EPIC LOW SAVE Paragliding XC Tips

Experience an epic paragliding LOW SAVE from just 100 meters above the ground! In this narrative paragliding video, Carlo shares his XC flying tips while launching from Mount Caburn, a potential hotspot for paragliding cross-country flights. Given the extremely low paragliding takeoff point, it becomes crucial to thermal and climb as efficiently as possible.
This paragliding video captures the challenges of a stable day, marked by mostly small and weak thermals, particularly at lower altitudes. Additionally, a low inversion, barely above the hill's height, caps most thermals, making the ascent on our paragliders quite challenging. Watch as Carlo tries to climb and get away from the take off in these conditions, highlighting the importance of precision and strategy in reaching the cloud base against the backdrop of Mount Caburn's take off spot.
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[@flybubbleparagliding]

What was the lowest altitude from which you managed to climb back up while paragliding? 🦅If you enjoyed this video, you can support us by sharing it with your friends, leaving a like, and commenting below 💬🙌

[@tomekbumat]

40m, Twice over the flats this year . Once from 60m :)

[@crossleyr]

About 30 feet many years ago. I was getting lower and lower, and headed to a stand of trees, on a flat plain,. When i got there, there was a thermal just lifting off, that took me to about 3500". Eventually landed on the prom at Blackpool. What a great day.

[@tomekbumat]

@@crossleyr True. Such a day tastes a lot better than a standard XC. I wish it were May!

[@OffSurfaceAdventures]

In Spain I catched one 270 m AGL at 19:00 and scratched 8 min for the first 50 m ended up gaining 700 m and reached another good one lifitng me up to maximum allowed altitude. Landed 20:15 just because of this one thermal. I just thought nah this is too hot down there. My first and till now only 100 k flight, just wished I could break through this airspace at 3100 m and add some more final glide time 😃. Landing just before sunset is kinda magic. To be honest, every start at our little mountain is a low save 😆.

[@user-sw3vo1wt1g]

What a classic voiceover timbre!

[@LiiMuRi]

As someone used to flying in the mountains, flat land flying seems like black magic to me 😂 My lowest low save was about 40 meters. I was already preparing to land, when I caught a week thermal in a small, dry river bed. Took me ages to get high enough to continue flying, but the feeling of achievement was awesome

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Wohoo 40m 🥵🥳🙌 Thanks for sharing!

[@flybubblecarlo]

Thanks for sharing your low save story! 😃 For future videos, which parts of flat land flying would you like to know more about to help lift that veil of black magic for you? 🤓

[@LiiMuRi]

@@flybubblecarlo Mostly finding thermals when low. I'm never confident in finding lift in flat land and it's just a matter of luck. Maybe it needs more advanced planning, in order to not get so low in the first place?

[@paraglidingflyer]

I enjoyed the narration, was fun.

[@flybubblecarlo]

Great, thanks for the feedback! 🙏 What could've been better? 🤓

[@benjienys3543]

Thank you very much flybubble, spécial admiration from 🇹🇳 Tunisia 🙂😉

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Our pleasure! 🥳🙏

[@flybubblecarlo]

Thank you - best wishes from the UK! 👋🙂

[@kirkgulick]

Enjoying the narration!

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Happy to hear that! Thank you for your feedback 🥳

[@ChrisJewell7333]

The narrator was a nice touch, Carlo…👌

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Thank you! 🙌

[@kevinsay7335]

@@flybubbleparagliding can't honestly say I enjoyed the Murrican narrator 😃

[@flybubblecarlo]

@@kevinsay7335 hi Kevin thanks for the feedback on the "Murrican narrator" which for other feedback some like a lot and others don't like so much. Out of interest, is it just the accent you don't like? What would be better for you?

[@crossleyr]

"Mork singing out"? There's a lot of people out there that won't have a clue about that. You're showing your age. Excellent video though. Thanks

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Happy that you like it! Nanu Nanu 😁🙏 Thank you for support and see you in the next one! 🦅

[@airmalik]

Loved your low save over the powerlines Carlo! I've found lift low above powerlines a few times as well and wondered why. What do you think?

[@outdoorpie]

Great video! Presentation is very exciting! btw in such low situation I would be looking for a place to land and thats it 😂

[@flybubbleparagliding]

😁🙌

[@flybubblecarlo]

Glad you enjoyed the video! 😃 Definitely important to always keep good landing options within easy reach! 👍

[@paraglidingpassion338]

Love the narrator oh and you Carlo 😂

[@flybubblecarlo]

Hehe love you too Rob 😘 Hope all's good with you and yours 😊

[@airgaborpara3824]

My lowsave record was 6m far from terrain at Mt. Leinster in Ireland. I made a video ..on 777 Queen2

[@flybubblecarlo]

Now that's a proper low save! 👏😃

[@SKYSETE]

cool

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Thanks! 🙏

[@Itsallgoodtogo]

Low it how every pilot on youtube is slowly switching to the NIviuk arrow I don't use a camera on my flights but I had a few awsome lowsaves. In one case I was already chating with the people in a randome vilage and then noticed a bird in front of me not flaping but going up in a tight circle right in the middle of a grass field that was in the lowest part of the area. Poped up 700m straight in a large bubble of warm air.

