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Paragliding World Championships 2021

Paragliding World Championships 2021: Task 2

The 66.8km task was stopped early due to rough conditions. Caio Buzzarello and Stephan Morgenthaler won the day with 29.3km each
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Sebastian Brutscher

Sebastian Brutscher climb-and-flies the Matterhorn

On 23 October, German mountain guide Sebastian Brutscher climbed the Matterhorn's north face via the Schimd Route and flew from the 4,478m summit
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Paragliding World Championships 2021

Paragliding World Championships 2021: Task 1

The Paragliding Worlds 2021 kicked off with a 63km straight-line task in difficult conditions. No pilots made goal. Philipp Haag (DE) won the day with 39km
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Triple Seven Knight2

Triple Seven release Knight 2, low EN-B

The Knight 2 is Triple Seven's new low-EN-B paraglider. It was released at the beginning of November 2021 with a promise of inspiring "total confidence"
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Launching at Loma Bola, Argentina. Photo: Julian Cisterna

FAI Paragliding World Championships 2021: Need to know

As the FAI Paragliding World Championships 2021 kicks off in Loma Bola, Argentina, here's what you need to know
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AirDesign UFO-Bi

AirDesign release new tandem single-skinner

AirDesign have released a tandem single-skin paraglider – the UFO-Bi is certified EN B and for 130-190kg
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Nicola Donini. Photo: Nova Paragliders

Nicola Donini joins Team Nova

Nova have signed up Italy's Nicola Donini as their latest sponsored pilot. Donini is an Italian acro and XC paragliding champion
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Winners of the La Rioja Paragliding World cup. Photo: Ruth Jessop

François Cormier wins Argentina World Cup 2021

François Cormier and Violeta Jimenez won the Argentina leg of the Paragliding World Cup
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Mac Para Aravis

Mac Para release lightweight EN-A Aravis

Mac Para say their new hike-and-fly paraglider, the Aravis, is one of the highest performing lightweight EN-A paragliders available on the market
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Argentina PWC and Paragliding World Championships

Argentina is hosting two top-level competitions this October, with the PWC in La Rioja followed by the 17th FAI Paragliding World Championships in Loma Bola
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