5 Tips to Improve Your Parachute Landings

Are you looking to improve your canopy landings, this video will give you 5 tips to work on your parachute landings. A skydive isn't really complete until you touch the ground so having a good canopy flare will help you enjoy even more each skydive.
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[@SkydiveVibes]

Leave a comment 👇👇: Do you have any other tip for landing?

[@MrSlarba77]

Learning two-stage flare has helped me a lot. A nice full glide on the final. Look and lean forward, keeping the canopy accurately into the wind. Sharp first stage tug on the brakes to about shoulder level will take out most of the vertical speed. If you end up a little high, no worries - delay/slow down the second stage a bit. Too low, speed up the second stage. Just keep flying the canopy until fully braked, forward momentum stops and you're firmly on your feet :)

[@Fhorn5114]

I started getting great landings in AFF by instead of looking straight down or out to the horizon, I look down and about 45 degrees in front. That will give a good indication of where you're going to land and once you get used to seeing the ground at that angle, your flare timing will get more consistent.

[@SkydiveVibes]

@@MrSlarba77 right but the sweet spot location may differ from one canopy to another. ;)

[@SkydiveVibes]

@@Fhorn5114 yeah. Practice is key.

[@JamesB-kz2vk]

I like to wait until I feel like I need to pick up my feet to keep from touching the ground

[@moonfairy100]

Awesome video. People always pretend their landings are perfect since day 1, you know, "a natural" when the truth is very different. Thanks for keeping things real. Tip: work on the flare. Maintain your body simetrical as you finish and hold the flare. Don't let go. Fly the canopy until the canopy stops flying.

[@SkydiveVibes]

Awesome thanks for sharing! Where do you jump?

[@moonfairy100]

@@SkydiveVibes SpacelaND Dallas .... I had no idea you were coming to the PIA ... I wad sad I missed meeting you

[@SkydiveVibes]

@@moonfairy100 Let's try to make that happen another time!

[@rb1164]

Just a comment...I always tell my students, when you flare keep your hands in close to your body (you have more power vs arms out wide and if they are out and you land hard on your butt you can break your wrists). Great videos !

[@sivonparansun]

Game changer for me was learning that it was okay to hold half flare when you were almost touching the ground before pulling toggles all the way down

[@michaelbenson634]

Ha ha! The ‘oh s**t , oh s**t, oh s**t’ technique worked perfectly today!

[@SkydiveVibes]

Awesome! Good work buddy!

[@chucks28]

Another great video. One of my favorite tips I got for my landings is “continue to fly your canopy as long as possible. Cool, your feet can touch the ground. Stand up/walk/run it out, but continue to fly your canopy till you stop.”

[@SkydiveVibes]

Yeah heard that one too. Never let go until you stop completely. Fly it till the end!

[@jonathanguerra1976]

Great video and tips, thanks! :)

[@tiger93rsl]

Awesome tips! I have been landing far out in the field while I perfect my landings. Well yesterday the AFF 1 students were touring the landing stie when I was landing and everyone was watching my landing. I always flared early so I said wait 3 times, perfect landing with all eyes on me! Thanks for the tip worked awesome!

[@calinchira8562]

Very helpful, thank you

[@denilsoncamara7923]

Congratulations for your video! I liked it very much! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@SkydiveVibes]

Thanks!

[@alexbel6003]

Very helpful and insightful tips. Happy to have subscribed to your channel. Love the various topics you touch on. You rock! Keep up the good work and greetings from the Netherlands.

[@Rob-cc8uz]

Great video thanks good tips

[@SkydiveVibes]

You are welcome! Where do you jump?

[@jameslambes9329]

I'll definitely try focusing on the horizon in the future! I'm new here and new to the sport, so some experience will help too! Thank you for this channel and the content you create! I really, really love and appreciate it!

[@SkydiveVibes]

Great! Glad you learned something to try out!

