Great racing conditions, good organisation, fantastic Greek food, folk music and dances and breathtaking scenery made for an ideal week in West Greece at the end of August for the pre- world cup.

South African Andre Rainsford has won the first task of the Paragliding World Cup Superfinal in Denizli, Turkey. Seiko Fukuoka Naville was the first-placed woman.

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.

The fourth and last round of the 2010 paragliding Accuracy World Cup takes place in Stubai, Austria, from 1-3 October.

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.

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

Hungarian Pal Takats won the first Acro Paragliding World Cup event of 2010, which took place in Zell Am See, Austria, from 15 – 18 July 2010.

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.

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.