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The World Hang Gliding Champs in less than 7 mins!

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Flying Kiwis Hang Gliding in Macedonia 2023 The World Hang Gliding Championships were held in August 2023 at Krushevo, Macedonia. New Zealands national hang gliding team, the Flying Kiwis spend 10 day...

A few videos from the 23rd World Hang Gliding Champs prize giving.
Well done team Flying Kiwis.
You have done us proud!
I am not sure about buying realestate from the two Steves!

Some pics from the 23rd Hang Gliding Worlds prize giving ceremony.

The 23rd World Hang Gliding Champs are over. The Flying Kiwis are our heros and put in such an amazing effort. We are in awe of what you guys have done.

Overall results after 9 tasks:
Kiwi Flyers:
Class 1:
Matt 63rd
Piers 68th
Ollie 82nd
Steve 94th
Boot 100th ~ very tidy!

Class5:
Phil 26th

Link for overall results class 1:
https://civlcomps.org/event/hgworlds2023/results/64dfd85ea1fd1

Link for overall results class5:
https://civlcomps.org/event/hgworlds2023/results/64df8f41b6a57

Some cool videos below. I have included them all. Even Dereks private party! Last night was a such a cool watch. You all held it together so well all week. Fierce competion and amazing hang gliding. Well done!

A special reach out to team manager Steve Cronin. Such a gallant effort traveling all the way to Macedonia to be the Flying Kiwi, manager, driver and comedian. Your pics and videos have been such a highlight each day for the fans back home.

I have enjoyed posting on the Flying Kiwis page each day. Sorry for all the typos. Thank you to all the fans of the Flying Kiwis back home. Your dedication to the team is so appreciated. Now to get our sleep patterns in order again!

Team NZ came in a respectable 16th place overall out of 22 countries competing. Well done team Flying Kiwis. You are all heros!
Safe travels home.
Kia kaha
Rod Stuart

Such an amazing effort Flying Kiwis! Last day of competeing in the 23rd world Hang Gliding Champs. You all did so well! Back home we are all so proud of you and super sleep deprived!

Kiwi results for class 1, task 9:
33rd Matt ~ Goal! ~ 127.7kms
57th Ollie ~ 126.9kms ~ so close!
64th Piers ~ 109.1kms
82nd Boot ~ 58.5kms
88th Steve ~ 25.1kms

Here is a link to the results for task 9.

https://civlcomps.org/event/hgworlds2023/results/64dfd85e8493e

And quite a few pics today from Macedonia. An incredable week and a superb memory for life!
Thank you team Flying Kiwis!

Ollie lands 0.8kms from goal!
Such an amazing effort Ollie!
We are so proud of all the Flying Kiwis! Enjoy the party! 🥳

Last task ~ Matt in goal!
33rd place! Excellent work Mr Barlow! 👏

Last race day briefing. They are flying and a 128km task has been set. Bring ot on!

Overall results after task 8 and some very cool videos from Steve today. We love the pics and videos guys ~ thank you for posting!

Kiwi overall results after day 8
67th Piers
71st Matt
85th Ollie
90th Steve
102nd Boot

Last day tomorrow (tonight NZ). Hang in there Flying Kiwis and let's see everyone in goal. No matter how well you do, you are all winners!

Kia kaha team!

Link to overall results after task 8:
https://civlcomps.org/event/hgworlds2023/results/64de5646bd090

151 km Task 8 at the World Hang Gliding Champs was the Flying Kiwis best day so far. They really have caught their second wind and flying well againt the European AI pilots!

Kiwi Results for task 8:
7th Matt ~ Goal in 4hrs 14mins
47th Ollie 145.6kms
66th Steve 124.4kms
72nd Piers 75.0kms
91st Boot 20.7kms

Phil did not fly. He damaged his wing landing yesterday and has come down with suspected covid.
You did well Phil, be proud!

Here are the results for task 8 and congratulations Matt Barlow for
arriving 7th into goal!

https://civlcomps.org/event/hgworlds2023/results/64de5646bd090

With Steve Cronins phone back working we have a feast of photos and videos today. Check out the pics. Overall results and videos in my next post.

Top effort Flying Kiwis and good luck for the last task tomorrow.

Matt in goal! 7th place!
Congratulations Mr Barlow!

Nice picture Steve. 📸
Ollie and I packing up after over 6 hours of flying. Landed just before the sun was going down.
Macedonia Worlds task 7

In the absence of many pics today I am posting all the screen shots from your fans back home. We post them on the WhatsApp chat group and I have included all of them from last night.
The google earth grapics are amazing and if you zoom in you can see great detail of the ground they are flying over. Most prefer to watch on topomaps to get more contrast.
I will coment on a few of these after a sleep!
ZZZ
Rod

Overall kiwi placings after 7 tasks:
64th Piers
85th Matt
87th Ollie
90th Steve
102nd Boot

Phil is in 26th place for class 5 after 7 tasks.

