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The green green grass of Slovenia: task three of the British Paragliding Open 2011

British Paragliding Open 2011: Negative schmegative …

Despite some worrying incidents elsewhere in the comp and his ongoing concerns with comp wings, Mark has a great day on his serial class wing, and more positives than negatives.
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British Paragliding Open 2011: Peaks and troughs

Craig refrains from kicking his helmet round his imposed landing spot somewhere other than the 98km goal field, and consoles himself with a pint.
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British Paragliding Open 2011: Flyable, but not fun

Task two, and Mark is getting into the 'flying for fun' thing, and has decided that smiles beat trophies, any day.
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British Paragliding Open 2011: Neil Roberts wins task one

Good weather on Sunday sees the first task of the British Paragliding Open in Slovenia. Neil Roberts wins.
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British Paragliding Open 2011: Glass half-full or glass half-empty?

Mark flies his serial class paraglider for the first time in the first task, and finds it very different to the hotships he's used to.
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The Big Guns: Mark Hayman does the tourist thing in Soce, Slovenia

British Paragliding Open 2011: The Big Guns

Friday night brought a cold front to the Soča valley, and a no-flying day on the Saturday
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British Paragliding Champion Craig Morgan training hard

British Paragliding Open 2011: Slovenia: Rain fuelled banter

It's raining and, with six Brits holed up in a small house in Slovenia, this can only mean one thing - banter
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Video: Panamerican Hang Gliding Championships 2011

Herminio Cordido reports from Mexico's Panamerican Hang Gliding Championships
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British Paragliding Open 2011: Slovenia

Mark Hayman and Craig Morgan report from the 2011 British Paragliding Championships in Slovenia
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Team Red Bull Austria win Red Bull Elements 2011

Team Red Bull Austria wins Red Bull Elements
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