WOMEN’S PARAGLIDING
Chilling on the Chachalacan dunes of Mexico
Pilots enjoy an early evening soaring session on the Chachalacas dunes in Mexico2015 Natural Games, a preview of France’s annual Outdoor Festival
ARENALINE brings together images of the first few days of the NATURAL GAMES, France's annual outdoor festival.A single-surface glider made entirely from plastic
Italian Luca Ghivarello street biker and paragliding pilot makes a single-surface paraglider made from plastic26/06/2015

COMPETITION
Clément LATOUR will not participate in this year’s Red Bull X-Alps because of injury
ROCK THE OUTDOOR Team in Salzburg for the X-Alps
ROCK THE OUTDOOR will be closely following this event. The Team will be in Salzburg on the 3rd July to meet the organisers and pilots in person, and will be reporting on the opening ceremony and first minutes of the race direct from Austria.
In partnership with Red Bull, ROCK THE OUTDOOR have a special XAlps “dashboard”, where you too can follow the race “live” and keep yourself up to date with all the latest info and the stories from your favourite athletes.
Clément Latour, one of the favourites in this year’s Red Bull X-Alps, had to make a tough decision to pull out of the race because of a recurring pain to his hip, caused from substantial and repetitive impact. Clément told us just over a week ago of the physical pain he was experiencing but wanted to wait for any signs of improvement before making a final decision to withdraw from the race. A difficult one to make, particularly after the many months of intense tarining and personal investment needed to participate.
ROCK THE OUTDOOR are very sad for Clément and his Team, who we had chosen to support in the race as one of his sponsors, but his decision is a wise one. As he told us, “There was little possibility of me being able to deliver 100% in terms of performance and our ambition for the podium. It would have been physically too painful to participate and unwise to begin the race under the circumstances with such looming uncertainty.”
Clément finished in 2nd position jointly with Antoine Girard in 2013. His withdrawal gives Chrigel Maurer one less contender to keep an eye on, but there are still a number of others to watch who are at top of their game.

Advance Omega XAlps – Swiss, Swiss, and away
Chrigel Maurer’s and Silas Bosco (Advance technical designer) present Advance’s answer to the most efficient cross-country hike and fly wing.Flying Planet – Closer to the people
Flying Planet works closely with the pilot community to continue providing unique glider references in each category froom ENA-ENCHot Shot Daria Krasnova – Have glider, will travel
Daria shares her time between Europe in the summer and the southern hemisphere in winter, where she organises sky tours for visitors to Colombia...17/06/2015

SAFETY NOTICE
Gin Gliders Important Safety Notice! Genie Race 3 harness
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It has recently been reported that the main rescue bridle failed at the shoulder connection points following a parachute deployment on the Genie Race3 harness, says Gin Gliders.
Gin followed up with a close investigation, which revealed that the connection point may have already been weakened by a previous reserve deployment. Further tests on other Genie Race3 harnesses have concluded that the main rescue bridle connection exceeds the minimum certification standards. Tests on the shorter front rescue bridle connection have demonstrated that it is ok to exceed 2000kg.
Gin Gliders requests that any pilots having previously deployed their rescue parachute should re-check their rescue bridle connection points prior to their next flight.
