The first world cup's stop of the year, AcroMax, just ended last sunday after a super nice week in Udine, Italy.
In solo Horacio take the lead after an impressive competition meanwhile the French team put 5 pilot in the top7. Marvin Ogger manage to put himself between for a nice 4th place after big fights. The level was high and this was a good start for an incredible season ! Read the full report below.
Adrenaline and Turbulence (a film directed by András Kollmann) looks deep into the acro paragliding scene, presenting and interviewing many of the world's top pilots as they have never seen before. It’s the story of the justACRO Team - two motivated pilots from a flat country, who decide to give up their lives and make their dreams come true...
„An action film, an educational tool, a road movie and a story of personal triumph, Adrenaline and Turbulence is a movie that wears many hats”
Bob Drury
“Pál Takáts and Gábor Kézi’s acro film is a new classic. Refreshingly, it doesn’t feature any monologues about life lessons or living in the moment – it simply revels in the sheer fun of it all. And rather than just being a collection of whacky stunts it stands alongside the classic Never Ending Thermal as an engaging, intelligent, well-shot film that tells a proper story. It even has a good soundtrack."
“It’s also educational and informative. Not in a ‘now weightshift left’ way, although there is a bit of that in the extras (and it’s well done), but in framing the whole acro scene, from its roots in the early 1990s, to today, where pilots like Pál and Gábor can pick up the sport and within a few years be on the podium. (...) It explains where the sport has come from, talks to the people who developed it, touches on acro’s slow, dangerous, two decades of development, and presents it as an accessible standalone discipline. All while showcasing some stunning flying in beautiful places…" Ed Ewing - DVD review in the Cross Country magazine (sept/oct. 2009)
Adrenaline and Turbulence Film Festival Awards:
Spirit of Aviation - Air Film Festival Budapest - Grand Prize
Les Diablerets Mountain Film Festival / Diable d’Or, catégorie Freeride/Sport extrêmes (Best extreme sport film)
Coupe Icare / Icares du Cinema - Icare d'Or (Golden Icarus) Grand Prize of the festival
With the new Thriller from U-Turn Pál Takáts flew into the front cover of the latest Cross Country international paragliding magazine (Sept/Oct issue).
Photographer: Markus Zimmerman.
Ready for a new thrill?!? Jump from tandem paraglider - D-Bag course with the justACRO Team
Let your experts Gábor Kézi and Pál Takáts guide you into the world of this unique start technique! No mather if you are an acro freak or a serious cross country pilot who want to start an XC flight early from a hot-air balloon, we will show you how to get there safe!
The only minimum requirements to participate in this course are to be able to perform stall maneuvers safely and know how to manage twists and cravattes.
From 17th to 20th September the 10. Internation Balloonfestival will be held at the Europa-Park, the continent's biggest amusement park in Rust, Germany. More than 30 ballons are coming from all over the Europe and this year the highlights will be 2 times daily paragliding acro demo performed by U-Turn pilot Pál Takáts, starting from the hot-air balloons and a helicopter. The fun and entertainment world receives between 30.000-40.000 visitors during the weekend and this will be the very first attraction which will be possible to observe from all corners of the Europa-Park, at the same time.
On Saturday evening (17. September) at 18:45 pm. the german SWR3 television is going to send a LIVE coverage of the opening acro show of Pál, followed by an interview straight after landing!
Hi everybody! I know, I know, the site haven't been updated for a long time, so first of all I apologize for that. My last weeks were quite busy. Starting on 19th July from Salzburg I completed my journey through the biggest mountain chains of Europe, competing in the Red Bull X-Alps '09. More than 10 days passed after the end of the race and my body has recovered, however it still takes some time - especially for my mind - to return and pick up the normal float of life.
The Red Bull X-Alps was a completely new adventure for me, kind of a life changing experience, wherein risk also takes a big part of the game, so several times I was quite happy to have all the skills of an acro pilot and keep my wing open next to tremendously huge cliffs, flying completely in the rotor...In 12 days I walked and flew 500-500 km's through 5 countries and hiked more than 30.000 altimeters. I can be very happy, first because my injured ankle held through the whole race and because I reached my own declared goal, to finish in the TOP10! You can find out more about my journey at the Red Bull X-Alps website, under the Athletes/Diaries section.
I would like to thank all your messages you wrote into my guestbook, you are awesome! However I couldn't read them during the competition, but some friends and family were telling me about all the comments and best wishes and you can't imagine how much it helped me to motivate me to keep going in the hardest moments! So once again, thank you very very much!
Last but not least thanks a lot to my supporter Mauritz and my sponsors, who made it all possible for me:
Adrenaline and Turbulence Film Festival Awards:
