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Sonchaux Acro Show 2011: Pictures

Saturday, September 3rd, 2011
Horacio llorens (ES), Eliot Nochez (FR, 2nd, right) and Pal Takats (HU, 3rd, left)

Horacio Llorens won the Sonchaux Acro Show held in Lausanne over the weekend of 19-21 August

Red Bull X-Alps 2011: Alex Hofer out after injury

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
Alex Hofer. Photo: Red Bull X-Alps

X-Alps star suffers back injury after accident in Alps

Swiss Paragliding Acro Championships 2010: Robair Coldwater acro sessions

Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
XC

Swiss paragliding school Robair rescued the 2010 Swiss Acro Championships with a new event held in November … brrr.

Acro Paragliding World Cup Switzerland

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
XC

The second round of the 2010 Acro PWC takes place at Lake Lugano, Switzerland, from 13 – 15 August.

Verbier Summits blogging

Monday, April 19th, 2010
XC

Verbier Summits have a new blog on their website with news of their adventures, paragliding tips and promotions.

Biotech Bordairline paragliding adventure races

Thursday, March 25th, 2010
XC

The Biotech Bordairline adventure races are a series of paraglider hike-and-fly races, which will be flown in four countries in 2010.

Verbier Summits’ new chalet

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
XC

Verbier Summits, the paragliding school and holiday centre based in the beautiful Swiss Alps, have moved to a new chalet, ‘Pierre Avoi’, in the heart of Verbier.

Vertigo Acro Paragliding on the Swiss Riviera

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Vertigo Swiss Riviera

The acro festival at Villeneuve has been going for 10 years, and is now considered a major event in the paragliding calendar

A Paragliding World Cup home win for Advance

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Chrigel Maurer landing in Grindelwald

Advance would like to congratulate their team pilots, who managed a clean sweep at the Grindelwald

Swing Stratus 7 breaking paragliding records

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Gunther Klaus

Three Swing pilots have achieved great flights aboard their Stratus 7s, Swing report

Chrigel Maurer goes to Infinity and beyond

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
Chrigel Maurer mid Infinite Tumble

Chrigel Maurer has set a new world record for Infinite Tumble

Martin Haerri new Swiss hang gliding champion

Sunday, May 18th, 2008
XC

The International Swiss Hang Gliding Championships was held in Stans near Lucerne, Switzerland over the weekend of 8-12 May 2008

Red Bull Jungfrau-Stafette 2008

Friday, April 25th, 2008
Red Bull Jungfrau Stafette 2008

In the 1930s the Jungfrau-Stafette created a sensation in Switzerland. Revived last year for the first time, the 21st century version is just as amazing

Chrigel Maurer sets new Infinite Tumble record

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
D-bagging into the record books

Chrigel Maurer executes 155 Infinite Tumbles

Mathias Roten in fatal speed riding accident

Monday, March 10th, 2008
Mathias Roten

It is with the deepest of sorrow that we have to report the death of the brilliant young Swiss star, Mathias Roten

Paragliding the Eiger: A walk on the wild side

Wednesday, January 24th, 2001

‘Today is a good day to be alive.’ Peter Wild shakes out his paraglider and flies the north face of the Eiger