For the past few months we have been working on a fresh color scheme for 2009 and beyond, which will update just about every wing in our range next year. This is in addition to some entirely new wings that we are working on.

Getting the new colors and patterns decided and put into production was a huge amount of work… it’s hard to imagine how much really, unless you can witness the struggle… but we’re quite happy with the end result and we hope that you agree that it’s an improvement.

Once we had the designs and colors all changed and chosen on our computer screens, we put them into production and waited eagerly for their arrival from our factory. (Our design team is in constant contact with the factory, where it takes only a few days to create new patterns and complete a new prototype once we upload the design files). Once they arrived, it was off to the American Desert to capture some images of the new wings!

Matt Gerdes, Carson Klein (New Team Pilot), Cade Palmer (new Team Pilot), Loren Cox (Our Graphic Designer and Photographer), and John James (Logistics, support) all loaded up Carson’s truck and rallied down to Southern Utah to find some new landscapes to showcase the new designs. In classic Ozone style, we headed into the desert with a keen sense of adventure and a massive amount of camera equipment, and the knowledge that too much planning can deter a true adventure. By the end of the trip we had flown our gliders under and through Corona Arch in Moab, hucked our speed flying wings into the Grand Canyon in Arizona (and subsequently hiked out), and pioneered a few more creative launches around the Southwest US.

I’ve uploaded some of the photos here (more below) and you’ll be seeing more appear shortly in magazines around the world and very soon in our 2009 Paragliders Brochure, which will be available for download before the end of the year.

Cheers from Matt and All the Team!