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Niviuk Hook 6 – Where Innovation Elevates Every Flight

Introduction: A New Era of Accessible Performance

The Niviuk Hook 6 represents a powerful evolution in paragliding design, merging precision engineering with intuitive control to create a glider that elevates both confidence and performance. Every contour, material choice, and aerodynamic innovation contributes to a smoother, more stable flight experience. From takeoff to landing, the Hook 6 transforms how intermediate and progressing pilots experience the sky.Niviuk Hook 6 paraglider

Unlike typical EN-B wings that compromise between safety and excitement, the Niviuk Hook 6 balances both effortlessly. It offers a thrilling glide ratio, precise handling, and an exceptional level of safety, making it the perfect companion for pilots looking to grow their skills without sacrificing peace of mind. With this model, Niviuk once again proves that advanced technology can—and should—be accessible to all.

Why the Niviuk Hook 6 Is a Game Changer

Every generation of the Hook series has embodied evolution, but the Hook 6 takes that concept to new heights. Engineered with cutting-edge materials and refined internal architecture, this wing offers improved stability, a lighter structure, and a more dynamic response in active air. It’s designed to ensure that every pilot, from newly licensed to experienced cross-country adventurers, enjoys total control and comfort.

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Niviuk Hook 6 paraglider Design Philosophy: Intuitive Control Meets Refined Stability

The Niviuk Hook 6 was conceived with a simple goal—to make the skies feel closer, safer, and more exhilarating. By focusing on predictability, feedback, and balanced performance, Niviuk’s design team has created a wing that feels alive yet never unpredictable. The Hook 6 lets you explore new horizons without ever feeling overwhelmed.

A Wing That Reacts with You, Not Against You

Niviuk’s advanced RAM Air Intake System ensures that pressure inside the wing remains consistent even during turbulence, maintaining canopy stability in demanding conditions. This feature improves overall performance by ensuring the wing maintains its shape and lift across varying speeds and thermal intensities.

In addition, the Optimized Internal Structure (OIS) distributes tension evenly throughout the canopy. The result? Enhanced durability, reduced wear, and greater resistance to deformation during prolonged use. It’s not just a wing—it’s a dependable partner that evolves with your piloting skills.

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Technology and Construction: Precision from Every Stitch

Lightweight, Yet Built to Last

Engineered with Porcher Skytex 38 and 32 fabrics, the Hook 6 achieves the ideal balance between durability and lightness. The upper surface uses a high-density fabric for increased protection, while the lower surface incorporates a lighter weave for improved handling and portability. Whether you’re launching from grassy hillsides or alpine takeoffs, the glider remains resilient and responsive.

The internal diagonals and load-bearing ribs have been redesigned for optimal strength-to-weight ratio. This structural precision enhances both the wing’s performance and its lifespan, ensuring it retains shape and responsiveness over hundreds of hours in the air.

Enhanced Line Geometry for Predictable Handling

Niviuk refined the line configuration in the Hook 6 to reduce drag while improving pilot feedback. The simplified line plan minimizes resistance and increases overall efficiency. As you transition between thermal cores or perform precision turns, the lines transmit subtle yet vital information to your fingertips—enhancing your connection with the air.

Moreover, the shark-nose profile maintains internal pressure even during accelerated flight, reducing pitch oscillations and improving energy retention during turbulence or transitions.

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Pilot Experience: Where Confidence Meets Freedom

Smooth Takeoffs, Effortless Landings

Takeoffs become remarkably intuitive thanks to the Hook 6’s smooth inflation behavior. The canopy rises progressively and symmetrically, requiring minimal correction input. It builds lift predictably, allowing for easy control even in low-wind or challenging conditions.

Landings are equally forgiving. The Hook 6 maintains impressive energy in the flare phase, providing a soft, controlled touchdown. Whether you’re performing a spot landing or descending after a long cross-country flight, the glider’s behavior inspires confidence every time your feet meet the ground.

Comfort Through Every Transition

Long flights demand not just performance, but comfort—and that’s where the Hook 6 shines. The wing’s damped roll and pitch behavior significantly reduce pilot fatigue, allowing you to focus on navigation and strategy rather than constant correction. It feels smooth, yet alive—transmitting only the information you need to make smart, instinctive decisions in flight.

