SAFA Skysailor Magazine

20 SKY SAILOR May | June 2023 It’s time to gear up and get ready for another action-packed round of the Paragliding World Cup – taking place for the first time in Pegalajar, Spain from 6 to 13 May 2023. Aussie pilots Peter Slade, Gareth Carter, Phillip Mansell and Kari Ellis will make the trip from Australia to the small Spanish town for the second round of the PWC. Pegalajar, in southern Spain, is an excellent starting point for long cross-country flights, with distances up to 200km being flown regularly. It is also becoming increasingly well-known as a competition site, having already held successful Spanish Champion- ships, Pre-World Cups, National and Regional Leagues. Aussie hopefuls take on first ever World Cup event in Pegalajar, Spain Take-off is two kilometres from the town of Pegalajar, suitable for flying in a variety of wind directions (W, NW, N and NE). Thermals are well defined, and it is possible to fly almost every day from March to November. Pilots who have flown Pegalajar say there are a wide variety of tasks possible – different triangles combining mountain sections with flat terrain sections, pure flat terrain, along the fast exit ridge and back, square tasks taking in the edge of the valley, crossing the valley… making the sky your playground. After successful trials of live scoring at the recent World Cup in Brazil, this style of scoring will continue on the PWC live app .