PMA confirm their Serial position
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
PMA statement reiterates their pro-Serial class position for FAI Cat1 events
Archive for July, 2011
Red Bull X-Alps 2011: Day 4
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
Chrigel pulls ahead into clearer weather as Toma snaps at his heels
Red Bull X-Alps 2011: Day 3 roundup
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
Kaoru Ogisawa (JPN) disqualified, four penalised and Chrigel Maurer (SUI1) breaks free of the pack
Friends gather to say goodbye to Xavier Murillo
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
Mark Hayman reflects on the memorial of Xavier Murillo, technical director and passionate, hardworking frontman of the Paragliding World Cup
255.5km paragliding record in Turkey
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
On 3 July Turkish paraglider pilot Hakan Akcalar broke Turkey’s cross country record with a 255.5km flight from Denizli on an R10.2.
Red Bull X-Alps 2011: Day 2 roundup
Monday, July 18th, 2011
Red Bull X-Alps 2011 day two – Chrigel Maurer (SUI1) reveals his glider choice and the ground assault begins in earnest
CIVL Statement on Open Class wings
Monday, July 18th, 2011
Following the suspension of Open Class paragliders during the Paragliding World Championships 2011 in Piedrahita, Spain, CIVL have issued the following statement.
Lynx Bluetooth audio adapter for radio headsets
Monday, July 18th, 2011
Lynx Avionics have announced a new Bluetooth audio adapter for their Micro System headsets.
Red Bull X-Alps 2011: GO! GO! GO!
Monday, July 18th, 2011
Bad weather beleaguers Red Bull X-Alps 2011 athletes on day 2 of the race
Red Bull X-Alps 2011: Daily Reports
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
The Red Bull X-Alps 2011 started on 17 July. Join us as we watch the thirty athletes make their way across the Alps by foot and paraglider.
Written on Air: short paragliding and hang gliding stories for Kindle
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
Taff Thomas’ book of short paragliding and hang gliding stories, Written on Air, is available to buy on Kindle from Amazon UK
Red Bull X-Alps 2011: 24 hours to go!
Saturday, July 16th, 2011
2011 Red Bull X-Alps blasts off on Sunday 17 July for 30 of the fittest para-athletes in the world
What is wrong with FAI Cat1 events?
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
In the aftermath of the 2011 Paragliding World Championships being cancelled Mads Syndergaard comments on where things went wrong and how to right them
Red Bull X-Alps 2011: Lighter, faster, better?
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
There are only five days to go until the start of the fifth edition of the Red Bull X-Alps. The advances in paraglider technology mean the equipment used in 2011 is very different to that used in the first race, back in 2003.
The last flight of Xavier Murillo: By James ‘Kiwi’ Johnston
Saturday, July 9th, 2011
In a moving account James ‘Kiwi’ Johnston reports from Huascaran, Peru
Paragliding World Championships 2011: CANCELLED
Friday, July 8th, 2011
The 2011 Paragliding World Championships has been cancelled after two tasks
Xavier Murillo RIP
Friday, July 8th, 2011 Updated 8 July 11am GMT: It is with the heaviest of hearts that we report the discovery of Xavier Murillo’s body in Peru
Paragliding World Championships: Stopped by the FAI
Friday, July 8th, 2011
The Paragliding World Championships 2011 have been temporarily stopped
Paragliding World Championships 2011: Statement and update
Thursday, July 7th, 2011 The organisers of the Paragliding World Championships 2011 in Piedrahita have released a further statement
Paragliding World Championships 2011: Mads leaves
Thursday, July 7th, 2011 The morning meeting is just over, and as expected most teams were for continuing the event.
