The New Zealand Paragliding Open was to be held in Corryong this year, and while the official New-Zealandness of it was cancelled, the competition still went ahead, with six ACTHPA pilots taking part. The weather conditions weren’t ideal, with wind and storms about, but four tasks were still flown.

📷 Heidi Krueger

Task summaries are on airScore, as are the overall results.

Marco preparing his glider. 📷 Heidi Krueger
That’s not how to fly a paraglider… 📷 Heidi Krueger
Task briefing. 📷 Heidi Krueger
Task board. 📷 Heidi Krueger
Task map. 📷 Heidi Krueger
Rene and Alex Boiko enter the task. 📷 Heidi Krueger
Dan and Nick enter the task. 📷 Heidi Krueger
Looks tricky! 📷 Heidi Krueger
“Surely that’s not the task!” 📷 Heidi Krueger
Waiting for it to come on… 📷 Heidi Krueger
Rene and Dan 📷 Heidi Krueger
Marco gets the beta. 📷 Heidi Krueger
Reading the bird signs. 📷 Heidi Krueger
Talking tactics. 📷 Heidi Krueger
Al and Dan queue to launch. 📷 Heidi Krueger
Action man Rene. 📷 Heidi Krueger
Al ready to launch. 📷 Heidi Krueger
Alex B ready to launch. 📷 Heidi Krueger
Marco launches. 📷 Heidi Krueger
Al launches. 📷 Heidi Krueger
Alex B launches. 📷 Heidi Krueger
Cam launches. Not his finest. 📷 Heidi Krueger
Dan scratching low. 📷 Heidi Krueger
Rene flies by. 📷 Heidi Krueger
Al and Cam fly by. 📷 Heidi Krueger
Alex flies by. 📷 Heidi Krueger
Dan with Alex in hot pursuit. 📷 Heidi Krueger
A gaggle works a light thermal. 📷 Heidi Krueger
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Alto-cumulus. Not a good sign. 📷 Heidi Krueger
Overdevelopment. 📷 Heidi Krueger
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