Competition

Paragliding and hang gliding competitions

competition paragliders

How to: Move from EN D to CCC

Paragliding and SIV instructor Malin Lobb discusses the pros and cons of stepping up a class to CCC-level competition paragliders
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Loma-Bola-Argentina-2500

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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PWC Disentis

PWC Season 2021 and 2022 dates announced

The PWCA has confirmed the Paragliding World Cup calendar for 2021.
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Gin Puma

Gin Puma: lightweight 2-liner EN-D

The Puma is Gin's new lightweight hike-and-fly competition racer. It's an 86-cell two-liner with EN-D certification, based on the Leopard but a kilo lighter
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Flight deck with instruments

Comp Series: What to expect at your first competition

Your first ever competition task can be a daunting experience, so here are some tips to help you through
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Competition briefing

Comp series: tasks, turnpoints and scoring

Here’s our five-minute guide to how paragliding competitions work and how they are scored.
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Freedom Open 2020

Freedom Open Slovenia, June 2020

The Freedom Open is a high-level paragliding competition to be held in Slovenia from 21 June. Online registration is open until 6 June 2020
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BGD Weightless 2020

New ‘MRT’ scoring at BGD Weightless 2020

Bruce Goldsmith won BGD Weightless 2020, flying the new EN-C Cure 2. The competition was scored using a new Multiple Radius Turnpoint system
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FAI cat 1 approved flight instruments

Approved instruments for cat 1 competitions

CIVL have published a list of approved flight instruments for FAI Category 1 competitions
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Joanna Di Grigoli at the 2017 Paragliding World Championships in Italy

Ten tips for competition flying

A paragliding competition can be a wonderful game, an exhilarating challenge of skill pitted against the sky.
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