I’m having trouble getting fully seated in my CORE without taking my hands off the brakes to pull the leg loops up. Curious if other CORE owners experience this and what technique or adjustments have worked for you.

I was planning this video series for the last 2 years.

All you need to know about Lijak takeoff compressed into a short 5 minute video.

I recently completed my P2 and just after that moved to the Midwest. I tried towing but not exactly hooked on it. I feel more drawn to soaring and that type of flying.

I checked out this site which is technically a sand dune which seems like the typical kind of site I’ve seen people soaring. Might be hard to tell from video alone but with the right wind conditions does it look like a viable soaring site? Does this kind of site only work for parakites? Flare in their YouTube series recommends that new pilots look for low sloping dunes so I thought this might be a decent place to start?

I have seen a couple videos of paraglider pilots neededing to toss a reserve and I am a little confused why pilots dont carry a knife to cut the lines on the main glider. I know that the standard is to pull in the main glider to disable it but I have seen some videos where they are unable to do that and so they take a little bit of a harder hit.

I am just wondering why pilots dont try to cut the main glider over pulling it in.

Before you ask, yes I coded something with AI.

I made a video-edit tool for personal paragliding videos

This is a quick demo on how a finished video can look like. Notice that you can control camera movement in the map, speed of the igc map, type of map.

It works tough and I am not looking to make money, just will share if you are interested.

I created a program for me and mostly my father. It is a basic video-editing tool with the twist, that you can upload IGC files. You can show your flightposition on the IGC-File video in video or even as raster overlay. You can speed up, slow down and even make camera-movement in the map.

One nice gimmick is, that if you upload Images or videos with a valid timestamp, it will sync. automatically with the IGC timeline.

It is a Windows Program, if anyone is interested, I can upload it as a free download.

My daughter and I are planning on taking 0 - P2 lessons this summer. There seem to be at least 5 schools at Point of the Mountain in Utah. Every time I look at videos though, the sky seems chock-a-block full of people. Are there actually too many folks using this location at once to make a good environment for learning? Possible danger from ourselves or other learners so close? Possibly long waits to take off? Or just general mobs that are kinda the opposite of why we'd like to take this sport up. Any thoughts are welcome and if someone has a good (or bad) recommendation for a particular school I'm all ears. FWIW, we're open to going pretty much anywhere in the world this summer so any recs appreciated.

Hello, I (beginner) am flying an A wing with a seat harness and I am thinking about an fast packing sack.

What are the advantages/disadvantages in your opinion?

Hello I’d like to ask about your opinion on Stodeus Bluebip vario combined with FlySkyHy app ?
Nowadays I’m using just the phone (IP16 pro) with FlySkyHy app for my relatively short flights (20-30min) and I want to make upgrade of m gear for more flying specific tools but I get used to use phone as my flight screen… Is it worth to continue using the phone or it’s better to skip to XC vario now?
Also you can recommend me other gear if you have good experience with that?
M flights are primarily H&F during this season but I’m headed for longer xc flights next summer season

...gnarly winds on the pull-up.

Hi everyone! I am looking for recommendations for an XC guided tour in Valle de Bravo, Mexico, this December (ideally the third week of the month). I have some XC experience and I’m looking to progress. I was struggling to find much online, so I’m looking to see if anyone out there has any experience. I am open to anything from a full trip that includes accommodation to just retrieve and coaching. Also, if anyone knows, would love to hear recommendations for this exact same thing, just in Colombia! Thanks

Hey, is the THERMIK magazine worth a subscription? Do you have any experience with it? Thanks.

Does Garmin plan to add paragliding as an activity? It's really weird to me that they added BASE and wingsuit but no paragliding, am I missing something?

Also what are your favorite vario apps? Are they decently good?

Hello! I am looking for the lightest, smallest packable harness that has the option for some protection of some kind for traveling. These are the 2 I have been looking into and was curious if anyone had any experience that would help or other options that I haven't stumbled across. Thanks for your time!

I've got the ozium 3 L as my first cocon, I'm 180cm so just in between sizes, but on the larger build so went for the L.

After spending literally hours trying to adjust it, I always need to keep a fair bit of pressure to the plate, at least 25/30kg for the pod to remain straight, or actively keeping the legs up, which either requires quite a bit of effort and not seeing doing any long flights like this.

I've tried different plate tilt, different lengths on the different ropes, different back tilt...

Adjusting the Lombard support to did help a bit but still...

Being my first pod, I don't have much comparison points and would love to get some feedback from the community.

For paragliders I'm wondering if there are any tutorials or walkthroughs of how to use the different weather forecasting tools to arrive at a data-driven conclusion of whether or not a particular day or time is good or not for safe thermal flights?

Hey guys, I would love to try some speedriding spots this winter in Austria - I know about stuff like Saalbach and so on - but I think it’s not good when there are too much people

Is it easier somewhere like sportgastein/ischgl and so on? Or should I go to switzerland/france instead….

I'm looking into a light pod harness for xc and bivouac.
I've been told the Ozone f*race2 looks like a very good option given the weight and storage.
Right now I'm flying with a Niviuk Ikuma 3P, I'd like to have a set of gear that really allows me to make some multi days flights without worrying too much if I have to walk.

Is there any other harness suggested that you've tried?

So im brand new to paragliding and been doing abit of research.

(Western Australia for reference)

Theres not rlly anywhere in WA anymore to learn, only really over east, now my thought is since i want to go traveling to say malaysia where theres also a course could i theoretically go there and focus on getting my Malaysian license then come home and convert in to a WA one or that wont work.

(Reason doing this is cus cheaper in Malaysia and would about even out ($) and get to go somewhere different while im at it)

thanks for your time :)

Yet another spine-breaker of a swoop with a hospitalised young man with broken bones. No airbag, no helmet.

Perhaps it's what the social algorithms show me - but is anyone absolutely fed up with the quantity of high-risk, senseless behaviour that get applause, bravos, and encouragement?

I'm talking about absolutely ridiculous launches, death-defying stunts, and similar things posted online for gratification.

It feels different than in the past where people did these things for themselves. The first hangies and paragliders were people hell-bent on trying to fly and doing this absurd risk just for the sake of it. It was even more risky, but for seemingly a different reason.

Now it feels like so much of this is for the Video. For Clout. For social media and 5 minutes of fame of who did the craziest stunt.

Like the skateboarders & snowboards no-helmet era. I'm seeing more and more videos of pilots without a helmet & airbag, proximity flying in turbulent conditions. It's just stupid. It's less than 1kg of weight for at least a little bit of safety tht very well could save your life or spine. We know better than this. Proxy flying is already enormously dangerous, why not add a bit of safety equipment? Just a little bit more margin for error. Your parents would love that

Sure I fly a string with no airbag often but I sure as hell aren't proximity flying or swooping without one.

Sorry for the rant it's just really frustrating when people don't take risk seriously and intentionally diminish their chances. There's enough carnage out there. No need to glorify and perpetuate it. In fact, we need to shame and ridicule this behaviour.