[@Nehkow]

Your videos are great! Thanks for sharing your passion with us, I’m at 30 jumps (started this summer in France after dreaming about it for 10 years haha) and I’m always flaring too high, a bit scared of the ground :-( sometimes I land great but can’t remember the vision I had when I started to flare, feeling like I’m not learning after a fail neither a success 🤦‍♀️ I use the technique of « wait... wait... wait » and it helped me a bit but still too high 😅 Thanks again for every tips and bluesky 🤘

[@j.pablobravosanmartin1265]

Some other tips: 1. If you are having trouble with the timing of your flare, you can use a stationary object as reference (on some DZs, a flag or pole). 2. As you start progressing, learn the characteristics of your canopy. There are comparisons between most popular models online and you can always ask trusted advisors in your DZ (Instructors, rigger, etc). Those worked a lot for me. Greetings from Chile.

[@SkydiveVibes]

Thanks for sharing!

[@SkydiveVibes]

I'll have a video about canopy characteristics coming soon!

[@briankc21]

Great tips! AFF course level 1 this coming Sunday June23rd 😁😁 so excited!!

[@nathanhostetler2558]

Did you finish?

[@kingcrimson5615]

😊Another great video.

[@SkydiveVibes]

Thanks Thomas!

[@rupaloveadama8012]

ha! i use the force when i flare. looking at the horizon is hella helpful. a coach friend told me this and it totally changed my landings. but ya.... trust the force ;)

[@johns.9492]

It took me 4 solo landings to land standing up. first and second times I slid on my butt (flared too low / instructor assisted flare). Third time was a hard downwind landing and I flared too early and had to PLF after a 15 foot drop (winds aloft blew me all over the place so I had to re-plan my approach pattern--what a disaster). Fourth time was a perfect dive sequence and I stuck the landing. Cat D jump one coming up today...Love your videos btw!! Blue Skies!

[@clausrasmussen7204]

Thanks for the video😊👍 its so helpfull, just finish the aff level 7 and on my own. Landings are so difficult, flairing to early so maby your tip about oh sh!t oh sh!t oh sh!t will help 😊🤘

[@bluejules80000]

Wait wait wait, worked perfectly for me. Thank you.

[@bluejules80000]

Until the conditions were different and I came down too hard. :)

[@xephonism]

"The fuck of the matter" 🤣🤣🤣 That accent slip had me dying.

[@SkydiveVibes]

Haha I am sure I said "fact". ;)

[@divegirl1000]

Doing my stp 2 jump tomorrow. My first jump I flared way to high so will try the oh sh*t oh sh*t oh sh*t tomorrow!! Thanks for the info and suggestions!!

[@SkydiveVibes]

Super!! Good luck!

[@carlosandresduartepedraza6665]

Me encantan demasiado tus vídeos !!! Debo dominar mejor el inglés para entender mejor, muchas gracias por tus vídeos.

[@SkydiveVibes]

Gracias Carlos!

[@cubingbutdifferent]

Superbe video! 🤩 Also struggling with my landings (I'm always flaring to high). But the 3 times "o sh*t" can help I supose 😂. Anyway thanks for posting! Blue Skies! 🤙

[@SkydiveVibes]

Yeah it should help. Let me know if it worked!

[@KeepinYouUp07]

Flight 1 101 & 102. By the end I was landing my new canopy like a champ & no longer feared long spots (as much) :)

[@SkydiveVibes]

Yeah those are so good!

[@proles101]

I took them as well, my landings got worse lol...but it's kinda like a golf lesson, at first it's worse cause you are trying to unlearn your bad habits before perfecting new ones. There have been a LOT of twisted/busted ankles on those courses, we had 2 in just my class alone, both people with 200+ jumps.

[@aprilpalugod7041]

omg!!!! i nearly flared high again! and i went dont do it dont do it! and landed perfectly! that really helped!!!! thank you!!!😂😂😂😂 got so excited!😂😂😂

[@SkydiveVibes]

That is awesome!! Congrats!

[@wendull811]

Landing is still the scariest part for me. However I have never landed by myself yet(only tandum jumps) so I feel naturally that's how it would be. Thanks for the tips I will definitely discuss with my drop zone instructors.

[@SkydiveVibes]

Awesome thanks Donald. When will you start your skydiver course?

