Conditions were ON in the Kerio valley at the end of January / beginning of February! Italian team pilot Alberto Assouad was there with two fellow Italian pilots, all three flying Lynx 2s, racking up the kilometres and the memories! After waiting a week for conditions to come on, Friday 31st January...
2025 is going to be another packed year – the calendar is filling up already. Here's where we'll be: 14-16 Feb Norma Testival Norma, ITALY 14-16 March Stubai Cup Neustift im Stubaital, AUSTRIA 19-23 March Vagamon International Accuracy Cup Vagamon, INDIA 12-20 April Ostertestival Sillian, AUSTRIA 16-21...
The 6th edition of BGD Weightless, the paragliding competition with weight-adjusted scoring, takes place from 2-8 August this year in Laragne-Monteglin, southern France. It will be run by the Chabre Club, with Bruce Goldsmith. The scoring will use a further developed version of MRT (Multiple Radius...
BGD Team Pilot Vagner Campos flew 421.73km on his DIVA 2 from Ribeira de Pombal in Bahia, Brazil on 21 December 2024, a new state record! He launched at 7:16 local time and flew from east to west for 11 hours. Ribeira de Pombal is a little-known hill-launch site in the state of Bahia. Its topography...
The BASE 3 is here! A cross-country wing with top-of-B-class performance and low-B safety – hop on, clip in and sky out!
Team Pilot Augustin Bedek came 26th *overall* in XContest 2024, flying his EN-B Base 2. All his flights were in France. (That’s against all the CCC wings, all the pilots who did seasons in Brazil etc … pretty impressive!). His biggest-scoring flight was a 236km FAI triangle from Col de l’Izoard...
Congratulations to BGD team pilot Markéta Tomášková, who is women’s European Paragliding Accuracy Champion for 2024. The Championships took place in Gjirokaster, Albania, from 4-12 October. Yang Chen of China flew on invitation as a (non-European) guest and won the overalls, with a score of just...
The Adventures of Valerio: Between Dreams and Reality "Explore the Sky and the Mountains with Real and Fantasy Flights" Valerio Boggia, the youngest member of Team BGD, has written a book about his adventures with his father Luigi. The Adventures of Valerio is a journey between reality and fantasy,...
Congratulations to Guillaume Funck, whose film La Paralpine won two prestigious awards in the Icares du Cinema at the Coupe Icare 2024. The film won the Icare d’Or as well as the Icare de la Presse.
The ADAM SPOT has landed! Right on target, dead centre! Our dedicated accuracy wing is the choice of champions, including Paragliding Accuracy World Champion Yang Chan, who was the inspiration for it. The original Adam with a new colour scheme, it is certified EN/LTF-A. Accuracy pilots all over the...
Yang Chen is seriously on fire in the paragliding accuracy world! He continues his dominance of competitions, with another win and an OVERALL 0 score at the Eurasia Cup for Landing Accuracy in Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan in June, flying his ADAM. That is – literally – unbeatable! Mantoro Huang (TPE)...
She's out! The DIVA 2 is officially released – certified and ready in all four sizes. A high-performance two-liner EN-D, we're proud to unveil our first real competition paraglider. We're blown away by her performance and very excited to see her out on the competition circuits. Tyr flew the size...
BGD Team Pilot Yang Chen and fellow ADAM pilot Xiangyan Kong, both from China, won overall and women’s gold at the Kabanbai Batyr International Cup for Landing Accuracy. The competition was held from 7-9 June 2024 in Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan. Yang scored 6 overall, in seven rounds, and Xiangyan...
The BGD edition of the Sports-Class Racing Series took place in Berga, Spain in the first week of June. It was a great success, with four varied tasks of 45km to 65km which took pilots into the mountains and the flats. Spanish pilot Rafael Rosa Prat won, ahead of Pál Takáts and Christiaan Durrant....
Want to test-fly our latest wings? This is where we will be, and when! 11 May Vol-libre, Philippe Briod Baulmes, SWITZERLAND 11 May Time Flies Gailtal, Carinthia, AUSTRIA 18 - 20 May Flying High Mayrhofen Mayrhofen, Zillertal, AUSTRIA 24 - 26 May Air Rock Aflenz, Steiermark/Styria, Tirol, AUSTRIA 30...
The BGD round of the Sports Class Racing series 2024 will be in Berga, Spain from 2-8 June. It's the second event in this year's five-competitions series, and is a high-level competition for gliders certified EN-C and below. "For pilots who have outgrown fun and national competitions, and are looking...
After months of editing and post-production, we're as delighted as Guillaume Funk to announce the avant-premiere of his film ‘La Paralpine’ on 20 June at 8.30pm at the ‘Le Stockel’ cinema (Av. de Hinnisdael 17, 1150 Woluwe-Saint-Pierre) in Brussels. The film documents his summer 2023 vol-bivouac...
Team pilot Yang Chen has pulled off his 4th personal Paragliding Accuracy World Cup win, taking the top step of the podium at Alanya, Turkey in April with a total of 5 points scored in 6 rounds. Compatriot and fellow Adam pilot Xiangyan Kong was first woman and joint second overall with 6 points scored....
Congratulations to 15-year-old Mark Janaway of Slovenia / GB, whose 109km flight from Sorica, Slovenia on 13 April earned him the 100km out-and-return Junior World and European record. Mark's solo flying career started just eleven months before the record flight, in May 2023, although he had flown...
It's here, the Magic 2! Our performance EN-A is a safe and fun wing that is designed to keep new pilots in love with this amazing sport as they explore what it has to offer, a first wing that will accompany pilots throughout their progression from school days to XC.
Our new hike-and-fly rucksack, the SCOUT, is ready for adventure. Available now on the BGD Shop in 42l and 60l sizes, it's made from light and durable fabric and comfortable for all-day hiking. It's easy to pack your wing inside thanks to the large zipped opening, and there are lots of pockets with stretchy...
Congratulations to BGD Team pilot Yang Chan, who won the Paragliding Accuracy World Cup Superfinal 2023 with an impressive total of just 6 points scored in six rounds. (In accuracy, being spot-on the target is what counts. The points represent the distance from centre, so the smaller the better. Six...
BGD Team Pilot Yang Chen has won the 12th FAI World Paragliding Accuracy Championships in Sopot, Bulgaria, flying an Adam. The competition, running from 21st to 26th October, saw 129 starting pilots from 31 countries competing over 12 rounds. For the first time, new knockout rules meant that after...
Champion's Remarkable Victory Showcased in Thrilling Short Film Sopot, Bulgaria - October 28, 2023 In a dazzling display of skill and precision, Yang Chen has secured victory at the 12th FAI World Paragliding Accuracy Championships in Sopot, Bulgaria. Flying an Adam paraglider, Chen's remarkable performance...
In celebration of the hike-and-fly season, we're offering 10% off our lightweight wings for two weeks. The offer applies to the Anda, Echo 2, Base 2 Lite and Lynx 2 for orders placed between 5 and 18 October inclusive. Order through your local dealer. Check the dealer map at the link below to find...
Congratulations to Jaroslav Jindra, who came first in our #BGDSpot film competition, winning a brand new ADAM 2 for the coming season. Nice work and kudos also to runners-up Yermek Amanbayev and Meysam Safavi who get a BGD goody-bag. Thank you very much to everyone who participated in the competition....
Congratulations to ADAM pilots Yang Chen of China and Ivana Ferarič of the Czech Republic. They finished joint third overall and first woman in the Paragliding Accuracy World Cup round in Wasserkuppe, Germany. Yan Chen also topped the overall scores for the season, and is one of 30 pilots to have...
