More videos from Frewsy at the Monarca Open are on his YouTube channel
Brad Gunnuscio won the Monarca Paragliding Open in Valle de Bravo, Mexico. He beat fellow countryman Josh Cohn (USA) into second place. France’s Lucas Bernadin came third. Meredith Malocsay (USA) won the women’s comp.
The competition, one of the highlights of the North American season saw five tasks of between 54 and 70 km flown. Only one day was lost to the weather.
All three pilots on the podium were flying Niviuk Icepeak 3s.
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Congrats to all!
In my opinion Lucas was the surprise star of the event as he had never flown Valle before. And this year we had a coupe of tasks in weak conditions which made things even trickier than usual. Witness days with bad results by the likes of Ronny Helgesen, Matt Beechinor and Mads Syndergaard.
After the first day with a few very minor glitches the event ran as smoothly as we’ve come to expect and the atmosphere was great again. Thank you organizers!