News

2010 - Changes to the Paragliding World Cup Rules

There are some changes to the rules for scoring in the Paragliding World Cup - this document details the main changes.

STOP PRESS - Animations from Brazil now available

We are please to announce that we now have the animations from the two tasks in Brazil.

New partners for the Paragliding World Cup 2010

The Paragliding World Cup Association is pleased to announce that three new companies have agreed to partner the World Cup this year and we would like to formally welcome -

ozone logo      Niviuk Logo     aircross logo

as Paragliding World Cup Partners

See ALL of our partners here

2009 - SuperFinal PrizeGiving Video and Photos

Philippe's video of the Prizegiving and a few photos taken during the event...


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Text - Chris, Video - Philippe - Photos - xm

12th September 2009 - Poggio Bustone, Italy - SuperFinal Day 11 - 57.4km Race to Goal

We have a task - its a 57.4km Race to Goal with the goal, as usual, here in Poggio Bustone.

The weather forecast is warning of possible storms later on so a short task has been set.

The start is at 13:15 and the map is here

TaskMap

Text and map by Chris

12th September 2009 - Poggio Bustone, Italy - Day 11 - Morning [10:15]

Its the last day and the weather looks like it might allow us one final task. The first group of pilots are on takeoff and we can see lots of wings already laid out (which is a promising sign).

The results are still close enough that another task could make a lot of difference so we are all waiting to see what will happen.

More news soon....

Meanwhile, two more videos from Philippe

11th September 2009 - Poggio Bustone, Italy - Day 10 - CANCELLED due to strong wind on takeoff. [10:20]

The first group of shuttles have arrived at takeoff and discovered that the wind is much stronger than anticipated - the decision has, therefore, been taken to cancel the day.

Tomorrow is the last day of the competition so we are hoping for a final task....

Text by Chris

11th September 2009 - Poggio Bustone, Italy - Day 10 - Morning [09:30]

We have just two days left - the busses are off on their first journey (we do two runs to takeoff each day due to numbers of seats) and we await details of a task.

Meanwhile, Philippe has been busy with his editing software - here are a few (!) videos to keep you busy....

10th September 2009 - Poggio Bustone, Italy - Day 9 - Cancelled due to thunderstorm activity.

A task had been set this morning and many of the competitors have taken off. Our weather man has been monitoring the possibility of thunderstorms very closely all morning and has decided that the probability of storm activity on the course is very high.

The task has, therefore, been cancelled at 14:15 - since it has been cancelled before the start there will be no results from today.