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    But not a nice one…a huge potentially unstable one that is growing daily after a major landslide, just 10km north of the flying site in Karimabad. Miracuously, only 19 people have been reported dead, but for them and their village this is a major disaster…look at the precariousness of the situation at http://pamirtimes.net/
    It appears the [...]

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    I just received a new helmet and a pair of ski goggles from Swedish company POC Sports. The products were supplied by swiss distributor Airtool. Thanks a lot!
    POC Sports specializes in ski helmets and protective gear. In their own words they aim to “do everything we can to possibly save lives and to reduce consequences of [...]

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    If your watching the news about Pakistan right now your probably shaking your head thinking about what a terrible place it must be. For me to the news is quite upsetting but possibly for different reasons.  It got me thinking and I worry about all my friends there. Worry about what it’s like to try [...]

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    10 Years of Ozone and what a year for the test team!!
    Dav and Luc creamed the CFD (French XC league) taking the top 2 spots and helping the local club of Greolieres win the club competition. Dav and Luc completed their flights with various Mantra R protos including the the fabled bbHPP, their efforts in the [...]

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    The Winter is almost here, I got that feeling the other day on the take-off: it’s time to fly with the big gloves and winter gear.
    Here is a link for that day on the take off, watch the video here:

    primera gran nevada a Chamonix from felix rodriguez on Vimeo.
    It’s always fun to go up to [...]

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    My accident back in mid-September, resulting in 2 broken legs, a broken back and shoulder, could’ve been far worse. My physical therapist has told me he’s had a patient who’s slipped on a puddle of milk in their kitchen, and because they unluckily landed the wrong way, will never walk again. Whereas I, despite [...]

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    Thanks to your efforts, thanks to your determination to see us go to Thailand, to bring you storys, photos and videos; we are now officially finalists!!!
    It has been a long process, with 200 concurrents at the beginning, we’re now only 5!!!
    Congrats, and thanks to all of you!!!
    As we had decided to visit Thailand this winter [...]

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    Mike Steen's Blog

    We had a light wind day on the lagoon in Uruau Brazil. So we busted out the small Rush 2, hooked up some kite lines and had a epic session. The kiteboarder is my little brother Kevin Steen, many thanks to Gregg Mayer for all the rad shots.

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    As a reward for all our efforts, we reach La Paz, Capital of the country.
    We travel with no guidebook. Well to tell the truth, Nadège has got one, Bolivia Lonely Planet, 1986, first edition. Let’s say we don’t have any.
    So that La Paz was absolutely not expected to be a nice city. And at my [...]

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    Our Website is pretty big, and with so much info it can be hard to navigate. At the  moment we are working on a new look and navigation system for the site, which won’t be live anytime soon but will be well worth the wait, we think. Hopefully we’ll all have to do a bit [...]

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    Welcome to my Blog! I’ll be posting some witty and fascinating stuff here soon, so stay posted!
    - Mark.

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    No in the season with no comps I am at home in Interlaken, earning some money working as a nurse at the local hospital. Taking care about some unlucky skiers…
    Whenever I have time I am plying with my newest toy, the OZONE ultralite 19m2. It means a lot to me with almost no weight on [...]

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    Salut tout le monde,
    Flypa flypa! un super évènenent sur l’ile de ténérife à l’Ouest des cotes africainesà ne pas manquer: soleil, démos d’acro, plage… que peut on ésperer de plus?
    Toute l’équipe Ozone réunie pour un seul et même évènement! de la bombe!!
    Hi all
    Tenerife’s event was a great moment with the Ozone’s staff…acro show, base, [...]

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