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Moyes Litespeed competition: win a trip to Forbes Flatlands 2013

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
Moyes Litespeed hang glider competition

Buy a new Moyes Litespeed hang glider and win a free trip to the Forbes Flatlands Championship 2013

Hang Gliding Pre-Worlds Forbes 2012: Rohan Holtkamp wins

Monday, January 16th, 2012
FAI Hang Gliding Pre-Worlds Forbes 2012 podium

Australian Rohan Holtkamp has won the Forbes Hang Gliding Pre-Worlds 2012

Pub to pub paragliding competition

Friday, January 13th, 2012
Corryong-pub-to-pub-fun-comp

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

New Australian paragliding record: 360km

Friday, January 13th, 2012
Sebastian Benz, "the happiest paraglider pilot in Australia" and new unofficial record holder. Photo: Pete Bowyer/www.paraglide.com.au

Sebastian Benz (CH) has unofficially set a new Australian paragliding distance record of 360km

Classic Routes from XCmag

It’s here! Classic Routes is the beautiful new paragliding and hang gliding book from the makers of XCmag

Reader wins FREE Ozone paraglider

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
Ozone Mojo 3 intermediate paraglider

Australian Roderick Matthews wins Ozone Mojo 3

Ozone Corryong Open 2012: Registration open

Friday, October 21st, 2011
Ozone Corryong Open 2012

Registration is now open for the Ozone Corryong Open 2012

Hang glider pilots needed to save the 2012 Bogong Cup

Monday, October 10th, 2011
Bogong Cup hang glider image

More hang glider pilots are needed if the 2012 Bogong Cup in Victoria, Australia, is to go ahead

Australia to host World Hang Gliding Championships 2013

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
World class hang gliding in Forbes, Australia

Australia has won the bid to host the World Hang Gliding Championships in 2013.

Manilla XC Camp 2011: Battle hots up

Friday, January 28th, 2011
XC-Open-Logo

It’s hot in Manilla as temperatures reach 40C and distances go to 200km and beyond

British hang glider pilot in fatal accident

Thursday, January 27th, 2011
A Google Earth screenshot of the area around Mount Beauty, Australia

Andrew Hurst, a UK hang glider pilot, has died following an accident in Australia. His family has been informed.

Manilla XC-Camp 2011: Register now

Thursday, December 16th, 2010
XC

Part of the XC-Open World Series, the Manilla XC-Camp will take place from 24 January to 3 February 2011. Registration is free, as is the online scoring: you simply fly as far as you can from Mount Borah, between these dates.

Women with Wings II – Skills clinic in Australia

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
XC

Women with Wings II is a skills clinic for women hang glider and paraglider pilots of all experience levels. It will be held in Bright, Victoria from 7 – 11 March 2011.

Changes to the Forbes Flatlands Hang Gliding Championships

Monday, December 6th, 2010
XC

Organisers Moyes have made some late changes to the format of the Forbes Flatlands hang gliding championships, which take place in January 2011. Details are below, and entries should be received by this Friday, 10 December 2010.

Jonny Durand jnr wins the Gulgong Classic again

Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
XC

Australia’s Gulgong Classic hang gliding competition finished on 27th November, and it was Jonny Durand jnr who lifted the cup again after a nail-biting six-task competition.

Che Golus wins the first comp of the Australian season: the Canungra Cup 2010

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010
XC

Ozone pilot Che Golus (R10) won the 2010 Canungra Cup, which kicked off the Australian 2010-2011 season on 23 – 30 October.

Applications open for Corryong Open in Victoria, Australia, February 2011.

Sunday, October 17th, 2010
XC

Applications are open for Australia’s Corryong Open 2011 paragliding competition, which takes place at Mount Elliot, Victoria, next February.

Forbes Flatlands hang gliding championships 2011

Monday, July 19th, 2010
XC

Australian hang glider manufacturer Moyes are organising a separate sports class event for the 2011 Forbes Flatlands in NSW, Australia. Pilots are asked to register their interest now.

Felipe Rezende wins the Bright Paragliding Open, Australia

Thursday, March 25th, 2010
XC

Felipe Rezende has won the Bright Paragliding Open 2010, flying a Niviuk Icepeak 3

Ozone Corryong Open 2010

Sunday, February 14th, 2010
XC

The Ozone Corryong Open 2010 paragliding competition follows the Bright Open directly, running from 14 – 20 March 2010. It is held at Mount Elliot, renowned as one of the best Alpine flying sites in Australia.