Altiplano invite pilots to take part in their high altitude paragliding tours of Bolivia, during which they will experience high altitude launches (between 3,000m and 4,400m ASL), lunar landscapes,desert and jungle terrains, and of course the exciting South American culture. Their guide will be a trilingual French instructor, now resident in Bolivia, and covered by [...]

Christoph Frutiger and Advance bring you Sigma 7: The film! Containing product information and plenty of inspiration, the film was shot on the beautiful island of Madeira. Sigma 7: The film

The sixth annual incarnation of the popular New Zealand festival takes place from 27 December 2008 to 10 January 2009. It hosts two cross country competitions: the first, the Wanaka Cross Country Open, is all about experienced pilots having a good time and creating a fun, friendly learning environment for lower airtime pilots. The competition [...]

Advance’s Easypack 2 is their new paraglider ‘sac. Its ergonomically designed, sleek and slender form has been tailored for easy packing and closing, and for carrying comfort. Features include compression straps around the bulkiest part of the pack, shaped shoulder straps and an adjustable padded waist belt. The Easypack 2 comes in a choice of [...]

ActiveFly’s paragliding flight simulator has been unveiled, and has so far been very well received.

Jim Mallinson, John Silvester and Eddie Colfox are to team up again in Bir. After the resounding success of their exploratory trip in October and November 2007, during which they flew 19 out of 20 days, averaging 3 hours of top quality XC flying each day and all making it to pioneering vol-biv camp on [...]

Jim Mallinson and Chicco Patuzzi are proud to announce the forthcoming release of their new film, “Temples in the Clouds”.

The 19th Alpine International Open took place in the Karwendel mountains above Innsbruck on the weekend of 31st may and 1st June. The two day competition saw 60 paragliders and more than 70 hang gliders flying tasks of between 35 and 140km. The top 3 overall in the Class 5 event were Germans, Ralf Miederhoff [...]

Marred by the death of Russian pilot Dmitry Maslennikov during the task on the last day, the closing party of the Castejon de Sos round of the PWC was somewhat subdued and the podium not really at the forefront of everyone’s minds. Karlo Bonacic (HR, Axis) took gold, ahead of Jean Marc Caron (FR, Niviuk) [...]

Fancy breaking into the world of freestyle flying? Niviuk’s F-Gravity wing has been conceived to enable you to do just that, but it’s versatile enough that you can still use it to enjoy soaring flights and cross country, without needing a quiver of wings. Available in two sizes (20 and 22) and two colours, Rasta [...]

Niviuk’s new school wing, the KOYOT is a replacement for the NK1, but with improved manoeuvrability and feeling that the company say will take you on in your flying career, and enable you to achieve first XC flights in confidence. Currently ertified LTF1 and EN B in sizes 24, 26 and 28 , the KOYOT [...]

French star Greg Blondeau (MAC Para) has won the 2008 European Paragliding Championships in Nis, Serbia. The paragliding instructor from northern France has been edging closer and closer each year to scooping a major title. In 2006 he won a PWC in Austria and has stood on PWC podiums several other times. Greg is also [...]

On July 5th and 6th, NOVA team pilot Steve Nash won the X-Lakes 2008 (Lake District, UK) aboard his Ibex. The race started from Keswick at 06:15 on the Saturday morning, with the competitors having 35 hours to complete the course which comprised 3 turnpoints on top of Scafell Pike (Englands highest peak, 977m), Helvellyn [...]

Throughout the months of July and August, an exhibition showing giant prints and a video montage of Jean Huet’s work from ‘A Tire d’Ailes’ will be showing at the “Imaginez’ bookshop, Barcelonette (04, France). www.jean-huet.com

After three phenomenally successful races, the Red Bull X-Alps is back and is now searching the globe for 30 potential participants. Entries are now being taken on www.redbullxalps.com and all must be received by September 30th 2008. The 2009 race is set to start on July 19 and the race, which covers 850km, is expected [...]

Hernan Pittoco, aboard his Sol Supersonic, was the winner of Acro Attack 08 held over 2 – 6 July. In second place, also on a Supersonic, was Horacio Llorens (SP) with Alexander Meschuh (AT, Icaro Nikita II) in third. www.acroattack.net

Just days after brother Raul became a Dad, Felix Rodriguez and partner, Charlotte, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Horacio. He was born 14th July at 17:40: healthy, strong and handsome! All best wishes to the new family for an exciting new future!

Uptimal, AKA Malibu Paragliding, is now USA importer of ITV products, and is looking for dealers. ITV are well known in Europe and have been making paragliders for 25 years. They manufacture high quality wings for the PG and PPG markets, and prices have never been so good! Contact sales@itvusa.us for a dealer price list [...]

Version 61.0 of the firmware for the Leonardo is now available for download from Digifly’s website, www.digifly.com. The new software improves the vario responsiveness and the GPS sensitivity, making recording of turnpoints virtually instantaneous.

Do you use Firefox browser? Try the GiPSy extension which will download flight tracklogs from your GPS instrument and create IGC files in a very easy and intuitive way. It also will create a well arranged and usable logbook of all your flights. GiPSy is closely integrated with the Xcontest system (www.xcontest.org). It currently runs [...]