Comps and Events

Australian hang glider manufacturer Moyes are organising a separate sports class event for the 2011 Forbes Flatlands in NSW, Australia. Pilots are asked to register their interest now.

Sponsored by Gradient, the XC Africa Open paragliding competition will take place at De Aar, South Africa, from 27 November to 4 December 2010.

The Southern hang gliding and paragliding Club (England) warmly invites pilots and friends to its summer party in September.

Team Argon have won the Golden Peak Award at the Nissan Outdoor Games 2010 with their film, Incantantio.

Nova team pilots Mik Broschart and Till Gottbrath travelled to the Caucasus at the end of June for the Georgia Paragliding Air Festival in Tbilisi.

Wim Berhoeven has won the Belgian Paragliding Open which took place in Laragne Monteglin, France, from 20- 26 June.

XRace 2010 is to be held in Tolmin, Slovenia, from 12 - 18 July. The competition will use the AAT (Assignated Area Tasks) system, more commonly seen in gliding competitions, as well as 'speed run' tasks.

The Cuban national paragliding championship will take place from 18 to 25 July 2010 at the El Mamey hill range in the city of Pilón.

With less than a week to go before the Nissan Outdoor Games 2010 begins in Chamonix, the jury have been named and through a competition sponsored by Julbo Eyewear, a trio of French audiovisual arts students have been awarded the role of leading the French team.

Following four fast racing tasks in often rough and turbulent conditions at this year's Nordic Open in Norway, Ronny Helgesen (NO) flew his R10.2 to victory in both the Open and the Norwegian Championship, ahead of Swede Lars Anders Jonsson, who became his national champion.