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Performance: Engineered for Ambition

Climb Like Never Before

In thermals, the Niviuk Hook 6 responds with agility and grace. Its excellent climb rate ensures you gain altitude quickly, while the refined handling lets you center thermals precisely. Even in weak lift, the wing maintains efficient performance, enabling longer, more rewarding flights.

Glide Efficiency That Redefines Distance

Cross-country pilots will appreciate the improved glide ratio of the Hook 6. By reducing parasitic drag and refining the airfoil, Niviuk has created a wing that maintains lift efficiently across speed ranges. The speed system operates smoothly, allowing pilots to extend glide performance without compromising safety or control.

Stability in Active Air

Turbulence can challenge any pilot—but the Hook 6 absorbs and communicates air movements with remarkable clarity. It remains stable and forgiving, reducing unwanted oscillations and providing reassuring feedback. This balance of security and responsiveness is what makes the Hook 6 ideal for progression and adventure alike.

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Highlight Features of the Niviuk Hook 6

• EN-B Certification: Ideal for progressing pilots seeking advanced performance with certified safety.

• Lightweight Design: Perfect for hike-and-fly or travel without sacrificing durability.

• RAM Air Intake System: Ensures pressure stability for consistent performance.

• Optimized Line Geometry: Reduces drag and improves handling precision.

• Porcher Skytex Construction: Combines durability, flexibility, and lightweight performance.

• Smooth Inflation & Easy Launch: Simplifies takeoffs in various wind conditions.

• Responsive Handling: Offers direct, intuitive feedback without overreacting.

• Excellent Glide Ratio: Maximizes efficiency for longer cross-country flights.

• Comfortable and Forgiving: Reduces fatigue on extended flights.

• Long Lifespan: Engineered for resilience and sustained structural integrity.

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Ideal Use: Who the Niviuk Hook 6 Is For

The Hook 6 is designed for pilots who have already gained experience with beginner wings and are ready to explore more dynamic and longer flights. It’s a natural progression for those seeking a glider that allows skill development while maintaining maximum safety margins.

It’s ideal for:

• Intermediate pilots transitioning from EN-A wings

• Cross-country enthusiasts aiming for efficiency and distance

• Recreational pilots seeking stability and fun

• Hike & fly adventurers needing a lightweight, versatile setup

• Instructors who want a reliable teaching tool for advancing students

This wing adapts seamlessly to your flying ambitions—whether you’re soaring locally or chasing new horizons beyond familiar valleys.

Niviuk Hook 6 – The Evolution of Precision and Comfort

Advanced Aerodynamics: The Science Behind Effortless Flight

When Niviuk designed the Hook 6, every aerodynamic detail was meticulously refined to offer harmony between lift, stability, and performance. Rather than simply upgrade the previous version, Niviuk’s engineers reinvented the internal structure to enhance energy retention, pitch control, and efficiency across all speed ranges.

The Refined Shark-Nose Profile

At the core of this transformation lies the Shark-Nose profile, a defining aerodynamic element that gives the Hook 6 its characteristic smoothness. This profile maintains consistent internal pressure throughout changing angles of attack, ensuring stability during accelerated flight. The result is a glider that feels exceptionally balanced and resistant to collapses, even in turbulent thermals.

The aerodynamic progression ensures pilots experience minimal pitch movement, maximizing climb efficiency in thermal cores. Moreover, energy management becomes seamless; the Hook 6 stores lift effectively, releasing it smoothly when needed—ideal for long glides or fast transitions between thermals.

Clean Lines, Reduced Drag, Greater Efficiency

Aerodynamic optimization doesn’t stop at the canopy’s surface. The Hook 6 uses reduced line drag achieved through a simplified, carefully tuned line plan. Fewer lines mean less resistance, while high-quality sheathed lines ensure consistent performance over time. This meticulous balance of simplicity and precision allows for impressive glide performance without complicating maintenance.

Every component works in synergy—from tension distribution to trailing edge shaping—to guarantee aerodynamic purity. Therefore, pilots enjoy a wing that doesn’t just perform efficiently but feels remarkably intuitive in every condition.cross-country paraglider

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Comfort and Pilot Control Systems: A Connection You Can Trust

Ergonomic Brake Geometry for Instant Feedback

Control is confidence, and with the Hook 6, that confidence comes naturally. Niviuk has refined the brake geometry, ensuring pilots experience a direct yet progressive response. The pressure point is predictable and comfortable, reducing strain even during extended thermal climbs.

