UP’s Fast XC is a light ad compact pod harness for cross country paragliding

UP have a new video about the Summit XC2, featuring Toma Coconea

UP have redesigned their paraglider cockpit bag.

UP say their new tandem is “an effective workhorse, with the handling and performance of a young stallion”.

UP’s top-of-the-range, EN-certified competition pod harness, the Fast Pro 2, is ready.

The Edge XR is UP’s new two-line, open-class competition paraglider.

UP have launched their new EN C paraglider. The company say it will be shipping in March.

UP have released a protector to upgrade their Fast Pro competition pod harness so that it conforms to EN standards

The wonderfully named ‘Flying Rags for Glory: the A-Z of competition paragliding’ hit the shops at the beginning of the month and is the current best selling item at XCShop.com. Mads’ Syndergaard’s exhaustive work is a first of its kind. Normally competitions have been relegated to a sub-section of general flying books, when in truth, [...]

UP have announced two new members will be joining their team: Red Bull X-Alps athlete Stefan ‘Boxi’ Bocks and aeronautical engineer Bernhard Lechner will be starting with them in 2011.

Day 5 of XCTurkey saw some long flights at last, but not for everyone

Mads packs his UP Trango XC and what little else the airline baggage allowances permit, ready to go off to the XCTurkey cup.

Mads Syndergaard is going to the XC Turkey Paragliding Cup this month, and will be sending us regular updates as the event unfolds.

UP Paragliders are looking for a test pilot, and someone to help them in their glider servicing department in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. One person could fill both roles as a full-time position, or it could be two people working part-time.

43-year-old Czech national team pilot and ex Axispara designer Franta PavlouÅ¡ek is now heading up UP’s design team.

German paraglider manufacturer UP have revealed their new ‘secret weapon’ in the Open Class category: the XD70 is, they say, a “machine that oozes performance”.

The Xpress is a new mini paraglider from UP, due out in May 2010. The German company are rather excited about it …

Airwave have announced that long-time UP designer and former world champion Stephan Stieglair will be moving from the German company and heading up Airwave’s R&D team.

UP’s new long-sleeve T-shirt design for 2010, ‘Fight Gravity’, is available now in grey or green.

UP have made a paraglider for cross country hounds and serial class competition pilots: The Trango XC is an EN D / LTF 2-3, three line glider which UP say “launches better than most school wings, handles like a hot knife in butter, has a top speed of 57km/h and remains very stable all the [...]