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Paragliding World Cup Superfinal 2011: task seven, the sun is back and 76 pilots in goal

Friday, February 3rd, 2012
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The sun is back in Valle de Bravo. 76 in goal in task seven of the Paragliding Word Cup Superfinal

Paragliding World Cup Superfial 2011: Task cancelled

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
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Task seven of the Paragliding World Cup Superfinal 2011 was cancelled due to weak conditions

Paragliding World Cup Superfinal 2011: Light conditions and no-one in goal on Task 6

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
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Pilots struggled in light conditions on the 92.85km task six. Charles Cazaux of France flew the furthest, at 79.30km.

Paragliding World Cup Superfial 2011: Weather-enforced rest day for day six

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
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Day six of the Paragliding World Cup Superfinal in Valle de Bravo was a well-earned, if rain-enforced, rest day

Paragliding World Cup Superfinal 2011: Peter Neuenschwander back on top

Monday, January 30th, 2012
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Peter Neuenschwander wins a difficult, weak day, putting him back on top overall.

Paragliding World Cup Superfinal 2011: Luc Armant first in goal again for task four

Sunday, January 29th, 2012
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Luc Armant was first into goal again on task four of the PWC Superfinal; Juan Becerra back to first place overall

Pre-PWC Roldanillo 2012: Julian Andres CarreƱo wins

Monday, January 16th, 2012
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Colombian Julian Andres CarreƱo has won the pre-PWC Roldanillo 2012

CIVL Paragliding Competitions Safety Task Force: First report

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
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Comp Class comeback: Report clears ‘dangerous paragliders’ and focuses on pilot education

Lucas Bernardin and Seiko Fukuoka-Naville win PWC Portugal 2010

Saturday, August 28th, 2010
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France’s Lucas Bernardin and Seiko Fukuoka-Naville won the seventh round of the 2010 Paragliding World Cup series in Portugal. Seiko and Thomas Brandlehner (AT) are the PWC European champions.

Josh Cohn and Joanna Di Grigoli PWC American Open champions

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
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Josh Cohn (US) and Joanna Di Grigoli (VE) were first placed pilots in the Chelan round of the PWC, held from 18 – 24 July. This was the last American round, and they are also the American Open champions for 2010.

Andrey Eliseev and Orlane Sturbois win PWC China

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
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The second Asian Paragliding World Cup round finished in Linzhou, China, on 9 June. Russian Andrey Eliseev and France’s Orlane Sturbois were the male and female winners.

Lucas Bernardin and Tomomi Masuko win PWC Japan

Saturday, May 29th, 2010
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The second competition of the 2010 Paragliding World Cup tour finished today in Japan, with only two tasks flown. France’s Lucas Bernardin (Ozone) was the first-placed Open pilot, and Tomomi Masuko (JP, Gin) top female.

Helmut Eichholzer and Klaudia Bulgakow win Paragliding World Cup Bulgaria 2008

Monday, August 25th, 2008
PWV Bulgaria 2008 men's podium. L-R: Tomas Brauner (2), Helmut Eicholzer (1), Jean Marc Caron (3)

Helmut Eichholzer and Klaudia Bulgakow win Paragliding World Cup Bulgaria 2008

A Paragliding World Cup home win for Advance

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
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Advance would like to congratulate their team pilots, who managed a clean sweep at the Grindelwald

Peter Brinkeby: When nothing else matters

Saturday, December 22nd, 2001
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Paragliding and hang gliding is a head game. And nothing proves it like competition. Peter Brinkeby (SWE) was first placed pilot in the 2001 Paragliding World Cup series until the final round. And then it all started to go wrong…