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Event info

CIVL-Cat. II competition, joined by the Austrian and Slovenian Paragliding League. Organized by Društvo Adrenalin gornje posočje...

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Flying site

Kobala is a famous flying site in Soca river valley in Slovenia. With the landing place in Tolmin it is intended for flying hang gliders and paragliders, for sport flying, competitions, events and training hang glider and paraglider pilots.

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  • 93 Pilots Confirmed
  • 93 Pilots total registered
  • 160 EUR Entry fee
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  • 93 Pilots max allowed
  • 12 Countries presented
  • ✅ All certified wings allowed
  • 🏆 FAI Status = CAT 2 🏅
  • left before start of event
  • Registration will open on
    01/02 00:00 (Europe/Ljubljana)

  • 🛰️

    The organiser will supply Live trackers to you, for safety and scoring

    Live trackers supplied
  • 🚁

    The region supports helicopter rescues

    Helicopter rescue
  • ⚕️

    There will be medical rescue services at launch

    Medic on takeoff
  • 📱

    The region generally has good phone coverage

    Good phone coverage
  • 📻

    We will be monitoring radios for your safety whilst you fly

    Radio coverage
  • 🛰️

    Live Tracking is MANDATORY in this event to score. The organiser will provide the trackers.

    Live trackers mandatory
  • 🚐

    There will be vehicles supplied to take you to launch

    Launch Transport
  • 🥾

    There will be retrieve vehicles available to return pilots to HQ

    Retrieve included
  • 💩

    There are toilets at, or near, the launch

    Toilets on takeoff
  • 🛰

    The organisers will download the tracklogs at HQ for scoring

    Tracklogs managed
  • 📢

    The organisers are using Airtribune for registration, tracking, blogging and to publish scores

    Airtribune blogging
  • 🥪

    There will be daily lunch packs for pilots

    Lunch packs
  • 🗺

    The organisers will give you printed maps at registration

    Maps are supplied
  • The organisers will have free WiFi available at HQ

    Free WiFi
  • 🍺

    There will usually be goal beers for winners

    Goal beers
  • 🍕

    There will be a social evening with food

    Food
  • 🎉

    There will be an organised party during or after the event

    Party
  • 👕

    You will receive a tshirt or other welcome gift

    Free gift
  • 🌲

    The organisers have commmitted to Carbon Offset the event and/or Plant a Tree for each competitor

    Carbon offset / Plant a Tree
  • ♻️

    The organisers support reducing the use of unnecessary plastic at the event. This includes NOT giving disposable water bottles

    Plastic reduction

Prize funds and scoring categories

  • OVERALL class
  • SPORT CLASS
  • FUN CLASS
  • JUNIOR CUP
  • MASTER CUP
  • FEMALE PILOTS

Event info

CIVL-Cat. II competition, joined by the Austrian and Slovenian Paragliding League. Organized by Društvo Adrenalin gornje posočje

Flying site

Kobala is a famous flying site in Soca river valley in Slovenia. With the landing place in Tolmin it is intended for flying hang gliders and paragliders, for sport flying, competitions, events and training hang glider and paraglider pilots. Kobala ia a popular paragliding and hang gliding take-off, as well as an excellent starting point for long cross-country flights on the southern crest of the Julian Alps and a well-known competition site. The best conditions for long cross-country flights are with a very weak general N or E wind. However, the western wind, more suitable for local flying, will normally predominate. Allowed airspace up to 2900 m AMSL.

Kobala take-off 1080 m ASL, N46° 10.86, E13° 46.76.
Suitable wind direction: E, SE, SW, W.
A very large ,nicely maintained meadow on the pointed top of the forest-covered Kobala hill. Two take-off directions are possible depending on the direction of the wind. It is located above the town of Tolmin offers good conditions to launch in a wide range of winds, from ENE to WNW. Although not too big, on a flying day gentle breeze allows many pilots to launch quick without any problems. Access 4 km by car, right to the take-off area.

Landing: official Kobala landing is 2 km after the city of Tolmin on the road going to Kobarid, rigth side of the road along a dirt road, 500m from main road. good reference point is the helipad, there're two windsocks on this field. the emergency landing field is in front of Tolmin, where the road splits like figure V. During the competition we will be using the main landing by the campsite Gabrje, located 2,5 km NW from the official Tolmin landing.

Selection and entry fee

Selection will be made on 11th February. At that time we will make payment offers to pilots. Selection is according to the decision of the organisers and the organisers decision is final.

If you receive a payment offer, you will have 7 days to pay, otherwise we will offer your place to another pilot on the waiting list.

90 participates allowed as maximum

30 reserved places for each Paragliding league from:
Austrian League
Slovenian League

If an nation is not exhausting all 30 places, non-nominated pilots from the waiting list will move in.

Entry fee:

Please do not pay prepayment until you get email with payment details!

