XXV edition of El Hierro International paragliding meeting.
Between the 28th of May and the 2nd of June around 120 paragliding pilots and their companions got together one more year in El Hierro, to enjoy the island, its sky, and everything the Club Guelillas had prepared for such an especial edition.
2019 X-Alps, the toughest edition of the race to date
In a clear effort to raise the bar of difficulty of the competition, the new Turnpoints in western Italy and the South of France will lead the participants to race along Europe’s largest mountain range, hiking or flying, from...
ITV announced the Piper, new paramotor wing to be released in January
Over a year after he took over the French company ITV, Mika Reigner seems happy with the response of the market to their new gliders and looking forward to releasing their new proposals for 2019: a dedicated paramotor wing,...
564,3 km: Donizete Lemos tells the story of longest paraglider flight
On October 13, 2016, three Brazilian pilots amazed the flying world (again) by smashing the paragliding world distance record with a 564,3 km flight in the northeast of their country: 50 km more than the previous record achieved in...
Icaro introduces the Gravis 2 (mid EN-B)
To achieve their objective of a mid EN-B oriented towards XC, the Gravis 2 has been given more cells, and they have modified the structure of those, adding also a shark nose shape to the leading edge. This way...
Video: Inspired – feed your passion for flying
Six lives and multiple ways of understanding life and paragliding. Acro, XC, speed flying, freestyle, tandem flights, paramotor or flight bivy; no matter what your flying way is, we are pretty sure that this movie will give you a blast,...
Two X-Alps veterans attempt 1200km vol-biv in the Himalaya
Stefan Bocks and Sebastian Huber arrived in India by the end of September to start the demanding adventure of covering massive distances across the highest mountains of the world, all the way from Ladakh (India) to Pokhara (Nepal). Their...
XXI International Air Festival “El Yelmo”: June 5th to 7th
Sierra de Segura (Spain) will hold again one of the main free flight events in Europe, together with the XXI International Air Cinema Festival, and the VI Open El Yelmo XC.
Paraglider review: Nova Sector, accessible EN C
We tested in detail the Nova Sector, a XC oriented EN C glider with moderate aspect ratio, which stands out for its ease of use and amazing performance
Nova launched high EN A wing Aonic and reversible harness Itus
The new wing in NOVA’s catalog proposes an agile and versatile behavior, to enjoy from the first flights until much later on. They also introduce their new reversible harness with a high-capacity detachable backpack.
