Gear Guide

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

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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Coupe Icare 2024

Coupe Icare 2024: Also spotted…

Technical innovations we found among the stands of the Coupe Icare Expo 2024 from Paralock karabiners to Vittorazi engines
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Van full of demo BGD gliders

Icaristics: Why can’t I find a glider in my size?

Bruce Goldsmith explains how manufacturers decide the weight ranges of their gliders, and the number of glider sizes for a model
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Supair Skymate

Coupe Icare 2024: Supair Skymate system

Supair’s Skymate system had everyone talking about the role of gear and safety. We look at how the system works
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First Look: Neo Suspender 2.0 pod harness

Neo’s Suspender 2.0 was released last year after three years in development and is a non-faired pod for all levels of XC pilot
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Paragliding competition harnesses

The Harness Files: Part 3

Competition harnesses are developed for maximum performance – but does that sacrifice safety or user-friendliness? 
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My Flying Life: Chrigel Maurer and Peter von Känel 

The two adventure pilots talk about the gear they took on their X-Peaks  adventure – and what really mattered 
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Sky Merlin (EN C)

Insight: Sky and the Merlin

Sky Paragliders recently brought in new blood from young company Drift, attracted by their two-line EN-C Merlin – we find out more
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