Last weekend I travelled to St Hillaire in France for the Coupe Icare, the World’s largest flying festival. There were so many things to see and do; new flying kit, crazy costumed creations, insane flying manoeuvres, late nights and early mornings and a wicked G-Force trainer……along with…
Possible accelerator travel on many harnesses is frequently too short for 3-liners. I fly the Triton 2 with a Swing Connect Race, which is basically identical to the Woody Valley XAlps GTO. In normal configuration it’s impossible to fully accelerate, because the accelerator line on…
All of a sudden, alot of Extremsporthappenings are popping up – all over Norway. The Extremesportweekend was established two years ago, and this was the third event. Vannøya is an island one hour drive from Tromsø, then you take the ferry over from Hansnes, it…
Am 16. August 2014 machte sich unser Junior-Team-Pilot Robert Schaller, inspiriert durch Toni Benders Film “Glücklicher Ikarus”, auf die Alpen von Nord nach Süd zu überqueren. In den kommenden drei Tagen wollte er nur mit Thermik und Muskelkraft vom bayrischen Osterfelderkopf bei Garmisch-Patenkirchen bis zum…
HELT I HUNDRE (totally in hundred = meaning something like “Absolutely awezome”) is our first “Activitycamp” – and hopefully a brand new tradition. From the 6. th to the 10.th of August this year, we invited friends and friends of extremesportfriends to join our…
Tomy and me went on a trip from Bassano to Aviano only by tandem and feet. Tomy and me packed our stuff into our biggest walk and fly harness and took the earliest train from Villach (4.45) to Bassano. We arrived at 9 o´clock in the morning….
This weekend in the UK was perfect for coastal soaring with the IBEX 2. Ahead of the remnants of hurricane Bertha, the strong westerly winds combined with a 15m high sand bank at Thurstaston resulted in some great fun. Steve
17. July 2014 195 km FAI / 225 km free distance/ 9 h airtime http://www.xcontest.org/world/de/fluge/details/:bernhardp/17.7.2014/07:52 It is 6 am when we arrive at the Grente parking in the woods above Antholz (Anterselva) Valley. We are still a little sleepy from a very short night. The…
Nachdem ich voriges Jahr aufgrund der X-Alps Teilnahme auf einen Start beim Crossalps verzichten musste, freute ich mich heuer umso mehr einen der begehrten Startplätze für den Jubiläumsbewerb ergattert zu haben. Es ist schon ein irres Gefühl gemeinsam mit 110 Fliegern unten am Start zu…
After Chavert and i both bombed out on the first day, we had some catch up to do. We used the third (and last) race for this. It was a 55 km task and conditions were very poor at the beginning. Initialy the idea was…