Competition

The paramotoring world has just enjoyed a weekend of a new kind of competition and a lot of fun. Fourteen of the world’s top paramotor pilots met in Montauban, SW France for Parabatix, a spectator-friendly competition involving pylon racng and stick-kicking in an audience-filled area.

All five rounds of the British Paragliding Cup have now been flown, and Richard Butterworth is holder of the cup for 2010.

Mal Grace reports on the final roud of the British Paragliding Cup that was held in Snowdonia over the weekend of 13 - 15 August. Martin Sandwith won the round, but overall winner of the 2010 BPCup was Richard Butterworth. [More...]

Mal Grace reports on round three of the BPCup, which was held at Long Mynd in Shropshire.

Britain's Kirsty Cameron has won both Open and Serial classes of the first female-only paragliding open that was held in Ager in the Spanish Pyrenees, winning herself a new Sup'Air harness and Flymaster B1 nav GPS-vario.

Nordic acro champion, Norwegian Ove Tillung, won the 2010 Downteam Challenge acro competition held in the Swedish ski resort of Åre from 6 - 8 August.

The film by French team Oseven, created by winning the Julbo-sponsored contest, was voted the best in the online contest for the Nissan Outdoor Games 2010.

In celebration of their tenth anniversary and new logo, Icaro Paragliders are running a competition to find the best photo of Edelweiss growing in the wild.

Following four tasks, Manfred Ruhmer (AT) has won the hang gliding pre-Worlds in Monte Cucco, Italy.

Slovenian Primox Gricar (Aeros) won the Spanish International Open in Ager, Spain, which finished on 10 July