Sports-class Racing Series - SRS

Sports-class Racing Series - SRS The Sports Racing Series, a series of international high-level FAI Cat 2 paragliding competitions.

Happy Easter and booming thermals from everyone at the Sports Class Racing Series!Partners: .seeyou Sponsors: Balla...
05/04/2026

Happy Easter and booming thermals from everyone at the Sports Class Racing Series!

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New rule for red gliders in 2027.The CSC working group has made the observation that red gliders, which absorb more ener...
01/04/2026

New rule for red gliders in 2027.

The CSC working group has made the observation that red gliders, which absorb more energetic wavelengths of light than blue gliders, have a slight performance advantage.

An amendment has thus been added to the SRS rules for 2027.

Red gliders will need to re-colour at least 40% of their cells with a regulation blue marker pen which you can purchase from the XC Magazine shop for €50 with a special reduction for SRS pilots with the voucher code: SRS0104.

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International Women's DayWell done to the 42 ladies who took part in the SRS in 2025 and to the 17 who have taken part s...
08/03/2026

International Women's Day

Well done to the 42 ladies who took part in the SRS in 2025 and to the 17 who have taken part so far this year.
It’s wonderful to have a feminine touch in our competitions and a lot less sweat in the goalfield.
Everyone appreciates having so many women taking part – except for all the guys you are beating.

Wishing you all a wonderful Ladies’ Day full of flowers, chocolates, prosecco, your best ever XC flights and fantastic thermals.

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Launch of the Pre-SRS.The first Pre-SRS will be held in Tekeli, Kazakhstan, 22-28 June. Given the phenomenal popularity ...
03/03/2026

Launch of the Pre-SRS.

The first Pre-SRS will be held in Tekeli, Kazakhstan, 22-28 June.
Given the phenomenal popularity of the SRS, each event is now massively oversubscribed making it very difficult for new comers to get a place. Bassano del Grappa, Italy, 23 - 30 May has a maximum of 130 places, with 460 pilots wanting to take part. The wild card system isn’t an easy way in either, with 35 pilots chasing 5 places!
The Pre-SRS circuit gives an alternative way to qualify for SRS events.
The SRS team won’t be there to cheer you on, however pilots on a Sports wing will achieve a higher SRS Score than if they were flying in a normal Open event. It also gives pilots the opportunity to gain experience of the venue, knowing it may well host a full SRS Edition in the future.

Launch of SRS Qualifier events.
These are normal CAT2 events. The SRS is not involved in any way, and the organisation is free to run the event however they wish. They give pilots an SRS Score and will be run by competition organisers who have a reputation for achieving a standard in-keeping with the SRS philosophy.
Two SRS Qualifier events are scheduled:
Tolmin, Slovenia. 14-20 June.
Monroe, USA. Red Rocks Wide Open, 19-26 September.

Registration for SRS events.
Registration is now open for the BGD Edition, Piedrahita, Spain, 22 – 29 August.
Registration for the Advance Edition, Tapalpa, Mexico, 7-14 November, will start on Sunday 1st of March.

For information about any of the above, please visit our website: https://sportsracingseries.org/

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The SRS is delighted to announce the launch of The SRS Podcast. In the first one, Gin team pilot Riley Ferre talks to Br...
22/02/2026

The SRS is delighted to announce the launch of The SRS Podcast.
In the first one, Gin team pilot Riley Ferre talks to Brett Janaway, the founder of the SRS and Cross Country Magazine Pilot of the Year; BGD pilots Joao Pinheiro and event winner Cesar Arévalo. She also caught up with leading ladies Summer Barham and Shauin Kao, and two other Ozone pilots, Gaetan Ge**er and Isaac Michel, along with Skywalk pilot, Ben Hodgson. It will also be available on Spotify and Apple podcasts. Riley’s incredible knowledge of competition flying and easy interviewing style makes for a great listen – whether you are in the air or on the ground!

