Paragliding - ART OF COLLAPSES I FULL Paragliding Film

Paragliding: ART OF COLLAPSES Full Film. A seven day paragliding odyssey, a mind-bending narrative where the thin line between thrill and terror becomes a daring exploration of paragliding boundaries. Against the breathtaking backdrop of Italy's iconic paragliding spot above Lake Garda, the trio Carlo, Nancy and Boris undergo an SIV and ACRO paragliding course led by pro paragliding pilot Pál Takáts. A paradoxical ballet in the sky unfolds, where vulnerability is transmuted into strength! As the sun dips below the horizon, whispers of those who dared to master the ethereal can be heard. Brace yourself to witness the Art of Collapses.
Location:
Lake Garda in northern Italy is a top spot for paragliding enthusiasts, thanks to its beautiful landscapes and ideal flying conditions. Monte Baldo, a mountain range on the lake's eastern shore, is a popular paragliding location.
Monte Baldo offers stunning views of Lake Garda and the Alpine scenery. The paragliding launch sites on Monte Baldo, like Malcesine or Monte Baldo North, provide access to thermals and dynamic air currents for excellent paragliding conditions. Thermals and lake breezes offer a diverse flying experience, suitable for beginners and experienced paragliders. Lake Garda also provides opportunities for SIV and ACRO paragliding. The tourism infrastructure in the region makes it convenient for paragliders to access launch sites and enjoy paragliding in this picturesque Italian location.
💭 What is SIV?
SIV stands for "Simulation d'Incidents en Vol," which translates to "Simulation of Incidents in Flight" in English. SIV paragliding is a specialized training program designed to teach paraglider pilots how to respond effectively and safely to various in-flight emergencies and unusual situations. The primary goal of SIV training is to enhance a pilot's understanding of their wing's behaviour and improve their skills in managing critical situations. During SIV paragliding, pilots typically undergo training sessions in controlled environments, for example over a large body of water. Once in the air, the instructor guides the pilot through a series of intentional manoeuvres and simulated emergencies. These manoeuvres can include collapses, spins, stalls, and other situations. The training helps pilots build confidence in their abilities and improve their decision-making skills in stressful situations. The duration and complexity of Acro and SIV courses can vary depending on the different available courses, instructors/schools and programs.
💭 What is ACRO paragliding?
Acro paragliding, short for acrobatic paragliding, is a specialized discipline within the world of paragliding that focuses on performing aerobatic paragliding manoeuvres and acrobatic tricks with a paraglider. Unlike traditional paragliding, which involves soaring peacefully through the air, acro paragliding is all about pushing the boundaries of the glider's capabilities to execute thrilling and often complex manoeuvres. Acro paragliding manoeuvres can include spins, wingovers, spirals, stalls and more advanced tricks like SAT, helicopters, tumbling and much more. Acro paragliding requires a high level of expertise and training.
🐥 Main characters in the film:
Pál Takáts (Professional extreme sportsman | Master Acro)
Carlo Borsattino (Flybubble Crew)
Nancy Elliott (Flybubble Crew)
Boris Tyszko (Flybubble Friend and former Crew Member)
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[@flybubbleparagliding]

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[@fathy31]

Se fosse possibile impostate la traduzione di ciò che verrà detto nel film sarebbe fantastico italiano, francese ecc.. grazie

[@CaionoAr]

Love it

[@flybubblecarlo]

@@CaionoAr 😁😁🪂🪂😊😊

[@ThibaultROHMER]

Thanks for showing paragliding is challenging and require propre training to fully understand and handle your wing. Also bravo for showing your feelings and emotions (fear, cries, stress, ...). It's a more human and true story than a lot of clips or incredible performance videos we see on internet, and also humbling because it takes time and pratice to achieve such maneuvers even for experienced pilots. Great video with the voiceover and the good mood. Having a tandem with pal takats must be quite the experience!

[@TheNorwoodCat]

What a fantastic film. Nancy and her cravatte was epic. I was definitely NOT ready for it to come to the end!

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Yeha!! Thanks 🙏

[@flybubblecarlo]

On this special SIV and Acro course with Pal, the goal was to refresh our skills in SIV and improve control in manoeuvres like stalls, spins, spirals, and wing overs. Pal's teaching style was exceptional and unique, making the learning experience enjoyable and informative. 😃

[@loums52]

WOW!...wasn't that fantastic! I was vicariously screaming along with Nancy during the full stalls...and Carlo's enthusiasm is incredibly infectious. Thanks for taking us along for a great ride! Cheers and best wishes for the holidays.

