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General info
The
name of the Open Swedish Acro Paragliding Championship is DOWNTEAM
Challenge. The arena for the competition will be right outside the
hotel
Holiday Club
as well as outside our main landing "Draklanda".
These places are chosen because of their perfect spectators’ area with the
beach and the nice grass area. This is also where the pilots get the
best altitude over the water when you fly out from the Åreskutan or
Hummeln. 
The
competition runs over three days, with two planned runs per day. We wish to limit the
number of participants to 40. The
judges will judge according to the rules and according to the FAI cat2
rules.
The
maneuvers will be performed in an imagined box over the water right
outside Holiday Club some runs, and outside Draklanda some.
Manouvers box outside Draklanda and Holiday Club.
Draklanda is the official landing in Åre.
The
transport to take-off will be either with the cable car (on the middle
top of the map) to the take-off
1000m SYD
(910m altitude difference), or with a minibus to the take-off
Hummeln
(510m altitude difference), depending of the wind force and direction.
The take-offs in Åre are in very good standard with either grass or
cloth cover and they can take a large number of gliders next to each
other.
Holiday Club
This year we will have several other
specialised competitions giving even more show for the public,
bringing out the little extra joy from the pilots, and simplisity to
the competition. In addition to
Open Swedish Championships we have:
- Longest Swoop - open for all
pilots
- Raft landing - open for all pilots
- Syncro expression session - acro
pilots only
You can registrer to these more fun
competitions in Åre during the event itself.
Organizer:
The "DOWNTEAM
challenge" is this year organized by the local hang- and paraglider
club "Åre SDFK"
Within this club you find the same people that organized the 2006
comp, and some new faces.
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Competition heads: |
Head of organisation:
 Pål
Hammar Rognøy
got the idea
in 2006, and is still the main force behind the DOWNTEAM challenge.
Being a topp international acro pilot, he knows what is needed for
a good competition. |
Meet director:
 Sanna
Gustavsson
is this year as well as in 2006 the meet director. Being a
begynner at paragliding, she is not as to organizing events.
Educated at Campus Åre, event
and kommunication, she is perfect for the task, and proved that two years
ago as well. |
Head judge:
 Pernilla
Hammar Rognøy, one of the first international senior judges, also
deeply involved in 2006 will this year be the main judge, as well
as working with the press before the competition. |
Logistics and club contact:
 Karin Andersson is a respected member of the border in the local
club, as well as a well proven organizer. She will make sure that
all the logistics details work well, as well as beeing the
important link between the club and the competition. |
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General Info
Open Swedish Championships
Longest Swoop
Program
Pilot registration
Pilot list
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