Paragliding Skills: Improve Your Ground Handling 

You could listen to Greg’s voice all day lol such a chill guy... thanks heaps bud

This the best lesson ground handling. Many many hours practices of in 11 minute video. Thanks.

Thanks for the great tips, I've just completed CP and I keep hearing just how important ground handling practice is if nothing else! 🙌🏻

One more thing about ground handling: use your glider that you fly with. The feeling you get for THAT glider sticks - if you buy another just for handling, while you will get better in handling - it will be different from the one you fly later in the air.

Greg, every video you make is just amazing, the way you teach is unique. For me the best videos I could find. Thank you so much for helping people fly.

I'm learning this amazing art of fly. Thank you for this professional lesson.💪🙏

Wow this is the greatest tutorial I've seen on RU-vid so far, thanks for that ! As a beginner (about 60 flight) all those tips are amazing to practice all those little ground exercise ! Thanks you so much for that and greeting from Switzerland !

Loved comment about the crows playing with rotor, really helps put it in perspective.

Thank you. I’m inspired again

This tutorial far better than others I have watched.

Awesome training techniques in full visual detail, calm smooth voice explaining it all, plus a written text on your website to read along. Best couch potato (me) training yet!! When the weather improves I'll get my butt up to do more ground handling! THANKS!!

Really good video. As I am a beginner, I would love to have also some interesting videos about packing a glider in different conditions - windy, not so windy, proper folding, using different kind of bags(concertina, fastpack, e.t.c.). Thanks! :)

Hey. Thank you so much for your video tutorials! I am a novice pilot and looking at your instructions for action, I am growing. In Kuzbass there are almost no hills and in quarantine I am attached to the fields. Waiting for the wind and the ground with my brand new wing. Every day I understand, it was necessary to buy a training, I try to save it and run less after it)). I hope I can overcome my fear of jumping from a height. More often I worry at the start, after watching this video, I realize that there are no right skills and reflexes. In the morning I’m going uphill to complete 10 lessons, if I get at least 1, I'm already on my way to victory. Thanks! Health! Do not leave work on the video and special thanks for editing the captions. I write through a translator, deviations are possible, sorry.

That's awesome, great video. I'm sure it will help a lot of people. Also thanks for the mention on the article :)

This is great. Thanks!

Great compilation! Security recommendations at the beginning are very important indeed. I saw too much idiots doing ground handling without helmet. Not that important: You should also write the recommendations with a text or images over the video for thoses not at ease with english to make it really clear. But that's some editing work for sure... There are also a few "games" you can do to improve your ground handling skills: * touch one tip of the wing on the ground and bring it back up by moving your body to correct position (as a beginner, this kind of exercise got me really more at ease on a launch site if the wing starts to fall on a side) * ask a friend to generate a collapse without looking which line his gonna pull, and try to recover... (~simulate brutal change in air flow) * try to stay static for 1min or more (legs can't move) * go up the hill, on the left, the right, down: be at ease to bring your wing where you want * see what happens when your friend stays in front of you, both wings in the air: you get turbulences (so don't do that to anybody!) * ... Of course always check conditions and other paragliders, don't put somebody or yourself at risk... Sand is really fun for groundhandling (not that great for gear though), ground is a little bit smoother if you fall. Not much obstacles but the wind and other people. You can also "surf". Known place: La Dune du Pilat. Going there for a week in my first year doing mostly groundhandling drastically improved my confidence and skills on real launch sites.

Am watching this video over and over. Awesome.

That is a supercool, comprehensive, structured and encouraging video of how to play with a glider. Very tasty filming and clear desciptions of the ecxercises also. Thanks a lot for your work. GREAT !! Many comliments on that ! Groundhandling definately helps for saver flying. I wish, more people would play and learn. For safety and fun reasons . .

I just ordered a used wing to practice kiting more!

This is the best lesson from you Greg I have listened to so far then I looked at the comment before me lol they said the same. Thank you

Bonjour, merci pour cette vidéo qui devrait faire école. Le travail au sol est très important pour s'assurer d'un bon décollage dans diverses conditions. Votre vidéo montre le travail qui doit être accompli pour le plus appréhender le gonflage de l'aile. Merci à vous, je vais mettre en application même si l'on y arrive l'entretien de ce travail ne doit pas être négligé. Bonne continuation et bons vols.

