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Updates from around the paragliding and free-flying world

Cross Country Prize Draw Summer 2025

Cross Country Prize Draw 2025 winners revealed

The winner has the enviable choice of deciding which solo glider they want to fly from either Advance, Ozone, Supair or Swing.
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Ozone MagMAXX

Ozone release the tandem/trike MagMAXX

Ozone have released the MagMaxx, a versatile wing aimed at professional pilots flying trikes or foot-launched paramotors.
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Ascendant Zian

Ascendant Zian: second envelope option

Ascendant made a second, shorter envelope for their lightweight submarine-style Zian harness, to comply with Red Bull X-Alps rules
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UK record flight

Mark Watts Flies 329km for new uk PG record

Mark Watts set a new paragliding open distance XC UK record on Thursday 3 July with a jaw-dropping 329.3km flight west-to-east across England.
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BogdanFly Zeppelin Lite

BogdanFly Zeppelin Lite harness

"As safe, comfortable and durable as the original": BogdanFly have released a lightweight version of the Zeppelin, their sub-style harness
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Felix Baumgartner Red Bull Stratos

Felix Baumgartner dies paramotoring

The Austrian skydiver, Base jumper and Red Bull pilot who jumped from the edge of space, has died in a paramotoring accident in Italy.
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Zoom launch XB LT

A lightweight intermediate wing aimed at the progressing pilot looking to make their first cross country flights or ambitious hike-and-fly missions.
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Gin Verso 4

Gin release Verso 4

Gin have released the fourth version of their popular Verso reversible harness to meet the versatile needs of everyday pilots
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Ozone Lite rescue container

Safety notice: Ozone front container handles

Ozone have issued a safety notice, recalling the handles for some front rescue containers manufactured since 2021
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Eigertour

Fast conditions at Eigertour 2025

The Swiss mountains of the Bernese Oberland played host to a spectacular and successful eighth edition of the Eigertour.
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