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competition paragliders

How to: Move from EN D to CCC

Paragliding and SIV instructor Malin Lobb discusses the pros and cons of stepping up a class to CCC-level competition paragliders
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Airtour 2018

Tanguy Renaud-Goud wins St Hil’Airtour 2018

Tanguy Renaud-Goud, 21, won the St Hil’Airtour in June, one of only six pilots to complete the week-long 344km adventure race in France
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PWC 2021 Gemona Task 2

PWC 2021 Gemona: French win top five places!

Baptiste Lambert won task 2 of the PWC 2021 in Gemona, Italy, ahead of Victor Boudet. Seiko Fukuoka-Naville was first placed woman
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Red Bull X-Alps 2021

Red Bull X-Alps 2021: Day 2 roundup

Day 2 of the Red Bull X-Alps was hot and hazy, but thankfully flyable. Much progress was made and Chrigel was back in first position by bed time!
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Gemona

PWC 2021 Gemona: Honorin Hamard wins Task 1

Honorin Hamard won the first task of the PWC in Gemona, Italy on 20 June 2021, less than 30 seconds ahead of second-placed Seb Ospina
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Launching from the Gaisberg on Day 1 of the Red Bull X-Alps 2021

Red Bull X-Alps 2021: Day 1 roundup

The Red Bull X-Alps 2021 started in a blazing hot Salzburg at 11:30am on Sunday 20 June. Tommy Friedrich (AUT3) claimed the King of the Gaisberg crown
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PWC Gemona: 19-26 June 2021

The 2021 Paragliding World Cup Series gets underway in Gemona, Italy on 19 June, to be followed by a leg in Serbia and a Superfinal in Switzerland
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hang glider

Hang Gliding World Championships 2021 cancelled

The 2021 Hang Gliding World Championships have been cancelled. The competition was due to have been held in Krushevo, North Macedonia 18-30 July this year.
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Kinga at Hochgrindeck, Austria on 17 June 2019. Photo: Red Bull X-Alps

Red Bull X-Alps 2021: Kinga Masztalerz withdraws

One of the stand-out Rookies from the last edition of the X-Alps has had to withdraw from this year's competition due to a stress fracture
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Red Bull X-Alps 2021 route map

Red Bull X-Alps 2021: ‘It’s a go!’

The Red Bull X-Alps 2021 will go ahead as planned in June, organisers have confirmed.
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