Last week I was lucky enough to visit the Outer Hebrides, which are a group of islands off the North Western coast of Scotland. I didn’t really go there on a flying trip as such, but packed a couple of wings anyway……..I flew every day…
As a way of sharing our recent Pyrenees Hike & Fly adventure with other pilots, we decided to record a Podcast. Judith Mole (who helped us at the end of our trip) has created a diverse range of paragliding related podcasts and she has now added our…
Well we made it across the Pyrenees, exactly in the 18 days that we had allowed ourselves. The strong north wind that set up for almost a week in the middle of the crossing ensured that we walked a significant part of the way. Although…
On Wednesday 22nd August, Dean Crosby and Steve Nash will set off on a hike and fly adventure across the Pyrenees. We will start from Hendaye in France and will either travel on foot or underneath our NOVA ION2 LIGHT paragliders to Cadaques on Spain’s Mediterranean coast;…
Last weekend 3 Nova Team Pilots competed in the 2012 edition of the Crossalps, a hiking and paragliding competition with the objective to go as far away AND back in 33 hours; with the emphasis on having fun whilst trying. Till Gottbrath, Vera Polaschegg and…
For those Team mates that attended the Team meeting in Fiss, Austria you will remember the discussion that we had about the future of competition racing using serial (EN D) wings. From my point of view, I had travelled to Fiss in the hope that…
” Waiting at the start – Steve (L) and Idris (R) on the bright green wings Last week myself and Idris Birch competed in the British Paragliding Open at St Jean Montclar in France. Due to the recent changes in the FAI rules, this would be a…
I’ve been training hard over the winter, but now the flying is coming good over here in the UK. This short YouTube movie shows a fantastic, if tough, training ground in one of the disused slate quarries in the heart of the Snowdonia Mountains. I…
My new Nova Mentor 2 arrived in the post on Saturday :) The following day I enjoyed a couple of flights in the Snowdonia Mountains of Wales. The first was a flydown from Moel Berfedd (482m) from a nil wind launch. This was followed by another top-to-bottom from…
I was in St Andre des Alpes in France last week competing in the British Paragliding Open. There were 150 international competitors, making the event completely full. This location is often described as ‘one of the best places in the world to hold a paragliding…