Paia design seems to require greater and continuous airflow judging from the size of the draining outlets vs Orbit
Great shots, thanks! Pretty similar to trim tabs on a paraglider, certainly unique. Wouldn’t actually be that difficult to set up on any parawing bar. Maybe it’s completely different for single skins though.
Speak of the devil, looks like we’ll get a Gav review soon. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/y-YLlt7yelE
I love how the influencer crew say “changed the game” instead of “game-changers” now. They just can’t help themselves.
4 Likes
just picked up a crispy new 3.6m v1 Pocket Rocket. Any tips pumping onto foil, coming from a low aspect stump puller?
1 Like
good tips 
2 Likes
looking for advice specific to Pocket Rocket v1 
What’s the advice needed more especifcally?
pumping onto foil when there’s no bump assistance.
PRv1 behaves v differently - both where it likes to sit, and its bar pressure/nuance - to the low aspect stump puller I’m used to…..
They tend to want to go more upwind, even for take off in my case what I notice is you want to start take off pointing the board a bit more downwind, and the PR pumping to gain speed, as soon as you start to gain speed and flight, then track the board and PW upwind and it’ll gain speed more naturally, from my experience. Hope this helps.
thanks mate 
Also any pointers on hand position on the PRv1 bar when pumping up, be greatly appreciated
I know there’s a lot of ozone love for good reason their parawings are great but I’d like to put a big warning against the Ozone Mission Pack.
On just my 2nd use of it both the plastic strap locking tabs snapped (meaning the straps came out completely) To make matters worse Ozone are refusing to cover it under warranty.
For such an expensive bag from a big manufacturer this has been more than disappointing.
2 Likes
same type of quality issue as with the stash belt. they really need to step up
1 Like
That sucks. I’ve been disappointed in how much water it takes on. Have to use ziplock bags to keep the parawing inside dry and there’s always a pretty significant amount of water in mine by end of session. It works, but I don’t think it’s anything special. I prefer a camelback if I’m not going to have it waterproof.
1 Like
Yeah it really does, I was actually just on a trip to you home town (it was epic!!) and it happened on just the second session. It sucked at the time but I was pretty sure ozone would sort it out upon my return home so to get it knocked back is really poor form imo.
I can also echo on the 2 sessions I was able to use it, it also took on (and held) water.
You can use a dedicated PVC dry bag or heavy duty Ziplock inside the parawing bag (the ozone V2 comes in a nice backpack ).I carry the pack bandolier style (both straps taped together and across chest) with a side clip to prevent it from riding up.This way you can undo the sideclip and rotate the pack to your front.The pack stays attached at all times.
It would be nice to find a truly waterproof solution. @Dontsink I’ve wondered if a bandolier bike pack style would work nicely. I’m gonna keep scrounging for something that is a more thoughtless and robust solution than the wind industry seems to be providing.
Ive been pretty unimpressed with the options out there, and have been looking elsewhere too. for me the priorities would be:
- Storage big enough for a 5m parawing (but no bigger). I think this mandates 9-12L storage and obviously dimensions for the bar.
- Not a lot of faff to get my lines tangled in
- Strong enough that a fall (or many) isn’t going to tear it apart. I think this is a tough one when it has a waterproof compartment. The buoyancy of the compartment is going to want to rip it.
- A couple of secure front pockets. Ideally something that could hold a phone, water pouch, radio, or GoPro.
- Sits high enough for a stow belt around the waist.
- No bounce - this is where the trail running packs are good.
- Nothing exists, but it would be amazing if this were incorporated into an impact vest with a little bit of floatation.
- Not sure the back compartment needs to be waterproof - can put the parawing in a waterproof bag.
This one looks kind of interesting, but can’t vouch for anything without trying it.
https://www.nnormal.com/en_US/men/bags-accessories/linea.rvt0/nnormal-modular_trail_vest_beige-NA1M
A few others that Ive come across
I would add to that decent paddle attachment straps - possibly diagonally so that the paddle sticks up / down less. Also key is the waist strap attachment points - these seem to be the most vulnerable points in a wipe out and need to be well reinforced and spread over a large area to dissipate crash loads.
1 Like
@drc13 that sucks about the bag! It might be a batch issue - we have two of the suckers and never had buckle or waterproofing issues. Hope you had a sick trip btw.
3 Likes