Records

Gavin McClurg broke the US paragliding foot launch record on 15 July 2013, flying 383km from Sun Valley, Idaho on his Niviuk Peak 3.

The North South Cup, 6-9 May 2013 will go down in history as the biggest weekend in British paragliding history. It saw the British Declared Record broken by 13 pilots, with numerous other 100+ km flights from the Milk Hill area of Wiltshire, UK. Here’s a round-up and photo gallery…

Seiko Fukuoka has set a new women's world record in Brazil. She flew 345.6km on 20 November, beating the previous world record by more than 20km.

The race to fly 200 mountain miles in the USA came to a head this August, with pilot after pilot chasing the magic number.

Nate Scales flew 319km in a straight line in Sun Valley, Idaho on 31 July to set a new US mountain distance record.

Judith Mole has released a new podcast. 'The Big One' is an interview with Kirsty Cameron who on 13 May 2012 flew a massive straight line flight of 233km to break the UK women's paragliding record

Sebastian Benz (CH) has unofficially set a new Australian paragliding distance record of 360km