Kay Busemann led us to new heights atop the Marmolata in Italy's stunning Dolomites during the Fassa Sky Expo. With epic conditions boasting a cloud base exceeding 3,000 meters, it was a truly unforgettable experience for all the pilots who joined us at this remarkable Italian event. The BGD stand was...
The BGD edition of the Sports-Class Racing Series 2023 went off in Pedro Bernardo, Spain with a happy screaming vario and a roomful of smiles from 10-16 September. Three tasks were flown, including the longest of the series yet – a 102.3km race-to-goal on 13 Sep; the other two tasks were 75.9km...
BGD are sponsoring the Spanish round of this inaugural SRS (Sports-class Racing Series) year. The competition takes place in Pedro Bernardo from 10-17 September. The event is the fourth in the new series for sports class (EN-C and below) wings, and will decide the series winners too, so there will...
September already!! No time to pause ... it's a busy month and no mistaking. You'll find us here: 9 & 10 September Tête en l'Air Bourg St Maurice, France Parapente Club Haute Tarentaise 9 & 10 September Franken Testival Siegritz, Germany babmerger-gleitschirmclub 10-16 September SRS – BGD Edition Pedro...
Congratulations to ADAM pilots Jianwei Wang of China and Thailand's Chantika Chaisanuk for podium finishes in the PGAWC 2023 round in Lombok, Indonesia in July 2023. The competition, which is the fourth in this year's series, took place from 27-30 July, but conditions permitted only one scored task....
Oh summer, we love summer! Here's where we'll be in August: 11 - 13 August Le Plouf Festival Vercorin, Switzerland plouf-festival.ch 18-20 August Acro Show Villeneuve, Switzerland plouf-festival.ch
The ADAM 2 is our new school and accuracy competition glider. Accuracy landing is a huge aspect of paragliding, and this year is a World Championship year: the 12th FAI Paragliding World Championship takes place in Sopot, Bulgaria, in October. Talented accuracy pilots around the world have kept the...
25-year-old Belgian mountain addict Guillaume Funck has spent the last few weeks on a big project: crossing the Alps from Slovenia to Nice, stopping on the way to climb some iconic mountains. He took with him a Base 2 Lite and an Anda. 6 June 2023 It's been almost a week since Tonio and I set off to...
BGD are really happy to support Wheels4Flying, a not-for-profit organisation based in Mayrhofen, Austria, who offer wheelchair-assisted paragliding to people with disabilities or mobility impairments. They started in the autumn of 2022, and they have been putting smiles on the faces of wheelchair passengers...
Claire Garnesson recently spent several weeks on a grand adventure in Chile. One of the highlights was a flight from Cerro Toco, a 5,604m volcano in the Atacama Desert, on her Base 2 Lite. She is probably the first person ever to have flown from it! Here is her story: Cerro Toco (5604m) – Make...
Here's where you'll find BGD in July: 28 June - 2 July British Open Paramotor Championships Manston, UK ppgcomps.co.uk 1 - 2 July Fly Test Crozet France www.vol-libre-gessien.fr Contact Romain, Ecole Sur Un Nuage, Tel +33 6 37 86 94 17 7-9 July Romania Paragliding Testival 2023 Romania Facebook 9...
Our new school paraglider is out! The ADAM 2 is certified EN/LTF A in five sizes, including a new XS (for weights from 50kg all up). It's a safe wing, designed for fledgling pilots to take their first steps into the air, and develop their soaring and thermalling skills without stress. It is durable...
Chinese pilot Yang Chen continues to dominate the accuracy scene, winning the Kazakhstan round of the 2023 Paragliding Accuracy World Cup on his ADAM. Yang won both the Thailand and Turkey rounds of the PGAWC as well, and after three rounds is leading overall with a score of just 5 points in total! The...
Parapente+ published an ANDA test in issue 488 (May/June 2023). We have permission to publish the article, so here it is (auto-translated). Nice choice of cover photo too! In the world of light wings, where concepts abound, the Anda clearly states what it is... A very accessible free flight wing (EN...
These are some of the events BGD will be attending in June: Saturday 3 June Elztalflieger Testival Gschasi. Elzach, Germany elztalflieger.de 8-11 June Super Paragliding Testival Kössen, Austria parashop.at/testival 10-11 June Sakana Parapente Eguna 2023 Navarra, Spain Email cafe@kasana.es or Whatsapp...
BGD's kite brand AIRWAVE have released an exciting new kite for hydrofoiling and snowkiting: the ALMA is a monofoil hybrid, a design that is completely new in the foil kite world. It is the product of a collaboration between Airwave / BGD designer Tom Lolies and 11-time kitesurfing World Champion Maxime...
BGD Team Pilot Muzi (Li Shengtao) is taking on the biggest hike-and-fly challenge there is: Everest! He left Everest Base Camp on 14 May, and hopes to summit the 8,848m mountain on 17th or 18th May. If he succeeds, and the winds are good (and we have everything crossed that they will be) he hopes to...
These are the events BGD will be attending in May! Come and fly with us, maybe demo a wing. 18-21 May Bad Apples Fly-In USA www.badappleshodgesfieldflyin.com 19-21 May Terzo Hike and Fly 2023Monte Subasio Umbria, Italy alisubasio.it 27-29 May Zillertal Testival Mayrhofen, Austria flying-high.at/testival-2023...
The EPIC FREESTYLE is the wild child of the original EPIC; EN/LTF-B with all the safety that implies, but strengthened, and decked out in pink. The perfect tool for starting out and progressing in freestyle, and you can thermal and go XC on it too!
Chen Yang has won the second round of the 2023 Paragliding Accuracy World Cup in Alanya, Turkey, flying an ADAM. The competition took place from 27 April 2023, and was the second competition in the 2023 series. 88 pilots competed in seven rounds, in what turned out to be a very close-run competition....
The BGD team Pilots' Meeting in Morocco this February was fantastic. As Leonard Siclon said, "good flying, good spirit, good food!". This is his video.
Good news – the LYNX 2 is out! Our new lightweight EN-C is for cross-country pilots who travel light. It's perfect for hike-and-fly racing and serial class comps. It's a 2.5-liner, and at 3.2kg to 4.3kg it's among the lightest in its class. We chose a 2.5-line design because it meant we didn't need...
Celebrating flying, life and friendship with the BGD Team Pilots in Mirleft, Morocco. The annual team pilots' meeting was a sandy pot of fun, laughter, flying, cacti, food, smiles and er, camels. In every order! Thanks to Damien Lecire for having us, and to all the Team Pilots and crew for a fun event....
Over the weekend of 3rd - 5th march 2023, we were at the fabulous Stubai Cup in Austria, where we were treated to sunny skies and good thermals. There were many highlights, including the team flying, where we got all of the models in the air at once. Thanks to Kay Busemann for the great video!
This video, made for Italian television in 1992, has just resurfaced. Check out the main star: team pilot Luigi Boggia. Luigi first flew parachutes off Italian hills in the 1970s! Luigi has already passed his passion on to his young son Valerio, who at nine years old is a seasoned tandem passenger and...
Good news from Laragne-Montéglin: there is a new navette running to launch from the campsite. It will operate several times a day, all season from 1st April to 30th September. Nicolas and the crew at Camping Montéglin gave us a very warm welcome last summer when they hosted the 2022 team Pilots' Meeting,...