[@wendull811]

Not sure yet hopefully this spring. Always comes down to money unfortunately.

[@DavidDaVinci]

Great tips! I took a canopy course in Moab at 4,500’ landing above sea level. It forced me to improve or eat dirt.

[@SkydiveVibes]

Yeah! Which course was it?

[@Hagen823]

Nice to know I am not the only one who has had issues with landing.

[@SkydiveVibes]

Do not worry it's pretty common. ;) How are your landings now?

[@Hagen823]

@@SkydiveVibes 33 so far. I discovered the looking at the horizon and leaning on my own - your video confirmed I was doing something right

[@rampudasaini5554]

Wow

[@DavidRaucher]

Dive Flow 1, flared WAY too high, hard landing. I have gotten better but I still struggle with when to flare. Good video

[@bachpn3766]

I defocus myself from the people on target. This help my mind to decide the correct hieght for flare. And wind always help us.

[@SkydiveVibes]

Yes a little wind always help but we got to master those no winds days too. ;)

[@bachpn3766]

@@SkydiveVibes Now my approach in winds is good. But initially i once tried dynamic breaks in no winds and than i mixed myself with sand. Thanks to god it was not a hard surface.

[@Gracedobosz]

Break length. I spent a season damaging my feet and sliding on my ass because my break lines were not right on a new canopy. The standard length was more than 4 inches too long, I finally took the risk of having them shortened and then MAGIC! geez I could land again. You can check this by pulling toggles down from the connection point with the line, then taking a wrap, then a second wrap each done in a progression to figure out the length impact.

[@SkydiveVibes]

That is a very good point. Thanks for sharing!

[@maritimeeventyrmedkaptajns3872]

As a new skydiver I tell my self during landing: " not yet, not yet, not yeeeeeet.. NOW. That gives me a standing landing at least 3 out of 5 times

[@SkydiveVibes]

Awesome, now you need to work on the other 2. ;)

[@jakeclover1101]

I had a pretty bad landing yesterday for my 6th AFF jump. I downsized to a 220 and flaired at about 25 feet, had to hold the half flair and tried to finish it but still hit going pretty fast. Didn't feel to great on my feet but thanks to a plf I can jump again today!

[@SkydiveVibes]

Ouf. Dis you get a coach to debrief what happened? Downsizing to 220 should change much in your habits.

[@jakeclover1101]

@@SkydiveVibes yes I did! I ran out of my landings on every jump with a 240, and I only weigh about 140 lbs. The part where you mention that we should have a point of reference in the horizon to gauge our height is really helpful, I was mainly just guessing while looking straight!

[@SkydiveVibes]

@@jakeclover1101 in fact a 45 degree angle is best. Just not look straight down. And when you think it is the time, hold, hold, hold from flaring again then flare. It will be scary but will help in lowering your flare height. ;)

[@jakeclover1101]

@@SkydiveVibes thank you so much! All of the new AFF skydivers at my dropzone in skydive Elsinore watch your videos. Thank you for being so helpful to all the newbies out there

[@benvanboom8907]

Thanks for this video, i stopped Skydiving 26 years ago (700 jumps) and in two day's from now i am going to restart my "skydiving career". Actually the landing is the thing i worry the most 😅 do i still have the feeling? I will try to remember your tips.

[@SkydiveVibes]

Take your time and get briefed properly, there has been a lot of changes since you last jumped. ;)

[@Dizzyswoops]

Don't worry about safety - focus on POWER! If your landings suck - the canopy might be too big for you - DOWNSIZE! Oh.. And NEVER! GIVE UP! THE GATE!!!

[@SkydiveVibes]

Hmmm. Hahaha stay safe!

[@SkydivingKiwi]

☝️😂

[@gavin.d.m]

Unfortunately on my second AFF jump, 4 months ago, I flared way too high, that resulted in a trimalleolar ankle fracture. 😬

[@ZainMazlan]

How about If need to land with the wind or cross wind ?

[@jorgevallejo6400]

What about cross wind landings ??? Great video!

[@SkydiveVibes]

You need to try to avoid those but if it happens, always keep your toggles symmetrical and compensate with the harness.

