Ekstremsportveko 2010 was anther perfect festival! Lots of action and good time with friends. 

This year, Ekstremsportveko had the Nordic Championship in Acrobatic paragliding. Arctic Acro Team joined the comp and the expression session.

We also had beautiful tandem flights over Voss with our new X-plore tandems.

Germany, France and Spain has been touched by the crazy Norwegians!

First we spent some days in Germany, testing some really nice Aircross gliders before we drove to Organya in Spain. Organya must be one of the best places to fly acro (over land).

More videos and photos are coming soon. For the time being enjoy Erlend's first reserve throw after a bad helico......:D

My photo camera was not working this weekend, which was probably the worst timing in history as the fjord was crystal green and the clouds where amazing! The photos are grabbed from a GoPro HD video. I can finally feel the smell of summer and lots of good times with flying friends! Bring on more flying weather, please!

Opptrekk Munkholmen from Frode Løtvedt on Vimeo.

Instructonal video by Erlend Madsen on "how to cellpack your praglider in 3.5min.

Arctic Acro Team inviterer til acro* & sikkerhetskurs fra fjellheisen i Narvik

**Kurspris 1500,- (Siste frist for påmelding: 27.05.2010. "Første mann til mølla")

Påmelding på mail ti: frodel70 (at) gmail (dot) com

Merk påmeldingen med navn, flytimer, PP-grad, vinge og hvilke øvelser du ønsker å lære.

Innbetaling av kursavgiften må være registrert på kontonr: 89021266354 den 27.05.2010. 

Instruktører & hjelpere:

Frode Løtvedt (instruktør)

Erlend Borge Madsen (acro pilot)

Lars Gjelten (hjelpeinstruktør)

Jan-Tore Solberg (Landslagspilot acro)

Vi i Arctic Acro Team tilbyr sikkerhetskurs med mulighet for acroutsjekk for de som ønsker å lære mer om acro og skjermkontroll. Instruktørene/hjelperne på kurset er alle konkurerende acropiloter med lang erfaring og vil trene/demostrere avansert flyging på kurset. Vi håper piloter med ønske om å lære acro & skjermkontroll benytter sjansen til å fly med oss.

Kurset er selfølgelig også for deg som vil ha et standard sikkerhetskurs og vi har lang erfaring med gjennomføring slike kurs.

Kurset er åpent for alle fra PP3 og opp og vi har plass til 20 piloter.

Norsk folkehjelp er tilstede både på start og i båt og kan tilby førstehjelp om dette skulle bli aktuelt.

Du må ha:

Paraglider, godkjent seletøy, hjelm og nødskjerm***. 

Gode sko.

Radio, helst med vanntett pose.

Redningsvest.

Ekstra tøy i tilfelle..

Eventuell avlysning pga dårlig vær vil bli kunngjort via mail innen torsdags kveld og vi refunderer da kursavgiften med 50%. Etter dette regnes kurset som påbegynt og refunderes ikke. Dette grunnet utgifter til kurset.

Kursprogram:

Dag 1:

17:00 - Oppmøte Narvik Camping

17:30 - Gjennomgang av utstyr/nødskjerm** med enkle kasteøvelser

Dag 2:

10:00 - teori & eventuell nødskjermpakking

13:00 - oppmøte fjellheisen

16:18 - lunsj deles ut på landing mellom turene

21:00 - siste nedfart for dagen

Dag 3:

10:00 - teori & gjennomgang av lørdagens øvelser

13:00 - oppmøte fjellheisen

16:18 - lunsj deles ut på landing mellom turene

19:00 - gjenomgang av video oppe på fjellheisen

21:00 - THE END

*  for acroutsjekk kreves PP5

** Kurset dekker ikke kostnadene til fjellheisen

*** Nødskjermen skal være i god stand og pakket om det siste året. Vi kan tilby pakking for et tillegg på 200,-

Arctic Acro tar forbehold for endringer i programmet.

Arctic Acro Team tar forbehold for endringer i programmet.

