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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

World Hang gliding record falls – twice – in Namibia

Friday, January 13th, 2012
Packing uo in the dark: Carlos Pugnet (ES) and Patrick Chopard (FR) after their record-breaking 372km flight in Namibia

The World hang gliding out-and-return record was broken twice on Monday 9 January 2011

Dates for Santa Cruz Flats Race 2012

Friday, November 18th, 2011
Santa Cruz Flats Race 2012 poster

The 2012 Santa Cruz Flats hang gliding competition will take place from 16-22 September

Wanted: hang gliding school manager, Utah

Thursday, November 17th, 2011
Wings-over-Wasatch-logo-sq

Wings over Wasatch in Utah, USA, need a new school manager to start Spring 2012

Guatemala Maya Open hang gliding competition

Friday, October 14th, 2011
Guatemala Maya Open 2011

The Guatemala Maya Open takes place from 4-10 March 2012

2012 hang gliding calendar

Thursday, October 13th, 2011
Dietmar Tschabrun's 2012 hang gliding wall calendar

New hang gliding wall calendar for 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

Dunge Bottom: Tales of an Unconventional Aviator

Monday, September 5th, 2011
Dunge Bottom by John Clarke

John Clarke on learning to hang glide in the 1970s, with a one-legged mate called Norman…

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

‘White out and deployment’: Amazing hang gliding footage

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
Looking remarkably composed, the pilot descends under reserve. His hang glider flipped upside down

Video: Hang glider pilot sucked into a cu-nim and then throws reserve

Meet two hang gliding pioneers in Washington

Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
Ealy kitesurfing? John Dickenson in 1965

Meet John Dickenson and Barry Palmer at Ken de Russy’s hang gliding museum in Washington on 27 August.

Whoosh! version 2.0 hang glider base bar wheels

Monday, June 20th, 2011
Whoosh! wheels 2.0 for aerofoil section hang glider base tube

Whoosh! version 2.0 are sturdy wheels for hang glider base bars, with interchangeable hubs

Hang gliding Preflight Safety iPhone app

Friday, June 17th, 2011
Preflight Safety hang gliding iPhone app

The USHPA have released a hang gliding preflight safety iPad app

Video: Panamerican Hang Gliding Championships 2011

Monday, May 30th, 2011
Hang-gliding-Mexico

Herminio Cordido reports from Mexico’s Panamerican Hang Gliding Championships

UK hang gliding record broken

Thursday, May 12th, 2011
Neville Almond

Neville Almond flies hang glider 269km to new record

Hang gliding turns 40 – party in USA

Thursday, May 12th, 2011
A hang glider thermalling at Gourdon in the South of France

Hang gliding’s ’40th birthday’ is to be celebrated in California

Rio The Movie: Hang gliding’s Hollywood hero

Friday, April 15th, 2011
Rio the Movie

XCmag donned its 3D glasses and headed to the movies to see Rio – The Movie

Fly Morocco 2011: World Record Hang Gliding Camp

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
Fly Morocco 2011 banner

Follow Erick Angles as he blogs from a month-long hang gliding world record encampment in Morocco

Canadian hang glider and paraglider nationals 2011

Thursday, April 7th, 2011
Canadian hang gliding and rigid wing nationals

The Canadian HG nationals will be held in Golden, BC, from 10 – 16 July 2011.

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.