South Africa

Camp 360 in Bir/Billing. Photo: Jerome Maupoint

Heading south: Where to fly in the northern winter

As the northern hemisphere’s thermals fizzle out, pilots in the north start to head east to India or migrate south to get their winter fix
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A snapshot from the 30-page report. Source: CAASA

Tandem pilot branded ‘reckless’ in accident report

A 22-year-old tandem pilot in South Africa has been branded “reckless” following a mid-air collision that resulted in his passenger dying
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Paragliding in Porterville, South Africa. Photo: Olivier Laugero

Guide to Porterville and Wilderness, South Africa

Booming upwards on another desert rocket into a cumulus-peppered sky and heading off on your way to another personal bes
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Signal Hill

Cape Town sees tragic fatal tandem accident

A former Scotland rugby international died in a tragic tandem paragliding accident in South Africa on Monday 3 July
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Timo Leonetti in South Africa on 9 January 2023. Photos: Timo Leonetti

Chasing world records in South Africa

We talk to Clément Latour and Timo Leonetti about their 500km paragliding flights and chasing world records in South Africa
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X-Berg Challenge 2022 Winners

X-Berg Challenge 2022: women trail runners win

Both categories of the 2022 X-Berg Challenge were won by women trail runners: Robyn Johnson (Extreme race) and Kathryn Fourie (Mini Race)
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Pierre Carter X-Berg Challenge

X-Berg Challenge 2022: 4-9 October

South Africa's multi-sport adventure race is back for its tenth anniversary in October, with a four-day Mini Race and six-day Extreme Challenge
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X-Berg Challenge 2021

X-Berg Challenge 2021: runner Jon Kirkman wins

Jon Kirkman won the Extreme category of the 2021 X-Berg Challenge for the second consecutive time, as a trail runner. He won as a mountain biker in 2019! 
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X-Berg Challenge 2021

X-Berg Challenge 2021: Entries Open

Entries opened on 8 August 2020 for the 2021 X-Berg Challenge, the multi-day, multi-sport adventure race in the Drakensberg mountains of South Africa
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Copperton-Paragliding

‘My 300k Day’: Paragliding in Copperton

Dry, high, and the sky goes on forever... Kelvin van Baalen takes us with him on a 300km flight from Copperton, South Africa
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