Brasil Tour dates ......

Hi everyone , Brasil tour dates are March 1-10th 09. Come on out and fly your brains out in Governador Valadares world famous flying site and host of the World Championships 2005. This will be my 8 year leading trips into this area everyone comes back with great reviews and tons of hrs of flying time . This site is know for light large thermals and smooth flying. It is a great place to learn to thermal better and start your x-c flying career, for more details contact me and book early . Remember to get your Brasil entry visa and book your airline flights if you intend to go soon. Cheers

New flight suit and Acro Harness from Woody Valley

Hi , Woody valley has 2 new items , 1 is and new flight suit and the other is a Acro harness new designed and with 2 reserve underneath, just in case . check out http://www.woodyvalley.com/ for pictures and details ...

Advane wins PWC again 4 years in a row !

Andy Aebi wins the World Cup for 2008 and Stefan Schmocker finishes third. This means that an incredible series of ADVANCE successes continues into a fourth year.ADVANCE competition pilots Andy Aeby and Stefan Schmocker placed first and third respectively in the final rankings of the 2008 Paragliding World Cup and so can seamlessly add to Chrigel Maurer’s three titles (2005-2007). This continued success also puts ADVANCE designer Thomas Ripplinger into the limelight, as well as the whole production team. Quite simply such success would be impossible without the tireless efforts of all concerned! Thomas Ripplinger head of Advance design, has once again produced superb wings for the guys to compete on. The success of the Competition team directly translates into the use of the design technology with Advance serial class gliders.The World Cup finale in Castelo, Brazil, was lucky with the weather, and it was possible to fly seven tasks. Andy, who arrived in Brazil in pole position, was able to maintain his advantage and therefore has won the PWC overall title for the first time (having finished third last year). Stefan Schmocker was also able to capitalise on the strong position he had already established in previous rounds, finishing in third place overall in Brazil. Other ADVANCE pilots Heli Eichholzer (AT) 7th, Jeremie Lager (F) 14th, Michael Sigel (CH) 17th and Orlin Dimov (BG), 30th, round off our small but fantastic ADVANCE Pro-Comp Teams’ great results.Thanks to our ADVANCE team pilots the unbelievable ADVANCE success story, set in train with the introduction of the HiArc-concept more than four years ago, forges ahead. (More about HiArc under OMEGA 7)The whole ADVANCE team sincerely congratulates the pilots for their great performances. Results and pictures: http://www.paraglidingworldcup.org/

Well i guess i'm a bit behind on this !!

Well as you can see my summer has been very busy, hense my lack of postings ! or i just forget , but now i have some time and the season is coming to a close. so what is new !! well i trained about 20 new pilots this summer ... welcome all my new fledgelings ! I am getting ready to finish my bike trip , from Panama where i left my bike last February. I will ride from Panama - Argentina - Brasil . I will be running tours to Brasil this season hope to ride my bike to Governadaor Valadares , but well see i only have 3 months and do not want to rush the trip.
I am also building a Garage on my property and a shop to do Paragliding repairs and inspections . I will try my best now to update this site and keep you informed of new... news so here goes .....cheers and have a great fall !