My Thoughts On Recent CATASTROPHIC Paragliding Fail!

[@lockedin60]

The last video was heart stopping. But the man kept his cool and preserved his life. Kudos.

[@ExperiencingNature]

The guy was very obviously panicking, and understandably so. Very luckily for him his second reserve caught wind.

[@lockedin60]

@@ExperiencingNature I hope he went out and bought a lottery ticket very soon afterwards!😁😁

[@b3at2]

he survived 2 chute failures..crazy.

[@WillSmith63957]

Was he Bogalopin'?

[@eduardobindi85]

I'm from Brazil and I'm sad to say the two first videos are from here and happened with people within my circle of pilots. The first one was doing tricks and made a mistake, got out without any harm, but as he was flying to close from people it had a very bad impact over the paramotor community. The second happened with an experienced pilot that told us he was doing a spiral and flying with a very new Ozone wing. He managed to land perfectly fine and is flying again.

[@marcobusch]

Um bom pessoal de Ubatuba ficou com ranço de paramotor por causa dessas manobras sobre as pessoas nas praias. Os pilotos precisam ter mais atenção quanto a isso, caso contrário é bem capaz de no futuro proibirem voos de paramotor na cidade, quem vai perde mais serão os pilotos que não fazem isso.

[@CraigSmith568]

The last one made me think of the movie "The world according to Garp" where a plane hits a house a guy is looking to buy. When the plane hits he says "We'll take it. What are the odds that another plane will ever hit this house again."

[@Fabian1985]

The maneuver on the last one was (supposed to be) a twisted misty flip. He flies with 3 rescues by the way. The first one is a base system that releases the main wing and pulls out the reserve with a RSL. When you're in the wing, this is useless (as the wing pulls out the base when it separates). He has the best rescue setup possible for paragliding (base + steerable beamer reserve + square reserve)

[@MrBigPipesYT]

Looks like a super risky move, the wing is already collapsed when he initiates it. It's going to collapse more since there's not enough momentum to swing him around and inflate the wing. Maybe some lead boots would've helped...orrr a bigger wing. That wing looks tiny.

[@BenProebster]

@@MrBigPipesYT you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about

[@davidcalas]

Exactly, saying that "In paragliding, however, it's very different..." "It's not quite a sure fire, bullet proof... compared to sky diving..." is inaccurate. I wonder how the, supposedly better system, of a sky diver would work in the case the person is in free fall, tangled on the canopy.

[@rumblingstone731]

wing is allso an joker, wich is known for being super agressive, and one of the best wings for superstall infinity, Wich is one of the reason this is possible to happen so fast. To my knowledge, there is noone practicing these manouvers with a paramotor

[@ponderwonder]

Yeah exactly. In skydiving, if you're entangled with your main, the drill is to perform one attempt to free yourself and then deploy your reserve (without cutting away). However, we don't have the benefit of "aiming" our reserve; it just goes wherever it wants to. The reason we don't cutaway is because you're attached to it anyway so it's not going anywhere. Hopefully, it's inflated a bit and giving you some forward movement allowing the reserve to possibly deploy behind you in clean air. If you cut away, you'll likely be falling vertically with a bag of shit trailing behind you in the place your reserve will want to go. Personally, in the situation shown in the video, I'd prefer to be in the paraglider's shoes. On my skydiving rig, I'd probably have had to pull the reserve back in (if it wasn't trapped behind my back) and hand deploy it from the free-bag in the same way anyway.

[@joseferrer8738]

For anyone that is scared off from the sport by that last one, keep in mind that this was an acrobatics run. If you get into the high performance side of anything the risks get really high really fast. See any sport or activity ever. Aviation of any kind is particularly unforgiving. Getting gift wrapped like that is probably the worst of all cases. It's also very unlikely to happen to a beginner pilot on a beginner wing because you wouldn't be performing that kind of maneuver to end up in a similar position. The lesson in these types of videos isn't "look at all the things that can go wrong so you should stay home", it's "here are some situations that went wrong so let's see what we can learn". Many people haven't made it and if we don't have video it's just speculation what happened. But here we have a case of someone that kept his wits and is alive because of it. I'm glad he made it out to tell the tale, and thankful to have the opportunity to learn from the video. To me this is a subset of "never stop flying the aircraft". He kept trying something as long as he was conscious. Eventually something worked. Panicking, freezing up, and becoming a passenger is almost certain to be lethal in this kind of situation. If you keep working the problem then at least you have a chance. You're unlikely to go from zero upset recovery experience to giftwrapped on an acro run. You're going to have smaller issues as you develop your skills. That will give you the experience and confidence to handle the next biggest ones. If they progress slowly most people will find the end of their comfort level before they overrun their skill.

