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BRAZIL 2018
Photo : Philippe Broers
Photo : Philippe Broers

Today started off with 100% cloud

cover. A 60km task with one turn
point and goal half way to Governador
Valadares was set.
The day rapidly improved with 50%
blue sky. High and low clouds gave
lots of route options to avoid the
shadiest areas.

Once again there was a lot of new talent: Simon Mettetal,

4th overall. Like first lady, Méryl Delferriere, he trained
with the Pôle Espoir at Font Romeu.

Photo : Goran Dimiskovski

T
his second event in the 2018
World Cup calendar took place
in Brazil. It was won by Swiss
pilot Michael Küffer (GIN Boo‐
merang 11), followed by Sté‐
phane Poulain from France (Ozone Enzo 3)
and Torsten Siegel from Germany (Boome‐
rang 11). Amongst the ladies: in first place
Méryl Delferriere, followed by Keiko Hiraki
and Yael Margelisch, all three flying Ozone
Enzo 3s.

Here are a few photos from this amazing

event which finished on the 21st of April.

The next event will take place in Italy from

the 23rd to the 30th of June 2018.

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Photo : Goran Dimiskovski

Tim Rochas (FRA) flying for Niviuk on the Icepeak RFC, one of the few pilots not flying a Boomerang, Enzo or Zeno, came 8th. The Icepeak RFC is one of the first
models of the new version of the Icepeak. Could this be the return of Niviuk to World class competitions? Remember that the Catalan manufacturer was on
virtually all the podiums up until about four years ago. Niviuk told us that the Icepeak RFC is still at the testing stage, and they won’t be marketing it
straightaway. In any case, their production lines are fully occupied by the Artik 5 and the Takoo 4.
Photo : Philippe Broers
Photo : Philippe Broers

Above the Rio Doce and the outskirts of Baixo Guandu.

Third lady, Yael Margelisch (Enzo 3), from Verbier, carried by first lady,
Méryl Delferriere (Enzo 3). Méryl was 9th overall.
Photo : Philippe Broers

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 A great X-Ray image
of two Boomerang
11s. The photo was
taken by Goran
Dimiskovski
President of the
PWCA.

EQUIPMENT
As usual the vast majority of wings were
Ozone Enzo 3s and Gin Boomerang 11s, a
model which is still very much on the up.
Nevertheless, this didn’t stop Michael Sigel
taking part on a Boomerang RFC.

A "Ready For Certification" wing is a new

model which conforms to CCC norms but,
although it is ready for certification, it
hasn’t gone through the tests yet. It has to
be flown by one of the manufacturer’s test
pilots and they can only enter one RFC gli‐
der per competition.

RFC gliders are not allowed in the Super

Final.

One of the rare ‘Outsiders’, the XCRacer from

Flow Gliders flown by Felipe Rezende, in 74th
place.
Photos : Goran Dimiskovski