The Uli Biaho Spire and the Trango Towers are situated in the heart of the Karakoram Mountain range in Pakistan. Due to their shape these granite peaks are truly iconic. Together with his climbing buddies Ale (Alessandro) Baù and Fra (Francesco) Ratti, La Sportiva-athlete Leonardo Gheza went on a climbing expedition to this unique, remote mountain…

For the 15th time NOVA awarded their pilots of the year. This honour is not only awarded for outstanding sporting achievements, but also for commitment to paragliding in general, the team and the brand. Toni Brügger and Joe Staub from Switzerland were honoured, as well as three German flatland pilots: Team Captain Thoralf Hase as well as Swabian…

Paul Nagl is our Head of the service department. With his girlfriend Julie, he is currently taking a sabbatical and making his dream of a really big trip come true. The two have a paraglider and climbing gear in their luggage with the plan to use both as often as possible. In Part 1 Paul reports about their experiences in Colorado and Utah.

Pierre Rosén is our distribution partner in Sweden – and a pretty unusual character. When Team Pilot Vera Polaschegg visited him last time, they had an interesting chat, talking about flying in Sweden, paragliding in general, the old and the new XENON (he flew both) and what he does in winter.

At noon on 15 May 2022, South African Pierre Carter paraglided from South Col (7.950 metres) on Mount Everest and landed near the settlement of Gorak Shep. The 56-year-old adventurer is the first paraglider pilot to take off from Everest with permission from the Nepalese authorities. So far, only three teams have been able to fly from Mount…

Long-awaited and postponed again and again due to Corona - eventually it finally worked out: the NOVA Flatland Team (NFT) met in Siegritz (Frankonia) at the beginning of May to winch-tow and celebrate together! Ralf Böhm reports on an extraordinary weekend with lots of flying, laughter, barley juice and more...