Last week we went again to china for the 2nd Beijing International Aviation Sports Invitational and tried to defend our first place from last year.
This year we did all runs from the helicopter and not from the mountain.

In the first run we flew on the first place with nearly 10 points in front of the 2nd placed team. But in the second run we made a few mistakes and didn't really recognize that the winddrift was that strong, so we had to stop our display and go for position again. Because of that we lost a lot of points in this run and landet on the 3rd place.

Because of the smog in the next days, it was not possible to make the 3rd and 4th run.

1. Sebastian Kahn - Simon Winkler
2. Lino Oehl - Tim Alongi
3. Thomas Laireiter - Philipp Reisinger 

All in all we had a lot of fun in Beijing. We want to thank Markus and Fabrice for the good organisation and hope to see you guys all again next year ;)

 Foto: Ledniczky Thomas

 

Video: Schüssler Markus (www.airspace.at)

 

The Competition Season for this year is over now.

First Worldcup stop of this year was the Acromax competition in San Simione (IT). We competed in Synchro and Thomas also did the Solo Worldcup. It was really nice at this flying site and a really relaxing comp with no stress ;)

We did our best but because of a little misunderstanding of the new rules, we just made it to the 10th place after two runs and so we did not qualify for the final. In Solo Thomas did his best, but couldn't reach the top 15 to be in the final run. So he finnished 16th overall in San Simione.

The second and last Worldcup Stop was the Acrojam in Obertraun. Thomas competed in category solo. The skill level was really high but he did three really smooth runs with always nice groundspiral to raft landing and finished on the 10th place.
So the overall Worldcup result for him this year is the 11th place! :D

 

A few days after, we drove to Villneuve for the Sonchaux Acro Show. We have been invited to compete there in the first time Synchron Aerobatic Battle. The System was really nice and fun. In each run we got two cumpolsory maneuvers and the rest of the run was freestyle. There was no coefficient like in the APWC System, so we could perform really nice freestyle runs. After the first run, the teams had to fly against each other and the winner of the battle is in the next run. In the semi final run we lost against the SOL Acroteam just about 0,8 points and so we had no chance for the 1st or 2nd place and had to battle against the Swiss CAT Team for the 3rd and the 4th place. We won and so we secured our place on the podium and finished 3rd overall! :D

 pic by Steffen Kirschner

Our next and last stop for this year will be China. We have been invited this year again to te Beijing Airshow to defend our title from the last year ;)

 

Links:
Acromax
Acrojam
Sonchaux Acro Show 

 

When we invented the "Bitch Switch - Sat to Sat Rodeo" in 2012, we have been thinking about connecting other Rodeo Stuff too.
So we got 3 new connects:
- BS Heli 2 Heli
- BS Heli 2 SAT
- BS Sat 2 Heli (in progress)

... this is how we do! Enjoy ;D

Some shoots we made in 2012. We hope you enjoy!

 

We wish you a merry X-mas and a happy New Year!

c Ya 2013 :D

 

Nice weekend at the Mölltaler glacier with friends. Have fun!

 

On Wednesday the 1st of August I decided spontaneously to go to Zell am See to compete in the worldcup again. So I just quit with work and drived to werfenweng for a 3,5 hours afternoon training session at the Bischling. After a lot of really nice training runs in the bumpy air of the Bischling i felt good for comp and headed to Zell am See.
There I heard of the new APWC Revolutionary System and i was really excited because of this. 

On Thursday the 2nd of August the weatherforecast for Zell said that we will have flyable conditions until the early afternoon. We finished a really nice 1st Task with a really nice new system where the pilots can decide during the run wich maneuver they will perform and they were allowed connect everything  - a new freestyle way of competition - I really liked it! 
I didn't make it to the raft because of a huge touch on the water after a groundspiral. I finnished with the 14th place at the first task. I got a bad cold after this because i didn't change my trousers after they got wet.

The 2nd day of the competition started with rain. Nothing new for Zell am See. But at 11 o'clock it startet to light up again and we did the 2nd Task. It was a real challange for me because i were in really bad conditions because of my cold.
Nonetheless i did a really nice run and finnished with the 9th Place. I did no groundspiral because i didn't want to get sicker if i missed the raft again.

2nd Run:

The Last day of Competition there was a cut and only the best 28 Pilots had to fly the 3rd Task. I made some mistakes in heli2sat but all in all it was a nice run again.

3rd Run:

The final run was cancelled because of a big thunderstorm in the afternoon (big surprise for Zell am See) and so i finnished with 14th overall in this first World Cup competition this year and I am really satisfied with it :D

1st - Felix Rodriguez
2nd - Francois Ragolski
3rd - Eliot Nochez 

final results on: 

http://www.ikarus-pinzgau.com/acrobatixxx-worldcup-paragliding/2012-acro/ergebnisse/
http://acropyx.com/

Big thanks to my sponsors:
Biotech, Austriafy, Skyline

All in all it was a really nice competition and I enjoyed it a lot. It was really fun to see all the pilots again!

Cu again maybe at the french championship or at least next year!
Thomas Laireiter 

The weather looked nice and so we spent a few days in carinthia to go vertically.
And this was our very first attempt :D 

C U in the Sky
Phil and Tom
  

 

From 27th of June to 4th of July we and 20 other acro pilotes all over the world were invited in Beijing for competition and some show flights.

Team Asynchron is going to China for an acro competition and some showflights. The event will be held in Beijing from the 29th of June until the 1st of july 2012.

We are looking forward to this great event! :D

More informations can be found here:

china.airspace.at

 

A few pictures about Tom's weekend trip to Kobarid (28th - 30th April). XC freestyle soaring session with friends - just having fun in the air :D