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Pan American Championships 2022 winners

Saladini and Kirkpatrick win gold at Pan-Americans

Brazilian Rafael Saladini, and the United States' Galen Kirkpatrick won overall and women's classes of the 2022 Pan-American Paragliding Championships
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Philipp Zellner 272km from Bir

Philipp Zellner flies 272km from Bir

Austrian pilot Philipp Zellner set a new site record from Bir/Billing on 7 April 2022, with a 272km flight that took him into the high mountains
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Skywalk Cruise paraglider harness

Skywalk Cruise paraglider harness

Skywalk's Cruise is an open paraglider harness, suitable for beginners. It weighs 3.65kg in the middle size and comes in its own compression inner bag
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Apco F3 Bi

Apco F3 Bi reflex trike wing

Apco's F3 Bi is a 36m² reflex wing for trikes or tandem paramotoring. It is capable of carrying loads up to 450kg
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Nova Aonic paraglider

Toni Brügger: 214km triangle on an EN-A

On 4 March 2022, Nova Team Pilot Toni Brügger flew a 214km FAI triangle in Ticino, Switzerland, on an EN-A Nova Aonic
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Gin Switch 2 reversible harness

Gin Switch 2 reversible harness

The Switch 2 from Gin is a one-size-fits-all reversible paraglider harness. It weighs 2.4kg and has an airbag protector and under-seat reserve container
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PWC Brazil 2022

Dominik Breitinger wins PWC Brazil 2022

Dominik Breitinger won the PWC Baixo Guando, Brazil with Manuel Quintanilla and Michael Sigel in second and third – an all-Gin podium 
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Nova Mentor 7 Light

Nova Mentor 7 Light: EN B

Nova have officially released the EN-B Mentor 7 Light, their lightweight hybrid 2.5-liner with Xenon genes
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Swing Sphera RS

Sphera RS: Swing’s EN-D two-liner

Swing have released their new EN-D two-liner, the Sphera RS. They say the Rast technology makes it a very comfortable two-liner
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The Last Glaciers opens in Imax USA/Canada

The Last Glaciers, a film about climate change which uses paragliding and speed flying to help tell the story, has been released in US Imax cinemas
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