[@flybubblecarlo]

Thanks for commenting! Glad you enjoyed the ride - as you can tell, we loved it and had a great time! 🥰😁

[@maxf21]

Holy HOLY SH*T! I'd never watched a paragliding video where I got so excited, nervous and thrilled at the same time, the amount of emotion and passion you guys transmit through a screen is unreal!

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Wohooo 🤩 🙏 Very happy to hear that! Thank you!! 🙌

[@rogisotnas]

Unbelivabuble video super noice!!

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Thankyoububble!! 😁🙏🥳

[@crazyclimberPete]

Great Video, TakiTaki (if I am allowed to nickname Pal Takats like that) is a real winner of the heart (like in the Red Bull X Alps). Amazing Video Flybubble :it was really a joy to watch. I could feel the enthousiasm, euphoric vibes and thrilling feelings that come with flying. Thumbs up!

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Thank you😍 for your feedback. We really appreciate it.🔥🥳✅

[@lyudmilivanov270]

First! Looking forward! Regards from Bulgaria

[@flybubblecarlo]

😃😁😊

[@czarny31081983]

You are avesome lads love you!!!!

[@JackieB12003]

Fantastic! Thank you. Special shout-out to Nancy. That took guts to go back after the stall after your cravat.

[@flybubblecarlo]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching! 😁🪂👌

[@flybubblecarlo]

I wholeheartedly agree with you about Nancy, it did take guts to get back up there and do more stalls and tail slide practice after she got that scary knot in her lines! 👏🦸‍♀

[@ContarePavone]

Spectacular movie - I enjoyed it so much and will watched it a second time, thanks for sharing ;-)

[@flybubblecarlo]

Woohoo, glad you enjoyed it! 😁 More from Italy to come...

[@mathildechivet9851]

fantastic movie! thanks for sharing the thrill of SIV course in beautiful Italy

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@flybubblecarlo]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😄 It was thrilling and we love beautiful Italy! 🥰

[@edelsim3801]

Wow Stunning Film! I hope more and more companies and organizations learn to share and make businnes the way you do guys. Thank you very much!.

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Thanks so much!

[@sebastiennoir9758]

Great video! Thanks a lot!

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Glad you liked it! 🙏

[@manuelfischer9603]

Oh my god, I love this 😎 Pal is such a great guy and the Flybubble Crew is as always awesome 👍👍👍

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Wohooo 🥳🙌 Thank you!!! 🦅

[@airmalik]

Most entertaining SIV ever!!! Loved all the screaming :D

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Thanks for the feedback. Glad you enjoyed it.🔥✅

[@flybubblecarlo]

Glad you enjoyed our scream-along SIV film, it was a very entertaining course for us too! 🙃

[@hungkinhyeu]

A very useful and fun video. Thanks.

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Our pleasure!🙌🙏

[@patrickswitzer628]

Wheeeeee!! What is the setup of that tandem acro trainer with both pilot and Passenger/pilot having a set of controls? Do the 2 sets join up somewhere before the canopy? Watching that gave me flashbacks to auto driving training in the car with the double brake pedals...

[@carolevanness4120]

Fabulous!😮

[@flybubbleparagliding]

🙌🥳

[@CineSoar]

Recently moved from the US, where I was P3, to Zurich, where I have to establish again. SIV is high on the list of how to follow up, after I get my ticket here.

[@ChrisJewell7333]

Good one guys…!

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Thank you! 🙏

[@rwarnerking]

Great film!

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Thanks! 🔥🙏

[@CampTlangram]

I enjoyed watching it.

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Excellent! Thank you!! 🙏

[@airgaborpara3824]

Wooohoo! 😂 Made me laugh! I loved it!!!!

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Woohoooo! Happy to hear that! 🥳🙌

[@TheVladomo]

The most beautiful SIV so far. Thank You guys.

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Wow, thank you!

[@mariopolzgutter1246]

This video, although funny, shows how complex paragliding is. If you watch this video carefully, and we all know that Nancy and Carlo are paragliders who fly very often, fly in different flight areas, fly all year round, etc. that even the two of them get into trouble here and there. For everyday flyers, this is once again proof that you should definitely not dream of C or D gliders unless you fly 200 hours a year if you want to survive. So as nice as it is when you watch the X Alps, for example, this level is unattainable for the normal pilot, it's all an illusion.

[@abseil76]

Not all pilot progresses all the way. Many are happy beyond measure to just glide around in the safest environment. But whoever feels the need to go further, it's all there for the grab and it's learnable.

