CIVL

Prototype drag noodles in-situ, and the effect on the polar curve for an Enzo 3. Images: Ozone/CIVL

What are ‘drag noodles’?

Performance equalisers have arrived – here’s what you need to know about them and if they make for fairer competitions
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Competition paragliding harnesses in 2025

CIVL Comp harness rules

The latest work to create a new competition standard for paragliding harnesses was presented at the CIVL plenary in March.
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FAI World Junior Paragliding Championships 2024. Photo: FAI

Marcelo Sanchez wins first FAI World Junior Championships

The first ever FAI World Junior championships have ended in Tolmin, Slovenia with a win for Spain’s Marcelo Sanchez
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Asian-Oceanic Championships are go

The 2nd FAI Asian-Oceanic Paragliding Championships start in Mungyeong, South Korea this week with 114 comfirmed pilots.
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Honorin Hamard

Inside the head of Honorin Hamard

Honorin Hamard sat down with Ruth Jessop to dissect the paragliding competition scene, his own performance and the sport's future
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European Paragliding Championships 2024: Live Stream

The FAI European Paragliding Championships 2024 are on! Follow the official competition livestream from 22 May to 1 June here
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CIVL Plan new Sports Class Worlds

CIVL have revealed plans to create the first FAI Paragliding Sports Class World Championships – with the first competition in 2025
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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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PG Worlds 2021 heads to Argentina in November

May's postponed FAI Paragliding World Championships 2021 will now take place in Argentina in November
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Covid 19 – Update on competitions from the FAI and CIVL

What's cancelled and what's not in this season's international hang gliding and paragliding competition calendar – so far
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