André Wolf writes:

Yesterday was a special day in my life. Taking off from Tacima in
Paraíba and landing in Poranga in Ceará with my friend Glauco Pinto, we beat
together the world record for declared goal with 607 kilometers and the South
American distance record with 612 kilometers.

Took off at 7:15 AM and I landed at 5:35 PM. We flew practically the whole time
together, making decisions together and going faster because of this
cooperation.

The day was historic for free flight. Brazilians Donizete Baldessar Lemos,
Rafael Saladini and Samuel Nascimento broke the paragliding world record for
flying 564 kilometers. They proved that they are real monsters. I thank them for
their friendship and their huge knowledge about the flying as a team.

I am currently in Quixadá, still emotional, with energy and adrenaline for being
part of this historic day. I would like to thank the Moyes gliders for my
wonderful wing RX 3, 5, and Nene Rotor for the extraordinary and revolutionary
harness which was great responsible so that I could handle the 10 hours and 20
minutes hanging in the skies. The harness really can relieve all the pressure that
in the previous harnesses was mainly in the lumbar.

I would also like to thank my faithful sidekick, Escova. Knowing that he's my retrieval
is always reassuring. I would also like to thank Zeca for the partnership in the
rescue. I also want to thank Glaucus Pinto for sharing all the experience gained
during many years flying here.

This was without doubt the most exciting flight of my life. I hope that this
wave of energy spreads to our great Brazilian team and that we can reach our
potential at the World Championships in Brasilia in 2017.

The current record is 557 km:
http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=16584