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Archive for April, 2011

Dudek Nemo 2 school paraglider

Friday, April 8th, 2011
Dudek Nemo 2, EN A paraglider

The Nemo 2 from Dudek is an EN A paraglider for school to XC flying.

Gradient’s new ‘Explore the Invisible’ T-shirt

Friday, April 8th, 2011
Gradient's new Explore the Invisible T-shirt

Gradient have a new ‘Explore the Invisible’ cotton T-shirt in Diva blue for the coming season.

Mexico: A place to stay and more in Tapalpa

Friday, April 8th, 2011
Parque-Aventuras-Tapalpa-Mexico

La Ceja Adventure Park offer accommodation and logistics for free fliers in Tapalpa, Mexico.

New destinations for Frontiers Paragliding

Friday, April 8th, 2011
The colourful retireve vehicle in Colombia

Adam Hill and Frontiers Paragliding are running tours in new places this year.

Dudek Pogo competition paragliding harness

Friday, April 8th, 2011
Dudek Pogo in flight

Dudek’s Pogo competition paraglider harness has a removable cocoon with cockpit.

U-Turn Emotion 2, LTF 1 paraglider

Friday, April 8th, 2011
The Emotion 2 is U-Turn's new LTF 1 paraglider

U-Turn have a new LTF 1 paraglider, the Emotion 2.

Dudek combo paragliding training harness

Friday, April 8th, 2011
The minimalist Dudek Combo harness with its attachable 17cm foam back protector

The Combo is a simple, lightweight training harness with removable back protection.

Quo Vadis: Sup’Air reversible harness

Thursday, April 7th, 2011
Sup'Air Quo Vadis reversible harness / rucksack

Sup’Air’s Quo Vadis reversible harness / rucksack is available to order now.

Another tandem record for Skywalk’s Join’t2

Thursday, April 7th, 2011
Skywalk's marketing man, Reinhard Vollmert

Skywalk’s marketing man has flown the Join’t2 tandem into the record books again.

Canadian hang glider and paraglider nationals 2011

Thursday, April 7th, 2011
Canadian hang gliding and rigid wing nationals

The Canadian HG nationals will be held in Golden, BC, from 10 – 16 July 2011.

Women’s World Champion Petra Slivova joins Gin

Thursday, April 7th, 2011
Petra Slivova has joined team Gin and will fly the Boomerang 8 this season

Petra Slivova, double world champion and triple European champion, has joined team Gin.

Paragliding World Championships 2011: Register by 3 May

Thursday, April 7th, 2011
Piedrahita World Paragliding Championships 2011

Team leaders must register pilots for the Paragliding World Championships by 3 May.

Pilot & passenger tandem harnesses from Gin

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
Gin's tandem pilot and passenger harnesses

Gin’s Safari harnesses are a pair of pilot and passenger harnesses for tandem paragliding.

Spring 2011 T-shirts from Dudek

Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
Dudek's Spring 2011 T-shirts feature a lightning design

Dudek’s new lightning-strike T-shirt design for Spring 2011 comes in two fits.

Bogazici Paragliding Festival, Turkey

Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
Bogazici Air Festival paragliding festival in Turkey

The sixth Bogazici Paragliding festival takes place in Sakarya, Turkey this July.

Nicole Fedele in the record books again

Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
Nicole Fedele. Photo: www.xcontest.org

Italian Nicole Fedele has submitted a claim for the Speed over a 25km triangular course women’s world record.

Cross Country’s XCertina Bag mkIII

Monday, April 4th, 2011
Cross Country's fast-pack bag has now been further improved. Here's the XCertina bag mkIII

Cross Country reveal the XCertina Bag mkIII, new and improved for the coming season.

Bordairline paraglider races: 2011 dates

Monday, April 4th, 2011
Biotech-Bordairline-banner

Registration is open for the 2011 Bordairline hike-and-fly races.

Ozone’s new anti-G-force device

Monday, April 4th, 2011
Ozone's new Anti-G

Ozone’s Anti-G is a simple safety device that reduces the G-force experienced when spiral diving a paraglider.