Gear News

After a year in development, Escape's new two-line competition paraglider, the S'Max Revolution, is ready for the 2011 season.

French company Escape have designed a set of paraglider tandem spreaders for pilots who fly with lightweight passengers.

The third generation of Skywalk’s flagship paraglider, the serial class Poison, has been certified EN / LTF D in sizes S and M.

German firm Aircross have created a lightweight version of their serial class racer: The U-Sport Evo is 3 kilos lighter than the original U-Sport, and Aircross' test pilots are reporting better launch characteristics and climbing performance as a result.

APCO have brought out their first ever competition pod paragliding harness – the Blade.

Aërius' range of thermal bags have been designed to pack paraglider and paramotor equipment into, to protect them from the damaging effects of excessive heat when they are stored, for example, in the boot of a car.

Skywalk's electric paraglider propulsion system, the E-Walk, is nearing completion and should be available to buy from early 2011.

In spring 2011, Charly Produkte are planning to release their electric 'ascent aid' for paragliders to the market. They have sent us these videos to show how the project is coming along.

Plusmax PlusAir EN 966-certified helmets can now be converted from open- to closed- face by the addition of a specially-designed chinguard.

Nova have released a lightweight version of their EN B paraglider, the Ion.