ABOUT US

About us

OUR MISSION

NZ Aerosports was founded in 1986 with a simple objective: to provide skydivers with the experience of pure wild flight. This goal led founder Paul ‘Jyro’ Martyn on a journey to develop the world’s most comprehensive range of sports and high performance parachutes with the Icarus Canopies and Daedalus Project brands. NZ Aerosports is on a mission to provide pilots with the best flying experience one canopy after another. We are constantly working to bring you the best wings. We push the envelope. We innovate.

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Our Factory

The original NZ Aerosports factory at 46A Sussex Street is a piece of history. Scraped paint and graffiti hid a tiny gem in the heart of Auckland. The beer garden had countless parties, numerous skydiving greats visit and sign the door of fame, and was the birthplace of many of our greatest ideas. Production outgrew Sussex Street, and in September 2014 we moved into a new factory just up the road at Level 4, 137 Great North Rd. What was once office space was transformed into a factory full of plants, history and life. Our doors are always open, so if you find yourself in Auckland on your travels, come and visit us for a beer or five.

Founder

PAUL ‘Jyro’ MARTyn

Self-proclaimed omnipotent dictator Jyro was the life and soul of NZ Aerosports. He was a quirky, eccentric genius, with a scientific eye and an artistic, romantic heart. He passed away in 2017, but his legacy remains at the core of who NZ Aerosports is. His motto: don’t fuck up, have a phat time, be the best. We keep pushing hard like Jyro did – because as he would say, there’s fun to be had.

our People

Luci

Omnipotent Dictatoress

luci@nzaerosports.com

Jen

Head of Customer WOW!

jen@nzaerosports.com

Attila

Big Boss

info@nzaerosports.com

Matt

Sales Monkey

sales@nzaerosports.com

Julien

Scientific Parachute Maestro

julien@nzaerosports.com

Beedo

Dealer Sales Monkey

beedo@nzaerosports.com

Richie

Production Head Honcho

richie@nzaerosports.com

Yan

Canopy Fixer-Upperer

support@nzaerosports.com

Shan

Director of Awesomeness

marketing@nzaerosports.com

Stewy

Test Jumper, Video Editor & Athlete Manager

stewy@nzaerosports.com

Snelly

Product Development & Test Jumper

snelly@nzaerosports.com

Kamal Fernando

Production Supervisor

Kovi Mongelli

Facility Development Manager

Samba

Machinist

Lynne

Machinist Training Manager

Renuka

Machinist

Arlo

Parachute Rigger

Alex “MR.O600”

Parachute Rigger

Helga

Machinist

Appy Sandhu

Chief of Random Jobs

Kaur

Machinist

Kate Wemyss

Miss Money Bags

accounts@nzaerosports.com

Maria

Parachute Rigger

Dons

Machinist

Prabhath (Mali)

Parachute Rigger

Pae

Machinist

Yannie

Machinist

Ashley

Machinist

Saman

Machinist

Xaos

Quality Controller

Our History

Who’s Paul?

1980

The beginning of something great

1985

ICARUS

1990

Leading the change

1995

Icarus World(wide)

1999

Last of the old school

2007

Summer of Love – Birth of the hyper-performance wing

2010

Going Solo

2016

A Legend signs off

2017

Who’s steering the ship now?!

2017

The start of the great Icabus demo tour

2017

Sleia takes the stage

2018

Jyro Boogie 1

2018

Release the Kraken

2019

Jyro Boogie 2

2020

The great Global weather hold

2020

Moving time

2020

Another Tiny World Record

2021

What’s happening now and where to next?

2022