[@StanBarankiewicz]

I absolutely loved the narration, and the voice-over gave it a polished energy. Great divergence from the desert of bland paragliding videos out there that show no desire to entertain the viewer.

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Glad you enjoyed it! Really happy to hear that 🥳 Thank you for your comment 🙏

[@AFlyingGlenn]

If the voice-over has a 'Ray Mears' setting i think that would work better :D It's kind of cool, took me by surprise, but does remind me a bit too much of those cheesy american documentaries about UFOs where the narrator carries the show too much. I did like how the naration told a story, however, and it quite nicely tied it all together. But for a British channel I think it needs a nice British voice-over instead of American. If the naration tool has a David Attenborough setting that might be a bit much, as epic as it might be. Actually, scratch that, switch it to David Attenborough next time! xD

[@jenniferswan7238]

Are you flying a Maestro? I bought the Beat light after watching your review and love it!! I might be a Phi fanboi now

[@flybubblecarlo]

I was testing a Phi Scala 2 on this day, and a few others. Move videos featuring it to follow, hopefully including a full review. It's now my personal favourite EN C 2-liner, and one of my favourite wings of all time to fly. I find it a real job, especially the handling. If I was competing in sports class events or XC leagues, this is the wing I'd chose.

[@flybubblecarlo]

From all my testing the Beat and Beat Light are still fantastic mid B wings offering a uniquely great package! That's why so many pilots love them - and such a wide range of pilots, from relatively low airtime to highly experienced. I'm also really impressed with the new AirDesign Vivo 2.

[@user-kh3ik7ml1d]

Hi Carlo! Great video! Are you planning to release a review on Phi Scala 2? Very interesting how this glider compares to other 2 line gliderd in c class. How would you rate its performance, handling and accessibility for the pilot? Very few reviews about phi scala2, hope to hear your opinion.

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Phi Scala 2 Light review coming up next! 💯

[@flybubblecarlo]

Hi! Glad you enjoyed the video! Yes, I am planning to release a review of the Phi Scala 2. From my testing the Scala 2 stands out in the class and so well deserves a review. The overall performance seems to be right at the top of the EN C class to me i.e. I think the Scala 2 is the all-round best performing EN C wing I've ever flown. Although it climbs very well - significantly better than its predecessor - I've found the performance emphasis to be a bit more on top glide and fast speed than floaty and boaty. This is a wing made for going places, it seems to me. I find the handling of the Scala 2 superb. It's the most responsive and agile EN C 2-liner wing I've flown to date, even more so than the Artik R, without being at all over-sporty. With the Scala 2's slightly higher aspect ratio (6.77 flat) I was expecting the pilot demands might be higher but have actually found them to be pretty much on a par with other high C 2-liners e.g. Artik R and Photon (actually I've personally found it more comfortable in turbulence than the latter). As with these other high C wings the pilot demands of the Scala 2 are higher than the more mid C 2-liners i.e. Gin Bonanza 3 and Nova CODEX, which I' also been testing (as well as the ZOOM X2C). Flybubble first impressions review of the Scala 2 light coming soon, which will also give a flavour of the Scala 2. Full review of the Scala 2 to follow, if I have time and all works out!

[@user-kh3ik7ml1d]

Thank you for such a detailed answer! It confirms a lot of my expectations. I look forward to seeing the test flight video.

[@577buttfan]

I had a low save the other day I hit the throttle lol :)

[@flybubbleparagliding]

😂

[@flybubblecarlo]

😆 Power to the para-people! ✊

[@frodenimbus]

Like your videos Carlo but to me, this narrator/voice over was a nuisance. On the border of being a parody. Maybe that was deliberate? To give the video a more cinematic expression?

[@flybubblecarlo]

Thanks for the feedback. In answer to your questions, the narration is meant to fill in the gaps of things I don't happen to think to say at the time and explain the story of the flight, rather than it being just another paragliding video of a few highlights from a nice flight. From all feedback it seems that some like or even love the narration, which others don't like it so much. If you can be more specific about what you don't like about the narration in this video we can take it on board for future videos. Are there specific parts of it you don't like, does the accent bother you, or is it just the idea of narration per se?

[@flybubblecarlo]

ps. Of course we could record the narration ourselves but that takes up even more of our time, which we don't have much spare of.

[@frodenimbus]

Hi Carlo. Kudos for also adressing non applauding comments! As you might suspect, per se I`m not fond of voice over in films/videos. An exeption is documentaries. The worst use of voice over is in my opinion when it explains the main caracters thoughts and actions! By its mere presence destroying most of the illusion a good movie should make. The use of voice over in this video is well timed. Emphasizing, and filling gaps that some viewers might have in grasping the content. But to me, the voice over breaks/competes with the usual, very good "contact" the viewer has with you when you are the one speaking in one video after the other. A relation developes. Meaning it would be ok if you where the voice over! Yes, the accent bodered me! The narrators solemnly like voice is the kind you hear in documentaries, and typically in films that explains a whole new idea/world to the audience. This video are none of these, thus for me becoming a parody in the voice over parts. Of course it all boils down to taste. Personal preferences. Now you`ve got mine. I very much enjoy your videos so keep them coming! :-)

[@577buttfan]

Well your out numbered the voice over was great!@@frodenimbus

[@frodenimbus]

@@577buttfanyou are being childish.🙄 I`m having a grown up discussion with Carlo.