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Perfect wingovers by Raul Rodriguez

Monday, November 1st, 2010
The Wingover

Acro grandmaster Raul Rodriguez explains how to learn wingovers – and how to get good at them.

A new world record for Lucky Clowns: 121 synchro infinity tumbles

Friday, September 24th, 2010
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Swiss paragliding acro champion Yves Berlowitz and his Lucky Clowns acro partner Remo Niederer have set a new world record for 121 synchro infinity tumbles.

Drop Myself and I – PÃ¥l Hammar Rognøy D-bags from his own paraglider

Monday, August 30th, 2010
XC

Pål Hammar Rognøy D-bags from his own paraglider above the Swedish ski resort of Åre.

Ove Tillung wins Nordic acro comp

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
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Nordic acro champion, Norwegian Ove Tillung, won the 2010 Downteam Challenge acro competition held in the Swedish ski resort of Ã…re from 6 – 8 August.

Sonchaux Acro Show 2010: 20 – 22 August

Monday, August 16th, 2010
Sonchaux acro show 2010 poster

The Sonchaux Acro show and festival takes place in Villeneuve on the Swiss Riviera next weekend, 20 – 22 August.

Tandem Infinite Tumbled

Monday, August 9th, 2010
XC

Pál Takáts and Gábor Kézi have succeeded in their attempts to perform the Infinite Tumble on a U-Turn tandem paraglider over Walensee, Switzerland on Saturday 7 August 2010

Infinite Tumbling a tandem paraglider

Monday, July 26th, 2010
XC

Pál Takats is plannning to attempt the World’s first tandem infinite tumbling sequence at lake Walensee in Switzerland on 6 August 2010, with passenger Gabor Kezi on an XXL U-Turn Thriller.

Acro Paragliding World Cup Switzerland

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
XC

The second round of the 2010 Acro PWC takes place at Lake Lugano, Switzerland, from 13 – 15 August.

Pal Takats wins Acrobatixx: the first acro paragliding world cup event of 2010

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
XC

Hungarian Pal Takats won the first Acro Paragliding World Cup event of 2010, which took place in Zell Am See, Austria, from 15 – 18 July 2010.

Horacio Llorens joins RR Acro Wings

Saturday, July 10th, 2010
XC

Paraglider Inifinity Tumbling world record holder Horacio Llorens has moved to RR Acro Wings as test pilot, competition pilot and partner.

The FLX.3, Ozone’s latest Felix Rodriguez acro paraglider

Thursday, June 17th, 2010
XC

Following two years’ hard work from Felix Rodriguez and the Ozone team, the latest professional acro paraglider for experienced and competition acro pilots, the FLX.3, is now in production.

Farewell to French paragliding acro star Gregory Fayolle

Friday, June 11th, 2010
XC

Young rising French paragliding acro star Greg Fayolle died doing the sport he loved in Spain last month. His funeral was held in Champnix on 31 May.

Baptiste Rousset’s acro extravaganza

Friday, June 11th, 2010
XC

Bat Rousset 2009 – French paragliding acro ace Baptiste Rousset’s short video of some of his airborne exploits from 2009.

Mike Kung’s Jordan ‘paraclimbing’ on German TV

Monday, May 3rd, 2010
XC

Paragliding acro star and ground-handling afficionado Mike Kung’s ‘paraclimbing’ in wadi Rum, Jordan is being screened on German TV this week.

Hernan Pitocco infinite tumbles – with a paramotor

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
XC

Argentinian paragliding acro star Hernan Pitocco infinite tumbles a paramotor.

Paragliding tragedies in Spain

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
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Alex Rodriguez, brother of acro stars Raul and Felix, has sadly died after a paragliding accident in Spain.

Skywalk Cult 3 and Range 2 paragliding harnesses

Monday, February 15th, 2010
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Skywalk’s Cult 3 and Range 2 harnesses are fresh for 2010: the Cult 3 is a standard and acro harness whilst the Range 2 is a full racing pod.

Horacio Llorens tumbles to new acro record

Monday, December 7th, 2009
XC

Spanish acro paraglider pilot Horacio Llorens has broken the world record for Infinite Tumbles. He executed 281 successive revolutions on Saturday 5 December in Nepal after D-bagging from a helicopter at 5,000 m…

Budapest Boys

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

Bob Drury meets Gábor Kézi and Pál Takáts to talk about life, acro and their new film Adrenaline and Turbulence If you haven’t come across the names Gábor Kézi (27) and Pál Takáts (23) then you clearly haven’t been reading the acro news of this magazine or any other. From humble beginnings the duo have [...]

U-Turn Thriller

Friday, October 16th, 2009
XC

U-Turn are so excited about their new acro paralider, they feel they have almost reinvented acro. They say the wing takes agility and manoeuvrability to new levels. The glider replaces the G-Force, and feedback from its pilots, who include the likes of Pal Takats and Gabor Kezi (of award-winning film Adrenaline and Turbulence fame), have [...]