Brazil

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PWCA announce extra comp for Brazil in September

An extra competition has been added to the 2023 PWC tour, with a round to be held in Pico do Gaviao, Brazil, from 23-30 September 2023
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PWC Castelo, Brazil 2023. Overall winners

Honorin Hamard wins PWC Brazil 2023

Honorin Hamard (France, Ozone Enzo 3) won the Castelo round of the PWC, with Méryl Delferrière (France, Niviuk Icepeak X-One) first woman
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Castelo, Brazil. Photo: PWCA

Dan Morand: PWC Brazil suffers fatality

Dan Morand, a young Swiss competition paraglider pilot, died during the fourth task at the Paragliding World Cup in Brazil yesterday
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Paramotoring the Amazon with Raphael Laghi

We talk to Raphael Laghi, a Brazilian paragliding and paramotoring guide who specialises in flying and guiding paramotoring in the Amazon
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Flying the Christ Statue in Rio de Janeiro

Paragliding the famous Christ Statue in Rio de Janeiro is on every pilot's dream bucketlist – Joanna Di Grigoli did just that
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Serena Ronchi

Serena Ronchi: Going Big in Brazil

Serena Ronchi won the 2021 Women’s XContest after flying more than 10,000km in a year. She explains how she learnt to fly cross country
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Sylvestre Camp: Exploring the Transamazonica from above

Sylvestre Campe is a Brazilian filmmaker who has turned his eye to the Amazon, exploring and filming the 4,000km long Trans-Amazonia Highway from the air
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Baixo Guandú III | Paragliding World Cup Brazil

"Seven consecutive days of racing – sharing tears of victory and defeat," says Canada's Brett Hazlett. His five minute film immerses you in the World Cup
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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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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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