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Launching at Loma Bola, Argentina. Photo: Julian Cisterna

FAI Paragliding World Championships 2021: Need to know

As the FAI Paragliding World Championships 2021 kicks off in Loma Bola, Argentina, here's what you need to know
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Antoine Girard’s world record flight above Broad Peak

Watch Antoine Girard fly to 8,407m above Broad Peak, setting a new world record in paragliding. Incredible footage from the Karakoram
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Timo Leonetti

Naked Pilot: Timo Leonetti

Timo Leonetti is the hot new rocket in cross country flying and has just flown his first 500km flight in Brazil. Elisa Eisenlohr caught up with him
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Théo de Blic’s Spiral Dive Tutorial

Want to know how to spiral dive like a pro? Théo de Blic and Nova have released a 27-minute spiral dive masterclass.
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Meet the crew: Zion Susanno and Beth Sillince

How do you get a job filming and flying at the PWC? We meet new Paragliding World Cup reporting duo Zion Susanno and Beth Sillince
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ALPS – A Little Paragliding Story by Tim Alongi

Join Clément Cruciani and Tim Alongi fly a six day vol-bivouac paragliding journey from Lake Annecy east, through some classic Alpine terrain.
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PWC Disentis 2020: interview with Stephan Morgenthaler

Stephan Morgenthaler won the only competition to take place on the Paragliding World Cup tour of 2020 – the year that Covid changed everyone's plans
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Boomerang Z: Interview with Gin Seok Song

We asked Gin Gliders owner and designer Gin Seok Song all about the design of the Boomerang Z, which has a distinctive wavy leading edge
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Aaron Durogati in Patagonia

In January 2019 Aaron Durogati headed to the mountains of southern Patagonia to combine big-wall climbing and ultralight flying. Ed Ewing found out more
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Méryl Delferrière

Méryl Delferrière: Paragliding World Champion 2019

We talked to new FAI Women's Paragliding World Champion Méryl Delferrière after her victory in The Republic of North Macedonia in August 2019
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