16 Nov 2015
Since 2010, the CIVL/FAI World XC Online Contest has hang-gliding and paragliding pilots of the world participating. In 2015, the big winners are: Paragliding Open – Alexander Robe (Austria) Our photo. Hang gliding Flex – Konrad Heilmann (Brazil) Hang gliding Rigid – Tony Raumauf (Austria) Women...
20 Nov 2015
The CIVL Autumn Bureau meeting took part in Belgrade, Serbia, from November 6th to 8th. The minutes are now published in the Document pages of our website, along with the Bureau activity report. Left to right: Stéphane Malbos, Igor Erzen, Jamie Shelden, Goran Dimiskovski, Adrian Thomas and Zeljko...
01 Dec 2015
It's rare to find competitors from the US in Paragliding Aerobatics competitions. The sport of paragliding has a relatively small following there, and there are few pilots who embark on the niche daredevil discipline of performing aerobatic manoeuvres in the sky. One American who does compete is...
03 Dec 2015
Day two of the FAI World Air Games and it was a challenging start for some of the competitors aiming to hit the target in the paraglider accuracy landing competition at the Beach Dropzone. Reigning World Champion Matjaz Feraric from Slovenia struggled to judge the conditions and landed 28cm away...
03 Dec 2015
CIVL received within the December 1st deadline bids for the following championships: Paragliding Accuracy Asian from Thailand Paragliding Accuracy European from Slovenia. Paragliding European from FYR Macedonia. Paragliding Pan-American from Brazil. Hang Gliding Class 2 World from France. We do not...
06 Dec 2015
With nail-biting thrills down to the very final flight, the paragliding accuracy landing competition concluded yesterday after 12 rounds. George Cotet from Romania finished in first place, Qiang Ma from China in second place and Goran Djurkovic from Serbia in third. The top female was Nunnapat...
