Anyone who knows Wolfi Lechner personally, values him very much. Wolfi is best characterised as decent, fair, respectful of others and completely trustworthy. His heart is huge and his word is his bond. Since February 2021, Wolfi has been able to enjoy his newfound free time in retirement. We would like to take this opportunity to say THANK YOU…

Nicola Donini is one of the rookies in the Red Bull X-Alps 2021. But in spite of his young age, the 24-year-old is everything else than inexperienced - he is a highly accomplished acro pilot (five times Italian champion) as well as a superb comp pilot (Italian champion 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017). In 2018, he came in 2nd in the PWC Superfinal –…

Really good ideas are often very simple - NOVA introduces a real innovation with the launch of its new PRION 5 training wing, the Brake Travel Indicator (BTI). This is a coloured coating of the brake lines with a colour gradient from green to yellow to red. Paragliding newcomers thus get a visual aid as to how far they are pulling the brake lines…

Recently we surprised by announcing the development of a new lightweight EN-D 2-liner, developed for the Red Bull X-Alps 2021, which will be flown by Théo de Blic and other athletes. Pilots who regularly fly at Stubaital (AUT) or Bassano (ITA) might have observed this project’s progress. The latest prototype brought NOVA another step forward and…

Harnesses for the Red Bull X-Alps should be one thing above all: VERY LIGHT. Our new harness ARTUS should be quite good in this respect. The weight of the current prototype is 1044 grams – including protector, footplate, rescue container and soft-links! For reasons of robustness, it could turn out to be slightly heavier for the actual…

Some of the worlds best cross-country pilots are in the NOVA Pilots Team - along with people like you & me. Together we have collected the 30 most important tips for successful cross-country flying. This is the last tip in our series, and it's definitely a good one.

Irene Weijers and Remie Denehy love to explore new places. Preferably by means of a big adventure. One thing threaded through their life story is… the mountains! Originally Remie came from Australia and Irene grew up in the mountains of Panama. Now they both live in the Zillertail in Austria. In September 2020 they were gripped by the travel bug…

Some of the worlds best cross-country pilots are in the NOVA Pilots Team - along with people like you & me. Together we have collected the 30 most important tips for successful cross-country flying. According to tip #29 you should definitely know different flying styles and adapt them to your current altitude.

Last season, Urs Haari won the Cross Country Cup in the Sport Class (paragliders up to EN C) of the Swiss Cross Country Championships for the fifth time. According to the rules of the Swiss Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association (SHV), the pilot who wins this Challenge Cup three times in a row or five times in total is allowed to keep it. Urs…