What: 2010 U.S. Paragliding Nationals and Pre-Paragliding World Cup (P.W.C.)
Dates: Aug. 28 – Sept. 5, 2010
Where: Sun Valley/Ketchum, Idaho

Pilot Registration: Aug 27-29 by 5:30 p.m.
Pilot Meeting: Directly following close of registration Aug.. 29
Practice Days: Aug. 29
Competition Days: Aug. 30 – Sept. 5
Meet Organizer: Mke Pfau pfauboy1(at)yahoo.com
Meet Director: Jeff Huey, former pilot and from Bend Oregon.

South Central Idaho will be the site of a seven-day festival celebrating cross-country paragliding, with a race to goal format, during the 2010 U.S. Paragliding Nationals and Pre- Paragliding World Cup (P.W.C.). The event will highlight the best pilots in the nation along with a strong showing of international pilots. There will also be staged events, parties and demonstrations.

There will be Cash Prizes for Open Class 1, 2, 3. Women’s 1st. Sport Class 1st. The Pre-Paragling World Cup is required by the PWC organization. An organization observer will be in attendance. This is a step in possibly hosting a World Cup event in the future.

For decades, paragliding has grown from a few individuals pioneering free flight, into a national organization with more than 30,000 members. In Idaho, extreme sports each have a known sites: climbers swear by the City of Rocks, base jumping has the Perrine Bridge, and paragliding is active in Sun Valley, King Mountain, numerous other sites in Boise, and around the state.

The paragliding community also has a large contingent of “Para -tourists” Individuals and groups who travel to recognized consistent flying.

For more information and to register visit www.usparaglidingnats.com.

This year Serbian National Championship in XC (Cross Country) will be held in Nis, Serbia from 11 to 15 of July. The competition will be organized by PG ClubDinamik from Nis/Niska Banja.

Paragliding club Dinamik is a young club that has many experienced pilots, who gathered in order to improve flying skills of the club members and future members, and to promote flying terrains of Nis, Niska Banja and Sicevo. The terrains are well known to some pilots that flew there in PWC 2005(Sicevo) and in European Paragliding Championship 2008 (Niska Banja/Sicevo) and prePWC 2009 Serbia. The terrains consist of mainly mountainous and flatlands which makes them great XC potential.

In order for this competition to be successful, the organisers would like to gather as many as possible information which would help them to do the job without any common missouts. They would like to make an appeal to all the experienced pilots and people who have been included in any similar organizations, to let them know about the common flaws and possible mistakes. Any suggestions of this kind would really help them make this competition worth seeing.

Participation fee will be 80 euros.
Everyone is more than welcome to come. More info and registration at www.dinamik.rs.

The first event in the run up to the ‘Worlds’ in 2011 is the Pre-World competition which will be held from 10th July to 17th July 2010. The final registration will be on the evening of Saturday 10th July.

Daily Procedure
A briefing will be held at the HQ each competition day at 10am. This will include weather information and discussion and information regarding the previous task. Buses will leave for Peña Negra take off at 10.45am (transit time approx 30 minutes). There will be a task briefing at launch when all pilots are present. Launch Window Open will normally be between 12.30 and 2.30pm. Last landing time will be determined daily by the task committee.

Sign-in Sign-out
On every flying day there will be a sign-in list at take off. Pilots have to sign-in themselves if they fly on the day or not. Pilots who have not signed-in are considered as not having flown.

This means their score for the day will be zero. Pilots must confirm that they are safe after their landing by phone call or SMS to the HQ after landing (latest 15min after last landing time) and also must sign out the list at HQ on arrival back at Piedrahita.

Report Back and Download
On arrival at Piedrahita after retrieval, pilots must report back to the HQ to sign-out and to download their GPS. The last time acceptable for the Report back and Downloads will be determined each day by the task committee.

Pilots who fail to report back before the specified time will not be eligible to download and will score zero points for the day. Problems with the official retrieve may permit extension of the report back and download time.

Minimum Launchable Time
The minimum launchable time per pilot must be 2 minutes. The Peña Negra launch has 10 ‘launch slots’.
The Launch Director may close the launch for safety reasons and reopen it later.

Acces photos from previous events at the Gallery.
Further details and registration at www.piedrahita2011.com.

Paul Bonhomme of Britain won the first-ever Red Bull Air Race in New York on Sunday with a scintillating performance under pressure in front of the most spectacular setting in the eight-year history of the sport.
Nigel Lamb took second place in a thrilling four-way battle between the Statue of Liberty and Lower Manhattan while American Kirby Chambliss got his second straight podium with third place.

On Saturday 26th June 2010, “Spirito Trail ASD” together with C.A.I. Auronzo and the Auronzo Alpine Rescue Team (Soccorso Alpino di Auronzo) will host the fourth edition of the “Lavaredo Ultra Trail”, a trail running mountain race – in semi self-sufficiency in an alpine environment. The ultra trail will have an approximate length of 90 km with a positive gradient of about 5000 meters. It is required that athletes have previous experience of mountain running, do not suffer from vertigo, have a high standard of athletic preparation and have adequate clothing sufficient to cover a temperature range of 0 to +30 degrees.