[@nissantuner6081]

Slow is smooth and smooth is fast! Extreme anything tends to be labeled as such for a reason. When pushing the limits, we have to go over the edge sometimes. Never give up or it's already over...

[@owenvenes]

absolutely agree. Assuming paragliding is dangerous from this video would be like watching a F1 race crash and not learning to drive a car as a result.

[@DanielArnett]

That last video is where 360 cams absolutely shine. They're the closest thing we have to a "black box" in most air sports. They get a lot of hate because quite a few 360 videos are poorly edited. Kudos to the dude for editing the 360 footage so well that nobody mentioned it or even noticed it.

[@careykaeding4542]

Cameras also create snags points and extra problems to deal with in emergency situations. In the skydiving world the USPA says you can’t even jump with a camera until you have 200 jumps.

[@DieselRamcharger]

@@careykaeding4542 you can see a bunch of shit is wrapped around his camera

[@DavidDavis311]

It’s good that you do these crash videos. Not only for people who already paramotor, but for those considering it. It’s important to know there are risks.

[@CS-in3pg]

Test pilots have the same calmness in the midst of situations like this where everything goes wrong. They simply work the problem. That was still amazing.

[@phmwu7368]

Insane recovery... in fact a lot, a huge lot of luck !

[@davidstiles6260]

I wonder how much of his trouble was compounded by the camera mount on his helmet. I lean to keeping my kit as slick as possible after getting lines hung up on a camera mounted to my cage.

[@DARKSLIDEHLL]

Thanks Tucker. Buying my first paramotor in the next few weeks. :D much love from Scotland! u are an inspiration

[@callumn7065]

Where about in Scotland mate? I’m from Fife..

[@DARKSLIDEHLL]

@@callumn7065 I'm across the forth in Bo'ness bud.

[@callumn7065]

@@DARKSLIDEHLL I’ve tried replying my name so you can find me on Facebook so we could fly sometime but don’t think KZbin is allowing the comment..

[@DARKSLIDEHLL]

@@callumn7065 ah sweet. I've yet to fly. Been ground handling for aaaages lol got a decent paraglider setup atm and hoping to fly alva glen/menstrie at some point soon then buy a paramotor. Mainly to save having to hike up big hills. But would love to chat to get some tips and advice for a begginer and then yeah defo fly together. I don't use Facebook but if you add my wife... I'll see if I can get a comment with her name

[@callumn7065]

@@DARKSLIDEHLL 🤣🤣🤣

[@guitars415]

The wing splitting in half during a SAT; that was on the Facebook group and was a very old wing with hundreds of hours and no inspections.

[@MarkLoves2Fly]

I just had my 1st SIV! SAT spins are really something! I found it difficult to stay conscious., blacking out twice. That last video showed a tremendous level of skill. Great video @Tucker Gott!

[@stephenkeen6044]

I have to wonder what acro trick he was trying to do in the last one, pity you don't get to see more of the leadup. Loads of good lessons to learn here. Lesson 1: leave a little more clearance than you think you'll need when flying over waves. Lesson 2: don't use an old wing for acro (a standard checkup may not have prevented the rip). Lesson 3: Don't try acro in turbulent conditions. Lesson 4: check your reserves before you go fly acro.

