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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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Accuracy World Championships 2021

Seungil Ahn: Accuracy World Champion 2021

South Korea swept the board at the Accuracy World Championships 2021 which took place Prilep, North Macedonia, from 6-16 October
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Eliya Zemmour in front of Mont Blanc

Hike-and-fly guide to the Mont Blanc massif

Chamonix-based paraglider pilot Eliya Zemmour has published a free online guide to some of his favourite hike-and-fly tours in the Mont Blanc area.
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WPRS

FAI to unfreeze World Pilot Ranking System

The CIVL Bureau have announced that they will unfreeze the World Pilot Ranking System (WPRS) on 1 November 2021
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Exomo Copilot

Exomo Copilot electric paramotor

The Copilot is Exomo's latest electric paramotor. It has a clever Autopilot mode which detects when you are climbing and reduces the power to save battery
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4807 Flying Light

4807 Flying Light, Mont Blanc

Test lightweight paragliding equipment and hike-and-fly with friends at the 4807 Flying Light event in St Gervais-les-Bains, 5-9 October 2021
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Ramón Morillas

World record: Ramón Morillas flies paratrike to 7,027m

Ramón Morillas flew his powered trike to 7,027m above Granada, Spain to set a World paramotor altitude record in the solo trike (PL1) category
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