FAI - Annual Report 2014

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FAI ANNUAL REPORT–2014 18
Air Sports
Hang Gliding
& Paragliding
Commission
CIVL
Hang Gliding and Paragliding have for many years been
enjoying an exceptional popularity amongst all age
categories. New and creative energies are flooding
into this air sports community, which explains the
continuously booming activity of the FAI Hang Gliding
and Paragliding Commission in 2014. The number of FAI-
sanctioned events remained high with 300 competitions.
Innovative, yet simple and easily applicable measures to
increase safety have been introduced and publicised in
the pilot community through online information, advice
and education.
CHAMPIONSHIPS & EVENTS
−− 2nd FAI Asian Paragliding Accuracy Championship
in Ranau (MAS)
−− 1st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1-Sport Class
Championship in Annecy (FRA)
−− 19th FAI World Hang Gliding Class 2 Championship
in Annecy (FRA)
−− 6th FAI World Hang Gliding Class 5 Championship
in Annecy (FRA)
−− 13th FAI Women’s World Hang Gliding Championship
in Annecy (FRA)
−− 13th FAI European Paragliding Championship
in Kopaonik–Raska (SRB)
−− 4th FAI European Paragliding Accuracy Championship
in Vrsac (SRB)
−− 2nd FAI Pan-American Paragliding Championship
in Loma Bola (ARG)
Apart from these Championships, 218 Paragliding and
69 Hang Gliding Category 2 events took place in 2014.
Additionally, Paragliding Accuracy was on the programme
of the 4th Asian Beach Games in Phuket, Thailand (see
.
CIVL WORLD RANKING SYSTEM (WPRS)
One of the Commission’smost useful successes is the CIVL
World Ranking System, a uniformand user-friendly online
platform that can be used by the different disciplines of
Hang Gliding and Paragliding. Pilots can enter and update
their own personal information. At the end of 2014, over
8,000 pilots from68 nations were registered and ranked in
eight main categories (each of themhaving subcategories
of World, Continent and Women).
SAFETY
The new CIVL Competition Class Paragliders (CCC) was
voted on and approved at the Commission’s meeting in
February. The competition season showed that these
are nowwell accepted by the pilots and event organisers.
The Commission also worked on the development of the
educational section on the FAI website dedicated to safety.
MEETING
The Annual Meeting of the Commission took place on
22 and 23 February 2014 in Bali, Indonesia.
“Hang and Paragliding
are very popular
amongst all age
categories”