[@niconico3907]

He tried a twisted misty flip, the begining was correct, not the end: kzbin.infobWtACpsM2Sc?feature=share

[@dolph3711]

The last one just wow it’s great you do these videos not just for people who skydive for people who are thinking about doing it safety is everything and knowledge. The last one made my heart miss a beat ❤from london uk

[@martinclennon4640]

skydiver here with over 20 years of experience and some paragliding experience. the paragliding community might consider reviewing their reserve procedures, design, and packing methods. the video shows a reserve that is bag locked. you can see the stows are way too long, coupled with the reserve bag not generating enough drag. its the length of the stows that is the main culprit. another common mistake I see in the paragliding community is homegrown designs/repairs to equipment with no attempt to refer to either manufacture designs, procedures, or even a review by a rigger. I never meet a rigger that would not take the time to discuss safety with no expectations of payment. with the internet being what it is I cannot see how such little consideration to repair work is done it takes two seconds to share your repair work on the internet and have it reviewed by riggers. check your equipment before and after a flight. I know the paragliding community doesn't think well of skydivers but in the end its just wrong to not learn from the skydiving communities mistakes. The reserve design and packing procedures for skydiving equipment have been developed over 60 years and at the cost of countless lives.

[@JohnDoe-ds1uy]

I'm guessing I can't use the same reserve system that sky divers use. I've never been comfortable with the reserve system paragliders use. I don't have the experience or technical knowledge to say why until I read your post. They just seemed wrong in some way on the deployment.

[@martinclennon4640]

@@JohnDoe-ds1uy you cannot use a modern square skydiving reserve and deployment system with your paraglider. The system you are trying to emulate stems from the old belly mount reserve.

[@canatolakhoemini6728]

Agree. 30 yrs jumping, couple years paragliding and speed flying and although this scenario is not one that would make a difference, why is there not a 3 ring variant to chop a paraglider with or without a rsl type deployment option? Plus a throw out reserve. A ton of accidents start plenty high enough to use a skyhook type setup. I don't want to get all technical but there a better way. Plus who's going to say a round canopy is superior to a steerable square? Seems almost pathetic it's not the industry standard at this point. There are 2 bros that have worked a system similar to this and it's crazy it hasn't spread like wildfire!

[@martinclennon4640]

@@JohnDoe-ds1uy I cannot think of a better reserve than a round; because the paraglider has very long lines and the wing has a high aspect ratio and will likely get fowled in a square reserve. Another advantage to the round is that you will often have very little time/altitude to deal with a problem and you can just pitch the round out to both slow your descent and kill the lift from the glider without spending the time to detach the main. The trick is in the reserve pack, line stowes, and reserve bag. The technique used to pitch the reserve is also crucial. I will contact my old teammate a rigger, parachute engineer, and paraglider and see what he suggests.

[@martinclennon4640]

@@canatolakhoemini6728 I like your idea of using a skyhook and I can see how many issues could be dealt with at an altitude to use a skyhook deployment system, but I am worried that the number of instances where the paraglider would be too low.

[@JK-rv9tp]

I'd love to get into paragliding, having been flying airplanes and gliders for 47 years, but about the only thing that scares me off is the risk of collapse from turbulence or thermal activity near the surface that drops you when you are 20 feet in the air, something that seems relatively likely, sooner or later, if you are going to go soaring in thermic conditions.

[@heickodyck4310]

I like how tucker is all calm in the last video…i would have gotten off my seat at amazement that the chute opened at the last second lol

[@MrBigPipesYT]

You know how your'e afraid to do something that seems difficult/risky. It gets easier the more you do it. Comes down to confidence that you can perform the tasks at based on your skill level. Practice helps build confidence and skillset. Paragliding simulators don't do it justice since there's so many factors at play, including fitness.

[@charliewatts6895]

@@MrBigPipesYT Alex Honnold is a case in point. Some people think he's unusual, born with no fear. In fact, over time he progressed to where it got easier and easier and the fear lessened and disappeared. Honnold notes that andrelain is the killer.

[@vilhokivihalme9878]

Thanks for explaining the skydiviving reserve procedures so accurately and without unnecessary drama! Even though the rig has RSL or skyhook, the other handle is still there and you are basically suggested to pull it anyway, because what if the RSL is not connected from either end. As someone who has watched a lot of videos on paragliding, an interesting difference to skydiving is that paragliders more often than not seem to be tangled in their wing or the lines when using the reserve. In skydiving especially being tangled in your canopy would be almost impossible.

[@MichaelRei99]

Well that was exciting! Looking forward to your trip video. Are you able to fly in this scorching NJ heat or does it create bad air?

