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CIVL 2017 September Bureau Minutes

CIVL 2017 September Bureau Minutes

  Minutes of the CIVL Autumn Bureau Meeting of the FAI Hang Gliding & Paragliding Commission held in Vršac, Serbia on September 25th to 30th, 2017 are published on the website. Download ....

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CIVL Bureau Activity 2017-2018 Intermediate report is published.

CIVL Bureau Activity 2017-2018 Intermediate report is published.

    In this document, CIVL Bureau sums up the main topics of its activity in the period from February till September 2017.

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CIVL Bureau at Vrsac, Serbia

CIVL Bureau at Vrsac, Serbia

  CIVL Bureau has begun it's autumn session that takes place in Vrsac, Serbia. It will study the problems that the sport has come across in 2017 and if necessary take decisions to make ru....

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Accuracy Pre-Euro in Kobarid, Slovenia: Success, Luck and Victories

Accuracy Pre-Euro in Kobarid, Slovenia: Success, Luck and Victories

    The organisers of this competition should have bought a lottery ticket this week. For the second day of the event, the weather was again perfect for this paragliding accuracy with sm....

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Pre-Euro Accuracy in Kobarid has began

Pre-Euro Accuracy in Kobarid has began

  2017 Paragliding Accuracy World Cup Tour. Test Event for the 6th FAI European Paragliding Accuracy Championship,Kobarid, Slovenia. Andy Cowley reports...

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 PILOT PROFILE: 60 seconds with hang gliding champion Christian Ciech

PILOT PROFILE: 60 seconds with hang gliding champion Christian Ciech

Christian Ciech is one of the most successful pilots in competition hang gliding, and was FAI European and World Champion at the same time in 2016. We spoke to him…

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23 July 2006: The FAI World Record of Charles Cazaux

23 July 2006: The FAI World Record of Charles Cazaux

On 23 July 2006, 10 years ago, French pro paraglider Charles Cazaux set a FAI World Record when he reached 41.15 km/h in the category “Speed over a triangular course of 25km”. In April 2010 he bro....

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Seven steps to success: an acrobatic paragliding masterclass with FAI ....

Seven steps to success: an acrobatic paragliding masterclass with FAI ....

French paraglider Tim Alongi, 24, is the new FAI World Air Games Paragliding Aerobatics Champion. Alongi also won the silver medal in the Sychronised Paragliding Aerobatics competition, along with hi....

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Nicole Schmidt sorts the men from the boys

Nicole Schmidt sorts the men from the boys

Nicole Schmidt from Germany, has been flying paragliders for 11 years. For the last six she's been performing aerobatic tricks, or "acro". It's a discipline very few women attempt, and this year Schmi....

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US Paragliding Aerobatics pilot to unveil new tricks at FAI World Air ....

US Paragliding Aerobatics pilot to unveil new tricks at FAI World Air ....

It's rare to find competitors from the US in Paragliding Aerobatics competitions. The sport of paragliding has a relatively small following there, and there are few pilots who embark on the niche dare....

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Liga Nacional Pitolero 2025 -

Event ID

: 17566    

Bid:

669

Event classification

: Second Category Event

Type of event

: Other

Disciplines / Task Styles

:

Cross Country

Place

: Cabezabellosa (Spain)

Date(s)

: 09 Jul to 13 Jul 2025

Website

:https://civlcomps.org/event/liga-nacional-pitolero-2025


Event Organiser


FAI Member of the Hosting Country

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Palz-Alsace-Open 2025 -

Event ID

: 17586    

Bid:

469

Event classification

: Second Category Event

Type of event

: Other

Disciplines / Task Styles

:

Cross Country

Place

: Fellering/Oderen (France)

Date(s)

: 09 Jul to 13 Jul 2025

Website

:https://airtribune.com/pao2025/info


Event Organiser


FAI Member of the Hosting Country

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Belgian Paragliding Open 2025 -

Event ID

: 17637    

Bid:

248

Event classification

: Second Category Event

Type of event

: Other

Disciplines / Task Styles

:

