Strong Wind Paragliding Take-Offs, 2ND BRITISH SPORTS TROPHY

[mountainflyhigh]

Yikes !!! As an instructor, this is hard to watch. I'm guessing you don't get many stronger days there, but those aren't even strong winds. I didn't see one pilot that had set up with a way to control their inflation rate or kill the wing if needed. As and Cs, or Cobra, or center As only, or one of MANY ways to stay in control. Go to a windy flat spot, like a seaside beach, and practice all those. The LAST thing you do on a windy-ish day is spread your entire glider out and have someone hold up the leading edge. Just WOW !!! You want your wing in a rosette with just a couple center cells open, then inflate with just your 2 inner-most As, the wing will open up as it rises, but you also want your Cs in hand to control the rate of inflation and kill the wing if necessary. VERY effective. Having only brakes in hands is pretty much useless to control or deflate the wing.

[raoulduke]

makes me feel a bit better about my groundhandling

[matthiasstoeckl]

Ich würde den meisten dieser Piloten ein Starttraining und einen LowB Schirm empfehlen!

[sandrainthesky]

Why wasn't anyone using cobra launch? I guess the hill was giving a ton of lift..

[ParaWorld]

practice practice practice
#groundhandling

[zoltanmolnar]

Paragliding competitors flying "high-end" gliders without the most elemental skills? It's a shame. How do they react to a real situation in the air?

[matthiasstoeckl]

Wenn ich einen Starthelfer brauche bleibe ich am Boden!

[bendoherty]

I feel like the people putting out peoples wings were doing more harm than good here. Mostly making things harder for rhe pilots

[myparaworldch]

i was surprized to see british pilots being so stressed by wind - should they not be more uesed to it?

[풍장-lk]

why open 100% wings span they have to open 50% I want to teach them skillㅎㅎㅎㅎ

[twinosmcfly]

Starters should wear gloves.
Lines can cut fingers !

[OlliTgov]

Which kind of sports they try to compete??

[jaggybot]

Looks like a lot of fun, I wanna do that but scared of heights lol Where is this?

[pfrillele]

Most of them look like bloody beginners!The Wind is not more than 20 kmh!

[darrenbrillant]

U know it’s strong if a delta 4 goes ballistic.🤣

[Mazby]

Bardzo dobry materiał. Czy zgodzisz się bym użył fragmenty do filmu szkoleniowego. mazby

[OlIS]

How windy is this? I’m guessing less than 25 KPH

[jamesmcintyre]

6:08 No brake moderation at all causing wing too overshoot

[sonninh]

i just took about 16 airbones but I know you guys should use cobra

[incomenomad]

why buying a XC wing with competition harness when your handling is as poor as someone who hasn't been into paragliding yet?! That I don't get!