564 km: New paragliding world record of distance x 3!
On Thursday 13 of October 2016, Brazilian pilots Donizete Lemos "Bigote", Rafael Saladini and Samuel Nascimento, managed to push the bar of paragliding distance a little further and up to 564 km, in the northeast of their country, after...
Paraglider review: Advance Iota 2
At the end of the autumn 2017, we were invited by Advance to be among the first to meet their new high EN B paraglider, and to do a couple of winter flights with it in the Grindelwald and...
Antoine Girard breaks paragliding altitude record: 8157m!
French adventurer Antoine Girard is just back from a 1260km fly bivouac solo in Pakistan in 19 days, from which he brought a world record, the first paraglider flight to the top of an 8,000m peak, and the country’s...
UP Meru: A new Star for the Serial Class
UP’s first 2-line Serial class glider, the Meru, has aspect ratio of 6.9 points (5.3 projected) and 84 cells; it is aimed at ambitious XC flights and competition in its category. This new model wants to find its niche...
564,3 km: Donizete Lemos tells the story of longest paraglider flight
On October 13, 2016, three Brazilian pilots amazed the flying world (again) by smashing the paragliding world distance record with a 564,3 km flight in the northeast of their country: 50 km more than the previous record achieved in...
Coupe Icare News: Gin Genie Lite 3 harness and reserve Yeti UL
Gin gave us an insight into their new cocoon harness, which will be for sale at the end of October. It includes new materials for an improved design and lighter weight. And their new reserve weighing less than 1 kg, the Yeti UL.
Coupe Icare News: Flymaster Live 3DS instrument
The new competition variometer by the Portuguese manufacturer shows interesting new features, such as a double screen, more power and a weight of less than 300 grams. It will be available soon.
BGD PUNK, EN B paraglider review
With a remarkably agile and precise command, Bruce Goldsmith's new high EN B design is a wing with a great personality, ideal for freestyle and thermalling, as we confirmed in our test flights.
UP Summit XC4: first test flight
What a ship this Summit XC4! During all the flight I had a feeling of total performance, glide, speed and stability. The turn is immediate, with a short, direct handling with very sporty touch. It is very clear that...
UP Kibo 2, a safe paraglider of surprising performance
UP's new progression paraglider Kibo 2 is an accessible, safe, easy-to-fly, fun EN B paraglider with amazing performance.
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This model from UP has flat aspect ratio of 5.3, and 4.3 projected. It has 53 cells and it is available in...
