The second Asian Paragliding World Cup round finished in Linzhou, China, on 9 June. Russian Andrey Eliseev and France’s Orlane Sturbois were the male and female winners.

The Snaplock is a new lightweight and easy-to-use karabiner for paragliding from Finsterwalder & Charly. Despite being half the weight of a steel krab, it has an incredible 30 kN (3,000 kg) breaking strength.

23-year-old 2007 junior French champion Alexandre Jofresa has won the first round of the British Paragliding Open that was held in Kobarid, Slovenia, from 5 – 12 June. In second place and first Brit was Jamie Messenger.

The long wait for Advance’s new high-performance paraglider, the Omega 8, is almost over. There will be four sizes, which will be certified EN/LTF D, dealers should be receiving the first test wings around now.

In keeping with their philosophy of creating well-designed XS gliders for smaller pilots, Icaro Paragliders now have an extra small version of the EN B Wildcat.

The Energy Cross is a reversible paraglider harness from Icaro. It is designed to be comfortable to walk and fly long distances, and despite being lightweight has plenty of storage space for vol-biv kit.

British pilot Mark Graham flew his Axis Vega 3 to victory in the Ozone Chabre Open 2010, winning the sailplane flight courtesy of longtime sponsor Quo Vadis.

Organisers have described last weekend’s Lakes Charity Classic as “possibly the biggest and most successful free flying/comp event of its type ever held in this country”.

Young rising French paragliding acro star Greg Fayolle died doing the sport he loved in Spain last month. His funeral was held in Champnix on 31 May.

Italian Luca Donini is the new European Paragliding Champion for 2010, and Italy the top nation.

Bat Rousset 2009 – French paragliding acro ace Baptiste Rousset’s short video of some of his airborne exploits from 2009.

Video of Austrian hang glider pilot Wolfi Siess, elegantly flying his glider beneath a river bridge before executing a perfect landing on a tiny beach.

Polish paraglider manufacturer have a new range of outdoor clothng, the Fun Collection, including a softshell jacket made by outdoor clothing specialist Regatta.

Paraglider manufacturer Gin have added a technical T shirt to their range of performance clothing. The short-sleeved Meryl team shirt is lightweight, breathable and moisture-wicking – “engineered for performance at the highest level”, the company say.

Cross Country magazine are running a short-film competition via their Facebook pages, top prize being a Sup’Air Evo XC 2 paragliding harness. Closing date for entries is 31 August 2010.

Pro Design’s new performance intermediate paraglider, the EN B Thema 2, is ready and distribution starts in the middle of June.

Ozone’s long-awaited sports paraglider, the Delta, has now passed EN C certification in the M size and is in production, shipping to pilots all over the world from today.

French pilot Stephane Drouin has (provisionally) broken the paraglider world record for speed over a triangular course of 200 km with a flight from Aime in the Haute Tarentaise on 24 May.

Women stormed to victory at the German Hang Gliding Open in Hochries last week. Natalia Petrova won the Open outright, and Corinna Schwiegershausen (second in the open) is the new overall German champion, with Konrad Schwab top male.