11 years ago
The French championships had been held end of october in Lac de Serre Ponçon after being delayed from september.
Because of this late timing and the temperature of the lake the number of pilots was super low in fact only 9 male pilots and 1 female pilot flew the competition. Still the best french pilots were here and the pilots were able to compete.
Despite huge problems with the towing system which led to some altitude difference we managed to finish a first run which was restricted to only helico maneuvers (because of the low altitude) and the pilots all landed safely most of them in the cold water end of October.
Sadly some pilots suffered from the towing and could not have the right altitude to do the run. But because of some uncertain forecast it was decided to keep on a second run directly after the first one.
The conditions got better and the altitude high enough to authorized tumbling tricks. The second run went better than the first one even if there were still some problem with the towing. Eliot, after showing really cool skills during the first run kept performing well and pulled an amazing second run so kept the lead. François won the second run with an insane ground spiral to raft and his usual crazy style so won the 2nd position of the ranking, Cyril Planton, one of the old french stars coming back especially for the competition showed really good skills as well and managed to pick the 3rd place.
We woke up on the 2nd day with heavy rain and strong wind and after a few talks with the judges and the organiser we decided to stop the comps here and we headed directly to the prize giving ceremony.
And so here is the Top3 of the french championships :
1. Eliot Nochez Niviuk N-Gravity 3
2. François Ragolski AirG Emilie Wild13
3. Cyril Planton Gin Rage
French woman champion : Loraine Humeau
Best trick prize given by the Montant’s family came to Théo de Blic who performed the twisted rhythmic sat to infinite.
All the french team hope to see all of you guys in the next french’s event: the Pre-World Championship event in Annecy next years and of course at the 2nd Paragliding Aerobatics World Championship which will be held in Annecy in 2015. It will get exciting for the world of aerobatic !
Full ranking :
1. Eliot Nochez
2. Francois Ragolski
3. Cyril Planton
4. Leo Bessombes
5. Tim Alongi
6. Yoan Castagnoli
7.Théo de Blic
8. Gaëtan Doligez
9. Loraine Humeau
10. Théo Audebaud
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Merci Théo
Many thanks for the detailed report Théo!
Pal