Gear Guide

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

Gin Explorer review

Gin Explorer review (EN B)

Gin Explorer review: Marcus King gets to grips with this lightweight sports class wing
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Apco Swift review

Apco SWIFT-R review

It wins on price, but how is Apco's new full-spec SWIFT-R race harness in the air? Hugh Miller and Seb Ospina try it out
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Ozone Zeno review

Ozone Zeno review (EN D)

Ozone Zeno review: With over 500 already in the air and many pilots asking if it’s right for them, Hugh Miller flies Ozone’s new two-liner
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Skywalk Chili 4 review

Skywalk Chili 4 review (EN B)

Skywalk Chili 4 review: Skywalk’s latest EN-B sends flying guide and cartoonist Steve Ham into a daydream
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Advance Pi 2 review: Strapless

Advance Pi 2 review

All for one and one for all, Charlie King flies the Swiss Army Knife of paragliders
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Aircross U Cruise review

Aircross U Cruise review (EN B)

Marcus King tests Aircross's U Cruise, which can be said to be pushing the EN-B envelope to the limit
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Skywalk Poison X-Alps review

Skywalk Poison X-Alps review (EN D)

Ali Andrews spends a month in the mountains of Nepal with Skywalk’s lightweight high-performance wing
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Air Design Vita 2 review

AirDesign Vita 2 SL Review (EN B)

Personally I enjoy flying a low-B like the Vita 2 SL – people are doing fantastic flights on this class of wing.
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Icaro Gravis Review

Icaro Gravis Review (ENB)

We were on the road south from Munich towards Icaro’s home base near the Austrian border. Xandi Meschuh, an acro legend, was along for the ride.
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competition paragliders

How fast is it? How we test paraglider speeds

Measuring the performance characteristics of a paraglider, including paraglider speed, has always been notoriously difficult. But it can be done...
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