Congratulations to Chen Yang (China) and Hidayat Abdurrahman (Indonesia) who came first and second in the Paragliding Accuracy World Cup in Thailand. Chen Yang's victory has been billed "the most precise in history", with 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0 a really fantastic set of scores. How did he get so...
We are very happy to introduce the ANDA, our new lightweight, small-packing hike-and-fly wing. The word 'Anda' means 'breathe' or 'spirit' in Icelandic. The ANDA is light and compact enough to be carried in hand luggage, safe and comfortable so you can confidently unpack in new places and go exploring....
29-year-old Argentinean pilot Daiana Micaela Colaneri flew 180km on a BASE 2 Lite from Ceres on 7 December, a new women's Argentinean distance record! In a report on Facebook she wrote: "Last Sunday Hugo Dalmasso told me, 'Wednesday we go out', woke up a little overcast and not so promising, I went...
Alanya in Turkey was the venue for the last competition of the Paragliding Accuracy World Cup series 2022. It is one of the most accurate rounds with the lowest points scored, reports Matjaž Ferarič, because the laminar winds and beach landings make for pretty optimal conditions. ADAM pilots featured...
Congratulations to ADAM pilot Marketa Tomaskova (Czech Republic), who was first female/third overall at the Paragliding Accuracy World Cup round that finished in Slovenia on 23rd September. In all there were three BGD wings in the top six, with Matjaz Feraric finishing equal fourth on a WASP with Gorjan...
BGD are recruiting! We are looking for two experienced pilots to join the design team at our Magagnosc office in the south of France: | Harness / rucksack designer, full time | Test pilot, part time (60kg - 70kg naked weight) The design team pictured above are: Julie Lelong (FR) – Mechanical...
The ECHO is back! A mischievous mountain nymph, the ECHO 2 is full of fun, a lightweight EPIC 2 with the same lust for life and a lighter spirit. It's light, small packing, easy-handling, fun and performant – all the ingredients that add up to the perfect wing for local flying with friends, XC, hike-and-fly,...
The French Hike and Fly league closed on 30 September, and Claire Garnesson won the women's category with three great days out with her Riot in the southern French alps. The hike and fly league rewards metres gained by hiking, and kilometres flown, and pilots can hike-fly-hike-fly-hike etc as many...
Congratulations to Vlastimil Vachl and Markéta Tomášková of the Czech Republic, who were third overall and second woman in the European Paragliding Accuracy Championships 2022. They played a big part in taking the Czech Republic to second place in the Nations rankings too. Vlastimil flew an Adam,...
Frauenfliegen is back! Switzerland's women's fly-in dreams of "A sky full of girls", and welcomes women pilots old and young, XC queens, hike-and-flyers, acro-chicks, holiday pilots and frequent flyers. Everyone! The idea is for women to fly together, make new friends and get immersed in this incredible...
The 5th edition of BGD Weightless just finished in Piedrahita, Spain, and what a week it was! Four tasks scored, big wide thermals, 4,000m cloudbases, and smiling faces in goal every day. Alexey Boldyrev won overall (Cure 2), Lauris Pumpurs (R-Lite 3) took the Leisure Class win, and Eva Henneman (Swift...
Over the weekend of 23-24 July 2022, in the middle of a heatwave in France, Team Pilot Claire garnesson hiked and flew all day completing 2,700m of ascent on foot and flying 100km. Over to Claire: This weekend I set myself an ambitious hike and fly mission. The goal was to hike up three summits (2,700m...
It's not too late to sign up for the 5th BGD Weightless which takes place in Piedrahita, Spain from 21st to 27th August. It's a fun and friendly comp with an emphasis on learning. Not only do you get to fly your socks off with friends but you might win a brand new BGD wing! All competitors get their...
Congratulations to Thailand's Chantika Chaisanuk who won the women's category of the 4th Asian Paragliding Accuracy Championships in Kazakhstan last week flying an ADAM. Saudi Arabia's Nawaf Al-Rehaili, also flying an ADAM, was third overall after a tie-breaker decider with Mohsen Mansouri of Iran....
BGD team pilot Stan Radzikowski, who came first in the Sports Class and 4th overall in the 6th Naviter Open, flying his Cure 2. The competition took place in Tolmin, Slovenia between 13th and 19th June 2022. Three tasks of 53.7km, 43.5km and 78.3km were scored. This result comes hot on the heels of...
Congratulations to BGD Team Pilot Stan Radzikowski, who won the Sports Class of the Freedom Open in Slovenia on his Cure 2. The competition took place from 6-11 June, with three valid tasks (88.1km, 76.6km and 66.8km). Stan was ranked 19th overall.
BGD is a partner in phase 1 of the SKYTUG project. The SKYTUG project aims to deliver wind assisted propulsion to conventional and alternatively propelled vessels during the open sea sections of their crossings, thereby reducing the towed vessel’s carbon footprint and required fuel storage capacity....
Congratulations to Claire Garnesson, who finished second woman in the Bornes to Fly 2022. She flew the Base 2 Lite in the 200km hike-and-fly race, and was just three kilometres from goal when the clock stopped. The race started and finished on the shores of lake Annecy, and always attracts a very high-level...
At BGD we pride ourselves on using the best materials for the job: cloth, lines and accessories. We hope pilots don't need to pay too much attention to the construction of their brakes, but we pay a lot of attention to the small details that make them function perfectly, without fuss. And we are proud...
It's not too late! to join us in Spain this August, for the 5th BGD Weightless friendly competition. It's a fun competition in a supportive and nurturing environment, and a great way to progress your competition or cross-country paragliding skills. The reason behind its name is the unique MRT (Multiple...
BGD team pilots Val Tanniger and Ana-May Chevalley set off this morning on their big bike-and-fly adventure from Switzerland to Greece. They have their Base 2 Lites on board and will be flying in the places they pass through. The pair left Yverdon-les-Bains this morning (13 May) with a long road and...
Markéta Tomášková just won the 23rd Albania Open paragliding accuracy competition flying an Adam and Martin Jovanoski came third, also on an Adam. The competition took place from 4-8 May 2022 with 80 pilots and six rounds. Marketa won with only 3cm scored over the six flights; second-placed Matjaž...
The EPIC 2 is out! The successor to the EPIC, it's a fun and safe entry-level EN-B wing, suitable for low-airtimers and also XC capable. It has playful and direct BGD handling, with the safety and reassurance of long brake travel. Like the original, it's a great wing for starting out in freestyle too....
BGD Team Pilot Sue Britnell was awarded the British Club Challenge's 'Spirit of the BCC' award for 2021. The award is presented "to an individual or group that best epitomises the Challenge’s friendly, safety-conscious, development-focused nature". The British Hang Gliding and paragliding Association...
We are so excited to take to the fresh Austrian air with some brand new wings! Meet us and test any glider you want! See you there!
Entries are open for BGD Weightless 2022, the friendly XC competition which this year will be held in Piedrahita, Spain from 21-27 August. 2022's will be the fifth annual Weightless. The competition has a unique weight-adjusted scoring system that aims to even out the advantages that flying heavier...
Leonard Siclon lives in the French Alps, where they have had a lot of snow this winter. But that does not mean an end to paragliding.... Leonard made this video to share his plans for the coming year, which include a huge vol-biv adventure in the Alps.
New for 2022! We've updated the colours of our EN-A Magic. The three colours will all look the same as before from above, but now even brighter from below! We made the change in response to feedback from schools, to make it easier for instructors to identify their students from below. The Magic...
