Loved the video! Time to buy a tent..😆

Invite for this channel Tom "Santacruise" from Mission Possible! It would be a great action video from Utah!

Super channel

You can take off in strong wind with big ears and before you leave the slope you pump out the ears and bingo.

❤❤❤

❤❤❤❤ so much good info.

This random braking on final is a terrible idea, do not just randomly pump the brakes for no reason, especially when you need fine brake control close to the ground, just don't do it. In fact there's a lot of nonsense in this video.

Excellent!

Thx a lot for that deep dive into the Epsilon☺ and the look around at your spot, which is pretty far away from where I live. Much appreciated👍 After a few testflights with this wing in calm conditions I was really amazed and I remembered your Video here on KZbin. The Epsilon will be my next wing. 💪

"right?" "entitlement?" 🤨

Well said!🎉

I totally agree that people have forgotten that they're flying fabric wings suspended by strings. These craft simply don't tolerate being un-loaded, and when you fast in bumpy air you're probably going to get un-loaded.

Thanks for the vid! I prefer to choose a wing designed for the speed and type of flight I'm wanting that day. I trim out now and then, but only in good conditions and when there's a need. Flying a slow type glider and using trims with bar, to change it, seems akin to putting nitrous on an old cavalier. It would make more sense to simply buy a faster car and use it well within its limits.

Thanks, Chris very very valuable information!

kzbin.info/www/bejne/kF7NqpZohL6Lqassi=2weU2yxTfa7cN3_R

Thanks, Chris. Very well said and understood.

Super slick promo intro. Nice!

Plus when you really size down on a speed wing, you're almost never have a deflation because of the tension. Like a 13m or less

No need for a motor to go fast. Just speed fly.

I pulled my speedbar completely off of my Paramotor several months back. No need to go that fast.

I only leverage these features if I have to go #2 really bad and I'm a long ways from a restroom.

Good stuff!

Thanks for the video, very informative. I have to disagree on the person responsible for this issues. Is not all the time the pilot. In my neck of the woods we have an incompetent and irresponsible instructor selling small gliders to new pilots. They want to fly faster and fly in high wind conditions. They fly with him in an unsafe location and he make them part of his team of pilots, something that give them a sense of achievement. But he do not take care of them he only hype their skills. Some not to smart pilots being lead by an irresponsible USPPA certified instructor using his credentials as an USPPA certified instructor just to make money and not keep the sport safe. So far, 2 fatalities this year, last one an assistant instructors.

Chris, the manual for my glider (Nucleon 4) encourages me to release my trims in turbulent air. In fact, the following statement is in the manual in bold "The basic rule of flying reflex paragliders says: The more turbulent is the air encountered, the more trims should be released and use of regular brakes avoided (especially with speedsystem engaged)". This seems to conflict with your advice to pull in trims when the air is turbulent.

Thanks Chris. Great stuff. I was just at an event where a relatively new pilot flew into rough air with his trims fully out/open, while using tip steering toggles only, on what most would consider to be a "very safe" EN-B glider. He climbed several hundred feet, turned around and came back through the same area, only to find himself instantly under a fully collapsed wing, with enough twists in his risers to make them look like a 7 foot hank of a ship's docking line. Certain that recovery was futile, he quickly tossed his reserve and landed safely in a field below, within seconds of the encounter. I didn't want to critique either the training he'd paid for, nor his technique, but I certainly will forward him this vid from PG & PPG's greatest ambassador!!!

👍👍🦅🥷👍👍

Really appreciate this! In the past I have been sucked in to adding speed so I wouldn't lose someone, and have probably sucked people in that way sometimes, but hopefully better about that now. I do think it would be nice if the culture was more like "if you are going fast you're going to have to circle back often to stay with your friends" rather than "you need something that will keep up with your friends" The situation I think I need to be careful in is when there is a headwind and a little more speed would make a relatively big improvement in ground speed. That is when I am most driven to apply speed. I would be interested in hearing Chris's thoughts on the best way to adjust trimmers - one at a time or both at once, can you adjust too suddenly, what to be watching for when you make adjustments, body position, etc. If there is a quick unanticipated change in air, where should your priorities be on the trimmers? Is it urgent to get the trims in immediately? Do people get in trouble by pulling trims in when they should be doing something else? I presume that will be highly situational, but I would be interested to hear thoughts and stories on the subject.

I like to paramotor slow. The only time push trim and bar fighting upwind at altitude.

Slow, calculated progression is where it’s at. Rushing into things and getting caught in a bad situation is never fun!

Thanks for this video! Flying slow and enjoying it is just amazing!

Great content as usual nicely done.

absolutely awesome videos - new best paragliding channel on YT!

Excellent video, thank you.

Thank you more than 200 hrs no incidents no collapses and I been flying a little be of everything, learning everyday. I wanna fly until the end.

I love mine. Great for pg, weight range to allow for ppg. I love it.

Being coached by Chris at South Side, talking me through walking up the hill from the bottom for the first time… absolutely life changing.

cool Vid dude. Nice and original.

Thank you for this video. Wise words. Keep it coming.

Totally love how patient and passionate Chris is even after tens of thousands of hours of teaching us 😊

This is absolutely awesome content. Learning a lot and those guys are lucky to train at your place. I would love to come learn too 🫡🦅

Oooo, that Chris is so great at instructing.. makes me want to drive back to salt lake, and sign up for some one on one with him

Thanks Chris!!

Steve is killingnit

Commenting for the algorithm

Instructions unclear, speed bar stuck in ceiling fan. Everyone comment even if it's silly, it helps the algorithm!

Man, I miss being out in Draper

I’ve got a couple paragliding friends who are also commercial pilots. One is now retired from American Airlines, he flew the 787, another still flying 737,747 i believe. And i know others that are charter pilots, rotary pilots, etc. they all say that paragliding reminds them of what they love about aviation, as flying a jumbo jet seems like it would not be the most fun form of aviation, and paragliding is the most freedom you can get in aviation

👍🇺🇸

Heartwarming 🪂

I got in above my head this very scenario. Guess who found me at 2:00 a.m. sitting in terrible pain with a shattered vertebrae. Chris!! He literally saved my life. I was unprepared for the crazy weather. Chris thank you forever!! If I would have watched this I would have known what to do properly. Would not have three vertebrae fused as a result of my ignorance. Chris is the man!! I will be back with chris on the radio!!