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New Products for 2017
Each year around this time, we announce products that are launching soon. The following products will be available to order in the coming weeks / months. Stay tuned for more info!
The pinnacle of the GEO series! With pioneering OZONE SharkNose technology and all of the design features that have boosted performance in our intermediate class wings, the GEO 5 is a few grams more than its predecessor but now features performance that is in line with the rest of our XC range. With all of the solidity and confidence inherent in the BUZZ Z5, but higher agility and overall performance thanks to the lightweight conversion. Launches October 2016
The 4th generation ULTRALITE is a totally new design, now fully modernized. It features a new profile, new sail, new planform, and new rigging. The end result is more glide performance, higher top speed, and – believe it or not – even easier inflation and launch. To top it off, it’s even a few grams lighter than any previous ULTRALITE. Four sizes are planned: 19, 21, 23, 25m. Launches October 2016
The ANGEL series is growing with the addition of a square-class reserve. With lower pack volume and …read more
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Independence Freestyle harness
Independence’s new Freestyle paraglider harness is available with a choice of one or two reserve containers. A light but sturdy all-round harness, it was designed for freestyle, acro or thermalling in close collaboration with professional SIV instructor Chris Geist. It has a seatboard, magnetic speedbar keeper and underseat reserve container(s) with easy-reach and brightly coloured deployment handles. […] …read more
Serial Cup 2016: Jurij Vidic wins overall
The 2016 Serial Cup competition took place in Slovenia from 10-15 September. Four tasks were scored, ranging from 37 to 67km in distance, and prizes awarded in several categories, with Jurij Vidic winning overall on an EN C Nova Triton 2. The Serial Cup has been run since 2011, and is based in Slovenia using Kobala […] …read more
The Annual Coupe Icare
It’s hard to believe that so many years have passed. For the 17th year in a row, the OZONE Team will be hanging out at The Coupe Icare of St Hilaire. Look for the ALIXA stand on the show map, and as always, don’t count on our booth to be a traditional display of OZONE branding. Our friend, Mathieu de Quillacq, always manages to set us up with something original and non-commercial.
This year at the Coupe we will be announcing nine new products that are freshly launched or to be released in the coming weeks / months. Stop by to talk with us about the new gear, or stay tuned for our press release that will go out on our news and facebook in the next few days.
Cheers, from all the OZONE Team.
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The Swan Lady takes off
Conservationist and adventurer Sacha Dench from the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) took to the air above the Russian tundra in her paramotor on Tuesday 20 September 2016, at the start of her 4,500 mile journey following the migration of endangered Bewick’s swans. A light tailwind gave Sacha Dench ideal conditions to start her journey […] …read more
Video call for Bill Moyes 50th anniversary tribute film
Moyes write: We are celebrating Bill Moyes’s historic first flight in a kite 50 years ago this December. We are working together with Tony Ritter on a memento docu-tribute film for Bill. So we need your videos from around the world – showing the number ’50’ in a creative way in a group, with your […] …read more
Need a ride to launch? Easy Paragliding
Need a ride to launch, or looking for flying mates in a new area? A new website will help you do just that all across Europe. “Easy Paragliding is a way to connect with the different communities and to make existing services more visible to pilots,” says co-founder Sonza Reorda. Visit: www.easyparagliding.com …read more
Naviter and Flytec ‘bundle strengths’ in tech takeover
Naviter have bought Flytec. In a statement released to coincide with the international free-flight festival the Coupe Icare, which is this coming weekend, Flytec said the deal will “guarantee” the Flytce range will continue to be developed. The email statement says: Flytec, the oldest brand of varios for paragliding and hang glider pilots, and Naviter, […] …read more
Mongolians pay tribute to Steve Nash
Friends and supporters of Steve Nash, the British paraglider pilot who was killed in Mongolia last month, held a candlelit vigil in his memory on Sunday 18 September. Baika Puntsag, a journalist based in capital Ulaanbaatar, said in an email that local mountaineers, athletes, expats and citizens gathered at the National Park of Ulaanbaatar to […] …read more