[@oscarfernandez7292]

hello tuck; a couple of notes. 1 kevin has the "3RS Acro harness", it is called that because it has 3 parachutes. one of them is base system, and it is extracted by the glider if you get rid of it. By falling inside the wing, this parachute is nullified. since the wing will never spread far enough to release the parachute. When pulling the second parachute, the handle becomes entangled with the lines, so the package never separates enough for the parachute lines, which act as closure, to take enough tension to open the parachute container. Luckily the third one doesn't get tangled up with any line and luckily it opens. I am an Acrobatic Pilot, Xc, paramotor and I follow your videos. a greeting. i hope you can understandme.

[@vladimpaler9274]

With the only thing slowing you down is the GROUND 😱

[@AdamsBrew78]

It’s the most reliable brake in the world.

[@Adui13]

@@AdamsBrew78 Also the most painful, or so I've heard.

[@prodkerstii]

@@Adui13 if you hit it hard enough there isnt any pain

[@blakechesbro3602]

Have to thank you so much for all your footage. 100% convinced me to not persue Paraguiliding and go for Glider pilot training at flight school instead Thanks, itt looks amazing but just way too many factors to go south and not enough tools to correct bad situations. I live at beach and have watched with fascination, actually witnessed a guy in a downdraft heading for power lines along Ocean ave and just get lucky not to go into them thankfully. When i watch and listen to the many Para G vids, it just seems the risk is too high similar to wing suit flying. Thanks again your vids are well thought out and produced.

[@DieselRamcharger]

FPV Drones with head tracking goggles are about as close as im getting to putting my head in the clouds.

[@jameshoben2950]

have you ever tried kiteboarding?

[@blakechesbro3602]

@@jameshoben2950 Hey James no torn shoulder but i currently race formula cars & . I'v e decided to start aviation glider ( sailplane) lessons instead. That will get me aloft !

[@matthewrossilini5808]

That last video actually got my adrenaline pumping. Absolutely insane. Definitely right, he fought to the very end

[@seeratlasdtyria4584]

As a former Paratrooper who occasionally helped Test, prototype military chutes; the thing about this pilot that impresses me the most is that he did not appear to soil his shorts :) To remain calm and using your brain throughout that chain of events, that close to the ground is pretty damned impressive to me, and just so you know, I participated in a number of test group jumps where the deployment failure rate was between 10 and 20 percent. Have to wonder if his wife/gf /kids still let him fly after that one.

[@JPTulo]

On that last one, the fact that neither reserve was able to easily fall out of the deployment diaper is very interesting. They should not flap in the wind like that and certainly shouldn’t need to be manually removed once deployed. Once they’re out of the main container they should very easily roll out of the diaper. Whoever packed those needs to re-examine the way they’re doing it. Rubber bands are way too tight or something.

[@niconico3907]

Exactly: first he didn't throw the pods strongly enough, he just dropped it. Your supposed to throw the pod as hard as you can, so the lines get taught and open the pod far from the glider and lines. Second: the pods are way too hard to open, there was plenty of airspeed to open them, they should have opened anyway. A few possible reasons: pods are too small for the reserves, the rubber band too small, too strong, the line loop badly made inside, rubber bands too old, or stayed in a hot car, melted or stuck to the lines.. He should have checked all that before flying acro, and every 6 month: wear his harness on the ground, pull the reserve handle, throw the pod, watch the reserve leave the pod, repack. He could also have done these checks on a zip line.

[@Banzoz]

@@niconico3907 Yea lets see you do that when you like 300 feet from the ground going 100+ mph

[@niconico3907]

@@Banzoz he was way higher than that. All the more reasons to do it right the first time, and the reserve would have opened in 2 seconds like it supposed to.

[@niconico3907]

@@Banzoz you don't need to go 100mph to check if the reserve is packed properlly before flying.

[@pentachronic]

He could be in a windless spiral....

[@stephenyork7318]

The third guy, he barely even threw the reserve, was more of a pull and drop. There is no pilot chute, these reserve in the deployment bag can’t generate enough drag to act as an anchor. This dude didn’t “sling” it. He literally pulled and let it go. That said I think something was stopping the bingy or rubber bands from releasing. Would be nice to know if they analysed the reserve in depth afterwards.

[@mattc.310]

#3 had the right equipment and flew it all the way to the crash site cool as a cucumber. That was something to watch. #1 got out of that harness in record time. Seeing him pop out of the surf got a sigh of relief. It's great that everyone walked away from these incidents that all could have ended up fatals. Well done indeed. Thanks for going over these.