The progressive tension system ensures that input precision increases with brake travel, enabling exact control when centering in tight cores or navigating rough air. Whether you’re carving turns or making micro-adjustments, the feedback feels immediate, fluid, and empowering.

Optimized Riser System for Fluid Speed Adjustments

The riser layout has been redesigned to support smooth acceleration while maintaining canopy coherence. Its speed bar system provides effortless operation—allowing for precise control even at high speeds. The wing retains structural stability, ensuring pilots feel fully connected to their equipment at every performance level.

Transitions from trim to full speed are predictable and balanced. Every detail—from pulley alignment to riser tension—has been engineered to minimize pilot workload while enhancing aerodynamic control.

Pitch and Roll Damping That Enhances Comfort

Turbulent air can challenge focus, yet the Hook 6 remains composed. Thanks to refined internal tensioning and leading-edge pressure control, the wing resists unwanted oscillations. Pitch damping minimizes forward surges, while roll stability creates a smoother, more relaxed ride.

Pilots can therefore concentrate on exploring conditions and making strategic decisions rather than reacting to instability. This balance of dynamic feedback and calm composure makes the Hook 6 suitable for extended cross-country flights and developing pilots alike.

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Safety Innovations: Confidence in Every Flight

EN-B Certification You Can Rely On

Safety lies at the heart of Niviuk’s design philosophy. The Hook 6 carries a certified EN-B rating, positioning it as an ideal progression wing for intermediate pilots who demand both adventure and reassurance. This classification reflects the wing’s predictable reactions, stable recovery behavior, and forgiving nature in unexpected situations.

Intelligent Airflow Stability System

The Hook 6 integrates an Intelligent Airflow Stability System (IASS), a structural feature designed to manage air distribution throughout the canopy. It works in real-time to maintain even internal pressure, minimizing the risk of asymmetric collapses while enhancing overall flight stability.

When flying through turbulence or thermals, the IASS continuously regulates airflow, ensuring consistent inflation and improved roll control. This innovation gives pilots peace of mind, knowing the wing reacts smoothly and predictably under varying conditions.

Reinforced Leading Edge for Long-Term Reliability

The leading edge incorporates flexible Nitinol rods, enhancing durability while maintaining aerodynamic efficiency. These shape-memory materials resist deformation, ensuring the canopy maintains its designed profile over hundreds of hours.

Unlike traditional plastic reinforcements, Nitinol provides both flexibility and resilience, meaning your glider retains its launch characteristics and performance long into its lifespan.

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Performance in Real Flight Conditions

Predictable Behavior, Even When Pushed

Real-world conditions often differ from simulations, yet the Hook 6 remains dependable across diverse environments. Whether facing coastal winds, mountain thermals, or inland turbulence, it maintains consistent behavior. Its forgiving nature makes recovery from minor errors simple and reassuring, allowing pilots to focus on exploration rather than correction.

Exceptional Energy Retention in Thermals

When entering thermals, the Hook 6 climbs efficiently with minimal brake input. Its wing surface area and profile curvature generate strong lift while preserving balance. Even when thermals become turbulent, the canopy remains coordinated, maintaining momentum through each turn.

Pilots will appreciate how easily the Hook 6 centers thermals—reacting instantly yet smoothly to every adjustment. This responsiveness transforms thermal flights into an intuitive, enjoyable experience.

Technical data

Size	20	22	24	26	28
Total weight in flight (kg)	55-70	60-80	70-92	80-105	95-120
Cells	47	47	47	47	47
Aspect ratio flat	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3
Area flat (m2)	20	22	24	26	28
Area projected (m2)	17.15	18.87	20.59	22.3	24.02
Span flat (m)	10.3	10.8	11.28	11.74	12.18
Chord maximum (m)	2.43	2.55	2.66	2.77	2.87
Lines number (m)	205	215	226	235	244
Lines main	2-1/4/3	2-1/4/3	2-1/4/3	2-1/4/3	2-1/4/3
Risers number	A-A´/B/C	A-A´/B/C	A-A´/B/C	A-A´/B/C	A-A´/B/C
Risers speed bar (mm)	145	145	145	145	145
Glider weight (kg)*	3.15	3.4	3.68	3.95	4.3
Certification (EN/LFT )	B	A+	A+	A+	A+

* The total weight of the wing may differ ±2% due to variations in the weight of the fabric supplied by the manufacturers.

