Competitions

With 3 valid synchro and 4 solo runs the Swiss Champs has finished on Sunday and the price giving ceremony was held early in the afternoon just before the rain started. The new freestyle competition system is pretty promising and however there is still more work to be done but there is a good chance to implement this format into the World Cup Series in the future.

Yesterday the Swiss Champs has begin at the beautiful Walensee in the east part of Switzerland hosted by the Robair paragliding school.

On Sunday at the Ossiachersee in Austria the last solo and synchro tasks of Acro Austria were completed and with that the 2011 World Cup Tour has ended.

Adding up all the task results of Acroludeniz, Paranoia and Acro Austria competitions, Hungarian pilots became World Cup Champions 2011 in all 3 categories!

The weather forecast for today was not very promising, awaiting a fast moving cold front with heavy rain in the afternoon. Only the remaining pilots from run 2 - which was stopped due to strong winds yesterday - could perform their routines and around midday the task was completed. At this time one could already see the front line coming up fast on the horizon and around 2 pm. the valley wind turned around, further tasks got cancelled.

Acro Austria 2011 has started on Thursday with perfect weather. Clear blue sky and light winds. The first solo and synchro run was finished by the end of the day.