My company ASAGIRI SA, which I left at the end of 2025, was born thanks to the Japanese paragliding brand FALHAWK. This paragliding pioneer, with AILES DE K and ITV, stopped its production in 2000. Since then, FALHAWK has been distributing many important European brands in Japan.
At the request of FALHAWK, ASAGIRI SA was created on February 13, 1992, by Éric VIRET, several loyal friends and me…
I was already in charge of the distribution of FALHAWK and SUP’AIR, since the beginnings of paragliding in 1987 within JDC ELECTRONIC in Yverdon.
I am still very close to Yoshiki OKA, director of FALHAWK, pilot and competition organiser, senior official of the Japanese free flight federation and member of the FAI.
With ASAGIRI SA, we have ensured the distribution and after-sales service of SUPAIR harnesses for thirty years. I was even part of the new product development team for several years with the late founder of SUPAIR, Pierre Bouilloux.
The passion and the bonds created remained strong, despite the changes. Life is not a long quiet river…
Eric Laforge
