Competition Results

• Red Bull Elements

  1st and 1st Place

  2015 – 2016

  Back to back victories for Aaron in the prestigious multi-sport Elements competition after great performance in his paragliding disciple, helping his team to reach second place overall for the second time!

• Red Bull X-Alps

  6th and 7th Place

  2013 – 2015

  Reaching two times Monaco after a long battle from Salzburg and more than 1000km of air distance is a dream come true. X-Alps is a hike and fly crossing of the whole Alps mountain range. Not only that this adventure race is tough but also bring strong emotions. In 2013 The Italian team arrived in Monaco 7th and in 2015 on the 6th place!

• Red Bull Dolomitenmann

  2nd and 3rd Place

  2014 – 2016

  In the world’s toughest team competition Aaron had a big result right in his first appearance finishing on podium and getting even one better in 2016 finishing 2nd!

• Sellaronda Skimarathon

  1st Place Mixed Team

  2014

  A gigantic 42km ski-touring racetrack in the Dolomite Alps has an altitude gap of 2800 meteres! Aaron entered the comp in a mixed team with Italian ski mountaineer Tamara Lunger grabbing a stunning first place.

• X-Pyr Adventure Race

  2nd and 3rd Place

  2014 – 2016

  After X-Alps the X-Pyr Pyrenees crossing is probably the second toughest adventure paragliding races in the world. Aaron got inured on the second day during hiking down a muddy slope and the race seemed to be over. The team did not give up and after a few big flights Aaron crossed the finish second. In 2016 Aaron was fighting with stomach problems during his last day and finished 3rd.

• Paragliding Worldcup Superfinal

  1st Place / World Cup Winner

  2012

  After incredible *9 tasks and fifty hours in the air Aaron Durogati won the 2012 PWCA Superfinal in Colombia. He beat second Michael Maurer by hefty 30 points. Both Aaron and Michael were flying the new Gin Boomerang 9, which shows the tremendous performance of this glider. Gin is back!

• Montegrappa Trophy

  3rd Place

  2013

  Bad weather hit Italy during this competition. Overall just one task with ultra-weak conditions and tricky turning points. None of the pilots reached goal and Aaron managed a 3rd place just a few meters behind the leaders.

• Freeridehero

  2nd Place

  2013

  The first speedriding competition in Italy with beautiful weather, fresh powder and good terrain. An interesting line which Aaron enjoyed a lot.

• Bronzo Trophy, Alatus Trophy

  1st/2nd Place

  2011

  During the Bronzo Trophy only one task was flown. The conditions were pretty rough. In the final glide Aaron was pushing the bar as much as possible to overcome all competitors and take the first place. Alatus Trophy was the first podium on Gin’s Boomerang 8. The whole comp had just two tasks with very weak conditions. Actually the first task determined the whole competition result as only two pilots arrived in goal.

• European Championship

  1st Place ITA team

  2010

  The weather was not ideal during this competition in Austria. Out of 12 days there were only three tasks flown. Aaron was representing the first time his nation and it was a successful 1st place for the ITA team.

• Korean & Portugal Championship

  1st/1st Place

  2009

  Aaron came to Korea for test-pilot work for Gin. As a coincidence the Korean Championship took place and Aaron took part of it. After winning almost all the task he took a final 1st place. In the pre-PWC event in Portugal Aaron started very well in the first two tasks, winning both of them. The comp had a very high level and it was a surprise, that Aaron was flying alone in front a lot. Interestingly it was Aaron’s last comp with NOVA performance gliders. Big achievement overall first place!

• Paragliding Worldcup Superfinal

  4th Place

  2009

  The first competition with Gin, the Boomerang 7 proto, an amazing glider with top performance. Back then it was the first superfinal ever an Aaron missed the podium just by a few points. There were not so many task flown and the conditions were sometimes tricky and super weak.

• Paragliding Worldcup Korea

  4th Place

  2009

  Aaron’s first appearance on the World Cup scene. It was a big a success to manage 2 podium tasks and an overall 4th place in the whole comp. Conditions were very strong with very strong wind making it pretty challenging. Here came also a first meeting with Gin, which started a long relationship.