Bella and I received a new ION 5 today. She can’t wait to try it. Since we introduced her into paragliding she is absolutely paragliding crazy. With 17 kg she is to heavy to fly with my normal wing so I am using a dedicated…
Actually, it was not the plan for this day – this wonderfully sunny Wednesday, for which I have chosen to use some of my compensatory time-off. But just before leaving the indoor climbing wall at Tuesday night, one of my friends told about his great…
Hi Friends, in January, I ventured a paraglding road trip through Colombia. We traveled from Medellin to Cali and were at many different launch sites. Enjoy the video! Cheers Timmi
Hi there Since almost eight years, I always spend one or two weeks on the beautiful isle of Lanzarote (Canary Islands) between December and February. 2018 we had a particularly good week! This year our week fitted perfectly between bad and very bad weather at home in…
Good news from Brasil: Finishing the League 2017 with TRITON 2 on top! 3 stages, 3 x first place, final ranking “Gold” in open class, leaving Icepeak & Co behind!Now looking forward to my new SECTOR Cheers from Brasil and a great 2018 season. Looking…
Just a perfect day to fly: Good friends beside and training day at Fonte da Telha’ Beach. I share with you one of the 3 flights (on my old TRITON, not T2) of that day. Not an easy flight, because of the turbulence from the…
Vom 12. bis 21. Januar 2018 waren zehn Gleitschirmflieger vom DGFC-Regental und 1.Gleitschirmverein Bayerwald auf der Starkwindinsel Lanzarote. Von den neun Flugtagen konnten nur drei genutzt werden. Mit mehr Risikoeinsatz wären es vielleicht fünf Flugtage geworden, aber „braucht‘s des?“ Beflogen werden konnten die Gebiete Mirador…
Im letzten Teil des Jahresrückblicks unseres deutschen NOVA-Flachland-Teams schließt sich die Runde: Wir kommen vom Süden in die Rhön und dann zurück in den Norden. Allerdings geht es in den Nordosten, die sogenannte Sandbüchse von Deutschland (ich glaube, ein Begriff von Uwe Krenz). Die Wasserkuppe…
Der vorletzten Teil unseres Flachland-Jahresrückblicks führt zunächst in den Südschwarzwald, wo Andreas Ziegler und Felix Bässgen zu Hause sind. Hier liegt unter anderem der Kandel – eines der Fluggebiete mit der höchsten Zahl an Flügen in ganz Deutschland. Danach geht es in den Bayrischen Wald…
Hi Friends, I am happy and proud to inform that MENTOR 5 and set a new national record with a 82 km FAI triangle on December, 25th. You may think that this is a rediculous FAI triangle (which it actually is compared to the ones…