Comps and Events

News from the international scene

X-Ceara 2000: The Cross Country Classic

We're gearing up to smash more world records at the annual big distance event in Brazil, this November 2000. Organiser Chico Santos reports.
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Classic Tales: Hang Gliding Horror in Owens Valley!

Paragliding and hang gliding can be dangerous, we all know and accept that. But, when you look deep in to the motives of most of us, it is that very danger that gives us the thrill and excitement that makes our sport so special to us
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Hang gliding: 200 miles from Wallaby Ranch, USA

Tiki Mashy tells the story of Davis Straub's US East Coast record hang gliding flight, flown from Wallaby Ranch, Florida in 2000
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X-Ceara 1999: Searing Ceará at the Cross Country Classic

The first Cross Country Classic breaks two records! Chico Santos reports from the paragliding and hang gliding heaven of Ceara in Brazil
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Manfred Ruhmer’s diary: The Red Bull Speed Run 1999

Manfred Ruhmer reports from the Red Bull Hang Gliding Speed Run 1999 in Kitzbuhel
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Paragliding Serial Class 1999: FAI doesn’t eat Serial

In 1999 the Serial Class debate was raging around the world of competition paragliding. 'Come on CIVL, make your mind up,' said this impassioned plea from the editorial pages of Cross Country magazine at the time
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Bassano Monte Grappa hang gliding contest 1999

A task by task report on the 1999 Bassano Hang Gliding Competition
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Manilla Monsoon: New Zealand National Championships 1999

The New Zealand Open Championships 1999 kicked off under a threatening sky, with over development on course and rain close by
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Paragliding World Cup – condor attack!

A new Paragliding World Cup is scheduled to take place in South America. The event will take place from February 9-14 1999, right in the middle of Argentina's summer.
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Argentina’s 1999 Paragliding World Cup

Strong winds and organisational misunderstandings hampered the first Paragliding World Cup of 1999 in Cordoba, Argentina...
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