[@7up-weee]

Using hours as a proxy for which type of wing to fly is not great. It doesn't tell you much about how you will react or what skills you have. Any wing can bite you. High Bs are especially troublesome as they lul pilots into a sense of security that just isn't there in the wild (it's just a B so it's safe right? Nope). 200 hours per year is still not enough without any further training (i.e. beyond basic pilotage). There's no way I could get 200 hours per year living in Scotland but my wing choice is right for me in the places I fly. You just have to be analytical about it.

[@sebasgo1995]

Amazing video, thanks for sharing!

[@flybubblecarlo]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😄 Thanks for watching and commenting! 😊

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Thanks for watching! 😀

[@sebastiennoir9758]

Great trailer!

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Thank you! 🙏

[@dongseokkim1159]

Great~

[@flybubbleparagliding]

🦅🙌

[@subhamsonali2297]

Which is Guitar tune?? It's outstanding..mind blowinggggg😮❤

[@GregiiFlieger]

This was really a great video! There were some times in the Vid that I began sweating (especially the last Acro Flight).... Well done all!

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Glad you enjoyed it! 🙌🥳

[@janoskovacs2924]

🍿can’t wait 🍺

[@flybubbleparagliding]

🍿🍿🤩

[@WuTangChillaBee]

I love watching SIV videos with analysis, and this one is particularly GREAT! Very informative, and entertaining 😆 thanks a lot!

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for commenting! 😊🥳

[@comsamihai9033]

What an amazing video thanks for sharing your experience and all the lessons that come with it. An amazing team with really great people.

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Glad you enjoyed it! 🥳 Thanks for support! 🙌

[@stefandiefenbacher3021]

What great fun i had watching, you are awesome, thanks for sharing this!! 🤩

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Thanks! 🙌🥳

[@flybubblecarlo]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for commenting! 😊

[@edwinlooy6551]

Awesome movie❤ Really shows how much more i can learn in the years to come😉 And how beautiful our sport is😍 Thanx for this good vibe movie you all🤗

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Thanks Edwin 😍For watching and your feedback.🔥✅🥳

[@flybubblecarlo]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😊 We are so lucky to be able to free-fly! 🍀🪂

[@flybubblecarlo]

There's always something new to learn in free-flight, even when we don't know it! 🏫

[@seriallyscott]

What a fun video!

[@flybubblecarlo]

Happy you had fun watching it, we had great fun doing it! 😁🎈

[@rmoore255]

excited for this one!

[@flybubbleparagliding]

🥳🤩🍿

[@DarrenGoodlad]

Amazing, I've just realised Nancy and I have the exact same scream 😂

[@flybubblecarlo]

😱😱😃😃😜😜

[@sandrainthesky1011]

That was the best video you have ever done! SO riveting and exciting, I was clapping and cheering right along (which I never do haha!) I think I have the same issue as Nancy did with the stalls, which was really eye opening and mine are the same way. I will keep that in mind when in my next SIV environment. Big thumbs up guys!🙂🙃🙂

[@flybubblecarlo]

Glad you enjoyed it Sandra, thanks for commenting! 😊 Great that sharing Nancy's experience was helpful for you too! 😁

[@damianzakutansky6956]

Awesome to see how everybody is having fun during learning how to survive :D

[@flybubbleparagliding]

😂😂

[@flybubblecarlo]

Glad you enjoyed the film! As you can tell, we had a great time... even if there were some pretty scary moments! 😃

[@chuyanes9679]

Maravilloso 🎉 🫶💪💪

[@flybubbleparagliding]

🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@alexsakon]

That knot on Nancy’s wing was impressive. Surely she’s done SIVs in the past?

[@flybubblecarlo]

Yes, getting a knot like that is quite unusual! Nancy has completed multiple SIV courses in the past, but it has been a while since she last did one, so she was a bit rusty at first. 🙃

[@flyul1]

Awesome video thanks for sharing

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Thanks for watching.🥳🔥

[@brendanvaughn]

Wow thank you for the awesome video !!

[@AceMcMoron]

Holy s**t! Any survivors?!?

[@flybubbleparagliding]

We´ll find out soon! 😄🍿

[@jonathansummerfield8390]

Chrigel told me once, that he got a very centered line over. After trying to stall it out it ended ups perfectly in the center. He has altitude so he started fucking around. At some point he realized it was stable enough so he landed like that. But hey he is Chrigel :D.