Rene Falquier made a big move last year, across the Atlantic to his new home in Switzerland where he and his striking custom-colours Base 2 will be flying hard in the Swiss Paragliding League Here's his update: "I spent the better part of 2021 moving into my new home in Lucerne, Switzerland. New job,...
Lucian Haas recently interviewed Team Pilot Ulrike Jüse for the regular podcast feature on Lu-Glidz. The podcast is in German, and can be accessed via the link below. "Ulrike Jüse has already won the XC league in Norway. But she prefers to just fly out into the wilderness, far away from civilisation....
Clemence Cadario has broken the New Zealand Women's Paragliding Distance record for a second time this year, with a 107km (straight-line distance) flight on 30 November. She was flying the Base 2 Lite. She wrote on Instagram: "Today I flew a line I have been dreaming about for a while. It was even...
Anna Darchenkova flew 318km from Assu, Brazil, on her Cure 2 on 8th November. It's a personal best, and a new Russian Women's record, too. It also puts Anna fourth in the women's XContest at the time of writing (11 November 2021). The flight took nine and a half hours. From a tow launch at 07:45am...
Claire Garnesson's finished the 2021 cross-country season with a second place in the women's rankings of XContest, flying the Cure 2. Rising Swiss star Serena Ronchi took first place, with 1784.99 points, all of her contributing flights coming from a four-month trip to Brazil. All of Claire's point...
Congratulations to BGD team pilot Claire Garnesson, who won the women's category of the French national Paragliding XC league for the 2020-2021 season, flying the CURE 2. The French XC league runs from 1 September to 31 August. Claire also came second in each of the previous two seasons (in which...
The lightweight version of the BASE 2 is out now in sizes XS, S, M and ML. It is 22% lighter at just 3.5kg in the XS. Feeling tethered to the nine-to-five or crushed by the daily grind? You need some lightness to free your mind. Grab your BASE 2 LITE, hike up to a launchable place and take to the open...
Congratulations to BGD Team Pilot Timo Schumacher, who won the fourth edition of BGD Weightless flying his Cure 2. The competition took place in Gemona, Italy over the last week of August 2021. The weather was temperamental at times, but three race-to-goal tasks of 42.7km, 56.5km and 53.2km were completed....
Thanks to all the Team Pilots who joined the get-together in Laragne, France this weekend (9-11 July). It was great to meet everyone, to share the fun, laughter, ideas and airtime. Pilots came from all over – from short-commuting French to dedicated travellers from as far away as Colombia and Qatar....
Parabéns ao piloto da equipa Borjan Jovanoski, que ganhou o 22º Open Albanês, a sua primeira grande competição de pouso de precisão do ano, pilotando o Adam. A competição teve lugar em Vlorë, Albânia, do 7 até o 8 de Maio de 2021, e Borjan e os seus irmãos Martin Jovanoski e Matjaz Sluga,...
As seletes tandem LINK Passenger e LINK Pilot estão em estoque nas cores Pine e Aqua. São de tamanho único, com uma vasta faixa de ajustes para se adaptarem a todas as formas e tamanhos. Estas seletes leves foram concebidas para funcionar perfeitamente em conjunto, e são certificadas EN e LTF com...
Parabéns aos pilotos da equipa BGD da Tailândia, pelos seus resultados no 5º Open 2021 de parapente ASEAN Friendships, voando as asas Adam. O competição teve lugar do 1° ao 5° de Abril em Nong Khai, com membros da polícia, marinha e força aérea a competirem entre si. A equipa BGD ganhou os...
We're super excited to announce the launch of AIRWAVE Kiteboarding! We're bringing decades of passion and experience in paraglider and hang glider design, into making performance foil kites for water and land. Bruce Goldsmith and Tom Lolies lead the AIRWAVE design team, and our first kite, the KOALA,...
In 2020 Rene Falquier spent a year in the BGD design office in the south of France, working on his aeronautics and engineering thesis. He was recently interviewed by Gavin McClurg for his Cloudbase Mayhem podcasts. Gavin wanted to know how a wing comes to fruition. How much is science vs craft? How...
This photo, taken by Stuart Holmes, was voted first by UK Climbing/UK Hillwalking readers in the Christmas week's 'Top 10 Hillwalking and Mountain Photos'. It's a stunning shot of Stuart's brother, UK Airsports' Patrick Holmes, flying his new Base 2 at Catbells in the Lake District.
The 4th edition of BGD Weightless will take place in Gemona, Italy from 25th - 31st July 2021. Online registration is open now. Pilots of all levels on EN-D wings and below are welcomed to this friendly cross-country competition, which uses a unique scoring system to help lighter pilots. Gemona,...
Olivier Laugero and the Kagou Flying Boat have been in Bora Bora in French Polynesia, and they're staying a while longer. It's just too good to leave! Take a look at the fantastic photos he's sent back and you won't doubt their decision. "There are almost no tourists, we have one of the most beautiful...
BGD's Team Pilot manager Raphael Laghi became Sao Paulo State Champion in Sports Class category, flying his Cure 2 in the competition in November 2020. He was also 5th in Serial Class (up to EN D) and 12th overall. The competition took place from 20-22 November, in good weather conditions with three...
Congratulations to Anna Darchenkova, who flew 197km in Tangara, Brazil on her Cure 2 on 23rd November. That's a new women's record for southern Brazil – go Anna! See the flight details at XContest.org
The Base 2 is here – our new cross-country oriented high EN-B glider. It's made to inspire confidence to fly further and expand your limits, and it's a comfortable wing you’ll feel at home on right away. All our test pilots agreed that for them, it was love at first flight!
BGD team pilot Claire Garnesson finished first woman in the Serial, Sports and Fun categories of the FAI World Online XC Contest 2019-20; she was second woman overall. Claire's flights were on a Riot (EN B) and Cure 2 (EN C). Congratulations Claire! Claire is second from right, top row in the picture. The...
Olivier, Sophie and Lou continue on their adventure sailing and paragliding around the world onboard Kagou while capturing every inspirational moment on film.
We would like to welcome Noe Hannes, Jarno Junnonaho, John Georgosopoulos, and Rene Falquier to the BGD team pilot program! We can't wait to see what they will share with us in the future.
We are pleased to announce our new lightweight mountain wing the KISS is available now in 16m and 18m sizes. It's a light and small-packing wing for mountain-lovers, a simple and elegant structure with an uncomplicated launch and outstanding ease of use. It's made from 27g Porcher Skytex cloth with sheathed...
O BGD Weightless 2020 terminou em 10 de janeiro de 2020, com Bruce Goldsmith vencendo no geral no novo Cure 2. A competição de uma semana aconteceu em Roldanillo, Colômbia, e foi “fantástica”, com boas condições de vôo e seis provas de 45,8 km a 59,8 km de distância. "Faz treze anos que...
Mostre-nos suas habilidades e prove como a inflagem no solo pode ser divertida. Corra, pule, suba ou dance com sua vela e ganhe uma novas vela BGD Seed para controle de solo. Como participar: – Crie um videoclipe original e criativo (com duração de até 60 segundos), mostrando a si ou a outras pessoas...
4-10 janeiro 2020 Junte-se a nós na calorosa e colorida Colômbia em janeiro de 2020 para a terceira edição do BGD Weightless, a competição em que a pontuação é por categorias de peso. Roldanillo é um local incrível: sol, decolagens gramadas, inúmeras opções de pousos, algumas das pessoas...