[@phutton88]

Never let your downwind toggle fall lower than the upwind toggle.

[@terminaltom1662]

ha ha good tip - if you think you're too high to flare, go ahead and flare. That's like saying "if you tend to flare too late, flare sooner." The best tip she had - "ask your coach." BRAVO

[@austinicke3285]

I’m on AFF 5 and my landings are rough! I keep sliding and landing on my butt. My feet make contact but I always fall backwards. Which makes me nervous, I don’t want to have a hard landing and break my back/tail bone. I’m going to try and lean forward as you suggested!

[@SkydiveVibes]

Discuss it with your coach as well. But it can prevent it. Trust your legs. I always bend my knees a bit to be ready to absorb too. I had the tendency to try to touch the ground by extending my legs to feel it but then I had no shock absorption. By bending them I can absorb the touch and stand up after. ;)

[@austinicke3285]

Skydive Vibes I’m jumping tomorrow! We’ll see how it goes! Love all your videos, btw!!!

[@SkydiveVibes]

@@austinicke3285 Let me know how it went.

[@austinicke3285]

Skydive Vibes I didn’t slide on my but!!! I did do a PLF, but I totally could have walked it out. Next time! 😂😂😂

[@SkydiveVibes]

@@austinicke3285 Awesome! Trust your legs!

[@galitysreilson9989]

Hi Cathrine, I broke my leg on my last jump of my skydiving AFF cores and i am afraid i will be too scared to come back to it. (and that I will brake a leg again) Do you have any advise for me?

[@SkydiveVibes]

Once you will be good to do it again, I recommend you push yourself to do it. Breathe, keep calm, ask a coach who knows you & what you've been through to help you out. If you end up not trying it again you might never go back, so it is important you do it as soon as you can.

[@claudioquintanilla1471]

get losse your chest belt helps a lot for landings, keep in mind.

[@daivab7225]

Just started AFF, struggling with turning left. But what worries me the most, is that I suck with flaring when landing, because I can't pull it fully, mid-flare my muscles just go "Nope, we are done". Ended up with a bruised ankle. But I want to land on my feet and with a good flare, instead of my backside/side. Instructor assisted me when to flare (basically when I think I should soon flare, he also starts saying get ready, etc), but I am not sure if I am just too weak, or my body pose is bad. Or everything combined. :(

[@SkydiveVibes]

It is normal at the beginning. When it gets harder to pull I switch my arms angles so that I end up by pushing the toggles down. It is hard to explain, but I start by pulling then raise my elbows above my hands and continue pushing. For timing, you will get that feeling that you should pull but you need to wait a bit. In the end, it is normal and practice will help you as well as reviewing your videos of you, landing. ;)

[@carliecowley7251]

I do my first cat a jump in a few days and I’m really nervous about landing!

[@jaffacalling53]

Just PLF lol

[@pastadrmartinssempa6295]

😘

[@IDALBOE]

Hey why did you stop posting

[@phutton88]

You'll learn when you screw it up. Keep eyes up, keep knees bent, don't flare early-- You'll stall and get dropped hard.

[@salvationarnie4577]

Nice upside-down cross.

[@lancestateresa3379]

Teach me.... Landing procedure. 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@kombolasha]

Video starts at 1:50.

[@connoreagle6843]

Excellent video as always! I hope you revisit this channel!

[@jerrodwilliams6789]

In the beginning your brain is in survival mode and normally flare too high

[@geoff7727]

How did I end up watching this? Bruh I'm from a third world country. Would be never able to afford this 😂

[@RayVal53]

Bonus tip: DO NOT fire a flare gun at your parachute. KZbin it...

[@andrewtowle3706]

When landing with a parachute, has it ever landed on you?

[@SkydiveVibes]

Yes it can happen. This is why my reflex is to turn around facing the canopy, grab the riser and pull the canopy downward or direct it elsewhere.

[@addy677]

you are cute

[@terminaltom1662]

Why do people think there should be MUSIC in the background? what is that supposed to accomplish? I'm trying to listen to you and there's this stupid, mindless ecstasy groove in the background.. pointless and distracting.