Colours

Standard colours: Amber, Breeze, Diskus.

 

Custom colours: Choose your colours and email us the colour reference with your order. Include a screenshot if you can. Full payment required upfront to confirm your order after which it cannot be canceled.

Package

• Inner bag
• Compression straps
• Risers covers
• Repair kit

Optional extras

• Kargo Backpack (Recommended size 85L for all sizes)
• NKare Bag (Recommended size 225 for sizes 20 and 22, 280 for bigger sizes)

Hook 6 P : Fly without limits

Easy control

Advance step-by-step in the world of paragliding. Intuitive piloting and stable glide, inertia and collapse resistant. Absolute control with precise and responsive turns.

Light and durable

Lighter than ever: 3.4 kg in size 22. Increased durability due to greater strength.

Improved

Fly carefree with excellent performance. Improved roll stability. Achieve new goals and adventures in complete safety.

Target

Progression

A very intuitive, stable and safe wing, it has greater features and performance than the previous model. Ideal for progressing, as well as taking the leap to new and different modes of flying. With optimized handling enhances the pilot’s flying experience.

Hike & fly 

Take off anywhere without issues. Ascend to the top in comfort, with a glider that is compact, easy to carry and pack. Enjoy different adventures combining mountaineering and flying.

Features

Optimal manoeuvrability

A wing to progress with – easy to fly and with simple and intuitive handling. Maintaining the excellent characteristics of the Hook 5, this sixth generation offers great handling due to an outstanding manoeuvrability.

Light and durable

The Hook 6 P features reinforced Kevlar risers which weigh less and are much stronger. The webbing has been reduced from 21 mm to 12 mm. Therefore, drag has been subtly reduced. The canopy is made of light and durable materials reducing the weight of the glider without compromising its durability. The upper surface is made of Dokdo 32 gr/m2 and the lower surface is made of Skytex 27 gr/m2 (the wing weighs only 3.4 kg in size 22).EN-B intermediate wing

Smooth and progressive

Completely solid throughout the speed range to give the pilot confidence. Ability to take off from any terrain, with easy and progressive inflation. The long brake travel offers full control, allowing for a smooth and much safer landing.

Maximum stability in flight

Completely solid throughout the speed range to give the pilot confidence. Ability to take off from any terrain, with easy and progressive inflation. The long brake travel offers full control, allowing for a smooth and much safer landing.

Comparative chart of the Hook 6 P vs Hook 5 P and the Hook 6 P vs Hook 6

Reviews

“The Hook 6P easily enters an engaged spiral and I had to put some counter to come out of the planet face.
In front, nothing to report, it reopens on its own without action , which makes it a very stable wing. By way of comparison, with an EN C or D wing, the reopening is not necessarily spontaneous without action from the pilot. In addition, the risk of a tie is higher. “

—  Pilot David Geiser,  (full review)

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Niviuk Technologies

New internal structure

A new design with a strategic distribution of the slots improves the load distribution inside the glider while making it lighter.

Light and efficient

The wing features the IKS1000 (Interlock System technology), a linking system that allows the risers to be joined to the lines in a much stronger and lighter way.

Enhanced durability

The application of mini-ribs on the trailing edge reduces air resistance and improves the aerodynamic shape of the wing. The DRS technology has been optimised: the new cut of the trailing edge allows the mini-ribs to be perfectly integrated into the outer panels without visible seams.

New optimised arc

A redesigned arc to achieve the perfect balance in terms of turn and roll stability.

New cut and stitching

Precision profile manufacture achieves a much cleaner finish to avoid creases and minimise aerodynamic drag. This harmonises stability, speed and performance.

New brake pulley

For increased strength and durability, the Hook 6 P risers feature with a small pulley with ball bearings (developed together with Harken) at the brake connection.

Nitinol rods in the profile

As in Niivuk’s other wings, Nitinol rods are used to maintain the optimal shape of the canopy, even after ultra-compact folding.

The perfect finish

Its leading edge has a structured design (SLE technology), an extra seam on the span axis (3DL technology) and ideal tensioning without deformations based on the 3DP technology. The use of these technologies ensures the durability of the glider.

Learn more about Niviuk Paraglider Technologies

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• Manual HOOK 6 P- PDF
• Certification HOOK 6 P – PDF
• Technical data HOOK 6 P – PDF
• Glider folding manual – PDF

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