[@gurilagardnr2688]

"he's doing paragliding aerobatics, which is a little bit higher risk" Way to undersell it Tucker. Here, let me help you. "he's doing paragliding aerobatics, which a little like free-climbing while covered in teflon grease"

[@BlackxLight]

Water crashes (Ocean) tips for survival. Having done a water crash in a similar scenario to this vid (but on my trike) I have a few potential live saving tips. I was further out than this pilot, but also in high surf. First tip: you will be underwater with little time. If you have a hook knife or knife, DO NOT attempt to cut your harness lines to get out quick unless you have mock practiced doing it and also have cut a strap so you know how effective it is. Just undo your straps as you would if you had finished flying. Tip two. Do NOT try and rescue your gear, even if you can stand, you may be on a sand bar as I was, and after escaping your paramotor, your survival ordeal has just begun. Thirdly, get rid if whatever you can that adds weight to you, like your helmet radios etc., (you have an arduous "swim" to the shore). If you are wearing a flight suit or heavy clothing, you might drown trying to take it off... so you need to swim in, through surf, very sinky. Do NOT try to swim normally, this does not work heavy loaded, instead roll over on to your back, and kick your legs, and paddle with your arms. If you are moving on your back, even heavy loaded, you will stay afloat and be able to breath. If you are in a rip, you will be pulled out to sea. Do not try to kick and paddle against it, just wait until a wave comes then kick and paddle faster and catch the wave. In heavy surf you will be dumped and tumbled violently, just wait until the worst is over, stay calm, and resurface.

[@steven.h0629]

Re the Kevin jump.. that's the one everyone dreams of .. one to two seconds from disaster, at freefall speed 🤜💥🤛

[@lonniechildress6661]

Amazing the ability to think quickly and keep fighting!!! Amazing!

[@DefinedHorizons]

The first reserve of that last guy had the reserve handle get tangled in the lines of the main glider and therefore the reserve did not get far enough away from the guy to pull the reserve lines out of the container, ultimately releasing the reserve from it's container. You can see the reserve handle and bridal hooked on lines of the main wing from the time he lets it go to about the time the second reserve is finally deployed. The second might have deployed if he had thrown it, but maybe he didn't trust that method on the second and decided to be in as much control of the outcome as he could by manually pulling the cover off the second reserve. Amazing self awareness in a time sensitive situation.

[@BrianPhillipsRC]

Love the content Tucker

[@philthayer4087]

That’s why I have zero interest in Acro. Being 300 feet in the air on a lawn chair with an overgrown weed whacker on my back is risky enough without over stressing my gear.

[@flyingdanwitha29sedan]

Every time I watch your crash videos.. I feel the same way every time! I don’t ever want to crash! And always be 100 percent safe!!! But like always great video man! I really enjoy watching your videos over most!

[@williamoorejr]

''get me my brown pants" just amazing what ever happened to ballistic parachutes? They were all the rage a bunch of years ago

[@grassclipper117]

Just to comment on the fird crash in your video. You should look at the acro base system from supair. It's a harness that allows you to cutaway you paraglider and realese a base canopy instead of a standard parachute. It's not bulletproof but probably a lot safer for acro pilots. The * is that you probably want to learn skydiving before using this system...

[@Davett42]

That last one is at Organya, I wouldn't say it's not going to happen again, for an acro pilot, its a definitely a possibility... I saw my mate do exactly the same thing, but he was wrapped inside the wing completely. All you saw was the reserve being thrown up and out of the flapping wing haha, that stopped everyones heart.

[@0611930024838]

that last one is incredible, what a fighter

[@marksmallman4572]

I cannot believe that he was calm and composed in that situation during the last video, he was incredibly lucky, fullstop.

[@TheKribajo]

Kevin is a very very experienced pilot. It was not his first crash by the way 😉

[@LarsLarsen77]

I have an idea for a self-deploying square parachute that launches out with a spring or an explosive when it detects the ground rushing up on you with radar. It would be an amazing reserve system for BASE jumpers and speedfliers.

[@pasipulkkinencom]

Reserve needs some kind of spring launch system. Especially if you have 2, one should have a system that launches it far enough and fast enough. Regards 6000hr glider pilot.

