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PWC 2021 Gemona Task 2

PWC 2021 Gemona: French win top five places!

Baptiste Lambert won task 2 of the PWC 2021 in Gemona, Italy, ahead of Victor Boudet. Seiko Fukuoka-Naville was first placed woman
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Red Bull X-Alps 2021

Red Bull X-Alps 2021: Day 2 roundup

Day 2 of the Red Bull X-Alps was hot and hazy, but thankfully flyable. Much progress was made and Chrigel was back in first position by bed time!
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Tanguy Renaud-Goud

Tanguy Renaud-Goud: 13,390m in one day!

Tanguy Renaud-Goud hiked up and flew down a cumulative 13,390m of vertical elevation on 15 June 2021, a hike-and-fly record
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Gemona

PWC 2021 Gemona: Honorin Hamard wins Task 1

Honorin Hamard won the first task of the PWC in Gemona, Italy on 20 June 2021, less than 30 seconds ahead of second-placed Seb Ospina
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Launching from the Gaisberg on Day 1 of the Red Bull X-Alps 2021

Red Bull X-Alps 2021: Day 1 roundup

The Red Bull X-Alps 2021 started in a blazing hot Salzburg at 11:30am on Sunday 20 June. Tommy Friedrich (AUT3) claimed the King of the Gaisberg crown
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Sebastien Kayrouz 600km

Sebastien Kayrouz flies 600km in Texas

Sebastien Kayrouz set a new paragliding world record in Texas on 20 June 2021, with the world's first 600km paraglider flight
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Vittorazi Cosmos 300

Vittorazi Cosmos 300 paramotor engine

The Cosmos 300 is Vittorazi's powerful new paramotor engine, suitable for tandem trikes, hang gliders and ultralights
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Icaro Loxia2 and Batis2 harnesses

Icaro Loxia2 and Batis2 tandem harnesses

Icaro have released the Loxia2 and Batis2, a matching pair of tandem paragliding harnesses with foam protectors
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Mac Para Elan 3

Mac Para Elan 3: EN C

Mac Para's new Elan 3 is an "easy and relaxed" EN-C cross-country wing for ambitious XC pilots
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UP Misti

Up Misti: acro / freestyle wing

UP Paragliders have released the Misti acro wing. It's suitable for beginners through to experts, depending on wing loading
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