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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, flying Gin) top female.

France was also the first-placed nation, despite several of the country’s top pilots, such as Luc Armant and Charles Cazaux, competing in the Europeans instead which are still going on in Abtenau, Austria at the moment (25 May – 5 June). Japan and Korea were 2nd and 3rd nations.

The two tasks of 64 and 49 km were held yesterday and today (28 and 29 May), following an early start this morning for everyone to move to Mount Fuji.

Philippe Broers has documented the event on video in his unique way. One of his videos is above, and others can be seen on his Vimeo channel (videos 74 to 83) or on the PWC website.

A reminder of the 2010 PWC Tour dates:

PARAGLIDING WORLD CUP (AMERICA)

03-10 April – Pocos de Caldas / Brazil – Brazilian World Cup
17-24 July – Chelan / USA – American World Cup

PARAGLIDING WORLD CUP (ASIA)

22-29 May – Happo-Mt Fuji / Japan – Japanese World cup
02-09 June – Linzhou / China – Chinese World Cup

PARAGLIDING WORLD CUP (EUROPE)

19-26 June – Drama / Greece – Greek World Cup
03-10 July – San potito / Italy – Italian World Cup
07-14 August – Serra da Estrela / Portugal – Portuguese World Cup

SUPERFINAL :

21 Sept-2 Oct – Denizli / Turkey

www.paraglidingworldcup.org

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Canadian extreme filmmaker of 25 years and paraglider pilot Peter Chrzanowski is running a mountain sport festival from Pemberton. Dates for the first event have been set, 21 – 29 May 2010, and it will be used to â€?explore the possibilities for growing a festival from the ground up”. Peter says, “This year just expect beautiful scenery and a myriad of endless mountain sports and activities”.

Peter adds, “I was also hoping to provide a training venue for the prestigious 2011 Red Bull X-Alps and XAndes, and participating athletes have been contacted”.

On the competitive side of things, so far confirmed for 2010 are: the ‘Pemby Monkey Races’, a series of XC triangle tasks for paragliders; a 50 km bike race is planned for saturday 29 May. Organisers are also looking into ways of getting kite-skiers and speedriders up the Pemberton Icecaps and there may be a boat to tow gliders above the lake, which means the possibility of some acro flying. Media tandem flights will be run, courtesy of McKenzie Basin Paragliding.

A three-day mountain film festival and speaker series will run from 25 – 27 May, organised by the Pemberton community centre, and Peter’s first ever theatrical feature documentary, ‘Paracinderella’, will be premiered on the Sunday night.

The list of activities and sports to be showcased is still growing, so keep an eye on their website.

Accommodation-wise, Peter says, “Camping season is on and the bugs are not here yet, so hopefully they will stay away till June”. There is a choice of three campsites, the Pemberton Valley Lodge and a myriad of B&Bs scattered through the valley.

www.pembertongames.com

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The Lowveld Slope Soaring Club (LSSC) are hosting the Barberton Open paragliding competition, amidst the FIFA World Cup final excitement that will be buzzing South Africa this June. The FAI Cat. 2 competition is the biggest (numbers-wise) on the South African calendar.

The dates for the competition are 12 – 19 June 2010.

Aimed at pilots of all abilities, organisers say the South African winter conditions expected in the Lowveld area of Mpumalanga in June offer a relatively unintimidating but reliable environment for the development of XC racing skills to the aspiring XC pilot.

Very little rain, night-time temperatures of 10-15 C and daytime up to 28 means climbs should be not too strong, but steady 3 – 5 m/s is not uncommon. The typical task set will be technically challenging and around 30 – 70 km distance.

Visist the LSSC’s website for more information or to register.

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The winners of Advance’s ‘Win your Wing’ promotion have been selected by paragliding world champion Andy Aebi and Red Bull X-Alps 2009 winner Chrigel Maurer.

Several hundreds of pilots took part  in the promotion, which was started at the 2009 Coupe Icare to enable pilots to share in and celebrate Advance’s 2009 competition successes.

Every pilot who bought a new advance wing between the Coupe Icare and 28 February 2010 were eligible to take part in the draw. The winners were as follows:

1. Full reimbursement of the wing : Michal Masek – Tanvald – Czech Republic
2. 2 day seminary with Chrigel Maurer : Joachim Kanthak – Freundendtadt – Germany
3. Thermore Jacket : Georg Hausherr – Rouffiac – France
4. Thermore Jacket : Markus Gwerder – Muotathal – Switzerland
5. Thermore Jacket : Mathieu Blanc – Begnins – Switzerland
6. Thermore Jacket : Jasmin Sonnenberg – Plainfeld – Austria
7. Thermore Jacket : Damian Hurschler – Engelberg – Switzerland
8. Walking Bag : Robert Heinimann – Bennwil – Switzerland
9. Walking Bag : Bernhard Martignoni – Münsingen – Switzerland
10. Walking Bag : Ovidio Zuluaga – Medellin – Colombia
11. Walking Bag : Anthony Parfitt – Freshwater East – Great Britain
12. Walking Bag : Jacky Lawarree – Remouchamps – Belgium

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The Paragliding Accuracy World Cup series for 2010 kicks off with a round in Batu, Indonesia, from 3 – 6 June 2010. You can register on their website from now until 15 May.

The registration fee of 200 Euros covers the competition and accomodation, as well as airport pick-ups, lifts to take off and meals. The top prize is 1,000 Euros, 750 Euros for second place and 500 for third in each category – male and female.

The three additional rounds that make up the PGAWC Tour 2010 are as follows:

• 6 – 8 August : Trakoscan, Croatia
• 20 – 22 August : Bjelasnica, Bosnia & Herzegovina
• 1 – 3 Oct : Stubaital, Austria

www.pgawcindonesia.com