Austria

The European Paragliding Championships in Abtenau, Austria, will be the first major competition to feature ‘real-time’ live tracking

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.

The Nova Pilots' Team are having their annual cross country meet at Greifenburg (Austria) this May, open to all pilots, regardless of the paraglider they fly.

The Biotech Bordairline adventure races are a series of paraglider hike-and-fly races, which will be flown in four countries in 2010.

The ninth edition of the Outdoortrophy, an extreme sports relay competition featuring mountain running, paragliding, kayaking and mountain biking, will take place on 14 August 2010 in Lingenau/Vorarlberg, Austria.

Austrian paraglider manufacturer Nova have relocated their offices to more spacious premises in Terfens, 20 km from Innsbruck. The move will not affect production.

Berkhard Martens and his wife Renate Brümmer, better-known as Nina, each flew their paragliders to new German records in August 2009.

37 year old snowboard instructor and mountain bike guide, Alex Rauter, has achieved his self-set challenge to ascend and fly off 7 peaks in his home ground of the Zugspitz, Tyrol, accumulating 8848m of ascent in total (the height of Everest).

A place in the top ten was the goal in the World Cup in Italy for Alex Schalber, top pilot from Salzburg.

An all-star cast at the Peak to Creek race thrilled spectators in the Ötztal Valley, Austria on May 10, 2008