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…
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…
(Text in English at the end) Zugegeben, die Idee von Beni Friedli ist schon etwas ambitioniert… Aber wissen tut man es erst, wenn man es versucht. Am Freitagabend und auch noch in der Nacht zum Samstag hat es geregnet. Wir befürchten, dass es noch einige…
Kaum ist man aus dem Sommerurlaub zurück – es war ein wunderschöner Familienurlaub in Österreich – da kündigt sich zuhause seit langem mal wieder ein guter Thermiktag an. Okay, es wird nur grob ausgepackt, nur das Nötigste aufgeräumt, zumindest einen halben Sonntag kann ich mich…
Herbst 2019. Tomy Hofbauer und Willi Ludwig, die beiden Bordairrace-Veranstalter, kündigen die Termine und Veranstaltungsorte für die Serie 2020 an. Von Corona weiß noch keiner was. Die Welt dreht sich noch rund. Ich mache mich frohgemut an die Planung: Salzburg mit dem Gaisberg, Graz mit…
I often get to hear from my fellow pilots from more mountainous regions, how they can’t get their head around the flatland flying. Some argue that it’s so easy, you just go with the wind from cloud to cloud and others think it must be…
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…
Hello everyone, I hope you are in good health and ideally immunized for COVID 19. As far as I can see, some of you can already fly, right? Here in Portugal, we aren’t allowed fly yet. We hope that some time in May it will…
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…