Why am I watching these videos I can't even afford these things 😂

Excellent as always. Thank you!

You all should do one on back fly kiting / spinning the wing and kiting wing upside down

Hi. I am a beginner learning paragliding in Korea. These videos are beneficial for all beginners who start paragliding. If you have time, please give me advice on paragliding.

Bout to be a newbie. But I am quite familiar with flight on fixed wing aircrafts. This is very interesting, instead of just getting the wing up and sort of semi stable in place and hitting the throttle (or running in the gliding case, as here) quickly before things degenerate, actually learning how to REALLY keep it on a leash, so to speak. I think exploring all aspects of the "envelope" of the flight characteristics of your wing is a great idea. I will SIV, I'm sure after some practice flying gently, and I am a believer in seeing stalls, collapses, etc. the FIRST time under supervision, over water with floats, AT ALTITUDE, and with a reserve or two. Explore the limits INTELLIGENTLY and responsibly (all safety considerations that are practical employed). I've also seen some guys on the net "teaching their wings" tricks, set the tip on the ground each side, spin it, fly it backwards, etc. GREAT STUFF guys, thx. I will go look at more. I am REALLY looking forward to getting my first ground handling wing to start learning. I WAS thinking about finding a used up wing, as you suggest here, but I've heard that you need to get a reasonably recent design, or the wing can be much harder to handle, and could frustrate a beginner. I think I'm going to go with the Groundhog from Ozone for a couple of reasons. I've heard it handles like a modern design (as it is one), and it is smaller than a flying wing, so it allows you to practice in higher winds (I saw one video with a guy practicing in 40 mph gusts, and yes, he got drug a couple of times, but he said even 25 gusts are no problem for a beginner, as the wing is designed to be less "lifty". Being able to practice in higher winds will allow me much more practice time (not just mornings and evenings) here in Florida. I'm currently thinking of the Mojo 4 wing for my beginner flight setup (with a motorized minimal, very light weight trike), as Tucker Gott really liked the thing for beginners, and I saw the video of the certification testing of it online, and it looks AMAZINGLY stable, and self recoverable, yet Tucker was still doing horizon level wing overs, and said it turns nice and tightly if you want it to. YES, I will still have a reserve on board. ;-) I'm also amenable to trying to paragliding without the motor, but I might have to carry a bit of ballast to compensate for the motor and trike, at least partially, depends on the required wing loading. Also, not too many (NONE, actually) sites in Florida to "slope" on. GREAT thermalling, if you have the guts/knowledge for it (not for newbies, I suspect), and I would start out on low activity days. I guess you would have to tow line up, here. I have a winch for my 100" RC sailplane, but it's about 50-60 lb pull and I don't know if that would be enough or not. Sounds very marginal (which is NOT what you want), looking at the effort you guys put in here to get the wing to foot launch speed, an that isn't even entirely fully loaded, 'till the end, when you actually lift off, obviously. I ALSO watched a video of parafoil test pilots talking about reactions to advanced "occurrences", like high angle LARGE percentage folds, extreme stalls with tips trying to touch in front, extreme crevats, balled up chutes, twisted lines, lines crossed OVER the canopy, etc. One of the things he said was if you feel the chute is about to spin, you should "ball up" to make your rotational inertia as small as possible....hard to do on a trike, but as an engineer I have some ideas for the distant future, when I'm proficient. He also said under certain situations DO NOTHING, just hands up, and it will clear itself, where you will only make things worse, and he said that's the way it used to be trained (do something) and still is. The community should REALLY get with pilots like that, who experience these kinds of events EVERY DAY, several times, and get the correct low down and dirty on how to handle them. One of the ones speaking DOES SIV courses. One deals with reducing that same moment of inertia axis, the other with a simple lightweight (idiot proof/engineer resistant) ACTIVE system for UNtwisting the lines easily, should that happen, and if you watch the net, it happens, A LOT. By the way, they said if it does happen, pulling the lines apart ABOVE the twist offers some help in untwisting, where below the twist offers NONE. If you are TOO LOW, from what I've seen, it's reserve time. I see accident after accident where a reserve would have saved a life, and probably even prevented serious injury and damage to the rig, but the guy was either situationally (altitude mostly) unaware, or just "KNEW" he could get it fixed, and never even got it to IMPROVE, sometimes made it WORSE. One of the problems the military used to ROUTINELY have is pilots TRYING to get out of a spin, or whatever, down past the point (vertical speed/orientation/altitude) where pulling the ejection handle was going to offer any benefit (it could be like 5 seconds back in those times from pull to eject, with the sequence having to get rid of the canopy, etc.). MANY fewer pilots die now that they are MORE likely to get their "reserve" out in time. DON'T forget YOU have one TOO! (you should).

