Honorin Hamard and Yael Margelisch won the Ecuador round of the 2017 PWC tour, which finished on Saturday 4th November after three tasks. The three tasks were 60.8km, 67.5km and 62.6km distances, with plenty of technical flying required under cloudy and humid conditions with low cloudbases at Guayaquil. All that remains now for the 2017 […] …read more
Julien Irilli breaks world tandem distance record
Julien Irilli and Katia Lafaille flew 360km from Quixadá, Brazil, on a Niviuk Bi Ikuma 40 on 4 November 2017 – potentially a new tandem world distance record. The record is yet to be ratified by the FAI, but Julien declared a goal at 340km, and the flight stands to take Honorin Hamard/Karine Gras’s 335.4km world […] …read more
World Cup App now available for Apple
World Cup App now available for Apple.
The iOS version of PWCA Live is now available on the App Store.
The Android version is available here
The App includes the live commentary, live tracking, leaderboard and results making it much easier to follow the World Cup in Ecuador this week and the Super Final.
Enjoy the race!
Source:: Ozone Paragliders
XCBusa 2017: Helmut Schrempf wins Lake Garda comp
Helmut Schrempf won a Flymaster GPS SD instrument in Lake Garda’s XCBusa competition 2017. The competition is free to enter, and run by the Busa Flying Team at River del Garda on its local sites. Up to six flights can be entered from specific local launches in accordance with the rules, explained here. The scorer of the […] …read more
Bicho Carrera Master Acro Vice-Champion
The first edition of Master Acro in Reunion Island just came to an end. OZONE Team pilot, Bicho Carrera, finished second in a battle against the best 16 acro pilots on the planet.
In his own words:
“It was an amazing week in La Reunion flying with all my friends, I enjoyed every battle, every jump from the helicopter. Nothing better than being in a competition with your family, jumping above a beautiful reef.
I made it to the final where Tim Alongi got the win and I finished second. I am pretty happy with my new Session, it is a super glider, fun to fly!”
For full results click here
Congrats and cheers from all the OZONE team.
Source:: Ozone Paragliders
Our pilots achievements in 2017
Our pilots achievements in 2017 …read more
Source:: Niviuk
ICELAND IN PARAMOTOR
Iceland is known from its amazing landscapes and tough island weather. It is one of these very special destinations, where most of the paramotor pilots dream about.
In August last summer a group of pilots, mostly from USA spent two weeks on a road trip in Iceland flying in several locations. Seems like they have been very lucky with the weather conditions as all their pictures and videos are looking simply amazing. Among others, tree pilots were flying OZONE wings: Miroslav Svec (Viper 3), Matej Roder (Roadster 2) and Tucker Gott (Viper 4)
Tucker Gott reports:
“Iceland is easily the most beautiful place I have ever flown a paramotor. From the very first flight above glaciers and high mountain peaks, I knew this place was special. We lucked out with near perfect weather and the golden light was amazing the entire week. My favorite flight was a cross country adventure to the Maelifell volcano. It was nearly a two hour flight which began in green and black mountains. As we neared the volcano, the landscape opened up to flat black plains where the bright green volcano rose from the ground. My second favorite flight started in Skogafoss and continued down a cliff face …read more
Source:: Ozone Paramotor
Tim Alongi takes it all in La Reunion!
Tim Alongi (FRA) won the Acro Masters battle tournament at the French La Reunion island flying his AirG Emilie. After the Acro Game in Organyá, the annual Sonchaux Acro Show in Villeneuve this contest was the third high-level invitational battle-type event of the year – so no doubt now that this competition format is spreading fast! A total of 16 pilots high level pilots from 11 nations were invited to participate. All the competition runs were launched via d-bagging out of a helicopter. Chilean Vice World Cup Champion, Victor ‘Bicho’ Carrera came second flying the Sessions – a new wing soon to be released by Ozone.
Source:: Just Acro
Paragliding in the Dolomites with Felix Woelk
Flying from the Dolomites’ Col Rodella in autumn can be an object lesson in aerial mayhem. But you needn’t jostle with the madding crowd to experience the region’s mindboggling paragliding potential. Felix Wölk has discovered another, quieter way – “just don’t forget to look around and enjoy the moment”. Find out more, subscribe, and never […] …read more
Your life in acro: With Theo de Blic
Track your progress, set goals – and keep pushing. Our in-house acro whizzkid, Théo de Blic, shares his top tips for mastering those tricks. Find out more, subscribe, and never miss an issue …read more