Because some advanced riders fly their parawing for less than one minute before stowing it for a 45 minute single send downwind, they are served by the Maliko 2’s performance, very different from my far lesser downwind skills being served by the super rapid deploy performance of the Ka’a, different from what any of us are best served by if we’re riding long distances upwind to access our downwind run on the Kanaha.

To serve these riding differences, we dug crazy deep to further refine line lengths and arc shapes affecting power vs. responsiveness, panel count and resulting line count affecting performance flying vs. packing, canopy and patching materials and spliced vs. sleeved bridle line types affecting stow comfort and pack size vs. deploy speed, line tangle, shrinking, durability, and safety, as well as entirety re-imagining and re-developing our bar systems.

Contrary to our new bar’s simple appearance, its precise functions are integral parts of the the advancements in power delivery and wing stability for this second generation of performance. The “B” bridle lines now connect to a yoke of fixed geometry that controls the exact nature of B-position travel relative to the A and C lines in order to adjust the mid and rear canopy profile sections independently at differing angles of attack.

Sheeted-in to higher AOA, the yoke accelerates activation of the C lines into the canopy rear profile to boost responsiveness, with lesser B line activation into the canopy mid profile to reduce stall. At medium AOA, the yoke supports a profile optimized for parawing power, with loading more evenly across the bar for improved ergonomics. Sheeted-out to lower AOA, the C lines allow full depower of the canopy rear profile, while the yoke activates a governor on B-line trim for multiple new performance gains.

Governing the B line trim puts a limit on mid canopy profile changes, achieving rock solid stability into radically higher power ranges. Crossing over from our many year tuning power in our kite designs, the B governor retains a prescribed amount of power that’s new to parawings, for more consistent pull getting onto foil, and upwind drive once on foil.

Completely unlike bar systems where the wing’s power in the B and C lines pull the bar to an increasingly uncomfortable eventual right-angle, the yoke’s precise geometry controls the point at which the B governor engages, eliminating all excess pressure on the bar’s trim angle by aligning all B line pull together with the A lines to the front bar connection. Not having the parawing’s power pull the bar to uncomfortable angles is a huge step forward in parawing riding ergonomics.

With the improved stability and comfort to now ride into higher power ranges, we added space at the front bridle bar connection to allow hand positioning balanced on the center of power. The improved handling feedback in the power loading to the back of the bar from the new B line yoke allowed us to sustainably reduce the bar’s total length for great gains in stow/deploy performance.

The best possible strength-to-weight all-carbon construction, with an ideal texture and durometer grip, in an optimized finished diameter, with as much positive buoyancy as possible, in as compact a length as possible, with streamlined, light, strong, reliable and durable bridle bar connections, and a yoke system that functions fully without adding tangle points, color coding added to the front lines and canopy; We’ve obsessed on every detail to make our connection to the wind’s energy a natural extension of our boardriding.

We sincerely thank you for your support of all our work and hope you’ll continue having as much fun on the water as we are!