Competition

Flymovies have released their trailer for the Hang Gliding World Championships 2010 that took place at Tegelberg, Germany, this month.

The Nissan Outdoor Games is back for its sixth consecutive summer. Five teams of sportspeople and filmmakers will each make a five-minute film, this time in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France. The fifth team's director's chair is still vacant - Julbo are running a competition to fill this role.

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

The Asian Paragliding Championships in Nishawa, Japan, kicked off on 2 May and have seen some good flying so far

The USA's Paragliding East Coast Championship has seen some big distance flown on the Florida flats

Gradient's new high performance paraglider, the Avax XC3, has passed EN D certification in size 28, and is now for sale. Sizes 24, 26 and 30 are on their way.

Rodrigo de Obeso has won the Mexican Open hang gliding championships which were held from 16 - 24 April 2010 at the sites of San Marcos and Tapalpa, Mexico.

The USHPA-sanctioned Texas Single Surface Shootout hang gliding competition takes place from 24 - 29 May 2010 near Luling, Texas.

Gin's Boomerang 7 competition paraglider features a new leading edge valve system for stability at speed. It will be in production soon in 6 sizes.

The Monte Grappa Trophy was held in Bassano del Grappa on the edge of the Dolomites, over the Easter weekend. Manfred Ruhmer and Luc Armant won the hang gliding and paragliding categories respectively.