La Nina is back

With a moderate La Nina developing expect an increase in frequency and strength of hurricanes and more old hurricane track low pressures systems hitting the UK. It is expected to be a wet windy Autumn and Winter. Also it will be wetter than normal in northern and eastern Australia and eastern South Africa but drier on the east coast of Brazil. So head for XCeara this November!

British Paragliding Cup success

Congratulations to Richard Butterworth (Gradient Avax XC2) for winning this years British Paragliding Cup.

There were 9 Gradient wings in the top 20.

2nd Tony Spirling Gradient Avax XC2
7th Dave Thomson Gradient Avax XC2
8th Tony Bradley Gradient Avax XC2
13th Raffaele Lagrutta Gradient Avax XC3
15th Gary Jackson Gradient Aspen 2
16th Mark Riches Gradient Aspen 2
17th Alan Ford Gradient Golden 2
19th Malcolm Grace Gradient Avax XC2

Sheryl Cameron was 2nd best female on her Gradient Aspen 2 in 22nd

XC3 glide is impressive

The only problem with the XC3 is getting down! Charles Norwood flew the length of the Coombe landing field like this!

Avax XC3 30

A correction to the table below. The XC3 30 is certified 110-130kg.

Gradient's new Felix Wolk XC3 video

Another massive triangle in Scotland

Following on from Julian Robinson's excellent 53.1km triangle from Squrr Finnisg-aig on 25th May on his Gradient XC2, Ian Miskin has just flown a 54.4km triangle from Glencoe, also on an XC2. The weather in Scotland looks great for tomorrow as well (15/06) so watch this space!

Mark Riches on Aspen 2 wins first round of BPC

Congratultions to Mark Riches who won the first round of the BPC in the Borders. He completed 17.5km of a 38.3km task. Tony Bradley (XC2) was 4th, David Thomson (XC2) 6th and Tim Pilling (Aspen 3) 8th. Most pilots were awarded points for landing to assist Matrin Sandwith who was helicoptered off after a minor accident.