I'm trying to focus on one video with my current skillset but there is pretty much NO FlyBubble video - so far - where I didn't think I should definitely remember the hints, tips and techniques. Perhaps except XC videos :) One thing though, I'm stuck in a flatland country, so that sucks :)

Excellent. Thx for your effort and sharing!

Amigo vc tem o poder de fazer parecer tão fácil.

excellent video.thanks!

Great video. Your explanations are on point.

Really good vidéo, thank's.

3:29 RC Glider! Kewl!

Thanks you from Brazil.🤗

Very helpful video

Fantastic video! Thanks guys.

Would be wonderful to have a grassy slope for kiting... nothing but sharp rocks and jagged cactus here. Great vid!

Fantastic video! So many good tips for a beginner. Thank you

Excellent, thx!

aways great nformation... thanks a lot for sharing

Great video as usual.Thanks. I love groundhandling,but my current wing doesn't response as i wish)

Great recap of the point to really lauch

LOVE FROM NEPAL ❤❤

Great vid, thanks.

Magistrale lesson

I'll use the audio to meditate, this is great!

Excellent vid! Thanks for the info! Nice to watch!

thanks for the video ,Helps a lot !

Fantastic video!!

Я часто смотрел ваши ролики со словарем, но субтитры на русском дают больше информативности, спасибо.

Very helpful info. Appreciated!

Really enjoy your video. Which paraglider are you using? The orange/white one?

Very usefully

Great video =)

Hola , estaria bueno que este video lo doblaran al español , gracias.

Great video

Shame you can’t give more than one thumbs up 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

You must start one paragliding academy

In the beginning... “just focus on keeping it up”. Yeah, that’s what she said 😂

Greg, why would you have your hands off the brake handles? Not a YT criticism, just an honest question. Cheers for your tuts, love 'em. Hopefully se you soon on the hill.

Here's a great list of ground handling exercises: www.groundhandlingchallenge.com

Hi, I'm about to move to an area where is not good to practice paragliding, what else can I do besides groundhandling to improve my skills? I'm a begginer so I still need radio help to fly safe.

Can you use those wings for powered paragliding?

How can I prepare for a paragliding course over the winter? Does it help that I know how to powerkite? ..or is it totally different? Is it better to buy a ground handling wing and practice during the winter to prepare for the course in spring?

Why is aerodynamic draft ,(or back-draft) referred to as rotor?

"just work on keeping it up" Sounds familiar

the more groundhandeling you do the saver you will be for ever !!! .... i fly only at dunes we dont do anything else .as total blind control .... please mountain breathers ..you have more danger ..practise more handling !!!!!!

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Please, where are those places ?

Our school, Cloud-7 in Switzerland, practices groundhandling very intense. Interesting that other Swiss schools seem to be less focused on the topic. Unfortunately we are not so lucky to have a laminar wind like that. Or... Maybe yes depending on viewpoint. Like yesterday we had average 8-18kmh the whole afternoon with gusts from 20-34 kmh. Smooth wingtouches impossible... But sometimes it takes you up 2m...🤩 A video of the training the weekend before: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aZRdwlayrXY.html I'm the one with the blue withe epsilon 😅

i want to purchase paraglider ...tell me the price plz

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Where is the turkish language :((

you make it look too easy

Can anybody donate me a wing ? Plz . I like the sport but am broke . I cannot afford it