Highlights | FAI World Paragliding Aerobatic Championships 2016

The first Italian edition of the Paragliding World Championships were already openend with a new record: 48 nations with about 150 athletes were involved: Such a massive participation has never had occurred in past editions. The event is structured in 11 flight tasks that were assigned on a daily basis for which the best closing time is only one aspect to climb the charts. The competition was held in 3 scoring categories: Nations, Women and Overall. A 5000 square kilometres flying area and...

Joachim Oberhauser from South Tyrol (ITA) is new FAI Paragliding World Champion! The 43 year old came out on top after 10 days of intense competition flying in the Overall Category (=Women+Men). He finished ahead of 149 other pilots from 48 different countries to win the title of FAI Paragliding World Champion and a prestigious gold medal of the World Air Sports Federation FAI. Gleb Sukhotskiy (RUS) took the 2nd place. Honorin Hamard (FRA) came in 3rd. The 21 year old Meryl Delferriere f...

Congratulations to the French Aerobatic team on wheeling and tumbling their way to victory in both the team event and three of the other four programmes at the FAI World Aerobatic Championships, which took place from 22 to 31 August. French pilot, Louis Vanel won the Mixed and Men’s events, with star female pilot Aude Lemordant – also on the French team – taking first place in the Women’s competition. In the Freestyle programme, Robert Holland (USA) once again climbed to the top of the podi...

Stage SIV 2013, Mantra 4, Adrien B. SIV orienté décrochage et vrille a plat. Ecole : Flyeo, Annecy / Doussard. Moniteur : Tony. Mon deuxième SIV avec la M4, orienté sur le décrochage et la vrille a plat.

Following on from a thrilling competition at the mid-Atlantic cliffs in the Azores, the men will make a return to mainland Europe for the fourth stop of the 2016 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. La Rochelle will once again be the historic setting as the world's best divers battle it out in front of record-breaking crowds, who are sure to provide a pulsating atmosphere. Watch the clip and get a taste of the action that awaits. © Red Bull Media House

Mikhail Mamistov from Russia won 29th FAI World Aerobatic Championships 2017! He reached the 1st place followed by his competitors from France: Francois Rallet (FRA) was ranked 2nd and Olivier Masurel (FRA) took the 3rd place. The Russian reached the title for the third time in his career. All in all the 36 best aerobatic pilots participated in the championships from 9th to 17th September in South Africa and came together for the FAI World Aerobatic Championships in the Unlimited Category....

Under perfect conditions, the world’s elite in pole vault and long jump provided great sports action at the 12th International Golden Roof Challenge in Innsbruck (AUT). The annual classic excited the audience with great performances and emotions on the “FlySwat”, the world’s largest mobile track and field facility (length 72.3 metres long and weight 25 tons). The athletes jumped right in the historic city center – directly in front of the “Golden Roof”, the landmark of the Olympic city of In...