[@ghenke100]

Reacting to crash videos while you did some sketchy shit a week ago by strapping a beast to your back. I like your content Tucker, but damn man, you need a gut check

[@pingpong9656]

2 reserves - did not expect that! Life saver for sure

[@Patriot_Drone_Services]

As with all things aviation, the three rules will always apply - Aviate, Navigate & Communicate. Always keep flying the aircraft and control the chaos by keeping as calm as you can. I’m sure some will say, what do you mean aircraft, we are talking about paragliding, paramotoring, skydiving 🪂 etc. It doesn’t matter the mode of transportation to get airborne, if it flys as designed it is a form of an aircraft in the most simplest of terms. The person in the last video, proved there is no substitute for training and experience when things go FUBAR really quick, and when you least expect it. He wound up gift wrapping himself, then his wing turned into a cigarette roll after he unwrapped himself, tossed his reserve, but it couldn’t deploy, he stayed composed enough to manually deploy his second reserve which caught air and he landed. The only other bad thing that could have happened was if his second reserve did a May West with all of those lines flapping around. He continued to “aviate” his way out of the horrible situation he got into, never giving up. There are a lot of things to be learned from this situation. Unlike conventional aircraft, that have flight simulation trainers, there aren’t any simulations that can be done to train should emergency situations happen in these sports. I think the only simulation anyone can really do, is to know yourself and limitations, know all of your equipment and how it functions and play the “what if” game in your mind by conjuring up hypothetical emergency situations and develop a reaction plan to recover yourself. Then walk through these situations and make the muscle movements for each step of your plan. Have an experienced and knowledgeable buddy watching what you are doing to identify major & minor flaws in the plan to try to resolve those flaws and make the plan better. Accept the advice and try it out. Because in a live emergency situation, you have the entire rest of your life, all 4 or 5 seconds of it, to figure out how to extend those 4 or 5 seconds into many happy years… I really enjoy all the videos Tucker. I wish I were 30 years younger and about 60 pounds lighter, I would love to do what y’all do. Unfortunately, 21 years in the military with 5 combat deployments have taken a toll on this old soldier’s body. But nonetheless I’ll keep watching y’all doing what you do! Keep up the awesome work Tucker.

[@marcobusch]

Hi Tucker! I had sent an e-mail to you few week ago with the entire footage of the water crash, there you see that the pilot was swooping too low even over the threes, that one definitely was a pilot mistake. This accident happened in Ubatuba Brazil; a guy that I know from there told me that the pilot was quickly rescued by the surfers.

[@jcoghill2]

If the laces holding the reserve into a bundle don't come undone the reserve wont open. It would be interesting to note what was found during the after crash recovery. The reserves are made to come open easily and when they don't there is always a reason why. I've heard of some of incidents being caused by the fact that the rigger laced the reserve up with safety wire and then forgot to remove it after the lacing was done. When I buy my equipment nobody but me will pack my reserve! You didn't mention if there were any injuries or fatalities.

[@onjofilms]

I remember one hang gliding member who was all into hang-gliding. He was the first to use a ballistic chute, he used that thing for like 5 years and one fly-in he decided it was time to blow it and get a new one. So he pulled the cord and it was a dud. lulz

[@DoItWithPaulie]

There it is right there,almost guaranteed to work does not quite inspire confidence lol

[@michaelalphin]

That walk to fly launch on the sand bar was sick! it looked like so much fun!

[@pedtrog6443]

The adage about old pilots and bold pilots still holds as much truth today as it ever did.

[@pdbordelon]

That guy Kevin is very, VERY lucky to be alive. It's a fluke that he wasn't killed. Had the incident began to occur just 50-75 feet lower than when it did he would be dead. All that said, while yes he was lucky, ultimately his experience and relative calmness saved his life.

[@kevinmerrell9952]

First guy lost all lift in that tight turn. Second guy did more than his gear could do. Third guy did not panic. Number one survival trait.

[@richardwallinger1683]

TWO reserve chutes ? Having the presence of mind to not trusting the second reserve to open as intended . Maybe he will be dialling his acro back a bit . someone is trying to tell him something .No time to check the ground arriving . Too busy sorting things out .

