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Ozone Paragliders have released a new speed flying video introducing the sport and their speed flying wings. Features some great on-board footage!

Flymovies have released their trailer for the Hang Gliding World Championships 2010 that took place at Tegelberg, Germany, this month.

The second competition of the 2010 Paragliding World Cup tour finished today in Japan, with only two tasks flown. France's Lucas Bernardin (Ozone) was the first-placed Open pilot, and Tomomi Masuko (JP, Gin) top female.

APCO have released a new and improved version of their reversible paraglider harness. The Chairbag Integral II is designed for hiking and long cross country flights, and as such has been made for comfort and safety.

The winner of the 2010 Transdromoise hike and fly race through the Drome department of France was Michel Guichard, whose prize was a brand new Dudek Zako Speed mountain paraglider.

Flygirls International are looking for a new co-administrator and webmaster to manage the front page content for their social networking website for women in extreme sports.

The Skynch is a solo winch that hang glider and paraglider pilots can mount on their car tow hitch, and operate by remote control to launch themselves unaided.

Further places are now available in the European Hang Gliding Championship (for Class 1, flexwings) which is to be held in Ager in July.

The Canadian Hang Gliding Championship 2010 takes place in Lumby, BC, from 13 - 19 June.

The Nissan Outdoor Games is back for its sixth consecutive summer. Five teams of sportspeople and filmmakers will each make a five-minute film, this time in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France. The fifth team's director's chair is still vacant - Julbo are running a competition to fill this role.