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Archive for June, 2011

Paragliding at Monaco/Roquebrune suspended

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
Chrigel Maurer launches from Mont Gros, Roquebrune, Monaco to win the 2009 Red Bull X-Alps

Paragliding and hang gliding suspended from Mont Gros at Roquebrune, Monaco from the 1 July 2011

Hans ter Maat wins Dutch Open Flatlands Competition 2011

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
Dutch masters ... Chavert and Hans ter Maat, father and son paragliding champions

Father and son come first and second in this unique flatland comp

St Hil’Airtour 2011: the last day

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
Antoine Girard completes the tour five minutes before the cutoff time, and is the winner of the first ever Airtour

The last day meant fantastic flights for some, and all day on foot for others. The winner, Antoine Giraud, completed the entire tour and flew into goal with five minutes to spare.

Video: Herminio Cordido at the Fiesta del Aire 2011

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
Fiesta del Aire 2011, Mexico

Mexico’s Coupe Icare attracted over 100 pilots in May

St Hil’Airtour 2011: Groundtouring and tree landing

Sunday, June 26th, 2011
Charlie flying from the Col de Aparitatz above Ugine

After yesterday’s disappointing and frustrating day, I’d hoped today would be extra good. The morning was sunny and cloudless, except for the pileus hat on Mont Blanc

St Hil’Airtour 2011: Going round in circles

Sunday, June 26th, 2011
Charlie climbing on the Aravis

ā€œMy day has gone from bad to worse. Wish I’d done what I’d wanted to. Now set myself back hours and hours of walking ☹ not fun any moreā€

St Hil’Airtour 2011: Half way point

Friday, June 24th, 2011
Feet holding up well

Day three is over, so we are halfway through the Airtour, timewise if not distance-wise. The car is doubling up as a fairly ineffective drying room after last night’s downpour soaked everything, and is starting to smell like a cheese factory

St Hil’Airtour 2011: A day of walking

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
Charlie eating lunch and changing shoes before the next section of the hike

We woke to a grey sky with the odd shower coming through but still the hope it would be flyable from the top of Colombier…

Video: Squash Falconer’s Everest paraglide attempt

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
Squash Falconer on Mount Everest

‘One out of two isn’t bad.’ A 14-minute film of trying to paraglide on top of the world

St Hil’Airtour 2011: More walking than flying

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
Summiting the Col de Marocaz

Charlie King flies and walks 36km on her first day of the 289km adventure race.

Red Bull X-Alps 2011: Alex Hofer out after injury

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
Alex Hofer. Photo: Red Bull X-Alps

X-Alps star suffers back injury after accident in Alps

St Hil’Airtour 2011: The race is on

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
The race start of the 2011 St Hil'Airtour

Bleary eyed competitors gathered on the north launch at St Hilaire this morning for the start of the 2011 St Hil’Airtour.

St Hil’Airtour 2011: Practise day

Monday, June 20th, 2011
Group photo of the competitors and their supporters

Charlie King reports from the start of the 289km adventure race

Whoosh! version 2.0 hang glider base bar wheels

Monday, June 20th, 2011
Whoosh! wheels 2.0 for aerofoil section hang glider base tube

Whoosh! version 2.0 are sturdy wheels for hang glider base bars, with interchangeable hubs

Kortel paragliding cockpit

Monday, June 20th, 2011
Kortel Kockpit II paragliding cockpit

French paraglider manufacturer have improved their cockpit, to create the Kockpit II.

SPOT Locator smartphone app

Monday, June 20th, 2011
SPOT Locator smartphone app

SPOT Locator is an app for Windows 7 smartphones, that enables you to view the location of, and messages sent by, a SPOT device.

Air Design Vita, entry level EN B paraglider

Sunday, June 19th, 2011
Air Design's EN B Vita

The Vita is a low-end EN B paraglider suitable for school use and cross country flying

St Hil’Airtour 2011: Heading north

Sunday, June 19th, 2011
Heading-off-for-the-Airtour-car-packed

The car’s packed and we’re off up to St Hilaire for the start of the Airtour.

Airtour Adventure Race Blog

Sunday, June 19th, 2011
airtour-blog-header-xc

Charlie King blogs from the Airtour, mini-X-Alps style adventure race that starts in St Hilaire du Touvet, France, on 21 June.

Sky Paragliders’ certified Excite 3 harness

Sunday, June 19th, 2011
Sky Paragliders' Excite 3 performance harness

The Excite 3 is an EN-certified sport and competition harness from Sky, with a detachable speed bag