[@PureGlide]

Is it normal to have 2 reserves? or is it more likely if you're doing acro?

[@JPTulo]

It is normal when you know you’re going to be attempting risky maneuvers. Some guys even carry 3. Some guys don’t carry one at all. It all depends on the type of flying you’re going to be doing, and how you define you’re own risk profile.

[@niconico3907]

Having 2 reserves is mandatory for racing and acro contests.

[@FarmerFpv]

That last one scared me to the point where I farted and made a stinky. 😊

[@fly1327]

A lifetime of hang gliding witnessing paraglider incidents, some life altering. I've known rigid wing pilots who've died flying, the last from pilot error attempting to stuff into a tight field clipping a tree. But paragliders in rough conditions? Jesus Christ. Full collapses for thousands of feet, recovery chutes wrapping the main 'wing', everything you can and can't even imagine. Last, a person flying on the same really rowdy August day, me flying to goal while she unable to escape being sucked up deployed her reserve resulting in a 60mph tangle to the terra firma 10,000 below, breaking everything. Still crippled today I'm told. Folks, if you're intent on flying mountains (so much fun), use a lifting surface not dependent on consistent airflow to keep it an airfoil. Just my take as a witness.

[@bagheerab278]

Thanks, Tucker... another awesome breakdown of events.

[@deanmiles3505]

Hi Tucker, You never know what may happen when you get into many of the hobbies we love. We just need to be aware of that and enjoy the hobbies. I find that even riding a bicycle down the road can be dangerous especially with all the people who still insist on texting and driving. Take care, Be safe.

[@Seadog9511]

Coffee and 3 scary crash videos. My day is off and running! Fly safe people 😅

[@chargeriderepeat7024]

Im happy to go paragliding...once Ive bought my 4th reserve

[@CharlesVanNoland]

Seems like the reserve package needs a drogue on it to rip it the rest of the way open! The wrapper on it should be that drogue chute instead of something that just flutters away. I guess you do need it to have time to get out from under your wing and whatnot. Definitely seems like there's room for improvement.

[@DAS-Videos]

That near death paraglider video was on all the major tv news outlets. It was pretty incredible.

[@hankhopkins3587]

I'm hunting a used mojo ... I've never flew or been trained. I fly ultralights and light sports.. I know I'm gonna like this type of flying..not a question about it!!!

[@ParkourSchweiz]

He actually had 3 reserves. He was not able to pull the first one because of the line tangle.

[@MrBigPipesYT]

I'm sure you've mentioned it but what kind of knife to you carry, I'd want something absolutely razor sharp and serrated. Maybe even scissors. Could color code the lines that are vital to your reserve shoot.

[@EnzoMozzarella]

Craziness man. Awesome video

[@ricinro]

nice photo of the Superstition mountains!

[@stco2426]

Gulp and scary. Appreciate your thoughts comments! Just a tiny comment on V1, to say there is a lot of turbulant air above 'surf' waves, whether green or breaking. This is particularly the case in an offshore break. It's a bit like a wingtip vortex that spirals over and behind the face. The change in pressure might have contributed to instability? Thoughts...

[@FrayAdjacentTX]

Hey, that last video is a duesy! I should send it to Tucker!

[@bbbf09]

I like that qualified ' *almost* guaranteed' .....why I'll steer clear.😀

[@cloud9847]

I had my first (and only so far) cutaway on my 10th jump. This was WAY more gnarly.

[@jun1orIV]

It's like me playing Battlefield, only open the parachute in the last second.

[@MrGichinfunakoshi]

Regards from Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain

[@voteloonydotcom]

Surviving a parachute double malfunction with a student is very difficult to process...(Skydive Utah 2002). To my knowledge I am the only person to live and walk after this type of accident.

[@jdwylde7]

So for paragliding (powered or otherwise) would it be prudent or even safe to carry some sort of deployable knife maybe on your arm that you can activate (I’m trying not to sound like assassins creed here) and cut away your lines? Maybe more like a hook or a seatbelt cutter type thing. Obviously that’s a lot of lines and it might be dangerous to do this. But I figure I’ve seen a lot of people tangle and and drop like a stone, would getting rid of the chute be possible? Also I guess this is more of an unpowered glider question because you’re always flying higher without an engine to start with. So worth it, not worth it, safe, unsafe or just a stupid suggestion?

