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Archive for August, 2011

Pål Hammar Rognøy Nordic acro champion

Thursday, August 25th, 2011
Pal Hammar Rognoy, Swedish and Nordic paragliding acro champion for 2011

Pål Hammar Rognøy is the new Swedish and Nordic paragliding acro champion

Urban Valic and Klaudia Bulgakow win Kruševo Open

Thursday, August 25th, 2011
Men's podium of the Krusevo Open 2011: Borut Hafner, Urban Valic and Marko Norah

Urban Valic and Klaudia Bulgakow were the overall winners of this year’s KruÅ¡evo Open

Sol CXC competition paragliding harness

Thursday, August 25th, 2011
Sol CXC competition paraglider harness

Sol’s new competition harness, the CXC, has a removable cone fairing and is EN and LTF certified.

Meet two hang gliding pioneers in Washington

Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
Ealy kitesurfing? John Dickenson in 1965

Meet John Dickenson and Barry Palmer at Ken de Russy’s hang gliding museum in Washington on 27 August.

5,000m over Mont Blanc

Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
Gin's Eric Roussel was among five pilots to top-land 4,807m Mt Blanc on 21 August

August 2011 has seen high cloudbases in the Alps. Five pilots top-landed Mont Blanc on Sunday.

Skynch 2 self-launch winch

Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
The Skynch 2 is the newly-updated version of the paraglider self-launching winch

Skynch have updated their electric paraglider self-launch winch, and are the new Skynch 2 is now shipping.

British paragliding record smashed

Friday, August 12th, 2011
British Paragliding Record Holder Richard Carter

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Richard Carter breaks British paragliding distance record with 253km on Serial wing

Paraglider maillons safety notice

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Paramania Revo2 risers and maillons

SAFETY NOTICE: over-tightened maillons can become weaker

4807 Flying Light: hike-and-fly week in St Gervais

Monday, August 1st, 2011
St Gervais Vol Libre 4807 Flying Light week

The St Gervais Mont Blanc paragliding club’s 4807 Flying Light hike-and-fly week runs from 4 – 9 October 2011.

Raid Chamois 2011: four sport adventure race in the French Alps

Monday, August 1st, 2011
The Raid Chamois 2011 takes place on 8 October

The seventh edition of the Raid Chamois paraglider adventure race takes place in the Annecy area of France on Saturday 8 October.

Aircross’ U Cross paraglider gets EN C

Monday, August 1st, 2011
Aircross new En C paraglider, the U Cross

AirCross’ new paraglider, the U Cross, has passed EN C certification in sizes S and M