Gear Guide

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

Advance Lightness 4 harness review video

First Look Video: Advance Lightness 4

We take a closer look at the Advance Lightness 4, the latest incarnation of Advance's everyday cross-country pod harness
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A busy day in the Alps on Puretrack

Q&A: PureTrack 101 with Tim Bromhead

Developer Tim Bromhead introduces PureTrack that captures data from 27 different tracking systems bringing them together on a map
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Using the Gaggle app for paraglider pilots

Staying connected with gaggle

Lawrie Noctor checks out the Gaggle app and says it could be a game-changer especially for pilots flying in groups
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Veso in his magic trousers at the Snejanka Tower in Pamporovo, Bulgaria. Photo: Ivaylo Donchev

The seat of your pants

Tarquin Cooper talks to Veso Ovcharov about Fly the Earth’s new Pants 4 Life, a waterproof suit with an integrated harness
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A selection of paragliding karabiners

Design Insight: Making the right connection

Ever stopped and looked at your karabiners in flight? Bastienne Wentzel investigates our most critical links
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Supair ALP

Design Insight: Hike-and-fly submarines

Ultralight hike-and-fly submarine harnesses offer cutting-edge performance and design. Przemek Marek visited Supair and Neo to learn more
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A selection of paragliding karabiners

Making the right connection: Explainer

Bastienne Wentzel explains more about the limited number of paragliding karabiner studies and what the results can tell us
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Coupe Icare 2024: All the new paragliders and harnesses

The annual Coupe Icare took place from 17-22 September 2024. We trawled the gear tents to find out what's new
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Coupe Icare 2024: Instruments and Technology

We round up the latest developments in free-flight instruments from the Coupe Icare Expo 2024
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New technology: The parakites are here

Parakites have definitely come of age – attracting new pilots from skydiving and kiting as well as paraglider pilots – here's our guide
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