Short version: With Bir it was “love at first sight” for me. Bir became my second home, so to speak. If you want to know more … just read on. Well, every paraglider pilot has probably heard of Bir. Maybe you have also read this…
Im Sommer 2021 entschieden wir uns, in die Normandie zum Fliegen zu reisen. Nachdem wir schon viel Gutes gehört und gelesen haben, wollten wir uns selbst davon überzeugen. Im Gepäck hatten wir einen Prototypen des neuen XENON (www.nova.eu/xenon) sowie Bantam, Doubleskin und einen ION 6…
Swiss Lakes Tour – one of the most beautiful flights in 33 paragliding years. Roli (Mäder) hat nach Brienz zu «seinem» Startplatz eingeladen. Beni (Friedli) und ich haben die Einladung gerne angenommen, so haben wir uns am 24. April getroffen. Roli (Mäder) invited us to…
Whenever I go out with my TRITON 2 I am immensely happy:) Cheers from the coast in Portugal and crossing my fingers for a soon end of the pandemic Silvia
Teneriffa, 9.30 Uhr Vormittag Fabi klopft etwas schüchtern an meine Zimmertür. „Du, ähhh, hättest Du vielleicht Puder????…..also ich erklär’s dir…“ Puder brauchen die Testpiloten Fabian Gasteiger und Toni Bender, weil sie am XENON Proto etwas picken (österreichisch für “kleben”) möchten. Und an Stellen, an denen…
As paragliding pilots, we are used to waiting. We are used to changing weather conditions and most of us have had to ride back home in a car after spending hours hoping for the wind direction to change or the cloud base to lift, to…
Note from NOVA: NOVA Team Pilot Tomy Hofbauer and his partner Ulli Plech have a strong passion for Hike & Fly. Tomy, a former X-Alps athlete and co-organizer of the Bordairrace-series (www.bordairrace.com) and Ulli love the mountains and they love paragliding. During the Corona pandemic…
Note: This post is in English, but the 10 video clips and loads of stunning photos speak for themselves. Just scroll down and enjoy! Um uns den Winter zu verkürzen und ein bisschen Sonne zu tanken, haben Ulli und ich schon Ende 2019 über mögliche…
I am proud to say that I had the privilege to be the first pilots who could test the brand-new ION 6 on a trip to Brazil! Since I had my accident in 2016 (Colombia) I have been searching for the JOY OF FLYING. My…
Last autum, I went to Andalusia (Spain) for a short trip. VEJER is a nice and friendly village and a great flying site. I tried to stay in the air until the sun had set. In the video https://youtu.be/AsBqSxyrE14 I give a brief information about the…