Paragliding news

With its creator Giordano Comelli, we show you the new designs of the compressed air emergency parachute systems of Comelli SRL that were presented in the last edition of the Coupe Icare.

In tune with the growing climb & fly demands of the market, Nova launches Bantam, their latest double skin, extra light, mini paraglider. This is the lightest non-single-skin flying miniwing as of October 2019. With a weight of only 1.65 kg, 33 cells and less than 4 meter lines, Bantam was designed for experienced climb and fly expeditions.

A few firsts had the Austrian manufacturer at the last Coupe Icare. Sisi Eisl was in charge for the first time, following her appointment as new Managing Director of the company in August -the first woman in front of...

The successor of Nova’s best-selling glider of the millennium (the Ion 4) incorporates a refined profile with optimised ballooning and wingtips, as well as additional swept stabilo cells. Thanks to that, the Ion 5 offers better glide performance across...

The German paragliding association and certification body issued a safety notice for paraglider harnesses equipped with Finsterwalder CLICK-LOCK and T-LOCK buckles in the chest strap, which should not be used for more than 4 years. These buckles have been...

Based on the Kibo 2, the new addition to UP’s range offers a reduced weight of only 2.7 kg, and performance abilities for long XC flights making it a “perfect” companion for vol-bivouac adventures.

Daniel Crespo visited U-Turn at the Market fair of Saint Hilaire and found multiple novelties of the German brand. In this exclusive video report for Ojovolador, Daniel shows us the five novelties presented at the last Coupe Icare by the firm.

Bicolour is the name of the latest light-weight helmet design by Nova, certified for paraglider, paramotor and hang glider pilots. The Austrian firm also informs the change of its General Management.

The new Genie X-Lite is Gin´s lightweight harness for XC and Hike & Fly expeditions. It is the brand´s lightest and most compact version of the Genie Lite 3 and it retains, as much as possible, all its characteristics with a reduced weight.

We visited the stand of the Italian manufacturer of free flight instruments, where we could see and compare their latest devices and wind sensors.