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Gradient's new high performance paraglider, the Avax XC3, has passed EN D certification in size 28, and is now for sale. Sizes 24, 26 and 30 are on their way.

The 20th Lakes Charity Classic (LCC) hang gliding and paragliding festival will be held over the weekend of 4 - 6 June 2010 in the beautiful Buttermere in the English Lake District.

Gin's ultra lightweight Yeti harness is now available as either a reversible rucksack-harness (1.1 kg), or now without the rucksack part (650 g).

The Gin Verso is a lightweight reversible paraglider harness/rucksack with an airbag and integrated rescue container, designed to be light and compact yet comfortable for long XC flights.

Nova Juniors pilot, 18-year-old German Chris Bessei, has created a new record for the first 150 km flight from a mountain in the Black Forest.

Gin have several new paraglider accessories on the market.

Rodrigo de Obeso has won the Mexican Open hang gliding championships which were held from 16 - 24 April 2010 at the sites of San Marcos and Tapalpa, Mexico.

The Austrian Ministry of Transport's new ZLLV 2010 (decree for civil aircraft and airsport devices) is expected to be in force by May 2010. It means that non-motorised paragliders, hang gliders and parachutes no longer have to be registered in Austria.

Paragliding acro star and ground-handling afficionado Mike Kung's 'paraclimbing' in wadi Rum, Jordan is being screened on German TV this week.

British paraglider pilot Tom Payne stormed to the top of the British international XC league with an FAI triangle flight of 169.55 km, flown around the Chamonix - Annecy area on Wednesday 28 April 2010.