It’s raining and, with six Brits holed up in a small house in Slovenia, this can only mean one thing – banter

Mark Hayman and Craig Morgan report from the 2011 British Paragliding Championships in Slovenia

A British Paragliding Team member has resigned over two-line glider safety

Five good tasks at the first big comp of the Euro season

German Paragliding Open offers ‘mega’ prize pot for Serial Class

Aircross have released their new competition wing for 2011, the U6.

Sky have a new two-line competition paraglider for the coming season, the Eos.

Gin’s Boomerang 8 two-line competition paraglider is available now in five sizes.

Sky Paragliders are set to release the Eos, their new comp glider.

Ten tips for paragliding and hang gliding competition. By Greg Hamerton

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

Competition paragliders will stay in FAI Cat 1 events is the decision taken at the CIVL plenary in Lausanne.

The Pan American hang gliding Championships take place in Jalisco, Mexico, from 15 – 21 May 2011.

Three paragliding competitions in Sopot, Bulgaria this summer.

The Serial Cup takes place in Slovenia at the end of August.

Niviuk’s new two-line competition paraglider for 2011, the Icepeak5, is now in production.

Registration for the Ozone Chabre Open begins at 20:00 GMT tonight.

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

‘Be quick, the Nordic Paragliding Open in Portugal is nearly full,’ reports organiser Mads Syndergaard

The Red Rock Paragliding Nationals 2011 takes place in Richfield, Utah from 24 – 30 July 2011. Registration is open now.