[@flybubblecarlo]

Thanks for sharing that story with Chrigel! 👍 I've seen something quite similar happen, more than once! 🤓 If I recall correctly, the first time was in the late nineties. 🤔 The pilot was one of my old paragliding students from the early 90s, Russell Ogden - now an Ozone test pilot, ex- World, PWC and British Paragliding Champion etc. 🪂🏅 Russ was practicing full stalls on a FreeX Spark during SIV course in Oludeniz, Turkey with Jocky Sanderson. 🪂 He got it badly wrong - much worse than Nancy does in this video - nearly landing in the lines/wing. 😱 This resulted in line over very close the centre of the wing. 😲 From a distance it looked like two mini wings joined together, like a bowtie. 👔😳 Like Chrigel, Russ decided the "bowtie" was stable enough to land on the beach with, to avoid getting wet. 💦 From quite far out over the sea he only just made it back the beach, landing downwind just a couple of metres from the water! 😅

[@flybubblecarlo]

Nancy knows the "Russ bowtie" story well. 🤓 This is partly why she was rightly apprehensive about doing more advanced stall to tail slide practice. This is also why she mistakenly thought the wing had a bowtie-style cravat, an easy mistake to make in the heat of the moment. 😯 Even Pal wasn't sure what was happening at the time! 😕 Great recovery by Nancy in the end after the line broke, removing the knot, with an excellent stall exit! 👏😁

[@JMT3406]

Wouaaow ! Very nice to live the manoeuvres from inside. It was possible to feel the stress... The place is awesome, where is it ?

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Wohooo 🥳💥 Lake Garda - Italy ✅

[@mattpepper1143]

Ive known Nancy for many years.. don’t think I’ve heard Nancy swear… 😂 Nailed it though Nancy 💯 looked like a hoot

[@flybubbleparagliding]

😂💥🙌

[@flybubblecarlo]

Haha yes it does take quite a bit to make Nancy swear! 🤬😱😅

[@PhilippeLarcher]

David Eyraud recommends to hold the risers at backfly position if/when needed to prevent twists and hands moving around from being unbalanced. Might have helped in a few cases here.

[@flybubblecarlo]

Agreed, that's a great general tip - thanks for mentioning that! 👍 Not surprising that it's a great tip, coming from David Eyraud - as well as a great pilot and SIV instructor, IIRC he's also one of founding members of the original Safety Acro Team, aka SAT team, together with Raul, Felix, etc! 🤩

[@PhilippeLarcher]

@@flybubblecarlo this advice is surprisingly controversial actually

[@flybubblecarlo]

​@@PhilippeLarcher I'm not surprised to hear it; there are still very many things in free flight that are surprisingly controversial, and I guess likely always will be! 🤓 I think partly this is because there is often more than one 'right' answer or potential solution, depending on the pilot and other many factors. What works perfectly for some doesn't necessarily work well -or even at all - for others! 🤓

[@PhilippeLarcher]

@@flybubblecarlo yeah combined with the (supposed) need to be very conservative and direct in early training (eg never do x, always do y)

[@MeadsLTC]

Awsome. What was that “technical” phrase Nancy used following the line-over?!😅

[@flybubbleparagliding]

😂💥

[@flybubblecarlo]

I think it was 🤬💢🗯😱😜

[@franciscobarrientos3922]

great video, thanks for sharing, It would have been great to have a simultaneous view from the ground, specially for the tandem of Pal and Carlo

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Thanks Franciso, glad you enjoyed it. 🪂🔥 Your suggestion is noted for another adventures. 😎🥳 At the time of the event, unfortunately, we didn't have individuals on the ground available to capture a video. We're always looking for ways to improve our content, and your input is invaluable. Stay tuned for more exciting adventures, and thank you for being a part of our community! 🎥✨👆

[@gardwintervoll1011]

What an amazing video!! Really loved this kind of longer video, but still packed full of flying. I have to say, the Phi Beat looks incredible in the air. How was it to fly the Beat on this kind of course, is it reassuring and kind during manouvers?

[@flybubblecarlo]

Glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for commenting and giving the feedback! 😊🙃😁

[@flybubblecarlo]

From our testing of many wings we (still) feel that the Beat (and Beat Light) are exceptionally well behaved mid B wings, offering an exceptional combination of qualities and (still) excellent performance for the class. That's why Nancy and I chose them for this special SIV and Acro course! 😁🪂👌 Our review of the Beat and Beat Light was published after this course: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHOWapd6Ys11aMk

[@flybubblecarlo]

Of course there are other great wings we could have taken, but we chose the Beat and Beat Light because we felt they were the very best choice for us, to make the most out of the course. In retrospect we still feel we made the right choice! ✅☑✔

[@flybubblecarlo]

ps. What you can't tell so well from this film - because you have to edit things down (from many hours of footage!) to make a watchable film - is that actually we're not just doing normal basic SIV manoeuvres. Each of us was pushing our limits with the aim of improving our glider control skills and making us better - safer and more confident - pilots. I was also especially keen to move more into the acro side of things which, as a nice bonus, the Beat turned out to be an exceptionally great wing for too! 🪂👌👍

