The first Red Bull Acro Cross ended on Sunday on Sopot, Bulgaria. 2016 World Champion Francois Ragolski (FRA) won the competition with a pretty safe margin, followed by Nicola Donini (ITA) and Jack Pimblett (UK). Christina Kolb, female World Champion and only woman participant finished in the impressive 6th place leaving many big guns behind her. 

We collected everything you need to know about the judging concept of this competition. Click to read more!

These days a brand new type of acro event is taking place in Bulgaria, Sopot created by mastermind Veso Ovcharov: the Red Bull Acro Cross! 

The competition merges the two big disciplines of the sport – acrobatics and cross country - into one unique format. The hosting town Sopot, is already well known in XC competition scene. Parcicipants are all manually selected and invited and there are some big names among them such as Francois Ragolski (Acro World Champion 2016), Nicola Donini (2nd in World Cup Superfinal 2018), Félix Rodriguez or Tim Alongi.

Today the third task of the event is running with....

By also winning the last Aerobatics World Cup of the season, Théo de Blic celebrated the second overall World Cup victory of his life at the price giving of AcroMax in Italy! Chile's Bicho Carrera and Colombia's César Arevalo were following him on the ladder - demonstrating the latino power in the scene!

Théo wrote in social media:

Yesterday I realized my kid's dream, but this time for the second time... the emotion that comes with the world cup winner title is always so strong but in a very different way. The first time was....

The first week of August fans of aerobatics paragliding from all over the world colored up the sky at the Gerlitzen, Austria. Thanks to all the participants for the good vibes and nice memories! Check out the photo gallery of the event by Rolling Stone Photography.

Click here to see the photos of the Boogie Photo Contest.