Marcus King discovers an intuitive-handling wing at the top of the C-class
“It’s got no lines!” was my first thought when we unpacked the Aspen 4 for review back in 2012.
In the air, the wing was like a motorbike with a very tight throttle, responding immediately to small inputs.
We concluded it was one of the tightest, flattest turning paragliders ever – an ideal weapon for light lift days, or ‘exploring the invisible’, as Gradient’s marketing department so aptly put it.
With such a true character as a predecessor, we were really excited to fly the new Aspen 5…
The full Aspen 5 review is in Cross Country issue 159.
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