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Friday
Nov122010

I: Paragliding DVDs

iParaglide researches and reviews the latest paragliding dvds and updates this list of recommended material. Only the very finest are selected for our library.

Rainy Friday night got you trying to explain to your friends why you love paragliding?  Join filmaker Sean White in Never Ending Thermal as three friends take a journey to some of paragliding's most dramatic locations.  Take to the sky in the ultimate global paragliding adventure: soaring, thermalling, acro and aerial parades are sure to leave your friends inspired. 

 

 

 

 

 

A timeless classic, Riding the Wind takes paragliding pilots and their friends on Toni Bender's serene adventure of paragliding across the Dolomite Mountain Range in Europe. Capture the zen state of paragliding cross country flying. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paragliding Learn to Fly by Kitchen Productions. An excellent "how to " video for P1 beginner and P2 novice paragliding pilots. Close up video shows minute details of perfecting technique. Computer generated graphics relay fundamental paragliding concepts. Recommended companion to our P1 Student Diploma Paragliding Course.  

 


 

 

Ground handling skills are the most important aspect for safe and comfortable paragliding. Paragliding Ground Handling Techniques, by Kitchen Productions will get you kiting your paraglider in style.  We recommend 2 hours of kiting to each hour of mountain flying:  this book will help P1 beginner and P2 Novice paraglider pilots learn these essential skills. Recommended companion to our P2 Novice Paragliding Certification Course.  

 

 

 

Instability 2, with Bruce Goldsmith, is the ideal companion video for P2 novice and P3 intermediate paragliding pilots attending a Simulation of Flight Incidents (SIV) Seminar.  It covers induction and recovery of paragliding flight incidents a pilot may encounter: d-line steering, asymmetric collapse, cravats, spiral dives, front collapse, stalls, spins and reserve parachute deployments. Quick descent techniques of B-line stall, spirals and wing-overs are explained together with active piloting principles including pitch control, and moderated inputs to prevent cascades. SIV should only be done with instruction, over water. 

Jocky Sanderon's Performance Flying assists P2 novice and P3 intermediate pilots preparing for SIV simulation of paragliding flight incidents seminar;  P3 intermediate pilots for paragliding cross country seminars; and P4 advanced paraglider pilots for acro seminars. SIV topics include: harness settings, frontals, spins, twists & stall. XC topics include themalling, scratching, transitions , the second climb, speed bar, cloudbase and flatland flying. Intro to acro closes this dvd off with wingovers, asymetric spirals, loops, SATs and helicopters. This is a companion video only, for pilots attending paragliding seminars.