Gear Guide

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

Prototype drag noodles in-situ, and the effect on the polar curve for an Enzo 3. Images: Ozone/CIVL

What are ‘drag noodles’?

Performance equalisers have arrived – here’s what you need to know about them and if they make for fairer competitions
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Hannes Maier, chief technical officer at the Red Bull X-Alps in front of his live-tracking screens at race HQ in Fuschl am See, Austria. Photo: Christian Lorenz/zooom

Insight: Live Tracking

The live tracking system for the Red Bull X-Alps works on a mesh system and promises better coverage than ever. We take a look
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Stubai Cup 2025

Stubai Cup 2025: New season, new gear

Rounding up all the new paragliders and paragliding harnesses for the 2025 season – as seen at the Stubai Cup in Austria
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Naviter Omni paragliding instrument

Gear Insight: Naviter Omni

The Omni is the Oudie N’s smaller and lighter little brother. Marcus King tries it on longterm review
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Mini tandems – Little Cloud Puffin and Gin Fuse Mini

Design Insight: Mini Tandems

Smaller tandems can be flown in higher winds, or by lighter pilots. Marcus King finds out more about these niche gliders
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Porosity testers

Who’s checking the checkers?

Mike Kremers asks who is checking what when you get your glider serviced?
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Supair Delight 5 paragliding harness

Are you a pod god? How to make the most of your harness

The wrong paragliding harness choice can erode confidence and damage your flying, writes SIV instructor Malin Lobb
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Supair Evo Lite 2 with and without pod

First Look: Supair’s Evo Lite 2

We take a look at Supair’s Evo Lite 2, a modular harness which can be flown with or without a pod – perfect for progressing pilots
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Modular Paragliding Harnesses

Modular harness systems for paragliding

Learn how you can adapt one base harness to different modes by adding on cocoons, airbags, and reserve containers.
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Advance Lightness 4

Insight: Advance Lightness 4

Advance’s popular mid-weight pod has been updated – complete with brand new fairing. Marcus King clips in to fly it
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