Cure sua alma Cure sua alma! O CURE 2 é um EN/LTF C de alto desempenho com 74 células e uma velocidade máxima de 60 km/h, mas que não ultrapassa os limites da categoria, quando se trata de segurança e estabilidade. Sua nova estrutura e perfil estão mais próxima da DIVA do que do CURE original...
A terceira etapa da Copa do Mundo de Precisão para parapente de 2019 ocorreu em Pohang, na Coréia, no final de agosto. Participaram 90 pilotos de 15 países, com os pilotos de ADAM Markéta Tomášková (CZ) e Kim Ki Hyeon (KO) subindo ao sugundo lugar do pódio nas categorias feminina e masculina,...
Parabéns a Regimantas Andreika (LT), que venceu a classe Sports e terminou em segundo na geral na Copa Arcus da Lituânia em sua CURE. Foi uma dobradinha para o CURES na classe Sport - o piloto do CURE Lukas Limantas (LT) se juntou a Regimantas no segundo degrau do pódio. A competição de quatro...
Há algumas semanas, tive o privilégio de pilotar o PUNK. O parapente (tamanho M / L), cortesia de Waldemar Janiszewski da AQUILA Paralotnie (AQUILA PARAGLIDERS), chegou às minhas mãos em uma rampa sobre um penhasco em Dębina. Dębina é uma pequena vila, localizada perto da costa do Mar Báltico....
We have finally published our brand spanking new website! Featuring Emercya 3D renders, a glider finder, and a new BGD video channel!
BGD team pilots take advantage of 3,200m cloudbase during a classic day at Super Paragliding Testival Kossen, Austria. Thousands of pilots decended on this event during one of the largest testivals in the world. BGD showcased their whole range as well as the brand new EN-A Magic.
If you fly already, you’ll know it – that feeling. The first time your feet leave the ground, the thrill of gliding through the air extinguishing any clammy pre-launch nerves. The pure joy of free flight! The feeling grows, flight after flight, spilling over like Grimm’s Magic Porridge Pot, never...
Fly high and play Jazz with the brand new Dual 2 !
Remember that feeling, the first time your feet leave the ground and you are soaring, feet in the clouds, viewing the world from a different perspective? If you could bottle that feeling and share it around … that’s what the DUAL 2 is for – sharing the joy of flight! A clean take-off is absolutely...
Lightweight, fun and performant, the Riot is your ideal companion for vol-biv missions, overseas travel or home-site playtime.
Bright sunshine and fluffy clouds graced this years' Coupe Icare festival where we launched our newest product the EN-B RIOT (the PUNK's lighter twin). Although the colour scheme may change for the final product a few prototypes could be seen flying around the festival. Check out this short video about...
The LUNA 2 is made for powered paragliding, and offers the perfect blend of comfort, performance and speed creating the ideal choice for intermediate pilots up to competition racers.
The Super Paragliding Testival in Kossen Austria has done it again! Probably the only site in all the alps that was flyable everyday awith a epic XC day on Sunday. Pilots from all over flocked to this beautiful valley to test every paraglider under the sun. The new EN-B Punk was handed our in abundance...
The Punk is our highest performing EN-B certified wing. It is agile and fun to fly in all conditions.
Stubai Cup 2018 we officially released our new high EN-B for demo. Our mission with the Punk is to put taste, control, and attitude back into gliders and it worked. Stubai gave us more amazing flying and we captured the money shots check out this video!
The Echo Motor is DGAC certified and unleashed in five sizes and three gorgeous colour schemes. With the advancement in technology and techniques, strength now comes in ever-lighter packages. The Echo Motor is for PPG pilots who appreciate the benefits of lightweight kit – the easy launch characteristics,...
Bruce and Kārlis are back in the BGD kitchen, this time discussing the Rock Technique: it’s a means of employing a rock to keep your wing in place while you get your kit ready, and can be very useful on windy launches. Subscribe to the channel and don't miss a beat. https://www.youtube.com/brucetube...
Inflating your wing and ‘feeling the air’ before you launch can tell you a lot about the conditions for the day. In Brucetube episode 7 Bruce explains why ground-handling is important for all pilots, whatever their skill level. Don’t miss an episode! Subscribe to our Youtube channel, www.youtube.com/brucetube....
Baseado no Cure, o Lynx é um predador XC aerodinâmico e completo. Sua refinada simplicidade o faz mais rápido, mais leve, mais elegante e competitivo, ao mesmo tempo que sua homologação EN-C oferece segurança para pilotos experientes.
Todos se divertiram este uno, graças ao lindo clima e às condições de voo. Apresentamos nossas novas velas, incluindo as novas da linha leve: Echo e Lynx. Rody venceu a competição de planeio voando um Diva e o time BGD escalou o Dent de Crolles duas vezes para ter o melhor visual do evento. Assistam...
Você já decolou e teve seu reserva acionado acidentalmente? Acredite, você não ia querer, mas aconteceu com Karlis, piloto do time BGD. Ele apresenta BUCETUBE EPISÓDIO 5, que é sobre como impedir que isso aconteça com você.
ACEITANDO PEDIDOS! O novo ECHO EN-B agora está disponível e estamos aceitando pedidos. A partir de 3,7kg, o ECHO é versátil. Despojado, de mente aberta e vestido para impressionar, o ECHO irá agradar todo piloto sobre o qual flutua! Disponível em 3 fantásticas cores, converse com seu dealer...
COMO VOCÊ SEGURA NOS BATOQUES? Tire um tempo e poste uma foto nos comentários abaixo. Seria muito legal pra nós ver todos os diferentes jeitos! Enquanto isso, assista ao último lançamento do Brucetube - VOANDO COM VOLTAS - Episódio 4! Da cozinha voadora, Bruce Goldsmith analisa as diferentes...
Am Samtag, dem 8. Juli 2017 ab 10:00 Uhr findet am Flugplatz in Crawinkel (Deutschland) die 2te Auflage der 1,5 Liter Challenge aus 2016 statt. Das Konzept könnte einfacher nicht sein. Wer der maximal 30 Starter kennt sein Equipment am besten und schafft die längste Airtime. Ausgerüstet mit...
Claudio Heidel Schemberger will face the great challenge of ' the world's most hard race ' flying the EN-C LYNX. Claudio says "it is a high-performance wing and even though it requires active piloting, I feel very comfortable with it. I believe that, while it will not be as fast as a two-line CCC, flying...
EPISODE - 3 Growing up Tyr Goldsmith was exposed to a lot of time at Take-off and the LZ. He took this opportunity to play with wings and practice ground handling, something we should all do a bit more. It could be in his blood, but according to Tyr it was due to his some 10 years of time under a wing...
Published on May 20, 2017Over the last 10 years paragliders have evolved a lot. Originally it was advised to fly with 20-30cm of brake on as the neutral position to keep the wing open. Now with modern paraglider designs it is best to fly with as little brake as possible. In episode 2, Bruce explains...
We are proud to announce Claudia Riquelme has joined our team and will be helping us manage Latin American sales. Claudia started flying in 1994 in her home country of Chile, and has over 16 years of experience as a professional journalist and translator specializing in paragliding and paramotoring....
The Super Paragliding Testival will be held 25 - 28 May 2017 in Kossen/Tyrol Austria. Come meet the team test our new paragliders and enjoy world class beer! See you there!
Dale Covington will be representing BGD in the USA with Rob Sporrer. Dale and Rob are the only two APPI master instructors in the US. Dale started paragliding in 1988 and opened his school in 1990. Based out of the Point of the Mountain, Utah, Dale will be integral in spreading our products across...
