SPORT 4 – highly increased production in full swing!
To fulfill the demand of our new Intermediate glider we had to boost production capacities on a big scale. This is now running great and large numbers of gliders are arriving twice a week. Delivery times are finally coming down!
Antoine Girard's adventure begins!
On June 14th, the big adventure of Antoine Girard will start. Antoine wants to climb 4 peaks each over 8000 meters - one after the other and paraglide down. He will begin with Broad Peak (8,047m), then K2 (8,611m), G2 (8,035m) and finally G1 (8,068m).
It's a short hike from one wing tip to the other and you can hop over the wing in the other direction... on the ground it has almost the span of a standard class sailplane. It's light and just floats above your head in 5km/h of wind; looking from one tip to the other requires some neck flexibility! :)
I attended the World Championships in Brazil, in 2005, as a member of the Canadian Paragliding World Team. That was my first time competing at a high-level, international competition, and it whet my appetite for more. So when I heard the 2007 World Championships were to be held in Manilla, Australia (a place I’ve always heard referred to with lots of enthusiasm and awe) I started getting ready.
Nicole's first Magic4 flightI had a chance to fly my new Magic4 at Woodside just before Xmas. The first flight was only a sled ride, and the second flight I got to thermal a bit over the clearcuts before heading out. Although I can't get a lot of info from those 2 very short flights, I can tell you a little bit.