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
Flying a 193km FAI Triangle in the Alps
The Mistral winds had just passed and it was looking to be a very good day to fly. On Thursday night I had planned a trip to Chamonix to fly over the weekend around the highest mountains of Europe....
Piedrahita hosts Spanish Tandem Paragliding Championship for the third time
On July 11, 2018, starts this international Open and National Championship in tandem mode, one of the few competitive events in the world designed for teams of two people and which -after 4 days- will determine the best tandem...
Video: The Superfinal
Once a year the best of the best in paragliding meet to select their champion. There is no higher level in paragliding cross country competition. They call it: "The Superfinal’"
A very good compilation of images shot during the PWC...
564 km: New paragliding world record of distance x 3!
On Thursday 13 of October 2016, Brazilian pilots Donizete Lemos "Bigote", Rafael Saladini and Samuel Nascimento, managed to push the bar of paragliding distance a little further and up to 564 km, in the northeast of their country, after...
Seven turnpoints and 1,138km for the hardest X-Alps ever!
Racing a straight-line distance of 1,138km from Salzburg to Monaco, 32 world class athletes from 21 countries will hike and fly via 7 turnpoints in 7 different countries - including Austria, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, France and for the first...
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.
Marcella Uchoa, 411 km: “There is no greater connection to nature than flying the...
Interview to Brazilian pilot Marcella Uchoa, who beat 3 paragliding world records of distance on a 411 km flight in the north-east of his country, last October. Made by the FAI team, in this interview Marcella reveals details of his preparation and the difficulties and rewards of flying long distances.
Maxime Pinot leads France to victory at Paragliding Worlds
The 18th FAI World Paragliding XC Championships had 9 valid tasks flown in different conditions in the Alps, from Chamoux sur Gelon. In total 647 km were flown, and 2 tasks were stopped due to rain but scored as...
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.
