NEO and IBQ Textiles: Pioneering Product Innovation
The French brand NEO, renowned for its innovative approach to paragliding and outdoor adventure gear, has partnered with IBQ Textiles to incorporate the cutting-edge TEPPANYAKI fabric into their latest product line. This collaboration marks a significant step forward in merging high-performance sports equipment with the latest advancements in textile technology.
TEPPANYAKI is crafted from a unique blend of 81% High Tenacity Polyamide and 19% Dyneema®, offering a rare combination of durability and lightness, weighing just 110 gsm. Its robust construction ensures excellent abrasion and snagging resistance, vital for the demanding conditions of outdoor sports. Additionally, the fabric's high tear strength and quick-drying properties make it ideally suited for NEO's range of gear, which demands both comfort and resilience.
The incorporation of TEPPANYAKI into NEO's products like fairing chairs, backpacks, and footwear exemplifies a shared commitment to quality and innovation. This fabric not only enhances the physical performance and longevity of the products but also aligns with both brands' ethos of sustainability and superior functionality. With this partnership, NEO and IBQ Textiles are setting new standards for outdoor and protective gear, tailored to meet the needs of adventurers who rely on their equipment in diverse and challenging environments.
Stay up 2.0: strong, efficient, ultralight pod harness
The StayUp 2.0 harness has been enhanced while maintaining the qualities that built its reputation. It continues to use the durable ripstop Dyneema fabric, known for its resilience over the past five years. This updated version was co-developed with ambassadors Max Pinot and Tim Alongi, leveraging their feedback and the ability to make daily modifications due to their proximity. The harness retains the design of the Promodel used in recent demanding competitions like the X-Alps, ensuring comfort, stability, and precision in flight.
Significant improvements include a redesigned NEO seat and bucket seat for increased comfort and precision, especially during accelerated flight. The harness is also lighter, now under 2kg, due to the use of 80% ripstop Dyneema and HMPE webbing, emphasizing both lightness and durability. Adjustments have been simplified, with fewer needed while enhancing comfort and fit to various body types. Wear-prone parts like the pod closure and carbon footplate are easily replaceable, increasing the harness's longevity.
Overall, the StayUp 2.0 is suitable for both experienced pilots and those new to pod harnesses, perfect for both competitive and everyday flying due to its balance of weight, durability, and comfort.
String 3.0: ultralight chair
The third generation of the String, NEO's ultralight paragliding harness. It is the ideal companion for mountain hikes, high altitudes and travel. The String is compact, light and comfortable, making it an unobtrusive companion, both in the air and on the ground.
Rescue backpack: A totally innovative solution for practicing two-seater paramountaineering
The NEO Rescue Backpack is a versatile creation designed to integrate seamlessly with any mountain harness, highlighting the innovative use of lightweight Dyneema fabric. This backpack serves both as a rescue container and a practical hiking accessory. Pilots can easily place it over their harness, connect the rescue bridles to the spreaders, and take off, ensuring safety with its accessible, safe, and effective design. When hiking, the passenger carries the Rescue Backpack, adding convenience and reducing the pilot's load.
In flying mode, the tandem rucksack is stored in a separate compartment, and there is an additional bag for storing both the pilot's and passenger's poles, which connects to the passenger’s waist strap for easy access. For hiking, the rescue bridles are neatly tucked inside the back pocket, and a cover not only protects the backpack but also the rescue handle, with holders for hiking poles integrated into the backpack cover.
The use of Dyneema fabric significantly reduces the weight of the backpack, making it an ideal choice for tandem pilots who prioritize safety and functionality in both hiking and flying modes.
Lite Backpack: Simple and durable ultralight rucksack
The NEO Lite Bag, distinguished by its use of the hyper abrasion-resistant NEO Dyneema fabric, known as the TEPPANYAKI fabric from IBQ, brilliantly balances weight, ergonomics, and durability. This fabric is purposefully developed to reduce weight while increasing durability, making the bag unparalleled in its class. Available in 30, 50, 70, and 90 liters sizes, the bag is tailored to a variety of needs and preferences.
Additionally, the NEO Lite Bag is designed with specific versions for women and men to enhance comfort. It features an ultra-light design that incorporates the NEO load system, where shoulder straps are connected directly to the bag’s load system rather than being attached at the base of the back, which is typical in conventional designs. This innovation, coupled with ergonomic back and waistbelt designs and trail-running type shoulder straps with bottle holders, especially in the 70L version, ensures comfort during extended use.