BruceTube é o nosso local para compartilhar a sabedoria e análise de acidentes de parapente, técnicas e conselhos gerais com o povo alado de todo o mundo. Estaremos fazendo upload de vídeos educacionais de parapentes todo mês, a fim de tornar nosso esporte cada vez mais seguro e ainda mais divertido....
Acabamos de receber um novo protótipo do DIVA! Estamos entusiasmados com desempenho e design. A DIVA é um trabalho em andamento e este proto XS tem 21 m2, 7.5 de alongamento, 4.95kg de peso total e 208.8m de consumo total de linhas.
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Esteja pronto para 2017 com o novo e brilhante calendário da BGD! Está cheio de fotos incríveis de nossos parapentes favoritos. Peça um ao seu dealer ou nos envie um email em sales@flybgd.com enquanto dura o estoque. Preço: 20 Euros O calendário está em formato paisagem, 480 x 335mm...
É assim que Bruce dobra seu parapente usando a nova capa concertina da BGD.
Damos as boas vindas à piloto chinesa Yan Chen à equipe de vendas da BGD! Ela é uma ávida piloto desde 2012, escritora, proprietária de uma escola de voo, consultora de desenvolvimento em paraglider e agora irá trabalhar conosco no mercado chinês. "Trabalhar diretamente com uma fábrica de parapentes...
Um brilhante curta sobre um paciente psiquiátrico que descobre a cura. Produzido e editado por Maeva Giacometti e Rody Guyot.
Cercado por um mar de parapentes da classe Open, Mathis Ruhl conseguiu que um parapente homologado EN-C ocupasse o 6° lugar geral na Classe Open e o primeiro lugar na categoria Sport do ranking francês de XC. Ele tem voado alguns triângulos FAI enormes no sul da França com o Cure. Até agora...
Parabéns a Zlatko Koren e Tomaž Bavdaž pelo 8° lugar no X-Pyr, voando de Cure EN-C! Somente a pé ou voando, eles conseguiram percorrer 256,5km através das montanhas mais adversas da Espanha durante uma das mais difíceis competições no mundo. Incrível!http://www.x-pyr.com/LiveTracking/Ranking.html...
Um pequeno vídeo sobre Tyr Goldsmith, de apenas 18 anos, competindo no US Nationals em Chelan,WA, vencendo sua primeira competição e seu pai, Bruce Goldsmith, que também chegou no pódio em terceiro! “Estou muito surpreso e não esperava isso de maneira nenhuma.” explica Tyr, “o melhor foi...
Parabéns a Tyr Goldsmith, de apenas 18 anos, por ganhar sua primeira competição e vencer seu pai, Bruce Goldsmith, que também chegou no pódio em terceiro! “Estou muito surpreso e não esperava isso de maneira nenhuma.” explica Tyr, “o melhor foi poder me manter junto a todos e até consegui...
Andreia Lopes voou no Cure até o topo do pódio no Campeonato Português em Montalegre. Apesar das difíceis condições de voo, ela voou 6 provas, das quais 4 foram validadas. Przemek Licznerski venceu o Aberto de Parapente da Hungria e Polônia na Classe Serial e se colocou muito bem na...
O Dual LITE é projetado para times de aventura em paramotor. Sua segurança performance e peso foram otimizadas para grandes voos de paramotor e longas viagens de paramotor. Tem as melhores características de decolagem e pouso, pilotagem e performance que conseguimos colocar em 6,35kg. Portanto,...
O Base Lite O Base Lite é o melhor parapente da classe Sport que jamais fizemos. Tendo como referecia o Base EN-B, o Base Lite acaba com todos os empecilhos de um parapente. Mais leve significa menos inércia, criando um aumento na performance geral, reduzindo os adoço frontais, aumentando a estabilidade...
O Dual foi projetado para pilotos comerciais e pilotos que tem o paramotor/paratrike como hobby, que usam esta aeronave como uma ferramenta segura para maximizar a experiência de voar com amigos, familiares e clientes. O Dual é certificado tanto DGAC como EN-B, sendo uma versátil vela para duplo...
Ano passado, as cores mais pedidas foram a Lava (Base EN-B), Kelp (Dual), Iceland (Adam EN-A) e Parrot (Wasp EN-B). Este ano são elas: Lagoon (Base), Reef (Dual), Mexico (Adam) e Peacock (Wasp). As cores mais vibrantes são as preferidas, então em 2016/17 veremos mais cores da BGD nos céus!
21 de Maio de 2016 trouxe um fluxo de ventos de sul sobre o sul do Alpes, possibilitando que os pilotos da BGD, Mathis Ruhl, Ant Green, Tyr Goldsmith e Bruce Goldsmith voassem até o norte doa Alpes em impressionantes voos cross country de 170 a 240km.Track do Tyr -airtribune.com/14952/tracks__40118/liveTrack...
Em 5 de Maio, Mathis Ruhl, piloto do time BGD, voou 270km através dos Alpes no seu Cure (EN-C), tamanho M. É um voo de dar inveja em qualquer piloto de XC. De cima a baixo, o CURE é um parapente turbinado, combinando a relação perfeita entre eficiência na subida e performance utilizável,...
O filme do Cure, com tomadas em Gordon, Greolieres, Sospel e Roquebrune, mostra como o Cure pode aliviar vários sintomas comuns do voo.
Após um inverno agitado, estamos contentes em anunciar que o CURE foi homologado EN-C nos tamanhos S (60-80kg), M (75-95kg), ML (90-110kg) e L (105-125kg). E nós conseguimos manter suas doces características em todos os tamanhos!CURE está homologado EN-C em todos os tamanhos
We are all head up to snowy Stubai valley for the Stubai Cup! It is going to be a blast!
After several years of development we are ecstatic to present the highest performing wing we have ever made. The EN-C Cure has passed certification with flying colours and is now available for pre-order. Enjoy!
Nature inspired and sure to attract customers, you will be seen with one of these new colour schemes. LIME - Mixed greens and reds REEF - Mixed reds and blues NECTAR - Mixed oranges and blues KELP - Mixed blues and reds ENJOY!
Matjaz Feraric and Jessica Goh have won the male and female 2015 Paragliding Accuracy World Cup (PGAWA) placing the BGD team at number one as well! Everyone is flying the EN-A ADAM and obviously the safe, predictable behavior has excelled in precision flying competitions. Well done Matjas and Jessica...
Durante o Fassa Fly Expo em Canazei, Itália, a equipe BGD aproveitou as condições de voo excepcionais. Voando um Tala Lite EN-C, Tyr seguiu seu pai Bruce Goldsmith (voando um Base EN-B na cor Aurora) em torno da Marmolada e outras montanhas vizinhas, usando uma follow câmera estabilizada por um gimbal....
Voando um EN-A ADAM, Matjaz Feraric ganhou a Copa do Mundo de Precisão na Alemanha e agora está na liderança do campeonato, mais uma vez. “Vitória para a equipe BGD, dois pilotos BGD no pódio, quatro no top ten e meu triunfo perfeito com os resultados que bateram todos os outros concorrentes.”...
O CURE será um parapente de ultra alta performance, certificado EN-C. Projetado com a marca registrada do Bruce, o Cord Cut Billow, e 54 mini-ribs no bordo de ataque, um alongamento plano de 6,75 e um peso total de 4,3 a 5,4kg. O CURE será otimizado para velocidade, planeio, térmicas e pilotagem....