[@archangel9114]

Kevin's video on Instagram had a much more suspenfull clock ticking countdown sound to it.

[@thomasmcfeely8869]

I use to hang glide back in the late 70's early 80's and I forget which years but for 10 years the #1 acrobatic hang glider they all had died. All from doing inverted tricks. Hell we were just trying to keep our modified regallo out of the brambles and trees upon landing. After only one hospitalization my lesson, hang gliders aren't meant to be upside down 🌍✌.

[@Markbabb]

Bro please be careful man

[@Paddy_The_Baddy]

Loving the videos tucker

[@Mikesroadtrip-ec5kp]

TUCKER! At the end before Kevin hits looks like he is being chocked?

[@leotl3368]

A product that would be cool - a gun which you fire that inflates the reserve reliably every time. Is there anything like this already or in development?

[@Jeffopar]

I haven’t watched you in a while, thank you from the bottom of my heart for losing that stache.

[@FragCool]

The g-force on a SAT is much lower then on a Spiral, as the center turn point is not the glider but is in the middle between glider and pilot. Therefore you don't have the full line length, so smaller circle, less speed, less g-force. The glider should be able to handle a spiral... if it fails at a SAT... something was very wrong with the glider!

[@auxchar]

That last one literally looks like a scene from an action anime.

[@richardalvarez5344]

The last one was crazy would have never go back in the air after that ever again fr tho

[@anthonyburke5656]

In my view, Kevin is a Roll Model, prepared, trained, planned and executed. Fear is the Min Killer.

[@robgrey6183]

LOL gravity is the ultimate mind killer.

[@undercoverattorney0001]

The second accident; was the wing an Ozone Freeride?

[@donjohnson2639]

That last guy was soooooo lucky!

[@backwoodsshiner887]

I like the idea of some of the massive trikes or ppc has the ballistic reserve but lucky people

[@NJPoolboy]

man, this reminded me of how close mark honeycut was to ending up in the same situation in one of his vids

[@docwill184]

Two reserves? About how many sq. ft. each? Where are they carried and do they pack smaller than skydiving reserves?

[@Daveandbillie]

Never give up, always keep fighting 🪂💪🏽👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@KlingbergWingMkII]

How about recommending that pilot's should not operate their aircraft outside of the proven flight envelopes? I've been a pilot for more than 50 yrs - all types - and when I see videos like this all I can say is, "Don't do stupid stuff!"

[@immrfun]

Absolutely agree. Buy good equipment. Check your equipment always, keep it in good condition, fly in safe weather within the parameters of your equipment, and don’t do extreme maneuvers. If you do so, you can live long and prosper. This applies to any form of aviation. If you deviate from this formula in any form of aviation, you substantially increase your risk of injury or death. General aviation has a saying: “There are old pilots and bold pilots, but no old bold pilots”.

[@shaunsafety4175]

Way to go Kevin!

[@SherrickDuncan]

@Tucker Gott do you think a electric motorized custom chopper bicycle (that looks like a chopper motorcycle but weighs about what a bicycle would) can be made with a paramotor flying engine and propeller and parachute attached so that the bike chopper can fly? Kind of a Paramotorcycle?

[@repaid1]

You can fly anything under the wing as long as the wing is rated for that weight/load..Tucker has talked about it many times. Just like the wing for a Trike setup is much larger than one for the backpack....Pretty much common sense when you sit and think about it. The term you want is "Wing Loading" you would take your weight adding the weight of the vehicle and then go to a wing distributor or manufacturer and buy the appropriate wing. All of course after your training to learn how to fly the thing in the first place...I mean if Tucker could mount reindeer on his paramotor trike and make it "Fly", most anything is plausible.

[@SherrickDuncan]

@@repaid1thank you for your help. I just started following him a week ago. Only have seen about 10 of his videos so far. Did not know those things.

[@Pabloestevez1]

that last one was insane tho!!!

[@TakeNoneForTheTeam]

Coordinate 30 engineers and make a better reserve. Patent it and pay everyone back. Create a memorial fund, and then distribute profits according to risk/effort.

[@matthewdaniels5659]

Time to pack a third reserve and a second set of undys.

[@DAS-Videos]

It took at pilot about 19 seconds to throw the reserve.