Cross Country, issue 133, Jan/Feb 2011
Yann Martail’s decision to quit his job and go flying paid off at the end of last year when he won one of paragliding’s biggest prizes – the PWC Superfinal. This year he wants to do it all again. By Ed Ewing
Sometimes, nice guys do finish first. Ask anyone on the Paragliding World Cup circuit about this year’s winner and you get the same response, “Yann? He’s a nice guy.” The French pilot scooped the biggest prize of the year when he flew consistently and well at the Superfinal in Turkey in September last year. Across the seven tasks his positions were 12, 23, 56, 14, 8, 70 and 7. On the face of it, those are ok, but they don’t really look strong enough to win, do they? As ever, consistency was key.
“Consistency”, says Yann Martail, “was my main goal for 2010.” Until now, he says, that had been his main difficulty with comp flying. “Until 2010 I had a problem with it. I could do well on one task or two, but rarely three.” He adds, “I guess I found the recipe for 2010!”
The year started well for the Superfinal champion. “I went to the Montegrappa Trophy and ended second. Then I when to a French League comp in St André and won.”
After that though, things started to go wrong…
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