6 reasons for visiting FIA El Yelmo 2023.
It is the most important and fun paragliding event in Spain. There are many good reasons to attend this year, but here we pick the 6 best ones.
The Thermal 2 – Horacio Llorens: Flying on “higher ground”
The Spanish acro ace is also a keen adventure seeker who has travelled the world in pursue of new landscapes to be seen from the sky. Horacio joined us in our second Thermal live show to talk about his...
SEARCH India: High mountains, tough conditions, and magical places
Everything started in Bir Billing. India is a new country for me: Despite having traveled all around the world, I still didn't know these mountains and valleys, this culture and these people.For me it was a dream to fly...
Josh Cohn wins record-breaking US Nats Chelan
The second event of the US Paragliding National Championships 2016 closed on Saturday 15 of July after 5 valid tasks, 650km flown and an epic world record-breaking task of 224,3km, the longest race to goal ever, that 68 pilots...
Spanish Paragliding Championship of Arangoiti ends in Castejon de Sos
The championship, also Open FAI, took place between the 21st and 26th of July, and , although the organizers had to change the venue due to the meteorology, the brave decision ended up being accurate. Four tasks could take place.
4th Pan American Champs: Training day washed out but there’s caipirinha and Rock &...
Saturday 7th of March was due to be the 1st training day in Baixo Guandu, but as our reporter onsite Paolo Bellezze explains: "That's not going to happen". Bad weather in the area means that there will be more Brazilian fun on the ground than in the air these days. Here's what the competitors have been up to.
FIA El Yelmo celebrates its 20th birthday: 31st May to 2nd June
FIA El Yelmo gives women more visibility and consolidates itself as a reference event in Europe, promising fun for all the lovers of free flying. It includes the V Open el Yelmo and the International Air Cinema Festival - El Yelmo 2019.
Tips from a successful EN B pilot to get started in competitions.
Arnold Castro is an Argentinian pilot who´s been competing for only 2 years and has already stood on multiple podiums, in 2019 with his EN B. This pilot plans his progression to the highest category without hurries, because like he says ¨the good thing about paragliding is that age is not a limitation¨. In this short interview, he shares with us some tips to get started in competitions and make the most out of it.
Paragliding from Aconcagua, 7000m: “Our objective was to have fun in the descent!”
On the 15th of February 2019, two paragliders were soaring above the Horcones Valley that leads to Aconcagua. The Czech Gabriel Mazur and his French buddy Jean-Baptiste Chandesris completed the ascent of the highest summit of Americas and paraglided down from it. This expedition for them was a preparation for higher objectives in the Himalayas.
I was lucky to meet with Gabriel in Mendoza, Argentina, where he told me about his flight from one of the seven summits
