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What we do
We do two main categories of stuff. We are an art studio, which you can see at our main WindFire Designs site, or our studio blog. And we are a full service for all sorts of fabric wing repairs. We have been making our living repairing traction kites since the demand for that first started. We now offer to paraglider pilots the same high-quality and personal service that has made us such a benchmark for soft wing repair.
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Who we are
WindFire Designs was founded by Tim Elverston [me]. I grew up knowing that I have to make things to stay sane. I have designed and built high-performance kites and ram-air foils like the one above for almost 20 years now. I adore sewing, and I am the lead on quality and technique for all the repairs here. There are two of us that sew. Myself, and Paul Forrestel, who learned to sew and build kites here.
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Paraglider repair service by WindFire Designs
Until now, we have been piping our paraglider repairs through our kite repair service pages. I put up a few blog posts about the growing number of paragliders that come through here and started to get a lot of interest and work. I wanted to have a more committed presence in this area and a good URL so I launched this site.
Repair of paragliders was an absolutely natural progression for us. Structural integrity is directly related to precision and care. We thrive on details and we know soft wings inside and out.
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Points of quality we always follow
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Dimensionally perfect within < 1mm.
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OEM fabrics, needle sizes, threads and stitching.
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UV resistant cloth that will never gather dirt at the margins.
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Rapid and personal service with almost 20 years experience.
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Mostly internal patching to preserve all color and graphics.
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All reconstruction is dynamically stretch-compliant with the structure of your wing—never too stiff.
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Good-will and customer-oriented pricing and payment policies.
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We love what we do each and every day.
We guarantee everything we do
What we do is our life. In the case of paraglider repair, it's also yours. We guarantee every last millimeter of our work.
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How to get your paraglider repaired
- It's a great idea to email us initially. All advice is free and all our repairs are guaranteed forever. Having your email in our system is handy when the repair is complete.
- Print or fake our paraglider repair ticket. Please pack the ticket into the box with your wing.
- Pack your paraglider in a smallish box that you trust to make it here and back home to you.
- Send it to the address on our contact page.
- We'll email you as we begin work on your wing.
- Don't hesitate to ask for strange things. We pride ourselves on versatility.
How long will it take?
Turn around time should be within about one week. We can get busy, usually when conditions are best for flying. However, we do not charge extra for rush repairs. But we do ask that you only request rush if you really need it.
How much does it cost?
Our high skill level and low overhead keeps our prices very reasonable. We charge only by the hour and the average cost for paragliders is between $35 and $240. Material cost is usually negligible. We like hearing that our prices are awesome, so we keep them that way.
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Above is a Mac Para Eden 3 28 meter wing we repaired for Brian Haupt. Thanks Brian! You can see our repair on the port side of the wing. This complex damage was caused by a bridle line getting caught in the motor. Inside was major damage to the ribs and dribs and tow points, and the outside needed coverage because it had become fuzzy. It's dimensionally perfect. You can read about the process in this blog post.
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Below is another repair of a Dudek 27. Another instance of the line catching on something and ripping the canopy. This one was able to have the work done all on the interior. We use the triple-step stitch on this reconstruction because it is actually stronger than a straight stitch in this instance. If requested we can easily do the same work with straight stitching since this pattern is not found on the rest of the wing. Check out a little more about this repair at this blog post.
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