Paragliding

Pilot Laurent Roudneff along with filmmaker Quentin Chaumy, take us to visit Morocco in their particular quest for freedom, flying on virgin hillsides by the desert, playing with the wind and enjoying the views over the Atlantic Ocean. Hourya...

Turkish musician Ümit Dedeoğlu decided to change his usual performing stages for the heights of the Oludeniz skies, and put music to the experience. Along with pilot Uğur Yavaş (CahilCesareti), his guitar, and a Takoo 4 paraglider of Niviuk...

On August 3rd and 4th, the world acro elite gathered in Organya (Catalonia, Spain) to celebrate a new edition of their very own impressive game, the Acro Game. After a fierce battle to perform the most technical acro manoeuvres...

UP’s first 2-line Serial class glider, the Meru, has aspect ratio of 6.9 points (5.3 projected) and 84 cells; it is aimed at ambitious XC flights and competition in its category. This new model wants to find its niche...

For the first time, the biggest paragliding festival in the world, the Coupe Icare, took place outside of its usual location in St Hilaire du Touvet, France: Specifically, at the foot of mount Qilian in the northwest part of...

Spain’s "Magic Mountain" for Acro lovers from all over the world will host for the third time this high-level Acro Game, in which 15 of the best pilots of the extreme paragliding discipline will display their skills in duels of...

The Championships held in Pegalajar (province of Jaen, Andalusia) last week enjoyed good -if somewhat strong- conditions on the first 3 days, that allowed the 140 competitors to fly races of 60, 88 and 108 km. After the 2nd...

I have been chasing the 200 km mark for the second season now. Last year I settled for a 193km FAI Triangle, it was a massive feat for me as a pilot at the time. I competed in the 15th...

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...

Nearly 120 pilots, from 20 countries -but only half of them American-, competed at the 3rd FAI Pan-American Paragliding Championship and Open held in Baixo Guandu, Brazil, from April 1 to 8, 2018. After 4 valid tasks, Brazilian pilots...