Common PARAGLIDING CRASHES ... and how to avoid them!

[@sergioprospero]

Thanks from Spain! For all what you do for this beautifull sport! We talk a lot in the club about your videos!

[@darynnicholas4854]

Hey, Greg. Great video!

[@Hemersonr]

thanks for sharing these precious tips... risk management and a careful pre-flight plan can avoid most of the risk but anticipation really plays a key role in our sport

[@christophostrowski3382]

Thanks for Ur Service

[@TheNorwoodCat]

I miss being one of the first members of FWG..... good stuff!

[@CaionoAr]

Love your videos, as a begginer pilot they are awesome

[@chilli8364]

These are some GREAT vids with solid tips! Just curious: did you leave Flybubble a while ago, and I simply didn't realize it? Thx

[@FlyWithGreg]

haha, yes almost 3 years ago now, after 10 years I'd done more than enough to help them get global exposure so I run my own online flight academy and youtube channel now

[@chilli8364]

@@FlyWithGreg Nice! I'll have to look into your academy stuff more. (^‿^)

[@Schadwald]

Active flying is definitely the key, I've been flying a high-B wing for two years now and haven't had a single collapse! Unfortunately I find most instructional videos difficult, they always talk about the forward and backward movement of the wing that you have to stop, but I don't actually react to the movements at all but to the different pressures in the glider and the thus changing control forces! Maybe this would be a good topic for a video! ;-)

[@Ibrahim__Cetiner]

I will be glad of you share a tip about controlling as per the changing pressures.

[@solentfisher]

I’m still a beginner so maybe not qualified to say this but what I personally don’t like and see happening, often without good results, is when a pilot pulls up his wing, turns and prepares himself for a launch, another pilot rushes over and pushes them out without asking. I’ve seen pilots get dumped into bushes and trees this way and I find it very annoying as those few seconds I’m stabilizing the wing and feeling the wind and don’t have a penetration problem or if I do I like to retain the control and wait for the gust to reside. I think someone should only do that if the pilot asks for it first! It seems normal practice in czech when there are groups on the ground waiting their turn.

[@turkeyphant]

I've never seen that

[@istra70]

May be it's a cultural thing ....

[@MattnUska]

That doesn’t sound like a great flying community. Everywhere I have flown people are patient. Especially when it’s a recreational launch there’s no reason to be pushy. It’s dangerous.

[@xistsixt]

Rule to follow; if you can't launch alone you don't launch.

[@MattnUska]

@@xistsixt I think you misread that. He’s not saying it’s too strong to launch, I think he’s saying people are rushing pilots off the launch. It’s a pretty common thing on launch to bring up your wing and pause to feel the wind.

[@FragCool]

3:27 you should mention 3 times to not forget to untie the inner bag before the next flight! This is something that could lead to tragedy 3 months after the training!

[@istra70]

Yes, very good thinking....

[@chrisdervin5420]

Great video, thanks.

[@saamip]

Legend Greg Love from Nepal ❤❤🙏🙏

[@bradleybeck9978]

Much appreciated!

[@hanumandorje584]

Who is the moron launching in Valle de Bravo Greg!?!? Oh yeah! Its me!😂😂😂 Learned a lot since then thanks to You and practicing a whole lot!!

[@niklas7355]

Thanks mate

[@makaronie08]

yeah cool i fly tandems and I really liked this

[@sandrainthesky1011]

Cool Greg! I just did an SIV with Jockey, he's great. Found my weak spots to work on, had a blast!

[@jacksparrow1588]

If you have money to throw away…

[@ApexHerbivore]

@@jacksparrow1588 throw away? you think it's a waste?

[@jacksparrow1588]

@@ApexHerbivore for what he's offering and "all about me Jockey" kind of SIV, it's a waste.

