in the first weekend of August
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