Entry fee total 160€ (60€ payable via bank transfer + 100€ cash at the beginning of the competition). The entry fee has to be paid as soon as you receive the e-mail from the organizer.

Discount 30 € for young pilots below 28 years old! (pre-payment 60€ + 70€)

Participation requirements:

Valid pilot license and valid FAI sporting license

IPPI card level 5

Medical insurance covering paragliding

Third party liability insurance covering paragliding

Unmodified and certified helmet (EN 966), harness (EN 1651), and paraglider (EN 926/2 ), rescue parachute, VHF radio & mobile phone. Your glider must have valid proof of airworthiness (valid technical check if gliders is older than 2 years), you need to fly the glider inside certified weight range!!!


All the above will be checked at registration

Liability:

The participation in this competition is at own risk of each pilot. The organizer takes no responsibility for pilots or any other third parties. Any transfer to take off and retrieval shuttle service are at own risk of pilots.

Documents required at registration

  • Issued by your local NAC on behalf of the FAI. You cannot normally compete in an FAI event without one. Contact your National Association (NAC)

    FAI Sporting Licence
  • The FAI IPPI card is an International card that states your skill level. It is issued by your National Association and matches the level or your flying Licence

    FAI IPPI Card
  • The organiser requires you to present your National flying licence.

    National Licence
  • You will need to sign an applicaton form at the venue. Usually the organiser will provide it on arrival.

    Signed Application form
  • The organiser wishes for you to provide a summary of your experience on arrival.

    Experience summary required
  • You must provide the organiser with a copy of your medical, rescue and repatriation insurance. You can purchase Global Rescue cover from Airtribune

    Rescue/Medical Insurance

Cancellation Policy

In case of cancellation more than 30 days before planned competition days we will refund you all the entry fee - 10€ for transaction costs and work.

In case of cancellation less than 30 days before competition we will not refund you the pre-payment. If you paid full payment in the registration process, we will refund you the value over pre-payment.

Change of pilots: You can change your place with some other pilots until 5 days before event. Later this is not an option anymore, we need some time to prepare everything for the competition. We have some work with each change, price for the changing name of the competitor is 0€.

In case of organizer cancellation of the event based on weather prediction we will keep 30€ per pilot for covering organizing costs, transaction costs and work, all other part of payments will be refunded to the pilots.

Prize fund and scoring categories

Competition classes:

OVERALL (certified gliders EN/LTF A, EN/LTF B, EN/LTF C, EN/LTF D, CCC)
SPORT CLASS (certified gliders EN-C)
FUN CLASS (certified gliders up to EN-B)
JUNIOR CUP (pilots up to 28 years, flying certified gliders up to EN-C)
MASTER CUP (pilots above 50 years )
FEMALE PILOTS (certified gliders EN/LTF A, EN/LTF B, EN/LTF C, EN/LTF D, CCC)

General schedule

May 19th - May 22th, 2022 reserve dates are June 2th to June 5th.

Program:

4 scheduled tasks. Task setting according official competition rules depending on weather conditions.

Wednesday, May, 18th:

Registration from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Thursday, May, 19th:

last Registration from 7:30 - 8:30 a.m.

9:00 a.m. Pilots welcome, briefing, weather forecast, poll of Safety and Task committee

10:30 a.m. Task briefing, start to Task 1

Fri- Sun.:

Task 2-4

Sunday, May, 22th:

last competition day and award ceremony

Accommodation and Activities

How to get here

Gabrje 29, 5220 Tolmin, Slovenia
Tolmin Slovenia

Plane

The nearest international airports are Ljubljana (85 km away) and Trieste (70 km away) in Italy. From there you can catch a bus to Tolmin.

Bus

You can get to Tolmin by bus from most of the major cities in Slovenia.
If you travel from Ljubljana, you will find the timetable here:
http://www.ap-ljubljana.si/en/
If you travel from Nova Gorica, you will find the timetable here:
http://www.avrigo.si/potniski_prevozi/linijski_promet/vozni_red/

Train

There is a train station at the nearby town of Most na Soci. It is about 10 minutes by taxi to Tolmin. Connecting trains are hard though as it is a small service. You can come from the north, through from Austria, with a change at Jesenice. You can also board at Nova Gorica in the south.

There is a Car Train service from the north than can turn a 1 hour car drive into a 35 minute ride through the beautiful valleys. But there are only 3 or 4 services a day, from Bohinska Bistrica.

Car

You can get to Tolmin either from Kobarid, Nova Gorica or Ljubljana/Idrija. The Headquarters are located at Gabrje Campsite, which is ca. 4 km NW from Tolmin by the Soca river.

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Organizers

Kristjan Kuščer
Društvo Adrenalin Paragliding team gor. posočje
Drežnica 30
5222 Kobarid
Slovenia

https://drustvo-adrenalin.si/

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Tasks and results

Task 1

19 May, 2022

78.3 km — Race to goal

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