THE PASSION | since 1992
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…
Eric LaforgeThe paraglider
Eric LaforgeSome elements to know my story…
For 33 years, I led the company ASAGIRI SA.
Since the beginning of 2026, it’s retirement!
Reached by the age limit (64 and a half years!), I am happy to hand over to my 3 faithful collaborators who will continue to develop maintenance, repair and industrial sewing activities under the name of parailes.ch
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…
I flew a bit in delta wing in 1984 (10 flights, 2 crashes, one of which was in a corn field!), then I quickly moved to paragliding which…
In 1987, with my company at the time, JDC ELECTRONIC SA, we started importing Japanese FALHAWK paragliders. In 1992, I founded ASAGIRI and continued the adventure! We managed…
I was attending the 1988 World Hang Gliding Championships in Bright, Australia. I had with me one of the very first paragliders of the Japanese brand FALHAWK. I…
An exceptional day when I was participating in the national championships in Porterville in 1991. I was flying one of the best gliders of the time, an APEX…
An exceptional day when I was participating in the national championships in Porterville in 1991. I gain altitude and head towards Bumpy Peak. I observe the knot: a…
An exceptional day when I was participating in the national championships in Porterville in 1991. I was flying along the ridge, when I saw a blue paraglider low…
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