Just flying this crack with this canopy is insane and he does barrel rolls. Freaks me out just the thought of barrel rollers close to the ground. No margin in a crack.No margin for error. Pure respect.
You leave me purely amazed, Alexandre. I feel like Im in the toggles with you when I watch your videos. I’ve just recently learned that speed flying is a thing, because of an interest in learning how to paraglide. A question for anybody; what does the progression look like to be able to do this? Should I choose to dedicate time to learning one? Or do they build off each other? Both commitments seem huge, financially polar. I was a paratrooper in the Army, static lines and T-10D from the Vietnam era, little to no control, straight tf down, riddled with holes and snapped suspension lines almost every deployment. I have this crazy feeling of needing to know what it feels like to be in control when I watch folks like Alexandre fly. I don’t know anybody personally who does this, any insight or opinions are genuinely welcomed.
Preface: Everyones progression is different, and this is just a generalized opinion. A safe progression is to learn to paraglide first, this will give you a good base of skills to build off of, and become competent. That could take 1-3 years. Then look at learning to speed fly. While paragliding and speedflying do have similarities, they are also very different and require different techniques and knowledge, so getting some training/instruction pertaining to speed flying specifically would be beneficial. You would ideally start on a larger size of speed wing or the size appropriate for your weight and skill level. beginner sizes are in the range of 16sq meters down to 13m, advance sizes 11m- 8m, and pro level sizes can be down to only 6.5m. A safe progression is to fly each size of wing for a year or two or until skilled in all aspects of piloting that size and model of wing, before stepping down in size.
I can't even wrap my head around this. I'd need to play it as a video game first. An animal, slackline, hiker, rock --- just few of the things that could test your reflexes when you don't want to.
Ozone Rapidos... the only way to fly. Use an 8.5 Rapidos myself. Great stuff thanks for posting. Dwight. Glendale Arizona USA. 6:00 a.m. Friday morning...
