Brisk Insurance continues to support the NZ XC Comp

Insurance Policy designed by “A Pilot for all Pilots”

Anand Srinivasan owner/operation of Brisk Insurance is a paraglider pilot

with the sole focus that there should be no surprise at claim time.

Having an insurance adviser as your mediator and ambassador at claim time to deal with an insurance company is critical for successful payment of a claim.

Anand has been member of NZHGPA since 2006 and shares our passion for flying.

Brisk Insurance specialises in providing “Life Insurance policy” to paraglider and hang glider pilots

and structuring the ACC levy especially for self-employed pilots in a manner agreed value payment is received at claim time if there is an accident.

He worked for a leading insurance company for 11 years before starting Brisk Insurance in 2015 with sole focus on getting claims paid.

A successful track record in getting 100% of all claims lodged paid till date. Please see his client video testimonials here: https://briskinsurance.co.nz/videos/

So in summary whether you are a business owner or salaried person Brisk Insurance will get you an insurance policy to prevent financial death for your family so contact Anand and support his business as he is the expert in designing the right life insurance policy for you and your family.

Louis wins the XC Championship

Louis Tapper has clearly won the 2018/19 XC Championship with 622.05 points. He also had the highest scoring flight, in New Zealand, of the season... a 156km FAI triangle in mid-December.

The PCC congratulates Louis on his huge achievement and we will get the trophy engraved and shipped down to his Mum for him.

Louis had this to say about his victory:

The cross country season hasn't been that flash weather wise, but I have tried to make the best of it, with a few lines planned 5 years ago coming to fruition. I have seen the XC trophy sitting on Bryan Moores' table for quite a few years and more recently Nick Neynens has dominated, nice to have won finally. The process of progression is still however the most fun part for me, not the trophy or winning. This season has also had the biggest walkout (5 hours) in 7 years after pushing a triangle out late in the day with my extremely lightweight gear (Ozone Enzo 3 and full comp harness 25kg) ;-). Not that bad really considering how stuck it is possible to get in the NZ mountains. The new wings/online contests are making flights more accessible and visible than ever. Planning and preparation are however key for those aspiring to fly big or deep in NZ

Well done, Louis!

Southern Club well ahead...

With the 2018/19 Season well underway it's clear that the Southern Club is still the best when it comes to scoring the big distance flights on the Club Competition.

Southern Pilots, Louis Tapper, Glen Stevens, Aaron Ford, Bryan Moore and David Watson are really cleaning it.

The Canterbury Club is second, with slightly over half as many points, with Fraser Monteith doing the big ones.

Auckland, in 7th place, is humiliated.

Neil Howe wins the MacPara spot prize

MacPara NZ sponsor a spot prize for a randomly selected pilot from our XC Championship. For last season the winner was Neil Howe. Neil already had an XC Magazine subscription so Nick, from MacPara, has sent him a copy of "Mastering Paragliding".

Neil said: "Looks like a lot of interesting tips to read over the winter This was my first entry to the XC contest and my only attempt at a PG XC for the 17/18 year as my foot injury pretty much wiped out the year for flying. So to win a prize was for it was real cool."

Nelson Travel Broker join the fun

Sue Ketel from Nelson Travel Broker becomes the next business person to seize the opportunity of advertising on this site and supporting the NZ Cross Country Paragliding Championship.

She can help with insurance for all sorts of paragliding needs... so click her banner on the right and start planning your next flying vacation! Thanks, Sue!

Paraventures continue to support NZ XContest!

Huge thanks to Mark and Melanie at Paraventures for their continued support of our New Zealand Cross Country Competition.

Paraventures contribute in a huge way across many elements on our paragliding community and we can't thank them enough.

Take a moment to check out their advert over to the right, click it and sign yourself up for some paragliding courses or buy yourself an cool new UP glider.

Macpara NZ... we love you

Attractive Nelson based paragliding dealer, Nick Taber, from MacPara NZ has, once again, joined the party and is sponsoring our New Zealand XContest for another season. Thanks so much, Nick.

Nick also sponsors the annual spot prize which, since the season has now ended, is in the process of being awarded (update to follow).

The 2017/18 season officially ended yesterday but we allow a bit more time for some last straggler flights to come in before we announce Nick Neynens as the winner.

Once again - thanks so much to Macpara NZ for their continued support and general generosity across the NZ Paragliding landscape.