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Escape S’Max Sr ‘true EN D’ paraglider on sale in spring 2012

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
Escape's new EN D paraglider, the S'max Sr

Escape’s new ‘true EN D’ paraglider, the S’Max Sr, will be ready in the early Spring

Ozone LM4: lightweight, high-performance vol-bivouac paraglider

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
Ozone's new lightweight cross country paraglider, the LM4

Ozone’s LM4 is a lightweight, high-performance EN D vol-bivouac wing for experienced pilots

Gin Paragliders’ EN D competitor: the Boomerang X

Monday, January 30th, 2012
Gin's "true EN D" wing for 2012, the Boomerang X

Gin’s “true EN D” Bomerang X is available for all, and proving itself at the PWC Superfinal in Mexico.

Niviuk release EN D Icepeak 6

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Niviuk's new EN D paraglider for 2012, the Icepeak 6

Niviuk have unveiled their new EN D paraglider, the Icepeak 6

CIVL Paragliding Competitions Safety Task Force: First report

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
Ozone-R11-leading-edge

Comp Class comeback: Report clears ‘dangerous paragliders’ and focuses on pilot education

Accident halts EN D paraglider development

Friday, December 2nd, 2011
Alain Zoller

Testing bodies stop testing EN D gliders in wake of accident

Swing’s new EN D paraglider, the Apus

Thursday, December 1st, 2011
Manuel Fasser on the Swing Apus 15

Swing’s new EN D Apus is a small, agile little thing just like its avian namesake, the swift.

Ozone release EN D comp wing

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
Ozone's new EnZo, an EN D comp paraglider. Photo: Ozone

Ozone’s EnZo is the first of the new breed of EN D comp wings

Ibex 2 replaces Nova’s lightweight Ibex

Friday, October 14th, 2011
Nova Ibex2, their new lightweight paraglider

Nova’s new lightweight EN D Ibex 2 is proving popular already

Air Design’s EN D Pure paraglider

Sunday, June 19th, 2011
Air Design's new En D Pure

Air Design’s new EN D Pure is now certified in all four sizes.

Torck 2: a new EN D paraglider from Sol

Monday, April 11th, 2011
Sol Torck 2. Photo: Fernando Pradi

Sol say they focussed on building a great thermal climbing machine with the new EN D Torck 2.

Swing’s serial class Stratus 8

Thursday, February 17th, 2011
Stratus 8, the new EN D paraglider from Swing

Swing have made a new serial class paraglider for advanced and ambitious competition pilots: the Stratus 8.

Ozone Mantra M4, EN D paraglider

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
PMA reiterate they want Serial Class only in FAI Cat 1 events

Ozone have released their Mantra M4 serial class wing, certified EN D.

Axispara’s new EN D Venus III

Thursday, February 10th, 2011
Axispara's new EN D paraglider is the Venus III

Axispara have a new Venus III paraglider in the pipeline. Replacing the Venus II it will be classified EN D.

Sky Country Evolution-X: EN D paraglider with aspect ratio of 7.3

Monday, December 13th, 2010
XC

Sky Country claim the Evolution-X is the first ever paraglider with an aspect ratio over 7 to achieve EN certification.

Gin Boomerang GTO video

Thursday, October 21st, 2010
XC

Gin have a new video, showing off their EN D competition wing, the Boomerang GTO.

All sizes of Gradient Avax XC3 certified EN D

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
XC

All sizes of Gradient’s high performance paraglider, the Avax XC3, have now been certified EN D.

Niviuk Peak 2 EN D paraglider

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
XC

Niviuk have announced that their new high-performance paraglider, the Peak 2, has met the requirements for EN D certification.

The Bidule: Little Cloud’s mini tandem paraglider

Thursday, July 29th, 2010
XC

Little Cloud have released their mini tandem paraglider, the Bidule, for people who want to “share the joy of a mini wing!”

Advance Omega 8 video

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
XC

Advance’s new flagship paraglider, the EN D Omega 8, is now shipping worldwide. Advance claim it is “the highest-performing glider in the serial class”.