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Texas Paramotor Tandems

By Chris Santacroce August 15, 2010 at 11:45

While in Texas chasing records, Othar and I took some time to do some tandem paramotor flights with an all-star cast of Texas Red Bull team. The video speaks for itself - they had a blast! The awesome thing about these flights is that we can offer them to friends of Red Bull, VIP’s etc. [...]

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New Paragliding record set in Texas

By Othar Lawrence August 15, 2010 at 07:17

Click here to read the Red Bull .com article of Chris Santa’s 121mi flight.

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Paragliding in Texas

By Othar Lawrence August 12, 2010 at 06:20

Santa and I are in Texas trying to set a new record for paramotor distance with limited fuel, 2.5 gallons. Yesterday we did a photo flight and played with some clouds, it was really fun. It was my birthday so it was one heck of a birthday present to have such a beautiful flight!
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Canadian Paragliding National Championships

By Othar Lawrence August 4, 2010 at 11:00

Here’s a little video Ole Haddeland made from the Canadian Paragliding National Championships. I ended up third after missing the final two days of flying because I left early to prepare for another project. Congrats to Will Gadd, fellow Red Bull athlete, for taking the Canadian Champ title again.
Yes, I put my glider on the [...]

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Canada!

By Othar Lawrence July 30, 2010 at 05:00

I’ve been in Golden, BC, Canada this week participating in the Canadian paragliding national championships. I flew three tasks, I won two of them and got second in the other. That put my name at the top of the leader board. Unfortunately I couldn’t stay for the whole week so if they fly more I’ll [...]

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Heading to Red Bull summer camp!!!

By Othar Lawrence July 19, 2010 at 13:24

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!!! I’m packing my bags to go to Red Bull Summer Camp in Minnesota tomorrow. The camp is at Levi Levalle’s house, he’s a bad ass snowmobiler that Red Bull sponsors. The campers are all Red Bull athletes form various different sports, including, wake boarding, snowmobiling, surfing, skiing, motor biking, [...]

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US Paragliding National Championships - Chelan, WA

By Othar Lawrence July 18, 2010 at 15:47

I’m working on a project later this summer that is going to require that I have my cross country paragliding game together so I decided there is no better place to brush up on those skills than a cross country paragliding competition. Well, it’s been about ten years since I last competed in a cross [...]

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We killed it in Oshkosh today.

By Othar Lawrence July 8, 2010 at 13:24

Santa, Miles, and I did 21 paraglider tow-ups in 3.5hrs. Miles did 2 solo fights and a BASE huck. Our bud, and favorite Red Bull Air Force cheerleader, Luke Siele made a couple solo flights, I made a solo flight and took 16 Red Bull account owners for tandem flights. Pics and vid coming soon. [...]

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