Paraglider Reserve Deployment

US Paragliding Open 2023

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[wildflyparagliding]

Phew! A long way to sit and think about your sins! 😅 Hope the landing was ok.

[PG_Shaun]

What a beast of a thermal! Kinda looks like he's still climbing under reserve

[Staresimi]

honestly thought you were going to tell him that he can't park there.

[DomesticDave]

Seems like he had a lot of time to try and fix that. But I guess I wasn't there in his harness.

[suesun]

This is the perspective my buddies must have had when I took the InCross120 "quick" descent. Took well over 10mins and quite some drift under my way too large reserve till arrival at the ground. I pulled the reserve at cloud base after a nasty wing collapse and didn't even try to undo the mess. Maybe I should have given it at least a few attempts. 😅

[chrisdrake]

Cool square reserve chute, I first flew Chelan 1975, then spent the next 30 years flying here, darn dangle divers!

[raygilbertflies]

And that right there is why I would never suspend myself 1000s of feet from a grocery bag on strings. Lol

[raphael]

At this altitude, he can try to re-open his wing and fold his reserve. Maybe enough time to drink a good black coffee.

[parateryx]

Looks very high. Which altitide was it?

[shen]

Must have been serious to deploy so high. Stability looks awesome on these new gen reserves.

[marilurasonyi]

What glider was that who had the collapse?

[giuliosalz]

SkyMax, nice video....I'd like to know what are your sunglasses with that nice nose protector tough...

[monostripeexplosiveexplora]

a bit scary to think of the higher ups falling through the gaggle..

[jakesimmons]

New to paragliding here. How did you all get so high up? Did you jump from a plane or are thermals really that powerful in certain areas?

[freeflyer]

He could even landed at the goal with that height 😂

[mitchellmcaleer]

at 0:03 before it disappears behind your glider it's turning tight left, possibly left spin, when it re-appears it's turning right with a right side cravatte. wtf happened....

[Bac]

He has the time to reopen the wing, but i think he's got so scared to think as he had

[caynemcmahon]

Omg reading the comments and watching this I’m dying laughing! Glad he was good!

[patrickswayze]

That’s why I still use a big boy reserve, that decent rate was fast as shit!
Hope he landed okay

[Anonymous-vdyd]

im sure i would never skydive again .. lol