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/