The Flybubble Challenge: Maximise Your AIRTIME

Welcome to The Flybubble Challenge, an impromptu hike-and-fly paragliding event held at Devils Dyke on the South Downs of England. Watch how to do XC, including a detailed analysis of the winning flight from Flybubble's Carlo Borsattino on his Phi Maestro paraglider. Learn how to stay airborne for ages and how choose the best lines when flying cross country close to the coast.
Report by Carlo Borsattino, Flybubble
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[@januszj.8547]

You are wonderful ambassador for this sport. Congrats.

[@dillonmech7206]

Yes Cheers!

[@kylewolfman]

I love watching your videos and it's awesome that you referenced Tucker gott. Be safe bro much love

[@dropsofink1336]

Brilliant! So much fun! Beautiful people 😎🥇

[@akinadom]

Your positivity is pricelessly motivating Greg, cheers!

[@kyleoglee]

Finally became a Patron. Sorry it took so long. Great video as usual Greg!

[@Hemersonr]

hey what a lesson for everybody... I was watching it and I can see how important are decision making is for the result... Stay aways in a good position and make good decisions can extend your flight further on... Another point was the fact that an easier glider even with less performance did the job and "win the day"... but this won't matter at all because each one of you did the best flight of the day no matter how far it goes or who reach the declared goal... what really matters is to enjoy the day and the flight... it is crystal clear to me that the best ever is the one that has more fun!!!! Thanks for sharing... namaste

[@MikeyFirst]

Wow, I'm still being amazed by the beauty of the area you fly in. Hope to get back there someday.

[@ferelo9538]

so much fun so entertaining this video thank you very much and we also learn from you flying and good living congratulations

[@markmcgoveran6811]

I truly respect you for your sportsmanship. This is not an easy thing.Maybe 30 minutes later or 30 minutes earlier your approach would have flown all the way there and his approach would have not. Maybe both could have worked in an hour. The best thing about this sport is you don't know who's kind of fly or who's going to have to land doesn't matter how long you've been doing it or what race you just won.

[@steve13stocker]

Great entertainment and expertly edited, love your enthusiasm for free flight.

[@FlyGuyUK.]

Love your video's, massive help in the gliding world! I just ordered a harness from your website.... Keep it up Chris

[@RosssRoyce]

True passion is always contagious! Thanks for these vids!

[@Klimow]

Awesome video mate! Always entertaining! Cheers!

[@Mi28N]

When one of your favourite paragliding channels' protagonist references your another favourite paragliding channel protagonist :D Lol

[@colfar5699]

Nice flying guys!

[@joebloggs816]

Great informative and fun production to wet our appetite to fly xc over the beautiful south downs. Very well done Carlo for completing the course on a B-glider...its the pilot not the wing! I'm definitely entering the next hike and fly on my Atlas purchased from flybubble! :-)

[@HeartPumper]

Indeed, what a day!!! Awesome & informative upload as per usual Greg. Thank you!!

[@hansenpansen2314]

I visit to England is now for sure soon. Great video again, great fly performance guys.

[@RoseValleyFly]

Brilliant

[@HumanRationalist]

Beautiful!

[@CarlMarvin]

The height of the hills you guys fly off of is really quite impressive. I guess you usually have some ridge lift to help things along, but it's still pretty incredible!

[@LeifDjurfeldt]

Great video!!! Flew 1 hour today here in south america, chile. Good winds to you!

[@carlosbolivar5935]

Amazing work !

[@severinbechtold1873]

Yeees, some really good xc-advice again!!

[@maddoxtom]

Great video again :)

[@sami141092]

Awesome 🤩👏

[@guilhermeb7615]

Absolutely lovely video/experience Greg, well done keep the good work coming :D Come fly in Brazil some day! Beers on me :)

[@Isaaclevinson1]

Cool video, the flying there looks really low technical and fun. A lot like where I fly in Southern Washington.

[@shiderov]

Amazing

[@ivanfominykh1158]

Great content!!!

[@svetre87]

Hi Greg, thanks for this nice vid! Questions: what camera did you use? External microphone or integrated? thanks

[@RosssRoyce]

How do you para gliders guys you usually organize for transport?? Especially if you go to some place a little further than base?

[@niconico3907]

We check weather forecast, organise the day on internet (facebook group, Whatsapp or similar) meet up at a car park close to where people are living. Pack people and paragliders in cars, 3 or 4. Drive to chosen site. Leave a car at landing site. Drive with the car really packed to the take off site. If long distance flying, we share gps location with the flying group when we land, we hitch hike back to the take of site, or if someone can, they pick us up with one of the car. In the evening do everything in reverse, with a mandatory stop at the pub.