Temos o prazer de anunciar que nosso amado EN-B BASE agora está homologado nos tamanhos S, M, ML e L, oferecendo uma faixa de peso de 60 a 120kg.O BASE foi projetado para leva-lo confortavelmente aos nossos picos clássicos em todo o mundo. Ele vai cuidar de você, enquanto você se aventura por lugares...
Vejam estas novas e formidáveis presilhas de batoque! Elas são presilhas leves e compactas, que conectam os batoques nos tirantes sem o menor esforço, através de um magneto de foco dentro do receptor, que segura o batoque em todas as direções, exceto para baixo, na direção do piloto. Nós simplesmente...
A tecnologia Cord Cut Billow foi desenvolvida para reduzir as rugas e a tensão nos painéis do parapente. Esta tecnologia melhora a estabilidade, durabilidade e o rendimento geral da vela. Dobrar um painel plano sobre um espaço 3D significa que haverá rugas e tensão. Bruce inventou o CCB para...
Ant Green leva seu sonho com o BASE o mais longe possível e acaba dormindo. A história do Base começa aqui, mas acaba com você. Queremos tentar um novo conceito de fazer filmes. Nós chamamos de “filme colaborativo”, por isso precisamos de sua ajuda. Gostaríamos t de ter clips de você voando...
Jay Kahyaoglu é um piloto de duplo em Oludeniz, Turquia, e nos manda suas impressões após uma temporada. Ele diz <o Dual> “está sempre sujeito a abrasões na decolagem e também no pouso… e, em termos de uso e desgaste, não há tecido rasgado ou danificado, nenhuma costura está estragada,...
Nosso BASE (EN/LTF-B), no tamanho M, foi homologado com louvor já no primeiro teste de voo! “Nos esforçamos muito para aperfeiçoar as características de segurança deste parapente. Estou muito feliz com o produto final”, comenta Bruce. O S, ML, e L seguirão em breve. Encomende um agora.
A final do PGAWC de precisão acaba de acontecer em Bali, onde os pilotos Valery e Matjaz ficaram em primeiro e segundo lugares, voando de BGD Adam. RESULTADOS FANTÁSTICOS, parabéns! http://www.pgawc.org/results/2014/03_INDONESIA_ALL_2014.pdf
Nesta curta-metragem, Bruce Goldsmith introduz o Fassa Fly Expo 2014, enquanto desfruta as condições épicas de vôo!
No alto de um platô sobre Grenoble na França, localiza-se a pequena aldeia de Saint Hilaire-de-Touvet, que sediou a 41a edição do festival da Copa Ícaro neste último fim de semana. Andando pelos exposição, era como se estivéssemos em uma fábrica de chocolates, com todas as maiores companhias...
Herminio leva seu Dual além do que pensávamos ser possível, de um modo divertido e tudo começou com um telefonema do Bruce.
This November in Mexico BGD team pilot Marko Hrgetić will fly his passenger Aaron Sanchez under a DUAL during the 2014 AEROTHLON competition (a paragliding, bike riding, and running triathlon). http://aerothlon.com
O Wasp recebeu a certificação DGAC para paramotor. O Wasp agora recebeu a certificação DGAC com uma faixa de peso maior do que para o vôo livre. O Wasp paramotor está equipado com tirantes de dupla conexão, com trimers para aumentar a velocidade máxima e ajustar o torque. O...
Alguma belas tomadas do Adam sendo usado na escola Flying Frenzy, no primeiro dia do aluno. Linda rampa gramada em Dorset!
Este filme mostra a moderna fábrica onde os parapentes BGD são feitos no Sri Lanka. Inclui belas imagens do corte a laser, do sistema de inflagem para inspeção e também das excelentes condições de trabalho na fábrica.
Charly Finsterwalder está se tornando o distribuidor exclusivo da BGD na Alemanha. O anúncio oficial foi feito neste fim de semana, durante o Super Festival de Parapente em Kossen, onde Charly e BGD compartilharam um stand. Tanto BGD quanto Charly estão muitos animados com esta cooperação. As duas...
Stop by and visit the BGD Team on the Super Paragliding Testival in Kössen taking place from 29.05.2014 to 01.06.2014. If there is bad weather, the alternative date will be 19.-22.06.2014. We will be there with a lot of demo gliders for you to testfly.We are looking forward to meet you there.
Um grande parabéns para David Chaumet por voar em seu Tala ML de Azinha, na Serra da Estrela em Portugal, até o norte de Segovia, na Espanha. David disse que ele e outros dois pilotos decolaram às 12:30 e que a condição estava estável no início, com uma inversão a 1500m, dificultando a saída...
News about BGD paramotor wings will now be kept up to date on a daily basis on the BGD Paramotor Blog.http://paramotor.flybgd.com/Picture shows the Luna22 is being tested now by the BGD team which is both faster, lighter and brighter than its larger brother, with the lovely new Brazil colour scheme....
Uma onda de euforia se espalhou pela BGD quando o primeiro Tala Caipirinha chegou. Não ficamos desapontados! Ótimas condições de primavera e uma vela de visual absolutamente deslumbrante. Bastante incomum e realmente se destaca da multidão. A produção do Tala na cor Caipirinha está...
O Dual Lite pesa apenas 6.35 kg e é uma delícia de voar. Durante o teste de carga o Dual Lite mostrou ser notavelmente forte ao suportar incríveis 8 x 300kg sem quebrar. Ambos os Adam ML e L impressionaram os pilotos de teste com sua combinação de desempenho e facilidade de uso....
Este curta-metragem mostra o nosso paraglider certificado EN/LTF-A, através da relação pai e filho na família Goldsmith. Tyr, o filho mais velho de Bruce e Arna, realiza um de seus primeiros vôos com o Adam, mostrando o quão seguro é o parapente. Se você não entendeu o Bruce, ache a legenda...
Nesta semana, o Adam M terminou os testes finais de certificação da EAPR na Alemanha. Tanto a certificação EN-A quanto a LTF-A foram completadas pelo Adam M. Os testes completados e aprovados foram os de carga e de choque, bem como as manobras em voo nos limites inferior e superior da faixa...
O Dual vem obtendo uma sólida reputação como um dos melhores duplos do mercado. Os comandos leves e a excepcional habilidade de enroscar em térmicas são o que normalmente impressionam os pilotos a princípio. Além disso, a ótima decolagem e pouso também fazem essa vela ser bem adequada...
We hope, that once again this year, the legendary micro-climate in the Stubai Valley, will bring us 3 days of flight- and test weather. Of course we will be there, to advise you personally, to answer all your questions and provide you with demo wings. We are looking forward to your visit....
O conceito do projeto Drop-off envolve voar de paramotor até o topo de montanhas com esquis, saltar e descer esquiando.
O Tala, entitulado "O Elegante", foi considerado como tendo controle de solo e comportamento inicial muito bons e foi o favorito de toda a equipe de teste. Em voo, a vela sólida e estável propicia uma resposta amortecida, transmitindo as informações ao piloto. Nas térmicas, o Tala tem um rendimento...
BIG congratulations to Leo Wayerbacher from Belo Horizonte in Brazil who broke his personal best, flying 195km from his local site on his Tala. This is the second longest flight ever in the Belo region and for sure the longest flight on a Tala up to now.One more time the Tala has proven his outstanding...
Segurança a cores. Seja como cria sentimentos, comunica mensagens, revela uma personalidade, ou apenas se destaca, a cor é importante. O ADAM, em quatro cores de lançamento, será visto. Voe seguro. Seja visto.
O padeiro Vincent Talleu vem produzindo vídeos muito engraçados já há alguns anos. "Vincent BGD Tala review" consiste em quase 10 minutos de uma alegre diversão, voando e analisando o Tala.
