The Final - 2nd Paragliding Challenge Island of La Palma

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Photos © Ojovolador.com Daniel Crespo y Claudia Riquelme.

Price giving ceremony.
El Staff se despide, ¡Hasta la Proxima!.

El equipo Ganador: GIN Gliders: Charles Cazaux, Hans Bollinger y Toni Perez.
El podiúm: Aljaz Valic 1er lugar y 8000€, Urban Valic 2do Lugar y 4000€ y en 3ra posición Charles Cazaux con 2000€.
24.000€ repartidos entre todos los ganadores puedes ver la clasificacion final en este enlace.
Fiesta a ritmo de Rock & Roll
¡Arranco la fiesta!
Los bailongos de la noche.
Ganadores a la piscina: Aljaz y Charles, los primeros.
8.000 bien valen la pena un chapuzon.

Fotos 7th, last day - Task 5
César Maldonado is the cameraman who made the aerial images for the videos of the Challenge
Paco Villar
Ivan Colás
Philippe Rigal
Yves Jouanisson
Cecilio Valenzuela
Urban Valic
Paco Villar on an Avax XC (EN-C)
Fred & Charles
Iván Colás leading the task.
Spot landing on the beach of Puerto Naos
Charles Cazaux above the hotel Sol Melia.
The competition is over!

Pictures sixth day - mountain biking! Photos © Magdalena Alcañiz www.nomadair.com
Due to strong winds today the task was cancelled, but the organization offered the pilots an interesting alternative plan: a mountain bike ride along the volcanos route, all the way to Fuencaliente in the south - and then back to Puerto Naos. The plan was a big success!
La Palma's landscape
Down the route of the volcanoes
A stop on the way
Through the Canary pines forest
The views
The enthusiastic group of pilots-bicycle riders
Kati Devos, from Parapente Mag
Claudio Heidel
Philippe Rigal & Jean Marc Malhonda
Urban Valic & Hans Bollinger
At the end of the road, a cold beer to cool down

Photos 5th day - Fourth task
The special ride to the take-off in La Palma!
Christophe Lombard preparing his glider.
Aljaz Valic
Urban Valic
Victoria Morón & Claudio Heidel
Charles Cazaux & Yves Jouanisson
Gerald Ameseder
Ivan Colás
Hans Bollinger taking off.
Fred Gustafsson leaving
Rosa Rodríguez soaring the ridge.
Daniel Crespo, aerial official photographer of the 2nd Challenge Island of La Palma, on a Sky Paragliders Antea. Photo: Claudio Heidel.
Victoria Morón
Claudio Heidel
Alfonso (Tronco) Díaz Malagón on an Advance Epsilon 5, filmmaker and director of the videos of the Challenge.
Hans Bollinger going down to the beach of Puerto Naos
Toni Bender, Nova pilot, doing and acrobatic exibition above the beach.
Christophe Lombard in a wing over.
Guillermo de Armas, ready for the spot landing on the beach of Puerto Naos.
The seafront Promenade after the 4th task

Pictures of the 4th day - Third task
Charles Cazaux at the begining of the task
Iván Colás waiting for the opening of the Start Point
Toni Perez Aserrador on his Boomerang Sport
Bruce Goldsmith thermalling with a prototype Airwave FR4: The designer testing his creature.
Waiting at 1200m asl
Goyo (Gregorio González) on his Aircross Ultima 3
Urban or Aljaz Valic?
The best conditions for a technical task that most pilots enjoyed
Claudio Heidel under a Swing Astral 5.
Toni Bender, Nova's test pilot, speeding up his Triton.
Cruising towards the mountain of Todoque.
A wonderful flying day!

Day 3- second task
The pilots Room
Brieffing
The task Board


The beginig of teh task
Silvio Sugarini and his UP Trango 3.
Fred
Toni Bender and his Nova Triton
Guillermo de Armas from Tenerife.
Bollinguer
Landing in "el Remo" beach.

Day 1 - first task
Pilotos during registration.
Briefing at launch
The window is open!
View of the take off
Fred (XC mag) on his Ozone Mantra 2
Guillermo de Armas on an Ozone Addict
Hans Bollinger on his Gin Boomerang 5
Flying over the coast of La Palma.
Urban Valic on his Mac Para Magus Proto, leading the task.
Ivan Colas with his Axis Mercury ended on third place.
Charles Cazaux (Gin Boomerang5) spiralling down the beach of Puerto Naos.
Charles landing
Great ambiance at the seafront promenade next to the landing zone