2009 West Coast Paragliding Championship
The West Coast Paragliding Championship took place between May 31 - June 6th, 2009 at Woodrat Mountain in Ruch, Oregon. With 3 of the 7 tasks cancelled for bad weather, there was almost as...
Icarus Trophy 2015
In recent paramotor news, the first ever long-distance paramotor adventure race has come to an end. Paramotor pilots from the around the world had a chance to compete in the first Icarus Trophy.
The Icarus...
Blowing Air
Many regional hot air balloon festival occur each year during the summer. Many show off many types of beautiful hot air balloons to spectators with a variety of entertainment. Festivals occur in states from...
Flytec Race & Rally 2010
The 2010 Flytec Race and Rally was held between April 25 and May 1, 2010.
The event consists of 7 days of cross-county flying with each day having a different point of departure and a different...
Crossroads Balloon Rally
Hot air balloons, team roping competitions, chicken-fried steak and wine. Those are just some of the attractions planned for the Lamesa, Texas, Crossroads Balloon Rally and Chicken-Fried Steak Festival.
Organizers are expecting between 20 and...
2013 Hot Air Balloon National Championships
In hot air balloon news, competitors from all over will participate in the National Hot Air Balloon Championship from July 22 to 28. This competition, hosted by the state of Texas, will feature a...
Canadian Family Reaches For The Heights
For most people, the idea of jumping out of a plane with only a parachute between you and death is somewhere in the range from terrifying to horrifying. But for the Lemay family, Michel...
Chelan XC Open, 2010
The first half of the US Nationals Paragliding Championship, The Chelan XC Open, was held from July 10th to July 15 at the Chelan Butte in Washington state.
Chelan Butte is well known for its majestic mountain launch...
Golden Knights Set New Record
The US Army Golden Knights Parachute Team has set a new world record in the Eight Way Formation at the FAI World Air Games this week. To set the new record they executed 33...
USPA National Collegiate Parachuting Championships Conclude with Eight New Records
The 2012 USPA National Collegiate Parachuting Championships came to a finish on December 31st, just in time for New Year’s celebrations. The winners definitely had a lot to celebrate. Of the eighty-seven competitors, eight...
2011 World Hang Gliding Championship
The 18th FAI World Hang Gliding Championship took place in Sigillo, Italy from July 16th to July 30, 2011.
This year's Class 1 competition was plagued by bad weather for most of the entire two...
Paragliding National Championship Sun Valley
Jack Brown out of Anchorage Alaska has taken the 2010 US Paragliding National Championship.
With bad weather including wind, hail, rotor, and locust, only two tasks were flown at Sun Valley, Idaho.
Sun Valley was the...
US Hang Gliding Championship 2011
The 2011 U.S. Hang Gliding Championship took place between August 14 - August 20, 2011 in Big Spring, Texas.
This year's championship had 33 pilots that flew, almost double the eighteen that competed in last...
2011 USPA NATIONAL SKYDIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 2011 USPA National Skydiving Championships was held between October 26 and November 5th at Skydive Arizona in Elroy, Arizona. Near perfect weather allowed more than 500 jumpers to take to the sky and...
Rob Kells Memorial 2010
The 2nd annual Rob Kells Memorial was held at the Florida Ridge Hang Gliding Park in Clewiston, Florida. The event took place between April 17-23, 2010.
Australian Jonny Durand, the 2009 World Hang Gliding Champion Silver...
Red Bull X-Alps 2013
The Red Bull X-Alps race is one of the most thrilling and challenging competitions yet devised by man. Most athletes around the globe regard it as THE top adventure out of all of the...
Highlights from the 2014 USPA National Skydiving Championships of Canopy Piloting
The 2014 USPA National Skydiving Championships of Canopy Piloting was exhilarating, as always. Skydive City, in Zephyrhills, FL, once again hosted the event, which ran May 21-23.
The weather was good overall, but gusty headwinds on the final...
King Mountain Co-Nationals 2009
Skydog Blog - editorial and opinion
With a secret veil surrounding the first half of the United States Nationals at King Mountain, the competition was held between July 20th and July 26th. Unless you were...
2010 World Skydiving Championship – Formation and Canopy
Skydiving specialists from around the globe gathered at the 2010 World Skydiving Championship in Menzelinsk, Russia from August 1st through the 5th to engage in competition for the events of Formation Skydiving and Canopy...
2014 US Paragliding Nationals
US Paragliding Nationals are on the horizon for 2014. White Owl Paragliding will be hosting the US Paragliding Nationals in Chelan, WA. The official dates have been posted, kicking it off with pilot registration...