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Sports Class:1. Cesar Dario AREVALO URREGO (Cure 3/Submarine) 2. Carlos LOPES (GTO 3/Genie Race 5)3. Simon STEINER (GTO ...
23/01/2026

Sports Class:
1. Cesar Dario AREVALO URREGO (Cure 3/Submarine) 2. Carlos LOPES (GTO 3/Genie Race 5)
3. Simon STEINER (GTO 3/Genie Race 5)

Women:
1. Magdalena JANAWAY (GTO 3/Genie Race 5)
2. Summer BARHAM (Photon/Forza 2)
3. Rasa GRIGORAITIENE (Photon/X-Rated 7)

Midweight Class:
1. Cesar Dario AREVALO URREGO (Cure 3/Submarine) 2. Jhojan Styven MARIN OROZCO (Cure 3/Submarine) 3. Luis POL BERNAL (GTO 3/Genie Race 5)

Lightweight Class:
1. Magdalena JANAWAY (GTO 3/Genie Race 5)
2. Summer BARHAM (Photon/Forza 2)
3. Rasa GRIGORAITIENE (Photon/X-Rated 7)

Teams:
1. Gin 2
2. BGD
3. Gin

Brett Janaway has been awarded Cross Country Magazine’s prestigious Pilot of the Year award.

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Task 5 Roldanillo, Colombia.The weather forecast was very encouraging and an eighty km task was set. Even though the clo...
23/01/2026

Task 5 Roldanillo, Colombia.

The weather forecast was very encouraging and an eighty km task was set. Even though the cloud remained stubbornly on the launch, we were getting reports of blue sky in the valley. Once the cloud cleared enough to launch, it became clear that the conditions were pretty poor with a pretty heavy upper cloud layer. Thoughts of optimal starts were abandoned and the best place to be was on the mountains. Once in the flats the going was very slow, and every climb was milked dry. After La Victoria, Victor Aguilera, Luis Pol and Pepe Malecki broke away directly towards Obanda. Victor and Luis maintained their lead of several kilometres through the first two turnpoints, where the vast majority of the other pilots got stuck and landed. Victor continued alone south towards Zarzal, to be eventually followed, about 25 minutes later by Carlos Lopes, Raphael Oerer and Cesar Urrego who patiently worked their way to Zarzal in the difficult conditions to eventually overfly Victor. Cesar made it furthest to seal the task win, despite Victor taking all the leading points, and this was enough for him to win the whole competition.

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17/01/2026

Task 3 results

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Task 3 Roldanillo, Colombia.Well done to today’s winner, Luis Pol Bernal, to first lady Rasa Grigoraitiene and to team B...
16/01/2026

Task 3 Roldanillo, Colombia.

Well done to today’s winner, Luis Pol Bernal, to first lady Rasa Grigoraitiene and to team BGD

Before the start, things were looking ominous; the sky had rapidly filled in and the whole valley was shaded.
But five minutes before the start things opened up, and good climbs started popping everywhere.
The first turnpoint passed without drama, but the second turnpoint in the mountains south of Roldanillo proved more problematic, and some pilots found themselves grovelling below the low windy ridges, before managing to get established again.
After that, it was classic Roldanillo climb and glide up to the Northerly turnpoint beyond Obanda, and back down the low hills to Zarzal, where a booming climb was the last of the race. The winners left the climb very early, relying on the smoke plume from the sugar cane factory to lift them on their way to ESS and then goal.

Well done to the 69 pilots who made goal. Look at the scores here: https://srs.live/task.

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15/01/2026

Task 2 results

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Task 2 Roldanillo, ColombiaWell done to today’s winners, Isaac Michel, leading lady Magdalena Janaway and top team Panam...
15/01/2026

Task 2 Roldanillo, Colombia

Well done to today’s winners, Isaac Michel, leading lady Magdalena Janaway and top team Panamerica Vuela.

Today’s task was a 62km race south with a long leg back north to goal.
The start cylinder stretched right across the valley giving options to start the race on either side of the valley.

Those who crossed the valley to take the start found that there were plenty of really good climbs and nice clouds to lurk under. But, as the start opened, 3m/s climbs turned into 0.1m/s and they had to patiently work everything that came their way. Things got weaker and more shaded until they passed Zarzal, where the shady valley suddenly started to work with birds climbing everywhere. This huge release got those on the east side of the valley really high, and the race was on between those on the west of the valley and those on the east.

However, just before the most southerly turn point the race turned into a final death glide for everyone, from east to west as peals of thunder were heard in the mountains.

The retrieve back to Roldanillo, in a range of farming vehicles, was an exchange of mud stories.
The scores are now online at: https://srs.live/task.

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