We got off to a flying start in Gemona, Italy in June, with an exciting 7-task competition. Followed by four tasks in Serbia, where some of the younger pilots proved that they are the new paragliding force to be reckoned with. The Super Final in Disentis exceeded all expectations, adding a further seven tasks to the tally so far.

Next stop Turkey. With strong thermals, Aksaray promises to be a very exciting competition and a great place to launch the 2022 season.

Aksaray is a truly stunning venue with take-off on the flanks of the spectacular Hasan Dagi, a 3270m high, dormant volcano. Apart from the rugged, conical mountain the take-off is on, the flying is mainly over hot, dry, arid flat plains, with small hills and some impressive gorges. Racing is technical, switching gears often being the key to success.

Keep up with all the highlights and low saves at https://pwca.org and on the Live App at https://live.pwca.org. 

Text and photos courtesy of PWCA.org

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The most important race of the year, and of the last several years due to Covid cancellations, has just wrapped up in Disentis, Switzerland, with Ozone designer, Luc Armant, winning overall gold.  Seiko Fukuoka Naville took the women’s gold medal (her 16^th PWC gold and her third Superfinal champion title! #GOAT).

103 of the world’s top competition pilots were reunited in the heart of the Alps to fly seven tasks over the rocky peaks and glaciers of the Alpine main ridge. More than 500kms of task distances were set. 

Flying his new Submarine prototype harness, Luc Armant, won three tasks and the overall Superfinal Champion title. Despite a very competitive glider field, pilots reported that Luc’s innovative Submarine harness design delivered a significant edge to him and the other two pilots flying it. 

The top 10 overall:

1^st  Luc ARMANT (Enzo 3, Submarine)

2^nd Aaron DUROGATI

3^rd Adrian HACHEN

4^th Stephan MORGENTHALER (Enzo 3)

5^th Baptiste LAMBERT (Enzo 3)

6^th Christian MAURER 

7^th Honorin HAMARD (Enzo 3, Submarine)

8^th Joachim OBERHAUSER (Enzo 3, Exoceat)

9^th Julien WIRTZ (Enzo 3, Submarine)

10^th Ferdinand VOGEL (Enzo 3)

Out of the top 10 overall pilots, seven were flying Enzo 3s and all three Submarine protos in the event made the top 10. 

Top 5 ladies, all in Enzo 3:

1^st  Seiko FUKUOKA NAVILLE

2^nd Meryl DELFERRIERE

3^rd Nanda WALLISER

4^th Yael MARGELISCH

5^th Constance METTETAL

Top 3 Teams

1^st Ozone

2^nd Gin Gliders  

3^rd Niviuk 

For Full results visit: live.pwca.org/scores.php.

Congrats to all the pilots and to the PWC for such an amazing event.

Cheers from all the Ozone team.

Photos courtesy of Andy Busslinger / PWCA.org

Congratulations to Luc Armant, Seiko Fukuoka Naville and the Ozone team, Winners of the Paragliding World Cup Superfinal !!! 👏👏👏👏

Stay tuned for more news from Dissentis, Switzerland.

Photo courtesy of Andy Busslinger / PWCA.org

長いこと待ち望んだパラグライディング・ワールドカップ・スーパーファイナルが２０２１年８月７日～１８日の日程でスイスのディセンティスで開催されます。

史上初のアルプス開催となるスーパーファイナルは、劇的な雪に覆われた山々の素晴らしい景色に覆われた、ディゼンティス上の牧草地からスタートします。

クロスアルプスのスーパースターから現世界並びにスーパーファイナルチャンピオンまで、この大会には２０１９年ブラジルのバイショグアンドュで開催された前スーパーファイナル以降の全ての大会のトップ中のトップが一堂に会します。

その後の8回のワールドカップのうち6回の優勝者もディセンティスに出場し、究極のタイトルを獲得しようと高くかつ速く飛行します。

しかし、おそらく最も印象的なのは、この大会に2014年以降のすべてのスーパーファイナルチャンピオンが参加していることです！

ディセンティスで開催された３つのワールドカップ（２０１５，２０１７，２０２０）の優勝者は全てスイスのパイロットでした。今回はエメンタール（スイスチーズ）、コンテ（フランスチーズ）あるいはパルメザン（イタリアチーズ）か、それとも全く違うキムチか？

フライトに関してディセンティスは氷河、ギザギザの山々、そして素晴らしいパラグライダーのイメージを思い起こさせます。フライトは極めて多様で、非常に戦術的に興味深いタスクを提供します。テイクオフの背後にあるハウスサーマルのリッジは、120 kmのトライアングルおよび多くの広大な眺めの飛行の出発点であり、そこで飛ぶすべての人に一生続く夢を残します。

