Last weekend the swiss championships and a synchro APWC took place for the second time in Brienz, Switzerland. After two rainy days the competition started with rested and dry pilots on saturday with two solo and a synchro task in between. On sunday the finals in both categories took place. Thus Jeremy Peclard is the new swiss champion and Spälti Acro Team with Adrian Hachen & Michael Maurer won the synchro competition.

Austria's well know paragliding spot, Gerlitzen has been a center of acro paragliding since the birth of the sport. Due to some recent incidents, the acro community got into focus, and the foreign flying licenses are not accepted anymore, pilot have payed fines. Read on...

Bulgaria's well know acro pilot, Veso is one of the most skillful acro pilots. He is a successful competition pilot, and an always ready to go adventure pilot, flying in remote places like Pakistan or Africa. We sat down with him, and he told some funny stories from his flying career and latest passions. Read on to learn more about him.

The first world cup's stop of the year, AcroMax, just ended last sunday after a super nice week in Udine, Italy.
In solo Horacio take the lead after an impressive competition meanwhile the French team put 5 pilot in the top7. Marvin Ogger manage to put himself between for a nice 4th place after big fights. The level was high and this was a good start for an incredible season ! Read the full report below.

During the paragliding festival el Yelmo in Spain, the 2nd Monumental Acro Series by Dani Martinez took place at the Castello de Segura. Among the invited pilots were Raúl Rodriguez (ESP), Horacio LLorens (ESP), Anthony Green (US), Tim Alongi (FRA), Lino Oehl (GER), Marvin Ogger (GER), Renan and Juan-Luis Morales and Malaguita Tejeiro (ESP).
Each pilot had a 7 minutes play time, launching from the castle's highest tower. Points from 5-15 were given for all kind of touches and landings as well for creativity and acro skills...