Posts Tagged ‘ParaglidingNews’
Paragliding World Championships 2013: Pilot list announced
The pilot list for the Paragliding World Championships 2013 has been published.
Video: How to reach cloudbase on a paraglider
Greg Hamerton, an instructor with a paragliding school in England, posted this great video explaining how to reach cloudbase on a paraglider.
Sup’Air issue safety warning for the Delight harness
Sup'Air have issued a safety warning for the Delight harness
Highs and Lows: Thermals On – the first day of the UK XC season
Hugh Miller grabs the best-looking day of the month and goes on a mission through the English flatlands
Red Bull X-Alps 2013: New route is longest yet at 1,000+ km
The Red Bull X-Alps 2013 is to be the biggest yet, with organisers announcing that the route is now more than 1,000km long as the crow flies.
The Red Bull X-Alps 2013: Ten years of pain and glory
Nick Warren, communications manager for the Red Bull X-Alps in 2011, relives the decade-long history of the world's toughest adventure race
New all-in-one website for New Zealand
The one-stop-shop for all things paragliding in New Zealand went live on 7 March.
In issue 146: Babu Sunuwar flies Kilimanjaro
Mad, bad or genius flying? Andy Pag tracked Babu Sunuwar down to his home in Pokhara in Nepal to interview him about his tandem flight from the summit of Kilimanjaro. Was he crazy, stupid or was it the spark of genius?
CIVL Votes for new Competition Class from 2015
A new competition class of paraglider is to be introduced from 2015, following a meeting of CIVL over the weekend of 16-17 February.
Video: How Clouds Form
This short video from the Met Office in the UK is a good guide to how clouds form
