Hike and Fly

News, updates, reviews and events in the lightweight paragliding world

4807 Flying Light

4807 Flying Light, Mont Blanc

Test lightweight paragliding equipment and hike-and-fly with friends at the 4807 Flying Light event in St Gervais-les-Bains, 5-9 October 2021
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AirDesign Le Slip

Le Slip Lightweight Harness Review

At just 220g when you put it on it’s like there’s nothing there – hence the name, says Marcus King
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AirDesign UFO

AirDesign UFO review (single-surface paraglider)

One paraglider, two people, different weights? Marcus and Charlie King try sharing the UFO, AirDesign's new superlight single-skinner
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Tanguy Renaud-Goud

Tanguy Renaud-Goud: 13,390m in one day!

Tanguy Renaud-Goud hiked up and flew down a cumulative 13,390m of vertical elevation on 15 June 2021, a hike-and-fly record
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Skywalk Core harness

Skywalk Core modular hike-and-fly harness

Skywalk have released a lightweight modular harness called the Core, for hike-and-fly and climb-and-fly mountain activities
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Neo Rescue Backpack

Neo Rescue Backpack

Neo's Rescue Backpack is a wearable reserve parachute for tandem hike-and-fly pilots. It is compatible with any mountain harness
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Bornes to Fly 2021

Maxime Pinot wins Bornes to Fly 2021

Maxime Pinot won the 2021 edition of Bornes to Fly, Annecy's three-day hike-and-fly race. He finished 17 minutes ahead of second-placed Chrigel Maurer
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X-Berg Challenge 2021

X-Berg Challenge 2021: runner Jon Kirkman wins

Jon Kirkman won the Extreme category of the 2021 X-Berg Challenge for the second consecutive time, as a trail runner. He won as a mountain biker in 2019! 
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Hike and Fly New Zealand

Wanaka hike and fly, New Zealand

Fraser Monteith and Vicki Zadrozny won the Wanaka Hike and Fly event that took place over the second weekend of March, the first of its kind in New Zealand
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Ozone Switch paraglider harness

Ozone Switch “radically versatile”

Ozone’s Switch is a lightweight reversible harness for speed flying, speed riding and hike-and-fly. Its durable rucksack is equipped with ski holders
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