Environment
The race takes place in a protected park area and natural ecosystem. Participants are required to maintain full respect for the Alpine environment, in particular by avoiding waste dispersal, collecting flowers or harassing wildlife. Anyone leaving waste along the way will be disqualified from the race and incur the penalties provided for by municipal regulations. To reduce waste, at refreshment points there will be NO plastic cups for beverages. Athletes are required to carry their own drinking cup.

For other informations visit www.ultratrail.it.
The path and some 2009 photos are available at this LINK.

The event includes the World freeride canoe championships and a Coppa Italia bouldering competition.
Once again the Teva Extreme Outdoor Games (TEOG) – one of the most important outdoor multidisciplinary sports competitions in Italy – will be based in Ivrea. The ninth edition will take place there from 10th to 13th June 2010.

Taking part in the event will be athletes of international calibre in four disciplines: kayak, mountain biking, trail running, and bouldering. Something completely new in this edition will be an exhibition of paragliding, in the near future to be included in official competitions.

Program
Thursday 10th June – Val Chiusella
Kayak Freeride World Championship –individual long race
King of the Falls – 200 metre sprint

Friday 11th June – Val Chiusella
Kayak Freeride World Championship by Nations – team long race

Saturday 12th June – Ivrea
MTB race – Serra Morainic Rally
Kayak Freeride World Championship – individual sprint
Kayak Freeride World Championship – individual and team slalom
Teva Boulder Contest

Sunday 13th June – Ivrea
Trail Running Race
Paragliding Competition
Kayak Cross
Coppa Italia Boulder

Further details at www.tevaextremeoutdoorgames.it.

The Toubkaltrail 2009 has confirmed during his 1st edition the hardness and the magic contents of the race, both in the 125km and in the 42km with his 3313mt of positive dislevel. Great numbers! 160 athletes, 35 trekkers from 10 Nations have composed the 1st edition of Toubkaltrail. The project “give us your unused shoes” has delivered 500 pairs of good unused shoes to the Imlil inhabitants and nearest towns. Some Moroccan athletes run his competition with shoes from the organisers, in particular the Winners of 125km and 42km.

We inform you about some very important changes concerning the Toubkal Trail at Imlil in Maroc from 6 to 8 October 2010. Because of some problems with the sponsors, the organisers have to cancel the Trail, but they are confident that they will invest all the power in the Toubkal Marathon with his 42km and 3313m of dislevel, and consider it as one of the most important trail. Remind that you will run to the top of Toubkal Mountain at 4167m of altitude!

This marathon becomes the unique competition organised in Maroc this year, so every details will be control at the best! The prices have been modified with a reduction of the offers and it has been introduced the availability to pay only the competition.
You are waited in Maroc, a land that you cannot imagine!

Please click on the Photo Gallery for pictures from the previous event.
For other informations click on www.toubkaltrail.com.

FUN, FUN, FUNdraising Event!
Rotary Club Brasov Citadel invites you to its third annual summer edition of „Cursa trasnitilor” – the downhill race with hand-made vehicles. The event takes place July 17, 2010, at Livada Postei in Brasov.

You don’t have to be rich or a super athlete or famous. All you need is to show up at the start line with a hilarious vehicle and have fun doing your show. Anybody is welcome. There is no age limit. Youngest participant so far was two and half years old on his little tricycle (with his mom running beside him, of course).

Participants can be either alone on their vehicle or form teams of at least two persons or as many as their vehicle can hold (or not) and can consist of family members, friends or representatives of a company. How the vehicles look like is completely up to the participants. The only rule is that it must have at least three wheels and no engine.

Prizes will go to: the craziest vehicle, the team with the best showmanship/costumes, and the best company vehicle.

This year’s summer edition (just like the winter edition in January) of „Cursa trasnitilor” is to raise funds for awarding classes in Brasov (City) with the best grade point average between the 5th and the 8th grade.

The idea is that the teacher should focus on students of all levels of learning in one class – the ones that are usually left behind as well as the more gifted ones, without boring either one of them. A good teacher knows how to encourage weaker students as well as good students to achieve better results thus being able to raise the average grades of all students. Simultaneously, this will encourage teamwork and a sense of community. The event want to show that everybody, no matter the social status or health condition, deserve a helping hand and a chance in life.

The winning class will be sent to Germany to a summer camp specialized in teaching First Aid. The children will learn to recognize which situations call for First Aid and how to apply it.
At the end of the First Aid course, the children will receive a diploma which could represent an important step to continue in the medical field as a paramedic or even doctor.

Rotary Club Brasov Citadel is one of the 32,000 Rotary Clubs in more than 165 countries that carry out service projects in their local communities and abroad to address such issues as poverty, health, hunger, illiteracy, and the environment.
Rotary Club Brasov Citadel is an English speaking club consisting of expats and Romanians. It is also probably the youngest club in Romania with its members having an average age of approx. 35 years.

Detailes on the race’s website www.cursatrasnitilor.ro & photos at the Gallery.