In late 2004, the master of acrobatic paragliding, Spaniard Raul Rodriguez came up with another invention. After developing most of the maneuvers performed by then, he came to what seemed impossible: Infinity Tumbling. At the time, only he and his brother, Felix, could perform acrobatics. The Tumbling is a maneuver known in aviation and in the case of the glider is to make the canopy move ahead until you reach the point of passing beneath the pilot and complete the round. At Infinity, this movement is repeated several times, as if the pilot were "jumping rope" with the paraglider. By 2005, the move seemed to come very easily and Raul set a first record, completing 60 laps during the Acrolac, France. To better understand the maneuver, as it emerged that the first record and watch the video below:
In 2009, the Spaniard Horacio Llorens, cousin of Raul Rodriguez, went further. Followed by Nepal to reach the limit. In a large project that included producing a video documentary with amazing visuals and local culture, Horacio reached the impressive mark of 281 laps to establish a new world record. See the trailer for the documentary here:
Se quiser acompanhá-lo no vôo e nas 281 voltas, veja abaixo:
If you want to accompany him in flight and on lap 281, see below:
Em 2005, uma dupla húngara já marcava presença nos eventos do circuito mundial. Os jovens Pal Takats e Gabor Kezi competiam nas modalidades solo e sincro e pareciam ter a acrobacia nas veias. E o que só parecia há algum tempo foi comprovado nos últimos anos. Ao ingressar para o seleto grupo de pilotos que conseguiam completar o Infinity Tumbling com segurança, Pal Tákats diferenciou-se da maioria e começou a ganhar mais destaque nas competições. Em 2010, mostrou domínio total da manobra e marcou seu nome na história ao ser o primeiro piloto, junto com seu parceiro Gabor, a realizar o Infinity Tumbling num vôo duplo. Veja no vídeo:
In 2005, a Hungarian duo already marked presence in the events on the world circuit. The young Pal Takats and Gabor Kezi competed in solo and synchro modes and seemed to have the acrobatics in the veins. And that just seemed for some time been proven in recent years. By joining the select group of pilots who could complete the Infinity Tumbling safely Pal Takats differed from the majority and began to gain more prominence in the competitions. In 2010, showed total domination of the maneuver and made his name in history by being the first pilot, along with his partner Gabor, to complete a double flight Infinity Tumbling. See the video:
Ainda não contente com a ampla divulgação e o ineditismo do feito, Pal seguiu sua busca pela evolução. Em Outubro deste ano fez o que todos imaginavam ser possível, mas ninguém ainda havia tentado. Logo que surgiu, o Infinity Tumbling era uma evolução da manobra mais básica da nova geração de acrobacias, o SAT. Então, quando viram que era possível partir de um SAT, seguir para um SAT assimétrico e chegar ao Infinity, imaginaram que também seria possível fazer o inverso. Do Infinity Tumbling, voltar para um SAT só que para outro lado, num movimento anti-rítmico em que o ângulo do velame no Infinity vai sendo alterado, sem perder energia para continuar "dando voltas" por baixo do piloto. Nos últimos cinco ou seis anos esse pensamento provavelmente habitou a mente dos principais pilotos de acrobacia do mundo, mas o risco envolvido numa tentativa de fazer essa conexão de manobras fez com que ninguém a tentasse… Até 22 de Outubro de 2010, quando Pal Tákats mais uma vez provou ter a acrobacia correndo solta nas veias. Em Oludeniz, na Turquia, o húngaro completou pela primeira vez a manobra batizada de "Esfera". Uma conexão de SAT para outro SAT do lado inverso, com um Infinity Tumbling no meio. Fácil, fácil! Entendeu? Se não, veja no vídeo abaixo:
Still not happy with the broad dissemination of novelty and done, Pal followed his quest for evolution. In October this year did what everyone thought was possible, but no one had ever attempted. Once emerged, the Infinity Tumbling was an evolution of the most basic maneuver of the new generation of acrobatics, the SAT. So when they saw what was possible from an SAT, SAT followed for an asymmetric and get to Infinity, imagine that you could also do the reverse. Infinity Tumbling, SAT only a return to that elsewhere, in a counter-rhythm in which the angle of the canopy in Infinity will be changed, without losing energy to continue "looping" beneath the pilot. Over the past five or six years that thought probably inhabited the mind of the top pilot in the world of acrobatics, but the risk involved in an attempt to make this connection has made no moves to try ... Until 22 October 2010, when Pal Takats more since proved to have the acrobatics running rampant through the veins. Oludeniz, Turkey, Hungary's first completed the maneuver dubbed the "Sphere." A connection to another SAT SAT reverse side, with an Infinity Tumbling in the middle. Easy, easy! Got it? If not, check out the video below:
