Ozone Mission Pack Review

Tucker's back with a very special product announcement: the Ozone Mission Pack, a parawing backpack designed for carrying your kit and an extra wing or two when you're out downwinding. It's something that Tucker has been using it for everyday riding, especially when parawinging. In this video, he breaks down who the Ozone Mission Pack is for, its composition, and how it benefits most riders.

Construction and Materials

The Mission Pack is an ultra-lightweight double ripstop pack made from the same super light ripstop material that parawings are constructed from, with a hydrophobic coating. It's quite waterproof: it actually holds air when the tab is rolled up but it's not "waterproof waterproof" to the point where you'd want to throw your phone in it and take a hundred falls.

For parawings, the key is keeping things lightweight, and the pack delivers there. It doesn't hold much water, and it sheds water quickly. As long as you aren't spending hours submerged, the pack stays extremely lightweight.

Capacity and Closure System

Tucker currently has the pack loaded with a 4.3m wing. Even without packing it perfectly, there's still a lot of extra room inside. In his opinion, you could likely fit two wings in there without much trouble.

It features a roll-top closure, just like a standard dry bag. You can easily pull your wing out, swap to a different size, or — if you spaghetti your lines and need to ride back without messing with them on the water — stash everything away. Just clip the roll-top back together or use the top clip to prevent flapping and have a solid seal.

Back Panel and Hydration

On the back of the pack, there's a pad designed so the wing's bar doesn't poke you in the back. The Mission Pack also features a secondary pouch specifically for hydration. If you're going on a long downwinder or just want to bring a beverage out on the water, the hydration pack drops in the back panel. The tube feeds down your shoulder to elastic straps, keeping it easily accessible for a quick sip.

Chest System and Fit

Ozone deserves a lot of credit for the small details on this pack. The chest system features a couple of adjustments, including front adjustments, so it really snugs up to your body. It doesn't move around and doesn't encumber you at all.

If you're a paddler, you can bring a parawing with you to make sure you can get home, or just carry your snacks, phone, radio, and hydration. The pack is fully adjustable depending on your body and how you want it to fit.

Front Pockets and Storage

There are two large, stretchy pouches on the front of the straps — great spots for a radio, foil tools, a snack, or shark repellent. They're super lightweight but highly usable, keeping everything tight and close to your body while remaining easily accessible.

Note that these front pockets aren't completely waterproof. One side uses the hydrophobic ripstop material, while the other side is a spandex-type material that will let water in. For a phone or an electronic car key, use a separate small dry bag inside the pocket to keep them safe.

Weight and On-Water Experience

The hiking crowd would be drooling over this gear because it's so light: it weighs practically nothing. When you're out there riding, you don't even remember it's on until you need to do something, swap to a different wing, or grab a drink.

Tucker uses it basically every session now. Even if you aren't nervous about the conditions, you can just throw it on. If you make a mistake and spaghetti your lines, you can wrap it up, throw it in the pack, pull out a spare, and keep having fun.

Pro Tip: Keeping It Snag-Free

Tucker offers a great pro tip for the buckles and cleats on the pack:

• Once you find exactly where you like the straps adjusted, double them back to lock them in.
• Cut the tail off.
• Burn the ends to terminate the strap.
• Wrap the entire section with electrical tape.

The one qualm with this pack is that anything on the outside while parawinging creates a potential snag spot. If you get backwinded by your wing while doing jibes, tacks, or messing around, the lines can catch. Tucker got snagged on these buckles once and actually had to take the pack off on the water to untangle. Wrapping the buckles with electrical tape makes the pack completely tangle-free and snag-free.

Ease of Use and Harness Compatibility

The pack is incredibly easy to move around in — to Tucker, you can do karate in this thing with no problem. You can easily bust out a candy bar or keep some pocket bacon in there to keep the stoke going all day.

It's worth playing with the buckle tensions on land first to see how you like it. If you don't have a lot of flexibility to unbuckle it on the water, the easiest way to take it off is to reach over your head, grab the top loop, and pull it straight over.

The pack sits quite high on your back, which is great because it plays nicely with chest harnesses. The center of the chest straps is cut out right where your harness hook sits, so it doesn't interfere at all if you're using a rigid wing harness.

Who It's For

This is a product that almost every parawinger and downwind rider should have. It solves a lot of problems and is a neat, basic, but highly thoughtful piece of gear. Whether you're doing long downwinders or just running offshore and need to bring some spare gear, this pack is an elegant solution.

Final Thoughts

Ozone absolutely crushed it with this product and there's no one else on the market right now with something to this level. The basic backpacks that come included with some wings won't fit a hydration pack or extra tools, and they lack the usability and waterproofness that comes with the Mission Pack.

For parawingers doing downwinders, it's almost a necessity. There are so many situations where you might want a second wing — whether it's a different size or because something happened to your primary wing. In a really bad situation, like if your leash breaks and you lose your parawing, you could even use this pack as secondary flotation. It's obviously not Coast Guard-approved, but it will help you stay afloat.

It's a simple, elegant solution to keep you safe and out there having fun. The price is really great for the amount of performance you get out of it. You're going to see everyone parawinging with a Mission Pack on their back this summer.

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