Gradients lightweight construction changed paragliding. A worldwide trend of weight reduction in wing design has been set off. Now Gradient comes up to set new standards: the MONTANA. A wing that reconciles what never seemed to be reconcilable: the weight of a mountain-glider with durability, the handling of a freestyle-wing with safety, the performance of a XC-glider with agility. The MONTANAs conception follows Gradients philosophy: the balanced reduction to the essential. Ideas keep this design alive- the reason why it can be so pure. Perfection is a question of detail: for the MONTANA, just materials of highest quality have been selected. Only after testing all components on stability and reliability they are used in the company’s own production. Permanent control of quality by the Gradient-Team can be guaranteed. The MONTANA follows precisely to the pilot’s stearing activities and gives him a sensitive feedback from airmasses. Piloting is tacit agreement in an integrated whole. The MONTANA follows like a heartbeat. The versatility of the MONTANA makes this wing the choice of all kinds of pilots. The design of the low-weight harness X-LITE is perfectly coordinated with the MONTANA- a wing, which is already supposed to be stateof-the-art. (Tests: Gleitschirm Nr. 11/12 08 and Nr.10 08 / Parapente Mag Nr.120 / Vol Libre Nr.389)