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Little Cloud’s mountain wing, the Kagoo

Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
Little Cloud's new mountain paraglider, the Kagoo

Mini-wing specialists, Little Cloud, have unveiled a new mountain paraglider, the Kagoo.

Ozone’s specialised lightweight paragliders

Monday, October 17th, 2011
Ozone made the lightweight LM4 for experienced vol-bivouac pilots

Ozone reveal lightweight LM4 and XXLite

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

Ozone Alpina, a lightweight EN C paraglider

Friday, October 14th, 2011
Ozone's new lightweight EN C Alpina

Ozone’s new Alpina is a lightweight, performance paraglider, designed for vol-biv pilots

Gin’s Yeti 3: lightweight mountain paraglider

Friday, August 26th, 2011
Gin's Yeti 3 at La Grave. Photo: Jerome Maupoint

Gin’s Yeti lightweight mountain paraglider is now in its third incarnation, and better than ever, the company say.

Babu Sunuwar flies off Everest

Saturday, May 21st, 2011
Babu Sunuwar on the summit of Everest at 8.50am 21 May 2011, shortly before his flight from the summit. Photo: Babu Sunuwar/Lakpa Tshering Sherpa

Tandem pair fly 20km XC from 8848m summit

Ozone Geo III, lightweight EN B paraglider

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
Ozone Geo III

Ozone’s new EN B lightweight the Geo III is almost 1kg lighter than its predecessor.

Quo Vadis: Sup’Air reversible harness

Thursday, April 7th, 2011
Sup'Air Quo Vadis reversible harness / rucksack

Sup’Air’s Quo Vadis reversible harness / rucksack is available to order now.

Extra-large lightweight Gin rescues

Friday, February 11th, 2011
Gin Yeti #50, lightweight rescue parachute for tandem paragliders

Gin have released lightweight rescue chutes in extra-large sizes for tandem paragliders and paramotors.

U-Turn’s reversible paraglider harness and rucksack, the IQ5

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
XC

The IQ5 is U-Turn’s reversible harness / rucksack, designed to meet the needs of cross country paraglider pilots who walk long distances with their kit.

Sol Mountain Light paraglider harness

Monday, December 13th, 2010
XC

The new Sol Mountain Light Calliplox paraglider harness weighs in at just 3.6kg, and the company believe that makes it one of the lightest on the market with its spec, which includes 18cm foam protection and a Cygnus airbag.

Nova Ion Light: Lightweight paraglider

Thursday, October 21st, 2010
XC

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

Sup’Air Evolution: EN 966 certified lightweight paraglider helmet

Thursday, October 21st, 2010
XC

Sup’Air have collaberated with Plusmax to create a ligtweight, EN 966-certified helmet, the Evolution, available in red or grey with Sup’Air graphics.

Nova Ion Light intermediate paraglider

Monday, August 16th, 2010
XC

Nova’s Ion Light is a lightweight paraglider suitable for beginners through to XC pilots. It is certified EN B / LTF 1-2 in five sizes.

Nervures Aloha lightweight EN A mountain paraglider

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
XC

Nervures’ new lightweight mountain paraglider, the Aloha, is certified EN A and ready now.

Gin’s lightweight fast-pack bag

Saturday, June 19th, 2010
XC

Gin Gliders have brought out a lightweight version (600g) of their fast-pack bag. It is available in silver, and has two back straps for easy carrying.

Finsterwalder & Charly Snaplock karabiner for paragliding

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
XC

The Snaplock is a new lightweight and easy-to-use karabiner for paragliding from Finsterwalder & Charly. Despite being half the weight of a steel krab, it has an incredible 30 kN (3,000 kg) breaking strength.

APCO Chairbag Integral II reversible paraglider harness

Friday, May 28th, 2010
XC

APCO have released a new and improved version of their reversible paraglider harness. The Chairbag Integral II is designed for hiking and long cross country flights, and as such has been made for comfort and safety.

Gin Verso reversible paragliding harness /rucksack

Monday, May 3rd, 2010
XC

The Gin Verso is a lightweight reversible paraglider harness/rucksack with an airbag and integrated rescue container, designed to be light and compact yet comfortable for long XC flights.

Skywalk Cult-C lightweight paragliding harness

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
XC

skywalk’s new lightweight, compact harness for hike-and-flyers, the Cult-C, is certified to 120 kg.