US camera-makers GoPro are giving away a HD Hero helmet camera, plus one of every accessory they make for it, every day.

El Yelmo, Andalucia’s free flight festival, takes place from 8 – 10 July 2011.

The Montegrappa Trophy is to the start of the flying season, what St Hilaire is to the end. It takes place over Easter, 21 – 25 April.

XCmag donned its 3D glasses and headed to the movies to see Rio – The Movie

APCO’s famous Twister acro wing has been replaced with a MK II version.

Niviuk have brought out a new concertina-packing paraglider bag

Follow Erick Angles as he blogs from a month-long hang gliding world record encampment in Morocco

Cloud Street are a US company who make all sorts of winches for towing hang gliders and paragliders.

Ozone’s new EN B lightweight the Geo III is almost 1kg lighter than its predecessor.

Aircross have released their new competition wing for 2011, the U6.

The Portuguese XC Open takes place at the end of August 2011.

Icaro’s new EN C Maverick 2 is out.

French firm Escape paragliders are growing, and looking for new dealers.

A new lightweight reversible harness from Sky Paragliders.

The Spring 2 harness has an 18cm foam back protector, and an optional airbag which can be zipped on and off.

Nova’s new tandem paraglider, the Bion, has a huge weight range of 115 – 230kg

Skywalk’s Cult-C harness is certified to the new LTF09 standards, and gives full pre-flight protection.

The Smart is a super-lightweight harness for speed flying from French firm Escape.

Sky have a new two-line competition paraglider for the coming season, the Eos.

Sol say they focussed on building a great thermal climbing machine with the new EN D Torck 2.