{"id":11847,"date":"2019-05-28T12:23:50","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T10:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ojovolador.com\/?p=11847"},"modified":"2019-05-28T12:23:51","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T10:23:51","slug":"paramotor-pilot-nic-petropoulos-wins-south-african-icarus-x-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ojovolador.com\/en\/paramotor-pilot-nic-petropoulos-wins-south-african-icarus-x-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Paramotor pilot Nic Petropoulos wins the South African event of the Icarus X Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>Icarus X Series<\/strong> was born as a weekend-size version of the Paramotor Icarus Trophy, and it consists of <strong>weekend-long<\/strong> races in different locations around the world. It is divided in <strong>two divisions<\/strong> ( Race and Adventure) with the aim of catering for all sort of international pilots, from the more experienced ones (Race division) to the ones that are just starting to compete, or just want to enjoy the course (Adventure division)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ojovolador.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/icaro-x-series-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11835\" width=\"375\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ojovolador.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/icaro-x-series-2.jpg 446w, https:\/\/ojovolador.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/icaro-x-series-2-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/ojovolador.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/icaro-x-series-2-312x420.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><figcaption>Clocolaan on sight, from Nic Petropoulos&#8217; perspective, 1st in the race.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The South African event consisted of a <strong>350km two-day course<\/strong>, taking off on Friday 17th from Bethlehem Aerodrome, flying over the <strong>Golden Gate National Park<\/strong> and the Maluti Mountains, and finishing on Saturday 18th at Claren\u2019s Golf Course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> In the <strong>Race division<\/strong>, pilots can progress with their paramotor, by <strong>flying or walking<\/strong>, and <strong>carrying<\/strong> all their own <strong>food, clothes, and a way to sleep<\/strong> with them. But it was the weather, with head wind and some thermals, and a few mechanical problems which put some pilots into trouble, preventing a number of them from finishing the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"595\" height=\"433\" src=\"http:\/\/ojovolador.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/icarus-x-series-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ojovolador.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/icarus-x-series-1.jpg 595w, https:\/\/ojovolador.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/icarus-x-series-1-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ojovolador.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/icarus-x-series-1-324x235.jpg 324w, https:\/\/ojovolador.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/icarus-x-series-1-577x420.jpg 577w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><figcaption>Top 3 of the Race Division: 1st Nic (center), 2nd Eugene (left) y 3\u00ba Alard (right)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, the winner of the event was South African <strong>Nic Petropoulos<\/strong>, a pilot with 10 years experience, who made an epic landing at the finish line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nic Petropoulos has won the Icarus X Series RSA 2019.  Here he is making a legendary landing at the Finish Line.  Congratulations Mr. Nic. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t2XXi3HUrM\">pic.twitter.com\/t2XXi3HUrM<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Icarus Trophy (@IcarusTrophy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IcarusTrophy\/status\/1129658909382328320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The next race of the Icarus X series will take place in the UK, on the 21st and 22nd of June. You can get all the information about the race following this link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (abre en una nueva pesta\u00f1a)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theadventurists.com\/adventures\/icarus-trophy\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.theadventurists.com\/adventures\/icarus-trophy\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The race, which took place on the 17th and the 18th of May, was really challenging for the pilots, and ended up with the victory of a local pilot. 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