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Are you folding well?

Posted by Stuart, March 5th, 2010

  Do you always fold up your glider in exactly the same way? Something to do with how we fold our wings was brought to my attention recently after testing a relatively new zulu for  prosity. Ninety nine percent of the wing was in excellent condition, yet sadly one small part of the leading edge failed the test ...

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Posted by Stuart, February 23rd, 2010

Mike and Stu hard at work in the office.  March 2nd, 2010 February 2010:  Last week’s picture.

A land lost in time

Posted by Stuart, February 18th, 2010

    I have just returned from the Andaman Islands where I was asked to skipper ‘Discovery’, the yacht that we sailed around Tonga on last year. The Andaman Islands belong to India and are located on the Eastern part of the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean. These islands are without a doubt the least ...

Pierre Avoi

Posted by Stuart, December 5th, 2009

Two years ago we acquired a beautiful lodge which has been great, but we have also started to feel that we have grown too quickly and that a certain amount of our personal touch has been lost due to the size of the groups that we can now cater for. Because of this we have ...

BHPA school

Posted by Stuart, December 4th, 2009

Verbier Summits is now an official BHPA school and Stu Belbas is now a BHPA Senior Instructor. Up until now we have been able to complete the BHPA syllabus, but now students can not only learn the BHPA way with us, but actually go home fully qualified. Furthermore, due to our fantastic training site, we ...

Am I flying the right wing?

Posted by Stuart, November 11th, 2009

The question of what wing to recommend to people has recently become a topic that has plagued my mind. For quite some time now I have said that too many people fly a DHV 2, (or LTF 2) wing who really should be flying a 1-2. So what is that has brought this question back ...

Like The Fine Fillets Of a Deep Sea Fish

Posted by Stuart, October 11th, 2009

‘If the winch sank to the bottom of the ocean right now it would have all been worth it for this one flight’, said Gavin with a playful and mischievous grin. It was quite a statement considering what he had gone through over the previous year to get the winch sent across the world. It ...

Photo Competition

Posted by Stuart, October 11th, 2009

We are offering you the chance to win a Free week with Verbier Summits in 2011! Upload a photo on this blog that sums up your perfect Alpine flying experience before September 30th 2010. The winning picture will win a free holiday with us here in Verbier in 2011. Terms and conditions: Only two photos per applicant. Photos must be ...

Verbier….the perfect place to learn to fly

Posted by Stuart, September 11th, 2009

Learn to paraglide Verbier is quite literally the most ideal flying site that I have ever seen to learn to fly. We have two perfect training hills, a ridge that reliably works for ridge soaring and two top landing locations. Beginners can start with small hops and rapidly progress to longer flights. Our top to bottom ...

A site for novice XC pilots

Posted by Stuart, September 10th, 2009

Pilots who are looking to start experiencing XC flights can experience breath-taking Xc flights without ever leaving the safety and comfort of our valley. A typical flight like this will take a fairly low airtime pilot from green pastures to snow fields and over Alpine lakes and quite often up onto the stunning glacier….and always ...

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