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Gear Guide

Everything you need to know about gear: Design insights, reviews and getting the best from your kit.

Advance Lightness 4

Choosing your first XC paragliding harness

Malin Lobb on what to look for when choosing your first XC pod harness
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Ozone Lyght

Design Insight: The EN-C Class

Much has changed in the EN-C class in recent years. Marcus King talks to designers to find out what we need to know
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Supair Savage 2

Design Insight: Supair Savage 2

Not all EN-C gliders are two-liners. Marcus King talks to one designer about the benefits of the hybrid 2.5-line designs
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Apco's Jonathan Cohn

Apco’s Lightning PM

Apco’s Lightning PM paramotor harness is a “super-light” design created to deliver comfort and support in a minimalist package.
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BGD Typhoon

Paramotoring: Power and Control

Three new paramotor wings from BGD, Niviuk and Ozone, aimed at beginners to expert pilots alike, are previewed and assessed.
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Advance Alpha DLS

Design Insight: the A-Team

The EN-A class used to be the domain of students. But not any more as a new breed of EN-A wings emerge for hobby and pro pilots alike.
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High Adventure Pizi Touch gloves

High Adventure Pizi Touch

Hugh Miller puts these dedicated paragliding gloves to the test
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Instruments for adventure

Instruments for adventure

Marcus King looks at the different instrument options for when you’re going on a trip
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Point and shoot

“GoPro: start recording!”

Marcus King takes a look at the options for capturing great content from the air
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Ben Kellett and his adventure kit

Packed for adventure

This is the kit that adventure pilot Ben Kellett packs before heading into the hills on a vol-biv trip
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