Niviuk is our exclusive paraglider manufacturing sponsor for this event. They are fully invested in our ethos of learning and progression and have committed to providing us with some fantastic prizes, most of which are awarded to pilots who participate positively in all ways possible.
Niviuk make some of the highest quality paragliding kit in the World and support pilots in all forms of the sport.
Passion Paragliding have more than 20 years of experience in professionally guided adventure XC Trips all over the world. From tropical Colombia to the Indian Himalayas; from the Spanish Pyrenees to the Macedonian Alps and the High Atlas of Morocco. They operate top quality guided holidays at some of the best flying destinations on the planet. They are particularly well-known for their bespoke SIV and Wing Control Courses. Passion Paragliding were the founders of the Fly Wide Open when it was known as the GIN Wide Open.
Cross Country magazine is essential reading for paraglider pilots worldwide. XC mag is always in the core and they are our principal media sponsor for this event.
Sky Riders of Prilep, just 30km from Krusevo, are the local organisation who always make our events in Krusevo work so smoothly. They organise all local permissions and facilitate our arrangements with CIVL and the FAI. They also arrange our local retrieve system and medical support services. We have always found their service to be super-professional and they fully understand the learning and development ethos of the Fly Wide Open event.
Ogoy is our chosen flight visualising software. Ogoy allows clear interrogation of multiple tracklogs and uses great 3D satellite mapping. Replay your paragliding tracklog in 3D, re-live your experience, analyze your flight and share it with others.
Puretrack are supporting the event by making their ‘Pro’ level pilot-tracking and grouping service available to us for the period of our event. Pilots will learn how to use Puretrack to follow their friends in the air while the service provides an extra ‘reserve’ level of pilot safety and security.
Stodeus is known for their range of lightweight and innovative flight instruments. Their small solar-powered devices are perfect for hike and fly and their sensors are super-sensitive and perfect for teaming up with smartphone based flight software. Centred in Grenoble in France the team at Stodeus are delighted to support our entry-level event and are particularly passionate about seeing more women in the sport.
The Sick and the Wrong are an exceptionally helpful and efficient retailer of all things paragliding. Based in Northern England they are a great knowledge base and source of equipment from all major manufacturers. Their online shop is worth visiting but picking up the phone for a chat is generally best.
Global Rescue offer medical and repatriation services worldwide to adventurous people. Their services perfectly complement standard travel and medical insurance and allow pilots to have full confidence that they will be provided with the best possible care in country before they are returned home to their family and friends as soon as medically advisable.
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Event report in Cross Country Magazine, Issue number 260
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