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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.https://youtu.be/SVer8G7Wy10This model from UP has flat aspect...
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.
TIPS: How your Rescue Parachute can be of True Help
The emergency parachute or reserve is a fundamental part of our flying equipment, it's a "second chance" when things get weird up there, and...

























