Paragliding at Rainbow Beach, Australia - September 2020 

Cheers Cory. It was over 2 years ago before I started flying inland ;) I have had a bit of progress with my paragliding since then fortunately

@@hazardouspilot I just don’t like seeing people develop bad habits… no offense or disrespect at all. If you start watching paraglider fails and collapses here on RU-vid, quite often you’ll see the pilot has a bad tendency to hold onto the risers and most of the fails could have been prevented had they used active piloting.

@@coryturner9140 To be fair, when coastal flying, the air is coming off the sea and is extremely laminar and stable. Obviously, when flying elsewhere, 'active piloting' should be the 'norm'.

@@sailorman8668 agreed but it’s a bad habit. I watch a lot of paraglider crash videos and there seems to be a common theme, people hanging onto the risers instead of using their brakes for active flying….

It's a fantastic sport for anyone who loves an adventure

@@hazardouspilot It's so unique! If you don't mind me asking, how often do you do it and how much money do you need for it?

I paraglide almost every day in summer, so from start of november to end of feb. Then it becomes a when the weather is nice and I have spare time hobby until next summer. Hopefully in the not too distance future I will travel the world and chase summers working remotely :) $7k Australian tends to be a good rough budget for courses and equipment to get you started if you are willing to use second hand equipment, which is very safe and advisable. Once you've got that it becomes a much cheaper sport, you get ~400hours of flying on a wing before it needs replacing and there' minimal other costs, fuel and club/site fees depending where you are situated and additional courses as you progress. If you're interested to check them out, all my flights are logged publicly online at on xcontest - www.xcontest.org/world/en/pilots/detail:Harryd

In other places like Qld, Aus, people fly cross country pretty regularly year round, although summer's still generally better

Hi Zaccy, yes, sometimes coastal soaring can get boring if you fly for hours and don't/can't do anything fun. However at Rainbow Beach you can proximity fly along the sand on Carlo Sand Blow, doing low turns and foot drags, try to touch your wing tip or drag your hand along the sand while you fly. You can practise different style top landings and height loss maneuvers, you can get heights and practise basic acro maneuvers over the water, you can go looking for whales, sharks, stingrays etc along the beach, so there is plenty to keep it exciting. I used to go every week to Rainbow Beach or Teewah Beach for a couple days and fly 3 hours+ per day. When it's windier you can also fly mini wings and speed wings there to mix it up and keep it exciting if you're a good enough pilot. Lately I am more interested in inland cross country paragliding, using thermals to gain altitude and fly as far as possible. Coastal soaring is great for getting paragliding hours up and learning to launch, handle and control the wing during flight before progressing to cross country (XC)

@@hazardouspilot Awesome mate I really appreciate your feedback learnt a lot! I was looking to get into kite surfing for a hobby but might consider this now cheers 😊

@@zaccy6589 Do it!! The world opens up completely.

Hi B. In Australia you need to do 30 flights with an instructor in various conditions and show you have mastered some basic skills like launching and landing. Those flights may average ~5 minutes in which case it would be ~2.5 hours of flying but that would vary based on the opportunities you get during the course based on the sites and conditions when and where you learn :)

@@hazardouspilot I’m in Canada which’s the best weather! I will check, thank you very much! .

I actually learnt in Pemberton, Canada with Guy Herrington, highly recommend him if you're from BC

@@user-ci1yn8or2h the process to learn in BC was similar to what people do here in Aus

@@hazardouspilotinteresting! I’m here in Vancouver! I will start the course soon

Hi Storyboard Man, this is in Queensland, Australia. It's a site called Carlo Sandblow in Rainbow Beach which is managed by the Sunshine Coast Sports Aviators paragliding club. It's a beautiful, big site and a great place to hone your skills close to the ground

There are a couple of good options from the Gold Coast. You are very close to some of the best inland paragliding sites in Australia around Canungra, which is home to paraglidingqueensland (Phil Hystek) and paratechparagliding (Jason Turner). You also have a bunch of coastal sites and a school across the border in Northern Rivers byronparagliding (James Banner). I have dealt with and would personally endorse all of them for doing a license course :)

This site is in Queensland, but I also fly in NSW and Victoria

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Agreed 😅

Shouldnt be holding them at any time. Bad habit. I think I've gotten rid of it now, I rest my hands on my C's now while I'm gliding if the arms need a rest