“Showcase competition in paraglider overfly – Ozren“ continuously organized since 2010 by the club “ParaGhost” was included in the list of FAI (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale) events. All leading paragliding clubs from the region participate and the event includes promotional, cultural and entertainment activities. Central place for supporting activities is Okolišta plateau, primary start is from Ozren’s peak Gostilj, and secondary start is from the peak Ruj.
This competition is very popular due to favorable flying conditions, excellent organization and entertainment programmes.
The very first event set its goal to promote this region and Ozren mountain to para-gliders, tourists and to media featuring excellent climate, rich nature with beautiful landscapes, and manifold of tourism offer in outdoor sport, recreation and related services. The organizer of this showcase competition and gathering was our paragliding club “ParaGhost”, and co-organiser was the Tourist Board of Doboj Municipality. The 2010 was very first edition of “Ozrenaline” (as we name it later) and was also preparation for 2011 to enter the higher rank of competition, registration of our event to the list similar competitions and registration on FAI list (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale) of World Air Sports Federation.
Today, our club has 15 active paragliding pilots, and every year we organize manifestation “Ozrenaline” with its main focus on paragliding overfly competition, accompanied by music concerts, other cultural and promotional activities.
In addition, we would like to point out, that our club is organizing regional competition in powered paragliding since 2012. This is a unique competition of this kind in entire Bosnia and Herzegovina, and wider region, which enhance the importance of this event.