[@verticallines212]

at the moment, , i can only contribute with a thumbs up. only because i am so poor, i can’t even pay attention! much love!

[@climb315]

Nice!!

[@flybubbleparagliding]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@sdionne000]

what device do you use to record your track, speed and height?

[@carloborsattino8815]

If you mean what devices do we use in general, we use flight instruments made for paragliding like the ones you can see on our website: flybubble.com/instruments

[@carloborsattino8815]

If you mean which specific device we used in this video, each of us was using different paragliding flight instruments on this day e.g. Skytraxx 2.1 FANET+, Syride SYS'Nav V3, Syride SYS'Evolution or the latest Naviter Oudie.

[@sdionne000]

@@carloborsattino8815 thank you very much for your reply with the website and the devices used.

[@Hmod-qk1nx]

Amazing video!, what is name of the music at 10:00 ? (it is sooo peaceful)😇

[@EvelcyclopS]

At 10:00 you have your brakes on to the caribiners- I was always taught that was spin/stall territory, but always find I struggle to stay up soaring ridges on my wing. Should I be more confident on my brakes?

[@niconico3907]

You should do a SIV course to know what amount of brake is stall territory on your glider, with your weight. On my wing when thermalling, I always put my inside hand on the carabiner, and adjust turning radius with outside brake. My stall point is at my tight. There is quite a lot of distance between my tigh and my carabiner.

[@airgaborpara3824]

So soft baby thermals!

[@FrenchHeadHunter]

Great Video Greg as usual! Thanks for these astonishing views. Any chance you test-fly a U-TURN Vision one of these days????

[@sumarianson]

Next time give Caro the camera! He knows how to locate the thermals! Only joking!! Great stuff, loved every minute! Now off to India to catch some thermals!

[@abbott876]

Great flights guys! mostly avoid Loose Bottom if you can though... :)

[@steveporter3714]

Another great inspiring video! Just watched this as I drank my breakfast coffee...want to go flying!! Your videos are superb Greg...thanks for all the work you put in and for sharing it all. You mention at the end that there's a way of supporting these productions...not clear how but would like to as you have really helped my flying. Cheers.

[@jackpeake552]

Question for you: You always seem to have sooooo much brake pulled, especially when thermaling. How much is ideal (what am I looking for?) for ___ type of wing? Obv. stalling is too much, but what's the sweet spot?

[@niconico3907]

When thermalling, if the thermal is narrow, you want to slow down the glider, so you turn flatter for the same radius. If you are flatter, you loose less vertical height in the rising air, so its more efficient, you go up faster. Imagine if you try to turn tight full speed, the wing will be completely on the side, and you would loose a lot of height. Of course you dont want to spin your wing.

[@veitkessen3448]

May I ask what software you are using for your flight analysises ..quite cool! Thanks

[@notafanatic]

ayvri.com/

[@HeartPumper]

It's Ayvri site. You can use Google Earth as well.

[@NevilleStyke]

Are we allowed to fly Beddingham? I used to top land there and take off again, when it was only used for hangliding training.

[@notafanatic]

I think if FlySussex aren't using it then it's not a problem

[@turkeyphant]

Has this been completed since?

[@louisdesclee7047]

The title of this video should of been “paragliding to mcdonalds”

[@alkaiosavdelas8053]

Camera delay-reverb hilarious!Cheers from Greece!

[@u0000-u2x]

McDonald's on freeflight power is definitely boss :D

[@JohnUsp]

13:02 - Tucker Gott - LOL...

[@manbeastbutler4234]

Rematch must be on the cards?

[@adambrown3759]

You can fly off the back of Caburn?! Who knew!

[@julianmartin417]

Song?

[@seanowens01]

Nice shout out to Tucker G. MickeyD's is definitly international. Impressive flying. Need to get all you hooligans together for an icarus run out west USA.

[@jeffc9870]

Neatorino.

[@felixreyesmontalvo8972]

Hello colleagues: do you have any video in Spanish? Hola compañeros :¿teneis algun video en español?

[@luanfranciscooliveira7060]

Show

[@tennesseecaldelari4191]

I would love to fly with you!!!for the time being if you came to Grindelwald again text me😊😊

[@pavelklem8083]

Nice video ... until you used the m word...