Hilsen

Erlend & Frode

Frode Løtvedt just got back from the first norwegian acro competition, 2010.  http://www.x2ski.no/page/xakro

Frode is flying his new Sol Supersonic glider very well and got 7th place after three rounds! Super Sweet!:)

I'm jealous after missing out on this comp.

Erlend

We are back in Norway again after a week loaded with tandemflying in beautiful Ghana! Soon, we should have a report from the festival. Currently we are going thorugh some photos that we will uplaod to the gallery.

"Have you ever done something that contradicts all basic Human instincts? Well the gauntlet to defy the general fabric of our being was laid before me; when I had to actively will myself to take a running jump of a big cliff!" Valerie Labi, tandem passenger (read more on her blog)

We got to Accra city in Ghana this morning. It's been a "city day" that we will never forget! 6L of water each in 6 hours. Yes it is boiling hot! More photos and text to come, but first we need a few hours of sleep.

30 days until 5th Annual Ghana Paragliding Festival!
Easter weekend is just around the corner! Which means that many people have been working hard to get the final preparations in place for
the festival. Walter spent the week of February 14-20 in Ghana, meeting with the festival stakeholders and sponsors to make final arrangements for the festival and to smooth out the launch. During this week, he also made a presentation to a press conference attended by 200 government and media representatives, including chiefs from Kwahu, Ministers, the heads of companies like Ghana Airways, Ethiopian airways, Pepsi and many more. Furthermore, all of the national newspapers, radio stations, and TV channels were represented, as well as the BBC. The Minister of Tourism also gave an amazing address, pledging her support for this and future festivals, and volunteered to be the first tandem passenger to kick-off this year’s festival! Also, during the media outreach event, Walter flew a couple of tandem passeners as a precursor to build excitement within the local communities. Check out the included photos documenting the progress of the festival’s development.

Some attending tandem Pilots have also been working hard to promote
the humanitarian opportunities presented by the festival. Erlend Borge
Madsen and Frode Løtvedt (both from Norway) have teamed up with
X-plore, a Norwegian organization, to generate awareness of how youth can personally get involved in developmental causes in Africa. Check out their website at www.arcticacro.com. Erlend and Frode have also been communicating with a film crew to create a documentary about the festival, which will potentially air on t.v. stations in Norway, Denmark and Sweden. Likewise, Chris Hunlow (United States) has poured his energy into creating a not-for-profit foundation called the Wing of Hope, seeking donations to sponsor as many flights as possible for underprivileged youth of Ghana. The mission statement of the foundation is to promote youth development by helping individuals to believe that they can achieve what was once thought of as impossible, by introducing them to one of man’s greatest achievements: flight.

These projects, as well as the festival, consume many hours of
free-time and require much monetary assistance. If you are able to
donate to any of these causes, please contact the involved pilots
through their websites, or through the organizers of the Ghana
Festival. Just $50 sponsors the chance for one more individual to
experience free flight.

Many thanks! Sabrina

Chek out the vario ringtone in the Download section  for PG and HG pilots

Outline of the X-plore glider!

Our Ghana tandems are being made right now! Frode went for the Ozone Magnum09 38m2 and Erlend went for the Ozone Magnum09 41m2.

We would like to thank X-plore and Ozone for all the help! We will post photos and stories as soon as we get going. Departure will be around the 30th of Mars.

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"Preparations are being made for the next Ghana Paragliding Festival, scheduled for April 2-5, 2010. After a break in the event last year because of the elections and new government in Ghana, we are now trying to get things geared up for the paragliding festival again this spring. I have had the good fortune and privilege to attend the “Ghana Paragliding and Hang Gliding Festival”, three separate times. Each time I’ve been to the event as a tandem pilot, giving rides to those interested in launching into the skies. This festival is like no other paragliding event in the world and every time I have been to Ghana, it has been a great and unique adventure. The hospitality shown by the people of Ghana and the Ministry of Tourism is wonderful. Hundreds of cheering spectators and live music filling the air create an exciting setting for flying that I look forward to all year long. There is no better way to spend Easter than with the people of Ghana and soaring the skies over Kwahu!" Chuck's blog

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5th @ Norwegian Acro Paragliding Championship 2009

First D-bag from Microlight in Australia