Red Bull Vertigo
The Red Bull Vertigo delta and paragliding acrobatics event took place between 1997 and 2006 in Villeneuve on Lake Geneva in Switzerland . Until the first official world championship was held in 2006 , it had the status of an unofficial world championship - in 2006 the event was classified as a world championship.
The place is predestined for events of this kind, as the steep mountain slopes mean there is a sufficient difference in altitude between take-off and landing. For safety reasons, the zone in which the maneuvers are flown is completely over Lake Geneva. The spectators sit on the lakeshore and the pilots land on a raft , which means an additional difficulty and attractiveness.
On the basis of this event, numerous other paragliding acro events were set up. A selection of them:
- Seattle Aerobattle , Seattle ( USA )
- Vertigo Voss , Voss ( Norway )
- AcroAria , Omegna , ( Italy )
- AcroFolies , Annecy , ( France )
- Gangneung Beach , Gangneung ( Korea )
- PARAnoia ACRObatixx , Zell am See ( Austria )
Results
2006
The Red Bull Vertigo 2006 was the first time this competition was held as a world championship in paragliding and hang-gliding acrobatics
category | winner | Second | Third |
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Paraglider solo |
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Paraglider Synchro |
![]() Felix Rodriguez (E) |
![]() Peter Neuenschwander (CH) |
![]() Alexander Meschuh (A) |
delta |
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2005
The Red Bull Vertigo 2005 had to deal with bad weather. Therefore, only one valid run could be flown per category. But there was an individual rating for the paragliders in view of next year's World Championship.
category | winner | Second | Third |
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Paraglider solo |
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Paraglider Synchro |
![]() Raul Rodriguez (E) Felix Rodriguez (E) |
Satisfaction Hernan Pitocco (AR) Horacio Llorens (E)
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![]() Dominik Steffen (CH) Mathias Roten (CH) |
delta |
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2004
category | winner | Second | Third |
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Paraglider Synchro |
![]() Raul Rodriguez (E) Felix Rodriguez (E) |
![]() Peter Neuenschwander (CH) Chrigel Maurer (CH) |
![]() Bernd Hornböck (A) Alexander Meschuh (A) |
delta |
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2003
category | winner | Second | Third |
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Paraglider Synchro |
![]() Felix Rodriguez (E) |
![]() Peter Neuenschwander (CH) |
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delta |
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2002
category | winner | Second | Third |
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Paraglider Synchro |
![]() Felix Rodriguez (E) |
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![]() Claude Thurnheer (CH) |
delta |
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2001
category | winner | Second | Third |
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Paraglider Synchro |
![]() Felix Rodriguez (E) |
![]() Mike Küng (A) |
![]() Chris Santacroce (US) |
delta |
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2000
category | winner | Second | Third |
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Paraglider Synchro |
![]() Felix Rodriguez (E) |
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![]() Patrick Lachat (CH) |
delta |
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Web links
- The homepage of the event ( Memento from February 19, 2007 in the Internet Archive )