World Record

Kinga Masztalerz 272km triangle flight, 1 May 2025

Kinga claims triangle record

Kinga Masztalerz flew 272.57km on 1 May a flight she has officially applied to have accepted as the new female FAI triangle record.
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Tanguy Sets Hike-and-Fly World Record

Tanguy Renaud-Goud has set a new hike-and-fly world record by accumulating 17,534m of elevation gain in Samoëns, France within 24 hours
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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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Marcella Uchoa’s World record 457km in Brazil

Marcella Uchoa flew a World Record declared-goal flight of 457km from Caicó in Brazil on 14 October, on her Enzo 2
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Masterclass: How we set a 300km record with Jošt Napret

Jošt Napret explains how he, Primoz Susa, Bojan Gabersek and Dušan Orož set a 300km out-and-return paragliding world record in Slovenia
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Antoine Girard

Masterclass: Flying at extreme altitude with Antoine Girard

Antoine Girard explains how he flew above Broad Peak in Pakistan on 18 July 2021, setting a new world record for high-altitude paragliding
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Rafael Saladini's world record grin. Photo: Rafael Saladini

Interview with a master: Rafael Saladini

Rafael Saladini explains what it takes to be a world class, world-record setting paraglider pilot. And it's not just about pushing the bar...
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Rafael Saladini's world record grin. Photo: Rafael Saladini

Rafa Saladini sets new distance-to-goal W/R

Paragliding world record holder Rafael Saladini has set a new distance-to-goal world record, beating the previous one by nearly 20km
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Paragliding world records tumble over four days in Brazil

Marcelo Prieto, Rafael Saladini and Rafael de Moraes Barros set a new open distance paragliding world record on 10 October 2019 – 588.27km
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Julien Irilli's 340km tandem record flight

Julien Irilli breaks world tandem distance record

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