Can you make the world a better place by flying paragliders? Well, that is the question I have asked myself many times lately. Sometimes packing the wing and taking a weekend or a whole week away from the loved ones can be a tough call….
Despite the fact that I have decided a while ago to step back from competitions and do more own projects, I could not resist to participate NOVA’s first XC Team Challenge as one of the team leaders. Reaching one goal as a team is something…
Around ten years ago me and some friends discovered a flying site in Tamanique on one of my frequent trips to my home country El Salvador. I decided to buy the site to protect in from flying unfriendly developments and it quickly gained popularity with…
Jetzt hab‘ ich ihn, meinen NOVA Sector L . Am 19. April war Jungfernflug am Voithenberg, auf einem Berg von dem bisher nur Abgleiter möglich waren, ging’s gleich gut rauf und ab. Vom Start weg hatte ich ein sehr gutes Gefühl – was gleich in…
A race to set your own waypoint as far as you can! The NOVA Bordairrace is a 33 h hike & fly competition series. The first one in 2018 took place at Kampenwand near lake Chiemsee in Bavaria. The weather forecast was very good for…
Summer season is already finished for the chilean league and NTP Pope Salinas was very well ranked in the 3 categories running with Mentor 5, among more than 40 pilots, and he was: 2nd at General category 2nd at Sport category 1st at Standar category….
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…