Airwave ALPINE
The first time you pick up an Alpine your imagination erupts. It’s a new found freedom, as if a huge weight has been lifted off your shoulders. Suddenly you can hike effortlessly around without the cumbersome, limitations of your twenty kilogram backpack dragging you down. If only going flying was always like this.

Your entire flying kit weighing in at less than five kilos - once you get used to that there’s no going back.

Ultra-weight gliders aren’t just for descents nowadays. Fabric technology and paraglider design has advanced so much that, despite its feather-weight looks, the Alpine is a fully functioning, soarable paraglider capable of cross country flight. If you are looking for a flying machine that fits in a child’s school bag, weighs the same as your reserve, and can still carry you on fantastic journeys, you owe yourself a test flight on an Alpine!

The standard Alpine is based on our new beginner wing, the Gecko: the two designs share the same sail, line configuration, and certification.

Design Notes
To create the Alpine we took the Gecko and analyzed every detail to reduce its weight. The sail was changed from 39 gm with a 45 gm leading edge, to 29 gm with a 35 gm leading edge. The Mylar edging tape has been changed to a lighter nylon tape, the line attachments have lighter weight reinforcing, the risers change to super lightweight Dyneema webbing, and the removable speed system has been redesigned to be effective, yet light-weight. On the Alpine even the seams are sewn differently to reduce weight.
It weighs only 4.0kg in the S size, 4.3kg in the M and 4.5kg in the L.

Alpine Extreme

If the Alpine isn’t lightweight enough for you, then you need the Alpine Extreme. Designed as an ultra-lightweight glider the Extreme is only 17.5 m2 (flat) and is both fast and manoeuvrable. It can be used as either a lightweight for small pilots, or as a mini glider for when the wind’s too strong to fly your normal wing. The Alpine Extreme is a one off design without certification. If it were to be certified we believe it would be a low end DHV 1-2.
It weighs in at a super lightweight 2.8 kg!

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Airwave GECKO

For every pilot, the early days in the sport are in many ways the most important.

This is why we dedicated so much time to develop a new and better beginner glider incorporating all the current paraglider design technology available today. Even features we learned and built into the World Champion gliders were used in the Gecko. This makes the Gecko an extremely safe and easy to fly wing which performs nicely and is always fun to fly. Also, only the best and highest quality materials which are available today were used. The Gecko has a hybrid sail which is stronger, more UV resistant but also lighter than other gliders of its class. The Gecko has passed the new stringent CEN tests (23A,1B), the strictest level of certification currently in existence.


Design Notes

We know that one of the most important attributes of a wing of this level is its ease of launch. With this in mind we've spent a long time working on building in exceptionally forgiving launching and ground handling characteristics. The Gecko climbs overhead with a very smooth motion and has no tendency to overshoot, almost no matter how hard and aggressive you are with it. Even if the glider comes up off to one side it's very easy to correct and continue with the launch. The most important attribute in a wing of this class is security and stability. By bringing the centre lines together and reducing the amount of roll, we've made the Gecko feel incredibly secure, even to a Novice.







Internally, we used an unusual box construction to give greater stability at the front of the wing. The A's and B's are closer together than normal so the profile is thicker and more stable than usual which makes the leading edge feel quite rigid, providing more stability and collapse resistance.

Many years of design experience has enabled us to develop Open Class wings with an aspect ratio as high as 8.0 with great handling. We have used the same knowledge to give the Gecko the same smooth and forgiving handling. As well as being a new step up in entry level paragliders, the Gecko is also an excellent paramotor wing when used with our optional paramotor risers.

Technical data and colour options: HERE

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