GIN Genie Race 5: How Complete a Competition POD Can Be

The Genie Race 5's worth doesn't come from leading on a single number. It comes from a balance with no gaps. The finish is the best on the market, the shell is stronger than the Submarine's, and the fairing keeps its streamline even when you change posture. Even the postural discomfort a competition POD always used to force on you is gone. That doesn't make it an easy thing to handle. The fixed front strap, the damped roll and the doubled reserve structure on each side are all designed around high-aspect-ratio wings and competition lines. But Bassil adds one sentence: the setup is intuitive enough that a daily XC pilot can fly it without trouble. So the Genie Race 5 isn't a harness locked inside the racetrack. For a pilot at home in a POD, that completeness carries straight over into everyday XC.