Previous record:
http://ozreport.com/16.235#2

FAI/CIVL sends:

Category: Feminine

Type of record : Straight distance

Course/location : Quixada - Barras (Brazil)

Performance : 376.5 km

Pilot : Nicole Fedele (Italy)

Paraglider : Peak 3 / Niviuk

Date : 07.11.2013

Current record : 336.4 km (20.11.2012 - Seiko Fukuoka, France)

http://www.niviuk.com/news.asp?news=382

“After four years of attempts, hopes and frustrations, ups and
downs, my day has finally arrived! On 7th November I set a new feminine free
distance World Record in a straight line: 376.5km from Quixada takeoff to Barras
in Piaui region.

Quixada is a very special place that can put yourself in a state of mental
stress because bad days are often more than happy ones and it is not always easy
to keep your motivation high when you bomb 7 out of 8 times like it happened to
me. Waiting for a good day is sometimes also very frustrating when it seems that
that day will never arrive! Patience is very important and this year in Brazil I
trained a lot, believe me!

On 7th November conditions did not look so good early in the morning so I spent
some time on the takeoff hanging around, talking with other pilots, and waiting
for a good window. Then at around 8:00 am I took off and left the hill after a
few minutes together with other 5/6 pilots. The first part, that is usually very
tricky, was easier than expected and I started to think that probably it was not
such a bad day.