Paragliding World Championships

Piedrahita World Paragliding Championships 2011

Paragliding World Championships 2011: Practice day

Mads Syndergaard reports from the test task at the the Worlds
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Paragliding World Championships 2011 Piedrahita

Paragliding World Championships 2011: Registration and who’s who

Mads Syndergaard keeps cool at the four-hour check in – first task is today
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Flatland paragliding in Piedrahita: site of the 2011 Paragliding World Championships

Paragliding World Championships 2011: Here we go!

The 2011 Paragliding World Championships kicks off today, Sunday 3 July, in Spain’s legendary Piedrahita.
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Denmark's Mads Syndergaard prepares to take his UP Edge XR into battle at the Paragliding World Championships in Spain. Photo: Nick Greece

Paragliding World Championships 2011: Mads Syndergaard on the new rules

The Paragliding World Championships start in Piedrahita in two days time. Mads Syndergaard is making his way to Spain, and deliberating the concept of 'more safety' in paragliding competitions.
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Paragliding World Championships 2011: 60-day rule tweaked

CIVL has tweaked the rules on Open Class paragliders for the 2011 World Championships
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Mark Hayman

Paragliding World Championships 2011: British Team pilot resigns

A British Paragliding Team member has resigned over two-line glider safety
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Piedrahita World Paragliding Championships 2011

Paragliding World Championships 2011: Register by 3 May

Team leaders must register pilots for the Paragliding World Championships by 3 May.
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Andy Aebi

Paragliding World Championships 2009: Letter from Advance

Stefan Schmoker died in an accident during the World Paragliding Championships 2009 in Mexico. A week later Andy Aebi became World Champion. Advance released this public letter following the competition
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The 2009 Paragliding World Championships are over

Today turned out to be exceedingly stable and totally blue, and the 87 km task all around the local area was possibly a bit optimistic.
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