VOLER.INFO é a única revista online mensal sobre paraglider/paramotor no mercado. Tem um monte de valiosas informações sobre nosso esporte. http://www.voler.info/media/20131126A-volerinfo-news-BGD.pdf
Fifty Ways to Fly Better é essencial para todos os pilotos que querem alcançar o seu potencial. Ele está recheado com as últimas técnicas e pensamento de Bruce Goldsmith e alguns dos melhores pilotos e instrutores do mundo. O livro baseia-se nos valorosos 20 anos de Icaristics, a coluna bem conceituada...
O nosso piloto apoiado pela BGD, Matjaž Ferari?, ganhou o Paragliding Accuracy World Cup 2013! A competição foi muito disputada, vencida por apenas dois centímetros entre Matjaž e Goran. A competição foi decidida ao longo de 30 rodadas de pouso na mosca e em três países diferentes: Sérvia,...
Os primeiros Dual estão tendo excelentes feedbacks dos pilotos de duplo ao redor do mundo. Aqui estão alguns de seus comentários: Voei todas as velas de duplo que existem em Israel. O Dual é definitivamente a melhor pra mim. Belo trabalho, Bruce. Ohad Sahlove, piloto de duplo, Israel O...
O Dual traz um melhor nível de controle para pilotos de duplo. Permitindo controlar a vela em todas as situações, com menos força. Bruce chama isto de direção assistida, o que significa que os freios são sensíveis, propiciando excelentes respostas nas térmicas. O Dual completou a certificação...
Filmado durante um um voo incrível de Col de Blen até Saint-Vicent-les-Fort e um tour pelo vale em Morzine - França, este filme apresenta nosso parapente EN-C; o Tala. O Tala é para pilotos que buscam uma vela homologada EN-C acessível e de alta performance. O Tala é um ótimo parapente para...
Acabamos de receber nosso primeiro protótipo de nosso primeiro parapente EN-D: o Diva! Tivemos que arrancar a vela do Bruce, uma vez que ele se apaixonou perdidamente. Seu comentário: "Ontem, recebi o Diva e voei por 2 horas nas grandes montanhas austríacas. Com apenas 21 metros quadrados flat, a...
Tivemos um grande dia de voo em Moustieres-Saint-Marie, França e captamos estas imagens de nossa vela EN-B, o Wasp! Divirtam-se. O Wasp é projetado para o piloto que quer continuar a progredir depois de ter saído da escola de voo ou para o piloto recreativo que procura por uma vela segura e...
Nós testamos o comportamento reflex de nossa LUNA nos fortes ventos de Gourdon e ela reagiu conforme o esperado. Quando forçamos a vela para ultrapassar o piloto, o front não ocorre e ela volta para a posição de voo normal. Incrível! O Luna já está disponível para pré-encomenda....
Estamos felizes em ter David CHAUMET como parte de nossa equipe de vendas! Ele irá ajudar a gerenciar o departamento de vendas (França) para a BGD. David tem voado desde 1989 e fez parte da equipe francesa de parapente de 2002 a 2008. Ele tem vários títulos, incluindo um pódio no campeonato mundial...
This was during the monumental acro show for the FIA El Yelmo festival 2013. Ant Green went off first followed by a load of crazy acro pilots! It was a good show for the public!
Após uma longa viagem até Cortijos Nuevos na Espanha, Ant chegou para a 14a edição do festival FIA El Yelmo com condições de voo excepcionais. A organização decidiu realizar o evento um pouco mais cedo neste ano e realmente valeu a pena. Os pilotos foram recebidos com belas condições de primavera,...
We were pleasantly surprised to arrive to exceptional flying conditions during the APX event in Annecy, France. Hope to see you there next year!
Devido ao mau tempo Kossen foi cancelado, então estaremos seguindo para a terra dos sapos em busca de térmicas e queijos franceses! Venha nos encontrar em nosso stand e testar nossas asas.
Foto - Ant Green verificando uma vela demo em seu caminho para a APX. Tudo parece bem, exceto o clima!
Depois de uma viagem relâmpago de 24 horas até Villeneuve, para entregar Talas aperfeiçoados, chegamos em casa no sul da França com os olhos inchados e garrafas de champagne! O Tala S, ML e o Wasp S, M e L passaram todos na certificação! Agora estamos trabalhando em nosso parapente de duplo, o...
Eis porque nós fazemos parapentes - compartilhar o nosso mundo com outros.
A Green & Goldsmith tea party over Monaco... or filming a interview.
A primeira produção do Tala se espalhou mundo afora e estamos recebendo retornos muito interessante de distribuidores e clientes. Parece haver uma linha comum em suas experiências. Até agora 10 Talas M estão voando por aí e isto é o que 4 de seus pilotos disseram: - Tivoli, Roma,...
Nevou mais que o normal em Gourdon, deixando quase meio metro de neve na decolagem. Neste dia, fomos mandar umas manobras de acro no Tala para ver como ele se sai. É possível ver no vídeo que o SAT é muito bom, com uma taxa de queda incrivelmente baixa. O Tala também faz helicóptero, mas...
O Wasp foi divulgado com três novos esquemas de cores em relação ao Tala e um destes é o Coral. Acabamos de ver o primeiro e estamos todos muito satisfeitos com sua aparência. É uma nova combinação de cores fortes e pela reação aqui em torno, achamos que provavelmente será muito popular....
Hoje o Tala L completou os voo de teste com a Air Turquoise em Villeneuve na Suíça, aprovado como EN-C, no peso mínimo e no máximo, sem problemas. O S e o ML ainda faltam ser testados e ambos estão agendados para terminarem os testes em Março de 2013.
O teste de carga do Tala foi adiado devido ao mau tempo na Suíça no mês de Janeiro e também no início de Fevereiro. Finalmente, depois de três semanas de espera o Tala L foi testado em Payerne pela Air Turquiose, em 9 de Fevereiro de 2013. Ele foi até o impressionante pico de 1300 kg de carga....
O Tala não é projetado como uma vela para paramotor, mas queríamos testa-lo para termos certeza de que ele vai bem sob força. Eu instalei tirantes com trimer, para poder compensar o efeito do torque, mas devo dizer que não notei nenhum efeito do torque de jeito nenhum. Também voamos com o trimer...
Na semana passado, o Tala M passou nos teste de voo na Suíça com Alan Zoller. Recebeu B na maioria das categorias e um C no teste de curso de freio. O teste de curso de freio é a medida do curso do freio em centímetros até o início do ponto de estol. O curso deve ser maior que 60cm para...
Tenho recebido algumas perguntas de pessoas que tem tido dificuldades em adquirir o ‘SIV Bible’. Primeiramente você precisa de um iPad. Não é possível ler este livro eletrônico em um Mac ou iPhone no momento. A razão disto é que Mac e iPhone usam formatos diferentes do iPad. Apenas o...
Nosso estande em St Hilaire representou a BGD, a Airwave e o SIV Bible. Aqui Tyr, meu filho, pode ser visto controlando o tubarão de hélio da Airwave, que flutuou ao redor de nosso estande. Em St Hilaire tivemos os primeiros comentários sobre o novo esquema de cores do Tala. Houve uma esmagadora...
A partir de 20 de Setembro de 2012 todos os novos projetos de Bruce Goldsmith serão vendidos pela Bruce Goldsmith Design. Todos os projetos anteriores de Bruce Goldsmith continuarão a serem vendidos pela Airwave Gliders Ltd.