Here is a link for class 1 overall results after 7 tasks

https://civlcomps.org/event/hgworlds2023/results/64dd2d8aa589b

Kia kaha Flying Kiwis!

Three nice Flying Kiwi takeoffs in two videos. They managed to get places in the 10 early bird takeoffs.
Some crazy long flights today.
Steve ended up in the air for 6hrs and 10mins, flew 116kms and beat Ollie by 0.6kms!

Task 7: 151km with 5 turnpoints.

Looks like the Flying Kiwis will be going into orbit today!
A couple of screen shots from our chat group for you.
Say cheese 🙂

No flying today (tonight in NZ).
Here is a screen shot from our chat group. Enjoy the rest Flying Kiwis - you do deserve it! 🌞

Here is a very cool page covering the Worlds. Well worth checking out the pics and vids on this one:
https://www.facebook.com/fai.civl?mibextid=ZbWKwL

FAI CIVL Official page of FAI CIVL - Commission Internationale de Vol Libre -
Paragliding, Hang gliding, Para

Here are a few pics from day 6 at the hang gliding worlds.
Kiwi overall results after task 6:
Class1:
Pires 64th
Matt 83rd
Ollie 86th
Steve 92nd
Boot 102nd
Class5:
Phil 25th

Here is a link to all class 1 overall results after task 6;

https://civlcomps.org/event/hgworlds2023/results/64da579aeeaf8

Task 6 at the Worlds. The Flying Kiwis had their best day yet. They all got off to a 'flying' start and at one point the nightwatch support crew in NZ could see four of our pilots on live tracking near turn point one.
Kiwi Results:
Class 1
35th Piers ~ Goal ~ 109kms
46th Steve ~ 105kms
50th Matt ~ 80kms
95th Ollie ~ 40kms
101st Boot ~ 29kms
Class 5
21st Phil ~ 109kms

Here are a few videos and a link to the class 1, task 6 results:
Great effort team Flying Kiwis!

https://civlcomps.org/event/hgworlds2023/results/64da579ae7b80

Agony knows no bounds ~ Steve landed 4.6kms short of goal! You are still a super hero Steve. Congratulations Piers on making goal! Such an amazing effort today from the flying Kiwis. Well done to all of you. It is 4am in NZ. Look out for some posts about the action later this morning.
ZZZ
Rod

This is the pilot breifing day 6. They are flying and a task is set. May the Flying Kiwis excel today! 😎

Overall results after 5 tasks.
1st Alex Ploner from Italy
2nd Franz Herrmann from Checoslovakia.
3rd Alvaro Figueiredo Sandoli from Brazil
Freaking amazing pilots!
The Flying Kiwis placings are well down but just competeing in the World Hang Gliding Champs is a win! Steve Bankier is currently in 101st place but he flew for an amazing 5 hours yesterday to acheive that! Go Steve 👍

Here is a link for overall results so far. See if you can find the Flying Kiwis:
https://civlcomps.org/event/hgworlds2023/results/64d91aca38094

A very special reach out to Steve Cronin whos videos and commentaries have kept us informed and laughing all the way through. He is Flying Kiwis team manager, team driver, team reporter and team moral booster. Top effort Steve! Sleep well tonight Flying Kiwis and know we are loving every bit of what you are doing!
A few videos from day 5 at the worlds. Credits to the two Steves and Matt.

Task 5 was another huge day for the Flying Kiwis. They flew well and the placings did not reflect their Supreme effort. Congratulations Piers you were the only Kiwi in goal!
Kiwi results for task 5
68th Piers
78th Ollie
81st Matt
83rd Steve
94th Boot
Class 5 results
25th Phil
Here is a link for class 1, task 5 results. And a big thank you to all of you for posting all the pics and videos. We love seeing what a truely amazing experience the World Hang Gliding Champs are.
Kia kaha Flying Kiwis.

https://civlcomps.org/event/hgworlds2023/results/64d91aca2f148

Flying Kiwis on route to task5.
Piers, Matt and Boot.
The weather looks good for flying
Good luck team!

Overall results after task 4 and a few pics from the day. Credits to the two Steves.
Our top pilot after 4 days flying is Piers in 70th place. Come on Flying Kiwis ~ time for your second wind to kick in!
https://civlcomps.org/event/hgworlds2023/results/64d7dea247126

Here are the results and a few videos for task 4.
The Flying Kiwis had a tough time with no goals for our class 1 pilots. Ollie flew 51kms of the 69km task.
77th Ollie
83rd Matt
90th Piers
91st Boot
95th Steve
All lsnded safely.
Better luck tomorrow Kiwis.

https://civlcomps.org/event/hgworlds2023/results/64d7dea240f92

Macy the Wonder Dog : found and adopted in the goal paddock. Consider how some people land she’s a lucky puppy!!

🤔 the day has started overcast and light drizzle at the moment. I think the weather report was off a bit.

Something people probably don’t know about Steve C is that under the shirt of his is a six pack to die for. Lucky he left his shirt on while he was stretching/warming up for the drive ahead. As he would say “nobody needs to see that”