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Téo Bouvard’s personal channel combines XC footage with stories from competitions and mountain trips. The videos and their descriptions cover route choices, thermals and the unfolding of tasks, including flying in the Pyrenees and World Cup competitions. The creator lists sponsors supporting his work.
With high clouds and light wind on the forecast, I went for a tricky XC session to Lles and across Cerdanya knowing I would probably land before coming back to goal.
00:00:00 First thermal
00:00:50 Vultures
00:02:25 Angoustrine east face
00:09:38 Pic des Mouillettes
00:12:50 Plateau before Carol valley
00:15:35 Carol west face
00:19:58 Vultures
00:22:08 Maranges plateau
00:29:11 Vulture gaggle
00:32:38 Pic Pedros
00:33:55 Northern approach of the Carabasse
00:37:11 Just enough height for one-shot pass
00:40:12 Pla de Lles
00:46:20 Strongest climb of the day out of nowhere
00:47:46 Turning back
00:49:00 Maranges west faces
00:49:48 Crossing the valley
00:51:26 Shade is not going to help
00:53:16 Low save above Palau
00:56:36 Getting flushed in east wind
Font Romeu once again delivers a great autumn flying day with a bit of north wind to spice things up. We went looking for the convergence zone in the flats and ended up finding it quite far above Puigcerdà. Massive gaggles of vultures greeted me on the way back, this time in the mountains.
00:00 First thermal
03:46 Spicy thermal
07:15 Flatland adventure with Len
12:26 Back to the hills
16:12 Guess where she landed ?!
20:14 Going against north wind
29:16 Vultures
35:12 Going home
37:27 Landing
Last day of the Pyrenees Air Tour! Unlike last year, I managed to find a high-enough takeoff where I could prepare the wing without it sliding into my feet, and managed to be in the air before 9:30, with some nice thermals on the first ridges. The low sun above the sea of clouds covering the flats was breathtaking.
After a first easy turnpoint, we had to push towards a more stable region below the inversion, which forced Mathis and me to land on the way back after taking a direct line while Erwan took a more conservative mountain route. After a short but intense hike, we were able to takeoff and catch some nice climbs quickly, while pilots in the back struggled to gain enough altitude to catch up. Thanks to a bit of luck with the timing of the shade due to high clouds cover, I was able to be back in the high mountains before the final glide, climbing up to 4000m. With nearly an hour of margin on Erwan, I won this event for the second year in a row.
⛰️ Hiking stats
Day 3 1047m D+ / 4.1km
Total 2699m D+ / 15.8km
🔈I didn't take the external microphone with me for this race, so apologies for the wind noise! I'll have it sorted for the next hike & fly event.
00:00 Early takeoff from a steep slope above Cabane d'Arrouge
02:15 First thermal of the day
06:15 Sea of clouds in the distant flats
10:01 TP1 - Oo with Erwan
12:01 Back in the mountains
14:45 TP2 - Cap des Hittes
16:06 Going to TP3 - Pouyaué below the inversion
16:38 No thermals, max glide back to Oo
19:07 Landing below Cap de Sarrat
19:30 Back in the air after a short hike
22:03 Going to TP4 - Céciré
22:22 Vultures
24:54 Going to TP5 - Pic du Lion
28:12 Unexpectedly good thermal at Pic du Lion
30:42 Back to the mountains before the shade set in
33:36 Going to TP6 - Perdiguère
35:25 TP6 - Perdiguère
36:29 Spicy thermal above Pic d'Espingo
42:00 Going to TP7 - Estos
44:01 TP8 - Saint Paul d'Oueil
45:03 End of speed section - Oo takeoff
45:50 Goal at Oo
46:49 Landing
Day 2 of the Pyrenees Air Tour! A fast-paced race from Refuge d'Espingo through Val Louron, ending in a tight 2nd place finish just 2 minutes behind Erwan.
After a grueling first day that had many pilots arriving in the middle of the night, race direction set a shorter task to give us some rest. Starting from Espingo hut, we hiked up to Coume de Bourg (next to Pic Céciré), leaped across to Val Louron with turnpoints between Avajan and Pic d'Estos, then pushed to Pic du Lion and Superbagnères before racing back to goal at Espingo.
We didn't expect such strong thermals as early as 9:30 AM, making for a fast race. I finished 2nd, two minutes behind Erwan who gained a crucial height advantage in the last couple of thermals.
⛰️ Hiking stats
Day 2 696m D+ / 5.7km
Total 1652m D+ / 11.1km
🔈I didn't take the external microphone with me for this race, so apologize for the wind noise! I'll have it sorted for the next hike & fly event.
00:00 Taking off at 9:30 from TP1 - Coume de Bourg
04:22 First thermal of the day
10:23 Val Louron east faces
15:06 Gaining more height on Estos south pillar
19:47 Vultures showing us the way to TP2 - Val Louron
27:00 TP3 - Avajan
28:39 Leading group thermalling together
35:14 TP4 - Pic d'Estos
40:20 Tight margin for Esquierry pass
44:14 Nice thermal at the end of the ridge
46:16 Going to TP5 - Pic du Lion with Erwan and Mathis
48:02 Flying over Céciré
53:25 Coming back to goal after TP6 - Superbagnères
55:00 HEIN?
55:47 Landing at Cabane d'Arrouge
57:25 Landing back at Espingo lake
58:16 Andy's debriefing
#paragliding #hikeandfly #pyrenees #parapente
The first day of the Pyrenees Air Tour was an ambitious 100km task starting from Oo, going to Arbizon, then back east to Artigue, in the mountains towards Posets, with a last turnpoint around Pic du Lion before landing at Espingo lake. Erwan Valais took the win by a few minutes after committing to a more direct line out and back to Arbizon, while I chose a more conservative route through the high terrain.
🔈Sorry for the terrible sound, I did not bring the external mic with me on this race. I'll probably set it up for the next hike&fly comp.
⛰️ Hiking stats: 956m D+ / 5.4km
00:00 First thermal after hiking to TP1 - Pic du Soulit
00:14 East faces of Val Louron
08:47 Classic Saint Lary south ridge
16:15 Flying deeper towards Néouvielle
19:20 TP1 - Arbizon
29:13 Turning back towards the east turnpoints
35:37 Going to Céciré
36:15 Crossing Luchon valley towards TP2 - Artigue
36:52 +4m/s at the Spanish border
39:34 Crossing back to Superbagnères
43:14 Céciré again
45:08 +5m/s on Céciré south face
48:03 TP3 - Posets
50:15 Going to TP4 - Pic du Lion at 3200m
50:38 End of speed section
53:00 Gliding to goal at Espingo lake
55:05 Landing
2026 French Open - Trophée des cimes - Task 5
The last task of this French Open was stopped to prevent the leading gaggle from gliding under the overdevelopment that was beginning in the high mountains. It was a very nice event with interesting tasks and strong conditions.
00:00:00 Riding the clouds before the start
00:01:33 Start of speed section
00:07:32 Keep pushing to find sunny faces
00:09:48 Thermal right on the ridge
00:17:46 Cloudbase
00:18:40 Crossing Luchon valley
00:24:35 Nice thermal above Tuc d'Angost
00:31:42 Cloudbase
00:34:11 Small clouds forming above Cagire
00:35:18 TP1
00:40:04 Overdevelopment in the distance
00:41:00 Task is stopped
00:44:57 Landing next to McDonald's
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