How to take care of El Speedo equipment?

Safe usage of a paraglider is highly dependent on regular servicing and maintenance. If handled with care and stored appropriately, your paraglider can serve well for many years. Conversely, neglecting maintenance, bad storage and the use of unsuitable cleaning agents may significantly reduce the life of your paragliding equipment, or even make it potentially dangerous. […]

Technical information

Paragliders BOBBY (EN A paraglider) FREDDIE 2 (EN B paraglider) JIMMY 2 (EN B paraglider) OZZY (EN C paraglider) OZZY 2 (EN C paraglider) JANIS (EN D paraglider) DON ČÍČO (tandem EN B paraglider) OLIVIER (tandem EN B paraglider) Paragliding harnesses FUERTA WANAKA 2 CHOGORI (verze XC a Light, modely 2015) MT. COOK Rescue parachutes […]

Radio programming

In El Speedo shop, you can buy two-way radios for communication with your flying friends or any other hobby activity. And also you can use them during our courses or to be in connection with an instructor who is having a course during your individual flying at the same spot. The easiest way to get […]

Repairs

The need of a paraglider repair can be found during a technical inspection or just by yourself during a daily check or after a tree landing etc. When repacking a reserve parachute we can also find a need of repair of your harness. You can consult our instructors directly on the flying terrain or bring […]

Technical certificates

In the Czech Republic, every paraglider must also be issued the Technical certificate. This is a card with the model, size and the serial number of the glider on the front side and the records of periodical inspections on the rear side. It is blue A-type for certified paragliders and yellow Z-type for series-produced non […]

Glider periodic inspections

Technical inspections, also called two-year-check, of paragliders give their owners regular information about condition in which their gliders are. During an inspection, a glider can be repaired and amended for future safe flying. The strength of the canopy material, sewing integrity, strength and dimensions of lines and risers are checked both visually and by precise […]

Reserve parachute repacking


In the Czech Republic having a reserve parachute system on board is mandatory whilst flying higher than 150 m AGL. But this is the prescription and it does’t mean that in lower heights it wouldn’t work! The use of reserve parachute goes in several stages and some of the most important are pulling it out [...]