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CIVL Plenary 2012: Polish propose ‘Open XC’ world championship title

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
Classic Routes Europe

Poland lobbies for ‘open distance’ paragliding to get its own space at the CIVL table

Paragliding World Cup Superfinal 2011: Peter Neuenschwander wins

Monday, February 6th, 2012
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Peter Neuenschwander won the PWCA Superfinal in Valle de Bravo on Saturday

Paragliding World Cup Superfinal 2011: task seven, the sun is back and 76 pilots in goal

Friday, February 3rd, 2012
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The sun is back in Valle de Bravo. 76 in goal in task seven of the Paragliding Word Cup Superfinal

Felipe Rezende wins Nelson Paragliding Open 2012

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
Felipe Rezende, photographed ion 2011. Photo: www.solparagliders.com.br

Brazilian-born Felipe Rezende won New Zealand’s Nelson Paragliding Open 2012

Annecy paragliding exhibition May 2012

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
Annecy paragliding exhibition APX 2012 poster

Annecy’s big paragliding exhibition takes place 5-6 May 2012, based at Doussard

Paragliding World Cup Superfial 2011: Task cancelled

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
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Task seven of the Paragliding World Cup Superfinal 2011 was cancelled due to weak conditions

Paragliding World Cup Superfinal 2011: Light conditions and no-one in goal on Task 6

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
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Pilots struggled in light conditions on the 92.85km task six. Charles Cazaux of France flew the furthest, at 79.30km.

Paragliding World Cup Superfial 2011: Weather-enforced rest day for day six

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
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Day six of the Paragliding World Cup Superfinal in Valle de Bravo was a well-earned, if rain-enforced, rest day

Paragliding World Cup Superfinal 2011: Peter Neuenschwander back on top

Monday, January 30th, 2012
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Peter Neuenschwander wins a difficult, weak day, putting him back on top overall.

Paragliding World Cup Superfinal 2011: Luc Armant first in goal again for task four

Sunday, January 29th, 2012
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Luc Armant was first into goal again on task four of the PWC Superfinal; Juan Becerra back to first place overall

Paragliding World Cup Superfinal 2011: Luc and Luca joint first on day three

Saturday, January 28th, 2012
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Task three of the PWC Superfinal in Valle de Bravo was jointly won by Luc Armant and Luca Donini

Paragliding World Cup Superfinal 2011: Juan Becerra ahead after task two

Friday, January 27th, 2012
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Day two saw strong conditions and a 91.6km task. Venezuelan Juan Becerra was the first of 95 pilots in goal.

Paragliding World Cup Superfinal 2011: Hans Bollinger wins first task

Thursday, January 26th, 2012
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Switzerland’s Hans Bollinger won the first task of the Paragliding World Cup 2011 Superfinal in Valle de Bravo

Paragliding World Cup Superfinal 2011: Valle de Bravo, Mexico

Monday, January 23rd, 2012
PWC Superfinal Mexico 2011

Brilliant weather, 120 top-level pilots and new wings – the Superfinal kicks off

Pre-PWC Roldanillo 2012: Julian Andres Carreño wins

Monday, January 16th, 2012
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Colombian Julian Andres Carreño has won the pre-PWC Roldanillo 2012

Pub to pub paragliding competition

Friday, January 13th, 2012
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Pub to Pub is a fun paragliding competition that will take place in Corryong, Australia from 14-17 February 2012

Stubai Paragliding Cup and Testival 2012

Thursday, January 12th, 2012
Stubai Cup and Testival 2012 poster

The Stubai Paragliding Cup and Testival takes place in Austria on 2-4 March 2012

Vol et Ski 2012: French dates

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Vol et Ski 2012

The dates for the French vol-et-ski events for 2012 are now available

CIVL Paragliding Competitions Safety Task Force: First report

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
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Comp Class comeback: Report clears ‘dangerous paragliders’ and focuses on pilot education

New Zealand Paragliding Open 2012

Thursday, December 1st, 2011
New Zealand Paragliding Open 2012

Registration is open for the first round of the 2012 New Zealand Paragliding Open, to be held in Nelson in January.