Gripping race overshadowed by live tracking problems

Day two of the Red Bull X-Alps started slowly but delivered a nail-biting race that saw four-time winner Chrigel Maurer rise from 22nd place at the start of the day to end with a commanding lead over race hero, Romanian Toma Coconea. Technical problems, however, meant that many passionate fans were unable to follow the […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Red Bull X-Alps 2017: Chrigel Maurer’s One Right Move

Chrigel Maurer has done it again, pulling ahead of the pack and setting a blistering pace during his fifth Red Bull X-Alps. Editor Ed Ewing talked to him after the Chrigel had landed on Day Two “The flying was amazing,” Chrigel Maurer said after he had landed today. Following a quick meal he was on […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

Guy Anderson sets new UK triangle record

On Monday the 19th June, Guy Anderson set a new 127km UK record triangle from the XClent tow site in the Cotswolds, under his ZENO. Wayne Seeley reports:

“Whilst Theo and Lawrie were busy breaking the declared tandem record further north the lads from XClent were attempting to break the uk triangle record (105km) but sadly we failed, Graham Steel landing 5km short after a 7+ hr flight .

Luckily the forecast for the following day (Monday 19th) looked even better with light winds and a possible 2000m cloudbase. The current record stood at 105km and we decided to attempt a 122km FAI. By 1pm had all climbed away from the tow field and soon we were a group of Zeno’s pushing NW towards our turnpoint 40km away, this was pretty straightforward but we lost Richard Osbourne on this leg (he carried on to fly over 100km of the course) .
The 2nd leg pushing east went well, the wind was light, we had good clouds and good climbs to 5500ft and myself, Graham Steel and Guy Anderson pushed on as time was running out and we still had a lot of ground to cover .

Turning tp2 the day was slowing …read more

Source:: Ozone Paragliders

The World’s Toughest Adventure Race Just Got Tougher

It’s raining continuously. Thick clouds envelop the mountains. Normal pilots would not even consider leaving the house on such a day. For the 31 teams in the Red Bull X-Alps, they’re not just leaving the house, they’re hoisting 8kg bags for what is going to 1,138km of gruelling adventure. The new route – the full […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine

PWC SERBIA 2017

The second stop of the PWC in Nis, Serbia came to an end on Saturday. OZONE Team pilot, Yassen Savov, reports:

“We had a good week of racing in Nis. First two days saw no one in goal, with the first group waiting for retrieve at random patches of doom and gloom mid-course, looking up scanning the sky for hours, hoping not too many of those cheeky late-comers go too much further, killing the points. Then next two days weather was proper good and lots of us made it to goal, me winning both days at good speed. Finally, the last day wind was close to the limit, but conditions in the air proved good enough to blast to the end of that task as well, with the meet director stopping it only after the first ones made it to goal.
At the end it was French World Cup veteran Stéphane Drouin (Enzo 3) who was smooth and consistent enough to get the overall win, beating me (Enzo 3) by one point, and Arnaud Baumy by a few more. With the women, it was the Japanese who dominated the podium, Atsuko Yamashita (Zeno) and Yuki Sato …read more

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Win a Skywalk Range X-Alps 2 harness in our draw

Subscribe to Cross Country Magazine before 15 July 2017 and be in with a chance of winning a free Skywalk Range X-Alps 2 harness, an Icaro Nerv helmet or a GoPro Session in our unique subscribers’ draw. To celebrate an action-packed month of paragliding competition and racing, we’re running a special Cross Country Magazine Subscribers’ […] …read more

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Xevi wins the Spanish Nationals

The Spanish Nationals in Pedro Bernardo have come to a close after four tasks. OZONE Team Pilot, Xevi Bonet, took first overall. In his words:

“After three amazing competitions already celebrated this year in Pedro Bernardo, our expectations for the Spanish Nationals were high and the comp filled up quite fast, with a total of 150 pilots.
The first two tasks, 63 and 79km, we flew on the flats avoiding the stability in the mountains. We had many people in goal and not much difference in the final times.
After two days “off” due to instability, we flew the best task of the event: 163k with goal in Penafiel (Valladolid). The beginning was difficult with low cloud base, but as soon as we arrived to La Meseta de Avila the ceiling got higher and the conditions improved. We made it to goal around 5pm with an average speed of 50 km/h, a super day.
There were just two days left with strong wind in the forecast. The first day was canceled but the last day of the comp we managed to finish a complicated 52k task on the flats.

I am pretty happy to win, one more time, the Spanish Championship and, to …read more

Source:: Ozone Paragliders

Red Bull X-Alps 2017: USA1 F*** Trump

Gavin McClurg and Team USA1 have put the fun back into paragliding with the bumper sticker to end all bumper stickers. Like everything from ‘over there that comes over here’ to Europe, it’s bigger, brasher and bolder than anything any spaghetti-legged European could conjure up. “We want to send a clear and present message, without […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine