Is your gear working for you — or holding you back?
A comprehensive, independent assessment of all wings available on the market.
Fluid Wings is a recent brand on the market, focused on an innovative approach while staying attentive to the needs and feedback of the community, delivering products that combine fun, efficiency, and safety.
The Odin is a wing designed with feeling, simplicity, and safety in mind. Without a reflex profile, it behaves much like a classic speed wing while benefiting from parakite advantages thanks to its riser system that allows incidence-based control and a forgiving setup at steep angles. It offers intuitive handling, whether skiing or flying.
It was designed to be enjoyable and reassuring, without trying to impress with numbers. The Odin doesn’t push you to perform unnecessary maneuvers: it supports you without restricting you, remaining fun on every flight.
In the mountains, it truly makes a difference: its exemplary inflation—even on tricky launch sites—and its solid tension inspire genuine confidence. On steep, rocky, or uneven terrain, the Odin is exactly the wing you’re happy to pull out of your pack after a hike.
And since many naturally compare it to the Line, it’s worth clarifying: these are not the same wings. The Line is more high-performance and faster, but also less precise and more “loose.” The Odin focuses on clarity, feel, and piloting pleasure—a balanced blend of classical speedwings and parakites, a wing designed to make you smile, not to show off.
– Leo Balay
The Thor is a high-performance speedwing known for its steep, fast flight and impressive energy retention. It sacrifices some stability and forgiveness to achieve this level of performance, making it less well-rounded than more moderate wings. The Thor excels in smooth air and light headwind launches, delivering long, powerful swoops. It can be more challenging to launch in a tailwind, where extra care and running speed are required.
– Jordan Porter
The Loki 2 is an entry-level, recreational speed wing designed for speed riding, flying, and soaring.
Its hybrid construction balances weight, durability, and performance.
Easy inflation, precise control, and a strong flare make it confidence-inspiring and fun to fly.
Perfect for pilots from the training hill to advanced mountain terrain.
The Freya is a versatile, stable hybrid mini-paraglider for mountain descents, soaring, or proximity flying.
Its lower aspect ratio provides high passive stability and smooth, lively handling.
Wide trimmer range allows both efficient soaring and dynamic speed-wing performance.
Easy to kite, precise in flight, and suitable for all pilot skill levels.
! Thoses kind of “fidlock” toggle attachment can clip easily mid air, pilots should take care that they dont engage in unwanted circumstances !
The Fluid Wings reversible harness, produced by Sky Paragliders, is lightweight and converts into a spacious backpack ideal for hike-and-fly adventures. It offers high stability, low hang points for better handling, and comfortable leg straps. Built with quality materials and certified to 120 kg, it includes carabiners and optional airbag compatibility. Available in three sizes, it balances comfort, functionality, and safety.
Market leaders in paragliding for many years, they design products engineered to push the limits while delivering uncompromising precision and safety
The Rapido R3X is an ultra-versatile speedriding/flying wing, combining stability and safety with unmatched handling. Its lightweight fabric gives the best inflation characteristics on the market. Designed for those who need a wing that can do everything.
In the event of a collapse, the R3X reopens easily, with very little course deviation while skiing.
The ARC is the calmer, more durable version of the R3X, thanks to its thicker fabric. It is still an absolute joy to ride. You can compare it to a Spitfire Classic, but with more responsiveness and better glide.
It offers greater passive safety than the R3X and allows you to go out riding in more varied or potentially unpredictable conditions.
The Rapido 3 is a speed-flying oriented wing designed for experienced pilots. It offers a wide speed range, and exceptional brake responsiveness. Extremely agile and precise, it excels in couloir flying and tricky takoffs but requires solid skills. It combines speed, stability, and easy takeoffs.
The Atak 2 is a semi-light harness without a reversible backpack, designed for speed-flying and speed-riding. Compact and robust, it offers a smooth transition between standing and seated positions. It is available in size M or L (for pilots around 1m80+). It features metal buckles to open both the chest strap and the leg straps. It is up to the pilot to decide whether adding three extra steps to their preflight check is necessary.
SWING designs wings that are safe, innovative, and precise, combining German engineering with the joy of flying. Their philosophy is to make free flight accessible, high-performing, and inspiring for all pilots.
The Swing Mirage 2 RS is a highly performant and precise speed-flying wing. It offers excellent glide. Compared to models like the Ozone Rapido, it requires a more active piloting style and is aimed at experienced pilots. It favors performance over maximum forgiveness.
WAVE RS
This wing is close to a classic speed wing despite its high aspect ratio. Inflation is good if it is laid out properly. In flight, the wing is very playful and has a dynamic pop, making it a lot of fun.
Brake adjustment on the stabilo can give it Mirage-like responsiveness or less roll than a Line. It’s a wing that could be placed between a Line and a Moustache 2 in terms of energy retention and responsiveness.
! This type of “Fidlock” brake attachment is dangerous. Make sure it does not engage on its own near the ground!
SPITFIRE CLASSIC
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LEVEL
Level Wings offers playful wings focused on the fun and simplicity of flying, but they are less suited for demanding alpine terrain and big mountain flying.
Fusion v3
The Level Wings Fusion V3 has low attachment points and a low chest strap that ensure smooth forward leaning, making takeoffs on foot or steep slopes easier. It features many practical elements such as well-placed pockets, a speed-bar passage, an airbag option, and good back support, even though it remains simpler than some other models.
Poufs Bag
Level Wings makes the most efficient fast stach bags on the market.
Speedforce 20
The Level Wings Speed-Force 20 is a lively and high-performance two-person mini-wing, offering precise handling. Robust, it is well suited for speed-flying or takeoffs on foot or skis. However, it remains demanding and is recommended for experienced pilots, especially during landings.
FLAre
Flare is a German brand specializing in the design of performance wings, pioneering in parakites adapted to coastal conditions, strong seaside winds, and easy takeoffs like those at Kronplatz.
Line
The Line is the most high-performance parakite wing designed for speedflying. It offers exceptional speed on trajectory and an energy reserve that is hard to match. Developed with a clear goal: to be the steepest and fastest speed wing on the market while maintaining excellent glide.
It is a true performance weapon, designed for those who want to push limits on flat or steep, open terrain for swoops or freestyle landings. In short, if you love going fast and showing off during your passes, the Line is made for you.
But its DNA is very different from that of the Odin.
Its long control travel, extended line system, and reflex profile make it far less suitable for hike-and-fly or speedriding. Inputs can feel delayed and imprecise, which can be uncomfortable or even dangerous at the speeds it allows. It is far from the direct, practical, and reassuring feel of a wing designed for the mountains.
The Line was clearly created to push limits, but this pursuit of speed comes at the expense of feel and passive safety in alpine terrain. It is a wing for those who primarily want to fly as fast as possible, stay on well know easy sites, and sometimes show off during landing. It also appeals to pilots who enjoy technical specifications.
Conversely, if your priority is a wing that gives you confidence at the summit, with easy inflation, good tension, reactivity, and healthy precision, the Odin is more suitable: less speed, for sure, but more agility and pilot enjoyment.
– Léo Balay
Moustache 2
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Sky Paragliders is a Czech brand that offers a wing and a harness.
The Sky Paragliders Crux harness is an ultra-light model designed for speedflying and hike-and-fly. It easily converts from a backpack to a full harness, offering comfort, stability, and a dynamic flying position, while remaining modular with accessories such as a removable airbag.
A classic wing that can be described as a good copy of the Rapido.