[@ApexHerbivore]

@@jacksparrow1588 ah ok, thought you meant SIV in general

[@mikebarbee2217]

Do they teach you to throw your parachute in an SUV clinic? We had a paraglider pilot last year who had just done an SUV clinic in California last summer experience a collapse and never threw his chute. He landed on a road and broke his back at Lookout Mountain Flight Park in Georgia, USA where I work as a hang gliding instructor

[@sonnyburnside9409]

Great info

[@user-qp505]

شي مدهش .❤

[@PawelOlas]

Hi Greg. could you explain more about the butterfly technique? the beach landing mentions that this would save the guy from hitting the rocks. I guess putting 20% breaks to steepen the glide could also help. I'm a beginner and I'm trying to learn as much prevention as possible :-)

[@raphaeleymann]

Please ask your instructor, in the butterfly technique you break the wing close to the stall point quickli open and rebreak. In german its called pumpen - its easy if you're used to it but its best learned with an Instructor!

[@MattnUska]

Greg has a video about it on the Fly with Greg website but like Raphael said, it’s best to have an instructor help you with this. It can go wrong fast if you don’t know your stall point.

[@dirkdiggler3009]

It would be a lot better to spend time on learning a correct approach and how to put your glider down on a tight spot. I have seen a few people hurt themselves with the butterfly technique and wouldnt recommend it. Godd pilots too. The beach guy had a lot of space to land and a lot of room to manouver his glider away from the rock long before he got there. Once you are landing consistently with a good flare. Change it up. Every time you land at your local site pick a spot from high up and land as close as possible. Approach from multiple angles, never repeat the same approach. Add low turns, swoops, crosswind approach, downwind approach and upwind approaches to get feel for the adjustments you need to make. Make it different every time. If you have a large feild make it smaller by drawing imaginary boundaries you cant cross. This will help you practice steeper approaches and tighter landing zones without putting yourself in harms way.

[@evanbarnes9984]

I saw two failed launches for the first time recently. Everyone was fine in both cases, but it was scary to see how fast something can go wrong. I think in both cases, slowing down and actually kiting their gliders for a moment to check the lines with the wing flying overhead, or notice and fix the rather large asymmetric collapse, would have saved them.

[@JifeLacket]

You wake up out of bed with your hair already wind-swept. What a pro.

[@Pangolier]

1:02 is Hong Kong Lantau Island!

[@micinvit]

It did look familiar 😁

[@huepix]

I can't afford an SIV. Should I give up flying?

[@youtubemademecreateanewcha6965]

No

[@mdshamimaakondo2818]

You are all right . l am from bangladesh . How are you ?

[@intarsienschrankzwetschgen4224]

9 in 10 collapse accidents are stalls by pilots panicking after a collapse.

[@DreamBelief]

I'm disabled and considering doing this. I want to feel free

[@ahmedboudadi9032]

I m pilot for this sport I like this a lot

[@bennis123]

I've been wanting to paraglide for years, but the statistics for accidents just seem to high :(

[@mikebarbee2217]

Try hang gliding...they don't collapse!

[@Adventurepilot]

Hi bro I m paraglider and today I have also save life of another paraglider

[@nicolapoco1561]

your omega in the salty water of ouldeniz... what a tragedy :O :Z

[@turkeyphant]

He had a Beamer could easily have glided to the beach

[@FlyWithGreg]

ahah, the glide angle on a beamer with a glider attached is disasterously poor. It's actually a limitation of the certification, they are not allowed to glide well. and so ... sploosh!

[@fastbow9]

I the klick bait photo of faked horror reminds me of the dime store book shelf in the 1950’s . KZbinrs are embracing that corny stuff more every day.

[@raphaeleymann]

I stopped the Video at the beginning my predictions are: 1. Go do Groundhandling 2. Learn and Practice Active Flying 3. Check your Lines at the Launch properly Lets see where it is taking me....

[@raphaeleymann]

would say those have been mentioned - forgot to predict the SIV Add :-(

[@bradleybeck9978]

Much appreciated!