Learn the right way to throw your Reserve : Paragliding Safety 

Underrated video. Very good.

Thanks for the info!

Excellent video. Everything is shown with actual images from real flights. Very instructional 👍

Fantastic info 👍

excellent vid and crew

Great production, awesome content.

Thanks for your answer....

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

Excellent content and a lot to think about.

a quick out carabiner set can be very helpfull:, excellent demonstration !

Thanks a lot! I wish they would have told us this during the initial license education... :)

Why is it better to use the A-risers by default instead of the C? It seemed like a smooth ride using the C. Great video again, thank you!

I don't agree with the comment about Nylon on Nylon. Of course, if you just losely connect them somehow it's unsafe, but if you connect them properly and secure them such that they are tightly together, I don't see how this would be bad. I'd even say it is a bit better since you have one less piece that could break than if you use a metal part in between. Where I come from, emergency chute packers offer both choices.

2:08 One quasi-silly detail probably worth looking into is that some gloves turn out unexpectedly slippery in this sort of situation. During an SIV I found it was quite awkward to pull in just the stabilo line to untangle a cravat (the "baba ganoush") because the line kept sliding out of my hand. And trying to horseshoe the wing proved almost impossible as several As have to be pulled for it. So one thing about paragliding gloves is that they should be slightly "tacky" or "grabby".

Seeing load tests from ‘how not to highline’ videos, I’m almost certain that metal link will fail before a nylon to nylon bridle joint, even in a shock load. Yes, the metal link will deform, but I’m talking total failure and total rupture. Either option, metal link or not, may be used in my opinion.

I wonder if Jocky can do a video about flying in a thermal gaggle which is one of my greatest dislikes/ fears/ phobias about flying and single cause for me avoiding lift with many gliders around me and sinking out. Incidentally, think the fear started in 1993 when I was an “intruder” in the Paragliding Worlds in Verbier. (The one won by Robbie Whittle or Hans Bollinger). Being an inexperienced alpine pilot I was near bottom of a huge stack of gliders after a mass launch - quite possibly Jocky was up high in same gaggle. I remember a guy ( the name Sylvester rings a bell) came down the middle of stack on a reserve and kicked my friggin glider and slid by me on way down and scared the shit out of me. Subconsciously this and seeing a few mid air collisions has resulted in avoiding gaggles and crowds in the air ever since . Incidentally the pilot landed and took off again and completed task . Some insight or about flying close to other gliders and avoidance and safety tips would be appreciated. Enjoying the series by the way. Beautifully filmed. I know a lot of effort goes into making quality videos ... especially the editing and narration. Cheers

Nice video as always. One thing left me a bit wondering though. Is your proposition that pulling in the C's will give a "smoother" configuration than pulling in the brakes valid for all wings? I could imagine that the difference might not always be as sharply cut as in your video, depending on the wing. If I ever have to pull my reserve in anger again, I will try to remember to pull the C's. The one time I had to pull the reserve in anger, I thought for a moment that the reserve didn't open and grabbed my brakes again to see if there was anything I could do. Then my glider started flying again, but then I realized that my reserve had opened. Since by that time I had the brakes in my hand already, I started to pull them in, just by taking wraps. It prevented the wing from going into down-plane and 2 secs later I was already going through the trees and standing on the ground. Shaken but unhurt, apart from a few minor scratches.

Awesome video. Great info and presentation. Thank all involved. How much of a difference do gloves make?

Great techniques. thank you so very much.... Can you give us a deeper explanation about some technique to deploy the parachute when U are in hard spinnig situation where the sail and the parachute will get tangled one around the other...? I think it may be the worst possible situation. THANK YOU again.

Never having thrown in 20 years, I wonder if your advice can help in flight conditions other than "mostly harmless" or even perfectly normal? Think of a massively twisted spiral. I've seen quite a few videos where it was plain impossible to pull anything: breaks, Cs, As - nothing would move. I've learnt to bring in the main, too, and I see it being helpful if possible. That's quite a significant 'if' though.

I saw one guy descending under a reserve and he had the main shoot formed into kind of a Mae West with two big pockets and no Wing involved and it was helping slowing down for the landing. I thought he had just put on a lot of breaks and put it into a stall can you tell me what he did?

3:15 What about unclipping and sliding out of the harness at the time your feet touch the water? This would probably be an absolute necessity if landing in an ocean whitewater or if any sort of wave action is present? I understand unclipping is risky but it beats drowning. Also, the sudden disappearance of pilot's weight will cause the paraglider to pop upwards briefly thus adding a bit of extra distance in the water between the pilot and the floating lines. Comments?

Hello i have been watching your show for a while now,.and ive been thinking of taking up Paragliding,.Im 68 a Former SAS ,so Im very Fit,. but Id like to know do you think there is an age Limit, and am i kind of Restricted because of my age,.And also when you have to Land in the Sea ,or Lake, is there A Certain or Special way that you have to Clean or Wash your Equipment ,and im talking about the Paraglider and Harness,.Love your Shows very informative, and a we bit funny also ,.Love it Thanks from newzealand,.Cheers Merry Christmas,..

Я бы добавил контроль крыла при вводе спасательного парашюта.

ive always thought reserves should have a tiny parachute that helps the main one open quicker

What about just cutting the main away with a hook knife? Would that put you in more danger of getting it caught up in the reserve or could it be safely done if necessary

What is the propper landing position to be in? Legs straight, crossed, staggered? etc...

I saw some pilots conecting reserve without mailon with tie to harness. is this right ? it is not dangerous? by tie or knit

I`ve just seen a video of a pilot dying in a spin because the reserved got caught by the main glider. How do you throw the reserve when trapped in a spin?

What happens when you have to land onto the ground with that speed.?

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Can we get bigger reserve parachutes these guys don't seem to be letting you down soft enough to soothe me.

id start disconnecting my harness before hitting the water

I saw one guy I think he put the brakes on all the way after he threw the reserve and it made two great big giant breast shapes like they call the Mae West in the old days. It didn't look like it could down plane and I thought he was falling pretty slow

And get a *Big* rescue - trying to save a few grams by using a small reserve is a false economy.