Good bye, Hannes Arch
The Austrian pilot and adventurer Hannes Arch passed away yesterday, Thursday 8 of September, in a helicopter accident in the Alps. Arch was a forerunner of acrobatic paragliding and then founded the Red Bull Acro Team in 1995, alongside...
Fly with me – Soaring with vultures
Paragliding offers intense moments; from your first glides you can enjoy the feeling of floating over wonderful landscapes, fly along other pilots, or get to climb up from very low… they are great moments to remember.
One of the best...
Ozone launches the Zeno, high EN-D paraglider
Halfway between a Mantra M6 and an Enzo 2, the Zeno is a totally new design with a profile inherited from the research program of the Enzo 3, with only 2 risers, aspect ratio of 6.9 and 78 cells....
Antoine Girard breaks paragliding altitude record: 8157m!
French adventurer Antoine Girard is just back from a 1260km fly bivouac solo in Pakistan in 19 days, from which he brought a world record, the first paraglider flight to the top of an 8,000m peak, and the country’s...
Honorin Hamard beats world record of FAI triangle twice in 10 days!
Paragliding world champion and Ozone’s test pilot managed to pass the 300km mark in FAI triangle on July 9th, with 306 km, and again on July 19th, with 326 km! That is breaking the world record twice in only...
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...
Update on CLICK-LOCK and T-LOCK buckles by Finsterwalder
After having informed 43 paraglider harness manufacturers about how to rework their grounded harnesses following the safety notice about Click-Lock and T-Lock buckles, Finsterwalder encourages affected pilots to contact their harness manufacturer to ask for instructions on rework of...
“Last Base”: Best film of the 17th International Air Films Festival of El Yelmo
The film contest was again the soul of the FIA El Yelmo festival this year, held on June 3 to 5 in the Sierra de Segura (Jaen, Andalusia, Spain), with a new comfortable and spacious cinema hall, where we...
First contact with paraglider Sol Sycross One
The wind was too strong for a test flight with the Sol Sycross One, however, we managed to do a good photo session at the paramotor field. There, the wind was manageable and allowed us to test inflations and...
DHV calls to check Finsterwalder Click-Lock and T-Lock harness buckles
The German paragliding association and certification body issued a safety notice for paraglider harnesses equipped with Finsterwalder CLICK-LOCK and T-LOCK buckles in the chest strap, which should not be used for more than 4 years. These buckles have been...