23のワールドカップパートナーのいるチームコンペでは、空想にふける暇はありません。これまでで最も挑戦的なチームコンペでオゾンチームとして飛ぶ4人のパイロットをフォローしてください：https://pwca.org/events/2021-11th-world-cup-superfinal-switzerland-disentis/results?#content

パラグライディング大会が良く分からない向きにはライブの解説がサーマルごとの説明をしてくれます。解説同様、ここPWCAライブアプリ：https://live.pwca.org (現在はウエブアプリ)でトラッキングを見ることが出来ます。

テキストならびに写真はPWCA PWCA.org の好意によります。

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The second stop of the 2021 PWC in Kopaonik, Serbia has come to an end after four valid tasks.
Ozone R&D pilot, Honorin Hamard reports:

“The PWC in Serbia has finished with a really good score for the Ozone team, 1st place with Honorin Hamard, Stéphane Poulaine, Julien Wirtz and Meryl Delferriere .Eight Enzo 3s in the top 10, with 2 on the main podium with Julien Wirtz second and Honorin Hamard third.

One full Ozone girls podium with Marcella Uchoa in first followed by Méryl Delferrière in second and Constance Mettetal in third.4 very difficult tasks, not so many pilots in goal, amazing views on the plateau to go to A11 which was our 2 last tasks goal…

It was great to share with all the pilots a good race like this one, especially in these times. We played football together and fought for the thermals !”

For Full results go to: https://pwca.org/…/2021-world-cup-serbia-2021…/results

Congrats to all the pilots and cheers from the Ozone Team.

Next PWC stop: Disentis, SwitzerlandStay tuned!

Images courtesy of www.PWCA.org

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The tenth edition of the Red Bull X-Alps begins on June 20^th, in Salzburg Austria.

Ozone is proud to support the following athletes with what we think is the most cutting edge, and definitely the lightest, equipment in the race: Benoit Outters, Laurie Génovese, Yael Margelisch, Maxime Pinot, Michael Gierlach, and Cody Mittanck. 

Some of these pilots will be flying the Zeolite XD, which weighs in at an incredible 2450 grams. The F*Race harness weighs just 1100 grams, and the Ozone Angel SQ comes in at just 870 grams. In all, the full kit weighs less than 5kg which will be an essential advantage during the inevitable, and arduous, running portions of the race.

Here’s a few more details on the Zeolite XD from the Ozone R&D team:

“The idea for this wing was to use the tried and tested Zeolite as a basis to test new ultralight materials for the top and bottom surface.

The internal structure (ribs and diagnoals) remains unchanged. For the top surface, we used a new fabric developed by Porcher Sport, the Skytex21. It is based on very fine 6.6 nylon weave and still offers respectable characteristics with regards to breaking load and deformation.

The bottom surface is made with one of the lightest materials available, a PU/Dyneema composite from DSM. It weighs an impressive 13g/m² and still has more than enough strength and stability for the lower surface of a wing, as long as the load on the anchor points is correctly distributed.

We first carried out many structural, ageing and dimensional stability tests. We also tried various sowing and glueing techniques and developed a specific manufacturing process for the gliders. The certification procedure, both for load- and flight tests, went very well especially given the tight deadlines.

Benoît Outters helped us for the final set-up of the wing and Maxime Pinot demonstrated that it does the job by winning the Bornes to Fly race with it. The formidable arena of the X-Alps is our next testing ground with flights in all possible conditions.”

Due to the very high cost of the materials and the complexity of the manufacturing process, the Zeolite XD in its present form will not be available on the market. However, we will use it a basis for future developments as we continue with our research efforts into ultralight equipment.

We wish all of the athletes in the race a safe event!

Cheers from all the Ozone Team

To get the season off to a flying start the Paragliding World Cup will be returning to Gemona in north eastern Italy. Gemona is literally where the plains meet the Alps.

This gives a great mix of truly alpine flying, along ridges and over high pastures, combined with the possibility of turn points and racing out in the flats.The picturesque old town of Gemona is a favourite location with the World Cup, having been a venue in 2016 and 2018, so we are absolutely delighted to be able to keep a promise to reschedule the postponed 2020 event.

This event has an extremely high competitor level. A letter A or B was required for automatic selection, equivalent to a top 20 place in the Super Final! Competing in this all-star event are World/European and Super Final champions along with thirteen pilots who have won a World Cup and eight ladies who have already been on the top spot on the lady’s podium.

Despite the difficult times recently, the World Cup are delighted to welcome a new partner to our flying family: The Chinese Taipei Gliding Sports Association.With a record number of World Cup partners, twenty-three in total, each fielding a team, the team event will be tougher than ever before.

Ozone glider’s team reflects the wealth of experience of Ozone technology along with a fresh new look to the future.

We hope that you will enjoy following Gemona 2021 on the new website at pwca.org and on the live app at http://live.pwca.org/app.Photos and text courtesy of PWCA

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