BGD Punk
About the BGD Punk
The BGD Punk is BGD's mid-B XC wing — 54 cells, 5.4 flat aspect ratio, five sizes covering 50–125 kg, EN/LTF B certified. Marketed as a deliberate rebellion against dampened, "tasteless" intermediate wings — built around feel, controllability, and the explicit BGD philosophy that the wing should tell the pilot what the air is doing rather than hide it.
Performance numbers are competitive for the class: trim 39 km/h, top 55 km/h, quoted best glide 10 and minimum sink 1 m/s. Riser layout is 3/4/3 main lines (three A risers, four B, three C). The defining trait isn't the spec sheet though — it's the handling brief: BGD describe the Punk as "uncensored" and "eyes wide-open" in active air, giving direct feedback about thermals and turbulence rather than dampening it out. That makes it well-suited to intermediate pilots who want to learn to read the air, and to experienced pilots who want a fun, communicative B for daily XC flying.
Strengths
- Communicative, honest feel in active air — wing tells you what the conditions are doing
- Trim 39 km/h, top 55 km/h, ~10 best glide — competitive numbers for mid-B
- Direct, playful handling — fun to fly daily without the dampened mid-B feel
- 3/4/3 main-line layout — clean line organisation for ground handling
- Five sizes covering 50–125 kg
- XS sized for light pilots (50–65 kg) — many mid-B wings start at 60 kg
Specifications
- EN/LTF Rating
- EN B
- Pilot Level
- Intermediate XC pilots; pilots wanting an honest, communicative B
- Cells
- 54
- Aspect Ratio
- 5.4
Sizes & Weight Ranges
| Size | All-up Weight |
|---|---|
| XS | 50–65 kg |
| S | 60–80 kg |
| M | 75–95 kg |
| ML | 88–108 kg |
| L | 100–125 kg |
