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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.

Tony Stephens has flown his Aeros Combat to overall victory in the hang gliding British Open Series 2010.

A 30mm version of Gin Gliders' new Zicral automatoc aluminium karabiner for paragliding is now available.

Gin Gliders have brought out a range of accessories for daily use, including a corduroy military-style cap and various bags and wallets.

The eleventh edition of Spain's popular Festival of the Air, El Yelmo, has officially opened in a hot and sunny Sierra de Segura, Andalucia. It runs until Sunday.

43-year-old Czech national team pilot and ex Axispara designer Franta Pavloušek is now heading up UP's design team.

Winner of the 2009 Red Bull X-Alps, Chrigel Maurer, has also won the first Biotech Bordairline competition of the year, finishing ahead of Austrians Robert Heim and Martin Steinbichler.

Sol have issued a safety notice concerning the way the foam back protector has been fitted in three of their harness models. A kit is available from Sol to owners of these harnesses, that will address the problem.

Norwegian paraglider pilot James Mercer has created a video to show off his clever camera mount: the video camera is mounted in his cells, and its angle can be changed at will during the flight.