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Brazil’s Best Sites, with Olympio Faissol

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
Brazil's best sites with Olympio Faissol

Brazilian flatland guru Olympio Faissol reveals the best places to fly in Brazil and when – with advice on flying far and long for paraglider and hang glider pilots

Tributes paid to Enio Wilson

Monday, September 5th, 2011
Tributes have been paid to Brazilian hang glider pilot Enio Wilson, who tragically died during the last task of his country's Nationals on 27 August

Tributes have been paid to Enio Wilson, who tragically died at the Brazilian Hang Gliding Nationals

Gustavo Ferreira wins XC Open Araxá

Monday, December 6th, 2010
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Brazilian Gustavo Ferreira won the first of three rounds of the XC Open Series for 2011, which was held in Araxá, Brazil in October 2010.

Nicole Fedele sets record in Brazil

Friday, November 19th, 2010
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Italy’s Nicole Fedele has claimed a new women’s paragliding world record for ‘Distance using up to three turn points’.

Cross Country’s editor, Ed Ewing, wins award for multimedia work in the Guardian

Friday, November 12th, 2010
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Ed Ewing, Cross Country magazine’s multi-talented and ever-modest editor, just let slip that he picked up a journalistic Oscar for his work at the Guardian newspaper last weekend.

Winter trips in Brazil with Pal Takats

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
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Acro world Cup champion Pal Takats will be running paragliding trips in Brazil over winter – as he puts it, “summer flying holidays in the middle of the winter!”

Videos from XC Open World Series in Araxa, Brazil, October 2009

Thursday, March 25th, 2010
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Tendencia Outdoor’s videos of the XC Open World Series paragliding competition in Araxa, Brazil, October 2009

Hang gliding: A beginner’s guide

Friday, February 5th, 2010
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Hang gliding and hang gliders explained in this easy-to-read beginner’s guide to the sport of free flight

Hang Gliding Tops Brazil’s XCeara Competition

Monday, November 30th, 2009
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Hang gliding dominated XCeara 2009, Brazil’s big-distance paragliding and hang gliding competition, which ended on 29 November. Marcelo Ferro flew the furthest, hitting 352.9 km on 25 November…

Frank Brown and Kamira Pereira Brazilian paraglider champions

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
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Frank Brown and Kamira Pereira have flown Sol Tracers to the top spots in both the Open and female categories of the Brazilian paragliding nationals 2009

Photos from Brazil’s XC-Open paragliding competition

Monday, November 16th, 2009
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The XC-Open team have a new photo album online, with images by Werner Schuetz and Fernando Pradi from the Araxá event last month. Organisers would like to publically thank the Clube Araxaense de Vóo Livre, its president José Wilson, the city of Araxá, the Virgilius Palace Hotel and Sol Paragliders for their support of the [...]

Women’s Paragliding Distance World Record Falls in Brazil

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
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Brazil’s Kamira Rodrigues has flown a record-beating 323 km from Quixada, north east Brazil. If ratified by the FAI the flight, which took place on 8 November, will be a new women’s world record

Registration open for XC-Open, Brazil

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
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Registration is now open for the XC-Open to be held at Araxa, Brazil, 10 – 17 October 2009. Visist www.xc-open.org to compete the registration form. The first 30 international pilots to register and pay for their places  will receive 10 days free accommodation in the four Star Virgilius Palace Hotel in Araxá (9 – 19 [...]

Icaristics: A storm rider’s guide to survival

Thursday, May 19th, 2005

Bruce Goldsmith relates a recent close encounter with a Cu Nim and looks at how best to avoid the dangers of thunderclouds

CearAr Hang Gliding Race and Rally 2003: Route 555

Wednesday, February 4th, 2004
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The Ceara Hang Gliding Race and Rally (3-7 September 2003) was the first competition of its kind, the aim being to fly right across the Brazilian state of Ceará by hang glider

To Be Frank: An interview with Frank Brown, one of Brazil’s best paraglider pilots

Thursday, November 30th, 2000
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An Interview with Frank Brown, one of Brazil’s best paraglider pilots

X-Ceara 2000: The Cross Country Classic

Sunday, July 23rd, 2000
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We’re gearing up to smash more world records at the annual big distance event in Brazil, this November 2000. Organiser Chico Santos reports.