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

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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Advance Epsilon 6 review. Photo: Andy Busslinger

Advance Epsilon 8 Review (EN B)

We are now on Episode 8 of the Epsilon series. Like most Netflix episodes, let’s start with a recap of what went before...
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Niviuk Bi Skin 2 P review

Niviuk Bi Skin 2 P Review

It’s the lightest and only certified single-surface tandem paraglider – and it weighs a mere 3.3kg. Marcus King took it out for a mini adventure for two...
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Air Design UFO review

AirDesign UFO review (single skin)

What a morning! I stashed the torch and started to jog the ascent on the other side of the valley, 2,000m below where the sun was just grazing the very top of the Cheiron.
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U-Turn Everest+ Review

U-Turn Everest+ review (EN C)

The Everest+ is a lightweight hike-and-fly wing, made for mountain adventures and for experienced pilots – designed to be light, fast and safe, as it is likely to be flown from big mountains in less-than-ideal conditions.
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