Axel Deambrosis
Origine: Centre-Val de Loire Year of birth: 1997 Activities: survival, packrafting, mountaineering, caving Axel Deambrosis, under his pseudonym Instinct Sauvage, is an extreme adventurer. He sets off alone to experience the most remote places:crossing the Sahara via the west coast, descending the Oyapock River in the Amazon, surviving a 20-hour sandstorm in the Sahara, crossing […]
Clément Cruciani 3rd Place French Hike&Fly Championships
Clément Cruciani 3rd Place French Hike&Fly Championships A three-day hike-and-fly race covering a distance of approximately 120 km. We benefited from fairly favorable weather conditions and an interesting course with waypoints to validate in flight and others on the ground, whether at the bottom of valleys or at the top of mountains, which made the […]
Christophe Dumarest x NEO
Christophe Dumarest x NEO Christophe Dumarest is much more than one of Chamonix’s most renowned mountain guides: he embodies a sensitive and thoughtful approach to mountaineering. An explorer of the essential, he shares his intimate vision of the mountains here. For Christophe, a mountain is not something to be conquered, but something to be respected. […]
NEO Awarded the “Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant” Label
NEO RECOGNIZED AS A LIVING HERITAGE COMPANY NEO is proud to announce that it has been awarded the Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant (EPV) label – a mark of recognition from the French State, granted to French companies with exceptional artisanal or industrial know-how. Created in 2005 and awarded by the French Ministry of the Economy, […]
Interview in “Thermik-Magazin”
Innovative Craftsmanship, Made Local What does it mean to produce locally in a globalized world? [] “For NEO, it’s not just a choice—it’s a conviction. In an industry dominated by outsourcing to the other side of the world, we’ve taken a different path: one of craftsmanship, innovation, and a deep respect for our Alpine culture.” […]
Welcome Christophe Dumarest
in the NEO ambassador’s team Christophe Dumarest, a passionate mountaineer and mountain guide from Annecy, is now officially part of the NEO athlete team. Since his first flight in 2017, he has been exploring a new dimension of the mountains by combining major ascents, alpine traverses, and paragliding. Christophe embodies a modern vision of alpinism—one […]
Christophe Dumarest
Origine : Annecy Date of birth: 18/02/1990 First paragliding flight: 2017 Disciplines: Mountaineering, Climbing, Ice climbing, Ski touring, Paragliding An experienced mountaineer and mountain guide, Christophe has been devoting himself to paragliding for the past 7 years. Combining major ascents, approaches and aerial descents, he sees it as the future of Alpine and Himalayan innovations. […]
Laurie Genovese
Origin: Annecy Date of birth: 11/02/1992 First paragliding flight: 2006 Practice: Cross competitor in the French team (PWCA World Champion in 2014 and 2017), Hike&Fly, bivouac flying, participating in the X-Alps in 2021 and 2023, bivouac flight Role with NEO: Ambassador and pilot Laurie Genovese, paraglider since birth: thanks to a flying dad, I gradually […]
Fred Fugen, NEO ambassador
Fred Fugen becomes a NEO ambassador. For over a year now, we’ve been working together to develop a technical backpack for the base. Fred Fugen’s relationship with NEO goes back many years. It started out at NEO, some ten years ago, with our speedriding equipment and his paragliding. Fred is the flying man par excellence, […]
Fred Fugen
Origin: Annecy, France Date of birth: 27th of March 1979 First flight: 1996 Practise: Base jump, skydiving, wingsuit Role with NEO: Ambassador Fred Fugen, NEO ambassador.Fred Fugen’s relationship with NEO goes back many years.It started out at NEO, some ten years ago, with our speedriding equipment and his paragliding.Fred is the flying man par excellence, […]