What are the best things to practice after a long break from flying? What can you do to refresh your launch skills? Join Greg on an easy site on a light wind day to get back into the swing of things with this extended paraglider control tutorial.
In this video:
00:53 Daily inspection and setup
05:35 Laying out the wing from a bunch and removing tangles
07:20 Light wind reverse launch and keeping the wing up
11:08 Light wind ground handling facing forwards
12:35 Launching from a mess
12:55 Letting the glider drop back and bringing it back up without touching the ground
14:30 Reverse launch. One hand on the As, one hand on the brake
15:31 Sorting an upside down wing by bunching and laying out again
16:39 Launching a wing laid out straight instead of in a V
17:30 Swapping hands with one hand on the As one hand on the brake
17:45 A and C riser kiting
19:27 Slightly skewed launch using one brake to control
20:48 Side control / tip touching
21:15 Let the glider go slightly ahead of you before starting launch run
22:45 Starting the launch run and stopping or aborting
24:20 Body position for launch
27:35 Glider management - bunching in strong winds
29:37 Clearing knots in the lines
32:08 Practicing turning
32:55 Launching and top landing in light wind
37:50 Asymmetric collapse on the ground
38:15 B3 big ears
39:44 Keeping it up in light conditions using As and movement
41:30 Forward launch
43:15 Launching and top landing in light wind
Timecodes thanks to Andy Donaldson