Cross Country

Place

: St Jean de Montclar (France)

Date(s)

: 06 Jul to 12 Jul 2025

Website

:https://airtribune.com/belgian-paragliding-open-2025/info/details


Event Organiser


FAI Member of the Hosting Country

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Flymaster Open 2025, 2nd XC Junior Pre-Worlds, 18th XC Pre-European, Championships -

Event ID

: 17700    

Bid:

1814

Event classification

: Second Category Event

Type of event

: Other

Disciplines / Task Styles

:

Cross Country

Place

: Krushevo (North Macedonia)

Date(s)

: 06 Jul to 12 Jul 2025

Website

:https://civlcomps.org/event/flymasteropen25


Event Organiser


FAI Member of the Hosting Country

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39th Greek Championship / Servia - Olympus Open 2025 -

Event ID

: 17858    

Bid:

267

Event classification

: Second Category Event

Type of event

: Other

Disciplines / Task Styles

:

class 1 Cross country

Place

: kastania servia kozani (Greece)

Date(s)

: 04 Jul to 12 Jul 2025

Website

:https://civlcomps.org/event/39th-greek-champ-servia-olympus-open-2025


Event Organiser


FAI Member of the Hosting Country

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Copa Rio de Parapente 2025 - Itaocara -

Event ID

: 17866    

Bid:

806

Event classification

: Second Category Event

Type of event

: Other

Disciplines / Task Styles

:

Cross Country

Place

: Itaocara (Brazil)

Date(s)

: 10 Jul to 13 Jul 2025

Alternate dates

: 21 Aug to 24 Aug 2025

Website

:https://civlcomps.org/event/copa-rio-de-parapente-2025-itaocara


Event Organiser


FAI Member of the Hosting Country

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1RA COPA FLORIDA PARAPENTE ACCURACY OPEN FAI 2 2025 -

Event ID

: 17870    

Bid:

255

Event classification

: Second Category Event

Type of event

: Other

Disciplines / Task Styles

:

Paragliding Accuracy

Place

: Florida, Valle del Cauca (Colombia)

Date(s)

: 11 Jul to 13 Jul 2025

Alternate dates

: 25 Jul to 27 Jul 2025

Website

:https://civlcomps.org/event/download-file?filename=a2ae59bbfec43d46477cf76143a42856.pdf


Event Organiser


FAI Member of the Hosting Country

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REGIONAL LA RIOJA 2025 Julio -

Event ID

: 17872    

Bid:

624

Event classification

: Second Category Event

Type of event

: Other

Disciplines / Task Styles

:

Cross Country

Place

: Cerro La Cruz - Ciudad de la Rioja (Argentina)

Date(s)

: 10 Jul to 13 Jul 2025

Alternate dates

: 17 Jul to 20 Jul 2025

Website

:https://civlcomps.org/event/regional-la-rioja-2025-JULIO


Event Organiser


FAI Member of the Hosting Country

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Upcoming Events

12 July 2025 36th British & Dutch Championships - Krushevo (North Macedonia)
12 July 2025 Polish and Czech Paragliding Open - Semonzo Del Grappa (Poland)
12 July 2025 2025 LOSER OPEN 2025 - Altaussee (Austria)
12 July 2025 3rd XC - CASPIAN CUP 2025 - behshahr (Iran (Islamic Republic of))
13 July 2025 24th FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship - Ager (Spain)
13 July 2025 10th FAI World Hang Gliding Class 5 Championship - Ager (Spain)
13 July 2025 15th FAI Women's World Hang Gliding Championship - Ager (Spain)
15 July 2025 Transcapixaba Hike and Fly - Venda Nova Do Imigrante (Brazil)
17 July 2025 IPAC 2nd - Batu International sport tourism festival 2025 - Gunung Banyak, Kota Batu, Jawa Timur (Indonesia)
18 July 2025 New School - Grandvillard (Switzerland)
More events

 

Practical Guidelines for Competition Organisers

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Everything you need to know to run a Cat 1 Championship. Also very useful for Cat 2 organisers!

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