I bought a second hand Nova Phantom and found out what paragliding really was. 

Loved that video. The happiness in your voice was superb

Love your visceral reactions to new feelings! Learning/practicing active piloting techniques will help smooth out your canopy movement in thermals (turbulence). Getting more comfortable with altitude and bumps comes with time. It is counter-intuitive but "more altitude = more safety"... the ground is the dangerous part.🤗 The learning journey never stops and flying just gets better and better. Have fun out there and fly safe!

Thanks 3 million for this video friend I bought this Wing I'm learning how to fly it it's a high-end be and I'm learning how to fly yet I don't get to start with the a so I get the thrill of victory and maybe a little agony of defeat. So I really love you and your new experience and how you're describing it but most of all people told me I might not be able to fly here but that looks like my river and my trees in my county about 15 miles from here. I'm 64 years old my mom and dad are dead. Not A lot of Hope and optimism available in my life. Hey there's about three bushels of in this video right now now thanks a lot.

I tried he phantom once at a testival. Not only can this wing fly better than the pilot, it is also telling the pilot about that fact all the time 😊 Before you realize you are in a thermal the wing already initiated the adequate curve.

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400m is just the first step. I wish you cloud base in next one!

Phantom … best wing i have ever flown! And I have been flying for 30 years now! Super safe, amazing glide, sweet handling. Still no phantom 2 - cause they couldn’t improve it till now ! F…. awesome wing!

Great videos, more relateable than the sky gods! Let's face it the people who Don't get scared hanging under a wobbly bit of fabric 1000 feet above the ground for the first time are probably the "odd" ones!

When you hit 400m, hilarious. Brilliant video

I am a beginning pilot just learning ground handling and I watch a lot of video and do a lot of math.(). What you were talking about is the active flying process. You pull down on the brakes a little tiny bit until you start to get the slack out of the lines. Then you will feel kind of a jerky pull as the edge of the wing senses all the different motions in the air under the wing.(). I have seen it referred to as stiffening up the trailing edge of the wing. If you ride the brakes it means you were too much in the brakes and the wing is dragging and storing too much air energy underneath. To much slack in the brake lines leaves you "flapping". You are sort of hitting everything in the air "raw" no cushion of compressible air under the wing trapped for a little bit of comfort. If you are flying at 50% brakes hanging under The canopy, and you put one hand up it can go into a spiral that is very difficult to get out of. That large amount of break combined with the slow speed cause the wing on the inside of the turn to stall, If you put up one hand. It's almost like that air contained is a thruster when released.

This is so wholesome.

So the Phantom will likely be less pitch stable than your previous EN-A but you can do some exercises to practice cancelling both unwanted pitch and roll. As you are themaling you'll want to cancel both to keep the wing in sync with your own movement. You can regulate the pitch mostly with the outside brake, just applying more as the wing hunts in front of you, less as it comes back overhead or behind. You can cancel roll by regulating both. If you fly out the front of the thermal and the wing dives, you might need to catch the dive with both brakes. Are you an XC magazine subscriber? There's a good video on their website / youtube channel with Malin from Flyeo describing how to practice cancelling pitch and roll just while flying straight at first and then with some practice it will be easier to adapt that to thermalling. It's hard to describe just with words.

welcome to "real" paragliding!

How much did you get it for? I have been trying to get my hands on a cheap paraglider but cant find one. There are no paragliding stores in my country.

Will share my experience with you. Never be scared of going high if there is no restriction with airspace. Height is your friend. My personal best is at Just over 3700 meters ASL, its very cold up there. After i got my license i immediately went on to a mid B wing and dont regret it, and now have been flying C wings for XC fights. I enjoyed this video as i could see that it put a smile on your face as this sport is meant to DO. Wish you many safe and wonderful flights.

can you give more details about this place . please

one of my early flights on a phantom took me to 10,040ft over Brevent, Chamonix. I was not prepared for that wearing a T shirt and fleece. ie not wind proof ! if was cold cold. Valley temp was 17c and then the warm air hit the snow line and up we went. 1400ft at one stage FFS. I even had gliders circling me with a glide ratio of 60 - 1 and there I was in the middle at 10-1 glide. been on the phantom for 8 years now. done a SIV with it also. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vCkvJFJg8ek.html

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Nice wing great video bro…

Big jump from an A to a Phantom....... Nice groundhadling, and I see you are trying to fly actively. I expect the guy on the Nova thermalling, that you flew straight at was shitting himself too!! Don't fly straight at people!! Approach the thermal like you would a roundabout in your car - at an angle so you can join them, rather than forcing that poor guy out and around you. H and O is rough, and the Phantom is easy to fly well - min sink/max glide are both hands up. Enjoy your new toy, and don't fly straight at people.

Never admit that you left a trouser biscuit in your pants when you were paragliding and never admit that you were about ready to get sick. Always carry some toothpaste with you to get that taste out of your mouth. Bring spare underwear

Why did you come down? I mean you said you were genuinely crapping your pants. Is that why?

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HAHAHA loved this video, I related to his fear soooo much, lobed it bro make many more vids.....