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😁

[@JonasPersi]

When pulling fullstalls, press your hands to the harness don’t let them flap aroundlike a bird. It’s much more stable

[@jorghausbrand2081]

It is enough for ENA beginner skills from approx. 10(+/-5) h/a in approx. 20-30 flights. Low B from approx. 30 h/a in approx. 50-80 flights, High B from approx. 50 h/a in approx. 50-100 flights, EN-C from approx. 70 h/a and EN-D from approx. 90 h/a in approx. 100-150 high altitude flights. CCC requires from around 120 hours per year. It is important to be able to react quickly, not to become paralyzed when problems arise and to regularly train the most important descent maneuvers (ears back, B-stall, spiral dive) and SIV maneuvers (wingover, from EN-B: full stall with flyback, from EN- C: Heli and SAT). If you are around 20-40 years old you often need a little less training. The training-times apply to a slightly above-average talented pilot aged around 50-70 years!(me 😁) After a total of 150 hours of airtime at 70 years old, I moved up from EN-B (1a/110h, Ozone Rush 5) to EN-C (1.5a/130h, UP Trango xc3). Since 2.5a/250h I have been flying the Low EN-D UP Meru with a very large increase in safety (around +100%, never claps or collapses!!) compared to the Trango and I will only switch down to a lower classified glider that is specifically unsafe due to lack of money or due to age-related insufficient fitness. Many kind regards, Joerg Hausbrand from Heidenau near Dresden.

[@sunithrao8212]

How were you setting up the gopro on the pod harness during stalls? Whenever I've put my gopro on my cockpit during stalls it doesn get a good angle or falls off.

[@danielabel9586]

Why did your lifejacket not inflate when you fell in the water under the reserve? (At around the 24 minute mark, when getting out of the rescue boat, the uninflated lifejacket is visible) Was it only a manual, not an automatic one? (But then where is the lanyard for manually inflating it, shouldn't it be much more visible so that it is easy to trigger the inflation?)

[@flybubblecarlo]

Well noted. Since the reserve deployment was planned, and there were three fast speedboats waiting for me, to save unnecessarily wasting the gas cannister I deactivated the auto inflation on water contact on the life jacket. If I had needed to I could have activated it manually. Since it was quite breezy I got dragged a little through the water and so did consider it but decided I did not need it. As you can see in the video, the speedboat arrived very quickly (actually two speedboats).

[@flybubblecarlo]

I also removed the foam back protector from the harness, mostly to stop the protector from getting wet but also to reduce the tendency to float face down.

[@flybubblecarlo]

I could have easily landed the Beamer 3 on the landing field however since it was quite breezy this would not have been a good idea as I may have gotten dragged.

[@danielabel9586]

@@flybubblecarlo Thanks for the detailed explanation -- and for the excellent video!

[@matthewmccoy1064]

Cause it be the only thing left

[@mountaindomina]

Somebody is becoming a helicopter pilot…!

[@flybubblecarlo]

🪂🚁🪂🚁😁

[@maksimleonov1264]

Nice video! But what you call a full stall actually isn't, it is a stall to backfly. Full stall is when you stall your wing completely(having your hands under your butt) fall for a while, then go to backfly.

[@flybubblecarlo]

Glad you liked the video! You're of course right; some things like this have been simplified for the film. Although we did also do some more basic full stalls we were actually mostly practicing stall to back fly / tail slide and getting generally better control of this. What you see in this video is only a small snippet of what we did. We spent a few days mostly doing a variety of stalls, 3-5 flights per day. It was really fun! 😃

[@pregnantgrandad]

Great film but not a fan over the AI sounding voiceover

[@bodobotond74]

It is not Takáts, it is Takács . Be professional all the way, when doing a video, guys. Otherwise fantastic content.

[@flybubblecarlo]

Glad you enjoyed the video. 🙂 Thanks for the heads up on how to spell Pal's surname. Hopefully Pal will see your comment and so know to fix this on his website paltakats.com/ and social media pages etc. 😉

[@flybubblecarlo]

ps. hey I learned something new today! Takács - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tak%C3%A1cs - from this: "Takács is a Hungarian language occupational surname. It comes from Hungarian "takács" ("weaver"), which is derived from Slavic *tъkačь. Spelling variants include Takacs, Takach, Takats, and Takac." The surname fits: Pal definitely knows how to weave a paraglider into all kinds of shapes! 🪂🙃🤪 He should also be on the list of notable people with the surname, I reckon! 👍