20 YEARS – People – Arne Wehrlin

20 YEARS – People – Arne Wehrlin

The head of skywalk paragliders. The 52-year-old has been in the paragliding business for almost three decades, but he is not a bit tired yet. You can say his motivation increases at the same time with experience. Arne is never too busy for any job and always gives...
20 YEARS – TX-Light Material

20 YEARS – TX-Light Material

Setting new standards… With the release of the CAYENNE6 we were using our new developed TX-Light-Cloth for the first time. The cloth has truly outstanding properties. The TX-Light (TX stands for Triple-X) is based on the extremely aging-resistant X-Light...
20 YEARS – People – James Noh

20 YEARS – People – James Noh

Developed in the Alps – produced in Asia. James Noh has been in the paragliding business for a long time. He began in the 1990s with the South Korean paraglider manufacturer “Edel”.First-generation paraglider pilots still remember the brand with the...
20 YEARS – People – Paul Guschlbauer

20 YEARS – People – Paul Guschlbauer

Pilot, designer, employee, adventurer, athlete – but most of all: a true friend of the company. Paul Guschlbauer has been by our side for over a decade. On May 10th, 2010 Paul started working for skywalk in the R&D-Department and as a test pilot. Always...
20 YEARS – Headquarter

20 YEARS – Headquarter

More space for innovation In 2012 we moved to the new company building in Marquartstein after the old building was literally bursting at the seams. With the Hochgern as the local mountain and the landing area in front of the door, this is the ideal location to...
Behind the scenes – SH*T HAPPENS – JB Chandelier

Behind the scenes – SH*T HAPPENS – JB Chandelier

JB Chandelier about his latest video project: SH*T HAPPENS…Many years ago I watched an old cartoon-commercial from Red Bull. The story was a guy walking on the street and a bird took a shit on him. So he drank a can of Red Bull which gave him wings and flew over...
20 YEARS – People – Peter Müller

20 YEARS – People – Peter Müller

Obsessed with details.What Peter Müller begins, he pursues excessively. He actually came to skywalk through FLYSURFER, because his first contact with the company came from Peter’s kite career. The tinkerer was initially under contract with FLYSURFER as a kite...
20 YEARS – Jet Flap Technology

20 YEARS – Jet Flap Technology

How do you improve the slow flight characteristics of a paraglider? and can you control the delicate stall point more easily? The aerospace industry provides a model with the slotted flap. The system, which keeps airplanes flying at lower speeds during take-off and...
20 YEARS – How it all started

20 YEARS – How it all started

“20 years is a very long time, comparable to a whole generation. Nevertheless, there are always short, decisive phases that determine the direction of a company. When I look back, the most important moments at FLYSURFER were when new employees joined the...