Tim Alongi, Winner and Best Trick of Acro Game 2018
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 Meru: A new Star for the Serial Class
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...
The magic of the Coupe Icare enchants China
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...
Organya gets ready for its 3rd Acro Game
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...
Ojovolador’s Daniel Crespo is Spanish Paragliding Champion 2018!
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...
New Latvian National Record: 224 km Out-and-Return from Saint André Les Alpes
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...
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...
Jeison Zeferino is Pan-American Paragliding Champion 2018
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...
Nova launched EN B glider ION 5
The successor of Nova’s best-selling glider of the millennium (the Ion 4) incorporates a refined profile with optimised ballooning and wingtips, as well as additional swept stabilo cells. Thanks to that, the Ion 5 offers better glide performance across...
Mac Para presents hike&fly glider Outback
The lightest and most compact paraglider in the Mac Para range, the new Outback is EN B certified and despite its small size and high wing load it is well balanced and offers “excellent” glide performance, according to the...
