Many Standards Head protection - a critical element for any activity where the head may impact another object. This protection helps to deflect and absorb the force of the impact, reducing the damage suffered by both skull and brain. In an attempt to establish a baseline level of protection, a variety of activity specific standards …
Continue reading Get your head in the game: Paragliding and Helmets – EN 966, EN 1077, ASTM 2040
Fishing upstream for quality In the quest to generate better quality video, one must look as far upstream as possible to get the best bang for the buck. A well edited video is only as good as the source footage. Lens quality, sensor capability, resolution, frame rate, and compression algorithm of the camera all play …
September comes to a close, bringing with it the start of autumn. In accompaniment is the foremost trade show of the paragliding world, the Coupe d'Icare in St. Hilaire de Touvet, France. A wide swath of vendors and manufactures attend the CdI to hawk wares and provide glimpses of pending product releases - the latter …
Continue reading Gin Explorer: A lightweight successor to the Carrera Plus paraglider?
Can you hear me now? On the ground, everything on the radio comes through clear and concise. But once in the air, we can't make out a thing. The 30+ kph relative wind has a tendency of messing with the best laid plans. If after experimenting with location and orientation we find that things …
Continue reading Paragliding Equipment Considerations: Comms Part 4 – Headsets
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