::: GIN News 004 :::

1. New harness : Genie XO

The new competition / cross country harness from Gin is ready; a new step forward in technical features and finish for advanced flights.
Developed by the Italian brand Woody Valley and the R&D team of Gin Gliders, this harness is designed for pilots who want performance
with comfort of flight for cross country and competition.
- Many possibilities of trimming to find the best handling.
- New belt system to increase the precision of the turn in climbing


- Pilot with all your body! The new belt system gives you more feeling and feedback from your wing
- Designed to match perfectly with your body in each position of flight: thermaling, transition, accelerated¡¦
- High level of quality finish: each detail was studied without limitation of possibilities
- We have minimized the weight but kept the essential for this high level harness
- Numerous small pockets for long flights
- Footstrap
- Bottom mounted rescue parachute
- Back protection included, Optional side protection
- DHV Homologated
- Sizes : M-L-XL
- Weight : 5.2 kg (for the large size)

2. Enleau O'Connor (Bandit) wins Red Bull Wings Over Chicago

Over 10,000 spectators witnessed the Paragliding Acro Competition held over Lake Michigan, USA.
"Competitors fought hard and fast in the air above Chicago for the top titles in paragliding aerobatics,
making this one of the most intense competitions I have seen", said event organizer Othar Lawrence. Enleau O'Connor picked up the $2500 first prize flying a standard Gin Bandit.
Overall there were 8 Bandits in the top 15 placed pilots, not bad for a glider in its third year of production!

For a full write up and results visit   http://www.redbullwingsoverchicago.com

3. GIN Team Shirt 2002

You can buy the shirt worn by our Team pilots during the 2002 competition season.
contacr your dealer

4. Paragliding Open distance World record broken

June 21st 2002: William Gadd, Canada, GIN Boomerang, Red Bull,
beats David Prentice's one day old paragliding open distance world record (384 km Ozone Proton GT) and lands after a 423 km flight from Zapata, Texas.
The flight actually took 10hrs 38 min. and is the longest known non-ridge soaring flight in the history of hang- and paragliding. Read more...

5. Alex Hofer is winning everything

With his serial comp boomerang, Alex Hofer (CH) is the man to beat in 2002.
He has already won the European Championships, the World Cup in Italy and last week the World Cup in France.
Of course, he is leading the Overall World Cup in front of the American Scotty Marion, the French Jean-Marc Caron and the German rising star Norman Lausch (all of them Boomerang). Elisabeth Rauchenberger (CH), also with Boomerang, won PWC France for the girls. The team " GIN - PORCHER MARINE " is leading the world cup.

All results :
Gin team page,   PWCA

6. GIN website banners

An Argentinean web designer, Alejandro Spitznagel ( www.parapente.com.ar ), has created these web banners for webmasters who want to create a link to gingliders.com
Download here...

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