Paragliding: 20 Skills to Master Ridge Soaring

Most pilots are familiar with ridge soaring, but may not have experienced all the nuances offered at some sites. In this video, I present 20 skills, some basic, and some more advanced, to take ridge soaring to the next level.

⏱️TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
01:02 - Launch and turn
01:22 - Check your wingtip
02:04 - Clear the turns-Look/lean/break
02:19 - Hug the ridge
02:31 - Descend and Land
03:39 - Know the ridge rules
04:40 - Distance flying
05:35 - Crossing gaps
06:20 - Avoiding blow-backs
07:31 - Bombing out safely
08:31 - Slope side landing
09:02 - Launching in High wind
09:56 - Deciding whether to fly or not
11:16 - Flying mini wings
11:41 - Top landing
12:32 - Combining soaring and thermalling
13:00 - Scratching
13:34 - Beware of the rotors
13:58 - Dune gooning
14:50 - Challenge yourself

[MahMegahed]

That's the best material ever made about Ridge Soaring. Thank you so much for sharing this great content and valuable information

[LeifDjurfeldt]

Lovely good ITV wing!!! its a shame you dont see so many of them.

[senna]

What an excellent video. Great content delivered without any sensationalism 👍

[windsailsurf]

i think this might be your best video ever. If not its in the top 3, lots of great info and camera views 👍

[KonstantinDeak]

Great job on the video! The visual overlays make it so easy to understand. Saved it and will definitely share with people when they have questions.

[christianstorm]

Best video on the subject 🥇 Thank you 🙏

[imambm]

As a novice pilot this is really help me to understand ridge soaring. Thank you for uploading 👍🏻🙏

[paraglidinghowto]

honestly - this vid was unreal, so so good - thankyou

[andytroy]

Not overtaking is nice when everybody flies the same wings, but doesn't work here at the dunes where I fly. Some people fly bigger wings and I normally fly mini wings like the Flare Moustache, which is probably twice as fast, turning around causes the same problem again. So I normally I just flare out and overtake at a lower altitude.

Also it helps to do a more cobra start with strong winds, way safer. I've seen so many people at my local spot who can't do this and got dragged into the trees behind the top start.

[joshiasbaja]

Thank you. I really enjoyed your tips. I’ll be moving close to the beach and I’ll be trying out paragliding

[cihanemre]

Dear Karim, I am really pleased to watch such qualified and detailed paragliding instruction videos, thanks for your effort. Keep uploading such teaching video in future, surely they will be useful to many novice pilot all over the world😊

[jwburton]

Fantastic video! Thanks for taking the time to make it.

[shanesunassee]

Thanks, great video and really helpful for beginners like me

[rachellebasset]

GREAT content! Thanks for the killer angles, great tips, and for sharing your knowledge. <3

[adayinthelife]

5 stars Excellent video and excellent visuals. T

[streetphone]

Super super SUPER video. Thanks for making it. Saving, Liked, and Subscribed.

[Zhendoz]

Going on my first one tomorrow. Thank you for helping me built the confidence. Best of luck🤗

[jimsharpe]

Awesome video! Very much looking forward to flying with you again

[Thepintaproject]

Great video! Thank you for taking the time and putting all these tips together for us!

[cloudnineparagliding]

Very good and instructive video! Thank you!