Once again this year the Colombian HG Nationals will be an Open – FAI category 2 event held in the wonderful town of Roldanillo – Valle (July 12-19).
The weather is flyable all year round, the flying is nice, the atmosphere is great and the country is wonderful!
We would like to encourage foreign pilots to come visit and fly in our country, while having the opportunity to get points for the WPRS, as an attempt to give our sport a boost and to get more people involved in it, as well as the private and the public sector.
More information at http://zamuros.googlepages.com

World famous site Denizli is now hosting a new XC competition. The site has been used for many International and National competitions.
Dates are 16-19 May(15th official training day)

Please visit www.thehorizons.org for more information

Do you love the Florida weather? Imagine flying with shorts and a t-shirt!
The Florida Spring Fling will be held the second week of May. David Prentice and Luis Ameglio are organizing this small and fun competition near La Belle, FL, the limit is 20 pilots.For more information visit www.earthcog.com and www.paralidingflorida.com.

Fulvio Pacher, brother of Jimmy and importer of Gin Gliders in Italy, was killed in a tandem accident on Col de Rossi, Marmolada, on February 22nd. It appears that the passenger tried to stop the launch and the pair slipped on a snowy slope before swinging into a cliff. The passenger sadly also died.
Our thoughts go out to their families and friends.

Chrigel Maurer, the triple PWC champion, ex-European paragliding champion and Advance’s all round wonder kid has just proven that he’s got the hang of the Infinite Tumble by breaking the World record with a stomach churning 155 consecutive tumbles.

Having Launched from the summit of the Jungfraujoch and glided past the Mönch and the Eiger, Maurer went in to action above Grindlewald and broke Antoine Montant’s record of 122 Infinite Tumbles that was set in front of a rapturous crowd at the St Hilaire festival last September.

Whether Montant or Raul Rodriguez, the previous two holders of the Infinite Tumble World record, will reply with an even dizzier set of revolutions remains to be seen. More likely is that one of the new forces in acro like Pàl Takàts will fancy a stab at holding down their lunch longer than anyone else has before them.

Full report in next issue of Cross Country magazine.

Francois Bon, Gin Gliders’ speedriding test pilot, has just taken the sport to a new level. The French speedriding aficionado, who made the first descent of the North Wall of the Eiger and has been a driving force in many of the major landmark descents in the sport, spent eleven days climbing Aconcagua, the highest mountain outside of the Himalayas.

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Aljaz and Urban Valic are leaving Mac Para to head for new challenges in paragliding.
They have achieved many wins in competitions on Mac Maguses and are respected as world class competition pilots. Mac Para would like to thank them for their efforts and wish them success in their new jobs.

Word on the hill is that Urban is moving to Niviuk and Aljaz to Gin, as soon as we get official confirmation we’ll let you know.

Newly certified and available for demo now, Ozone are proud to present the Rush 2, Octane FLX, FLX (Felix Pro Model), and the Groundhog.

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The Voss Hang gliding and paragliding club and the Norwegian Air sport Federation have had to take the difficult decision to cancel the 2nd FAI World Championship for Aerobatic Hang gliding and Paragliding, to have been held at Voss from August 22nd – 31st 2008.

They are hoping that by taking this decision now, there may be time for another host to be found for the 2008 event.

For more information please contact the Executive Officer HP/NLF
Arne H Hillestad, tel. +47 908 67 560 or mail hp.nlf@nlf.no

Guido Gehrmann, who is increasingly involved in aerobatics with his hang glider, has ordered his Icaro Laminar Z9. He flew Icaro in 2006 at the first aerobatic championships in Villeneuve, Switzerland, when he finished second.
His goal: to win the next World Championships which will be held in August in Voss, Norway.
“When you play hard, nothing can be left to chance”.

www.icaro2000.com