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BGD Weightless 2020

New ‘MRT’ scoring at BGD Weightless 2020

Bruce Goldsmith won BGD Weightless 2020, flying the new EN-C Cure 2. The competition was scored using a new Multiple Radius Turnpoint system
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Forbes Flatlands 2020

Attila Bertok wins Forbes Flatlands 2020

Attila Bertok won the Forbes Flatlands Hang Gliding Championship 2020, ahead of Josh Woods and Jonny Durand, all three flying for Moyes
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Chrigel Maurer in the UK

Chrigel Maurer Red Bull X-Alps tour in the UK

Six-time Red Bull X-Alps champion Chrigel Maurer is coming to the UK to present the inside story of the 2019 Red Bull X-Alps
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PWC 2019: Jurij Vidic wins in Argentina

Jurij Vidic won the Loma Bola round of the 2019 Paragliding World Cup tour in Argentina in November; Adel Honti was first woman
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Coupe Icare 2019 poster

Coupe Icare 2019: 19-22 September

The 46th Coupe Icare, Icarus Cup, starts on Thursday 19 September and will attract an estimated 100,000 spectators over the four-day flying festival
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PWC 2019 Brazil women podium

PWC 2019: Baptiste Lambert wins in Brazil

Baptiste Lambert and Marcella Uchoa won the Brazil round of the 2019 PWC tour in Andradas, after a nail-biting finish and a stopped final task
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Red Bull Dolomitenmann 2019 podium

Chrigel’s team win Red Bull Dolomitenmann 2019

The Red Bull Dolomitenmann took place in Lienz, Austria, on 7 September 2019. Chrigel Maurer was the paraglider pilot on the winning team
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AcroGAME 2019. Photo: Laurent Merle

Full video: AcroGAME 2019

You’ve got to be innovative and you have to be an expert acro pilot just to take part in the AcroGame, Acro’s sharpest, most powerful acro battle
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Coupe Icare Icarnaval prize 2019

Win a paraglider in Coupe Icare fancy-dress comp

A Dudek Universal 1.1 paraglider, decorated in the 46th Coupe Icare colours, will be one of the prizes in the fancy-dress contest at the 2019 Coupe Icare
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Paragliding Worlds 2019: All the day clips

The 16th FAI Paragliding World Championships has seen some amazing flying in Krushevo, with epic gaggles, fast racing and good conditions
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