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While this is intended for skydivers, it's just as useful for paragliding no wind landings. I found this after a messy landing where I was falling forward, lost my balance and my knee made a bit of contact with the ground. I had a quick enough reaction that I scrambled and got back on my feet but my wing fell into a heap almost on top of me. Embarrassing and got a little bruised so I wanted to build confidence. The next day was also light conditions and no wind at LZ, and had a fantastic float and touchdown onto my feet with just a few steps. I got another really confident flare on my next landing too. Thank you!
I've been following you since I started AFF in 2021... I absolutely LOVE your disposition! You are a very bright light in this plane of existence! You help me remain grounded and grateful for this life and the experiences I have. I try my best to inspire people to chase their dreams. But I get unexpected responses... These people actually get depressed around me... because they have a mundane life. It is certainly not my intent. I just try to show them that they can spend their time pursuing their passion. And if they do, their life changes for the better. Though I have found that most people have NO idea what their passion is.... This society doesn't encourage self discovery... 😢
After my friend woke up from hitting a big mountain bike drop and being knocked out he said: If this didn't happen, you'd have a bunch of p@&*#*$ doing this s#@$
Would you recommend this for someone wanting to have a better grasp on landing patterns? I'm talking to my coaches and instructors, obviously, but I had an off landing (about 1/4 a mile) on my 5th jump and I honestly just kinda feel lost on what I'm doing for that leg of the skydive. I know this isn't 1:1 but if it can at all help with familiarizing myself with the process I'd pick it up in a heartbeat. No one at the DZ shamed me or made me feel stupid but I personally felt like I let myself down with that. Everyone was telling me that after I made the initial mistake I still made a good choice to find somewhere safe to land and put it down. I get that, I really do, but I just want some way of helping it click faster than 1-2 jumps a week.
Unfortunately man I don't think there's anything you can do but learn through experience. The wind is always going to be a factor and I don't know if you follow the 1000, 500, 250 ft rule for the L pattern? I think you'll want to talk to your instructors before you go up in the plane and they can identify maybe more accurately where your want to start your landing pattern but you've also got to learn to fly one of the legs a little bit longer if needed which comes from manipulating the parachute either through risers or using brakes
@@ib1rayA qualified Instructor is vital for safety skydiving. Skydive Sim and SkydiveVR are additional training methods that will help the instructors of the world to demonstrate and test Pattern and Accuracy concepts in a variety of wind conditions. If you take it seriously, this is a game changer.
Would this be good for slight practice for landing patterns? I had an off landing yesterday jump#5 and i want SOME way of practicing my landing pattern aside from just doing it IRL. The only thing i don't enjoy about skydiving is that in order to practice, you have to not be practicing. You're actually doing it.
I just talked to a CRW dog yesterday about getting into CRW. I know flocking is just proximity but I'm happy there's more thought about this because accuracy and CRW kind of dropped off for some reason. I read your book over and over and have pages that I always go back to. Buy the book people, it's cheap and there's tons of knowledge in there!
Are the single colored parachutes always reserves?.. I thought so, but then looking at this video made me doubt it? Sonce there were at least 2 people with single colored parachutes landing (13:42 though this one is darker yellow at front than back, so maybe this one is 2 colored. But 14:11 is all single color green) xD please someone confirm? Landing with reserve can't be so common???
If you are referring to a "pull-out", they don't often experience horseshoe Malfunctions. As an out of sequence deployment, a pull-out can certain allow a line to get wrapped on some part of the jumper. Regardless, BOC throughout is the most common deployment system, and this method reduces the risks.
@@Brian-Germain I never encountered a pin-pull (pullout) that was not positioned BOC. When I first joined the sport (40+ years ago) fans of throwaway pilot chutes derided the positioning of the pin-pull because It was out of sight of the user. Racer fans would respond by asking them if the needed to look at their ads when they were wiping it 😊 Throwaway pilot chutes were mounted on belly bands (which introduced risks) then on legstraps (same risks, different part of the anatomy), and after about a decade, there was a Ta-Daa moment, and BOC became the universal standard position for throwaway pilot chutes. But it still hasn't removed all the issues associated with throwaway pilot chutes. . . . . . . issues which are not present in a pin-pull system, IMHO.
Wow I went skydiving fist jump within month. Its is on my channel..... Truly related with all saying esp tying into everyday situations. Very well spoken. Great to see even experienced skydive instructors battle the emotional state but all in all it was pretty Comfy save door exit ,next jump ill try work on such and rid fear and try enjoy that process.
Just started packing chutes for a local skydiving place to earn credit to get my first jump and then get my license. I was terrified the first few packs because (regardless of reserve) i feel like that chute is someone's life in my hands. After seeing those first few chutes open up and land someone safely from 10,000ft in the air. I'm less terrified. I still see it as a life in my hands, but it's a respect for the safety and less object horror of being responsible for someone's life. I got to go up in the plane they use to take up jumpers. (My first time up in a small plane) when the owner was jumping for the last time that day. Immediately after, i felt like my lifetime fear of heights was pushed out of my head. I went up repeating the litany against fear from the dune series in my head over and over and came down with my legs swinging out the door. I know I'll have fear when i step out for the first time to actually jump. But now i know that i can control that fear. The fear is gone. I'm the only thing left here.
What wear? are you referring to the mesh getting a little beat up when you pack the bridle inside the mesh? Remember, the value of the mesh is its high permeability.
My youngest started at three. Each child is different, and you need to listen to their desires. If they don't feel ready, don't push. If they want to fly, make it happen.
“How do you not fall off the cliff? You look at the rocks” I love this. I hadn’t jumped in 3 rather turmoil filled weeks after my 20th jump, did my 21st yesterday evening and I’m starting to understand something similar to what you said in dealing with the emotional aspect of jumping. I get far more in my head when I’m in the plane thinking of every step of the entire process at once, putting pressure on myself to do everything right and at the perfect time etc etc, and being in a less than perfectly positive mood makes my nerves even more intense. Lately however I’ve started to just focus on whatever I’m immediately doing or what I’m right about to do and somehow it worked. In the plane I just breathe and think about the motion of my EPs, at the door it’s all about the door and presenting to the wind, and once I’m out everything is great and I do the same thing for everything that follows but without the nerves haha. Anyways you’ve been a huge part of helping me mentally as I go through my AFF journey, so thanks for sharing these videos
I've tried to get ahold of you on facebook. I'd love to get you down to the small central TX DZ that I jump at to do canopy courses. Multiple people are on board. You're awesome, Brian. There's lots of us who have lots to learn :)
Brian, this was so insightful for me to hear, your tips I'll be trying tomorrow! Also.. "over shooting it.... how did we get here?" Love that, never had a bad landing but I always consider, how can I improve this. Thank you for your video.
