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Enjoying the videos. I'm in training to learn this sport. Not planning to do any of the acrobatics - just looking for serenity in flight.

I have been in the sport for eight years and every time I fly I’m still surprised that piece of cloth gets me off the ground . I have never progressed to the level you guys have but that’s ok. Just to see the world from above is enough for me. Mind I’m in the over 60,s club. Don’t be ashamed if you can’t sat or barrel roll those kids looking up at you in the air still think your as cool as hell. Ha,ha.😉👍🇬🇧

Been wanting to fly for as long as I can remember but never really thought I'd be able to do it. Your videos inspired me to make it happen. My first lessons start 4 days from now! Thank you for your videos!

By far the best KZfaq channel. Nobody else puts in this much effort for footage, editing, and interaction with the viewers. Everything said is like a direct conversation to us and the actual regard for other people’s well being and advancement in the sport is just insane

Last week I was in Wisconsin, -20 degrees, plowing snow on an open tractor. Now I'm in Fort Walton, Florida at Fly High Paramotors being instructed by Robert. Day 5. of training. I feel that I'm about ready for my first flight. Training is invaluable! So many things I've learned that will avoid problems or damage to equipment and possible injury. Be safe and enjoy flying.

The timing of this video is perfect for me. I just trained with the Martins last month. I’ve been eager to fly since your McDonalds video which was my introduction to paramotors. BTW I showed the McDonalds video to one of my classmates who had somehow never seen it before. I believe Ethan sent you a picture of us watching it via text. Anyway, flying a paramotor in real life is very different from watching it on KZfaq. Paramotoring is safe, but only if you do your preflight checks, only start the motor on your back, don’t fly in bad weather, look before you turn and heed everything else a good instructor will teach you. Just the sensation of flight and watching the sunset from the air will beat anything else you’ll ever do in life. There’s no need to rush in to doing acro.

Dear Tucker, I dont subscribe to channels very often. Just shy of never. I didnt have the slightest idea of this sport until I came across one of your videos. I've lived sort of a hard life and recently haven't found any motivation to do anything, really. But finding out about paramotoring and the community that supports it has shifted something inside me. I cant wait to get off work and watch more and more videos of this stuff. I dont make very much money but I hope to have enough saved up within 2 years. Maybe one day I'll meet you when I've started my journey paramotoring!

Hey Tucker. I somehow found your channel by accident and now have been watching your videos. I'm a private pilot but haven't been flying in the past few years due to the cost and complexity of just poking holes in the sky. I love the idea of PPG. It's something I've been thinking about for a while but honestly has only been in the back of my mind. Your vids have jumpstarted my excitement to get back in the air again via this sport. I applaud you for bringing a measure of responsibility to this sport, and an underlying theme in your videos (at least the ones I've watched) is to be a responsible pilot. Not only for your own safety but also to avoid being so regulated that it takes the fun out of flying...as I feel has happened to general aviation. Cheers from North Carolina.

This was a very good video Tucker. Thank you for the quality content and the honesty you showed. It’s not often you get to many KZfaqrs that get real with their fans and concerned with safety. While this may not go viral, it definitely deepened my respect for you and your videos. Keep up the good work man. 👍🏼👍🏼

Videos like this are a great example of why we love you Tucker. You’re honestly and sincerity about your love of the sport are unquestionably authentic. As a long time viewer and supporter, I could not be more proud that you are the role model for our sport. -Thank you.

Thanks so much for making this one Tucker. As a new pilot myself (not finished with training yet) I really appreciate it. There is very little content that I found that really addresses the “I’m trained and now what?” Phase of the paramotor journey.

You are so right on. I have lots of training but not formal. I love the part about just flying around your home field and being amazed. One of my favorite videos. Thanks Tucker.

You’ve certainly inspired me to take up paragliding. I’m in the U.K. and have just started with an instructor. I want to thank you for your inspiring videos, I cannot express how it feels to be doing this, the sense of freedom and excitement, yet a certain nervousness when putting all the equipment and doing safety checks is totally beyond anything I can describe, except to say. I’m truly having the best experience of my life. Thank you.

I am one of the folks that got started because of you. I'm now finished ground school and flight school here in Canada and have been flying on my own having just the best time. There are many of us up here in a similar position, and we all need these regular reminders to manage risk and stay safe. Thanks for reaching out to us. Thanks for sharing this sport with us and changing our view of what's possible.

Hey Tucker!, thanks a lot for being the way you are, so humble, so mature, i'm just getting into this world step by step, you are my biggest inspiration, really thanks!.

Thx man for this great video. Great pilot....great dude. Keep it up my man. I’m at the “watch a thousand hours of videos before training” stage and the flights you’ve shared, the commentary you’ve provided and the tips/info you’ve also shared makes it hard not to think we’re confident enough to not need formal training. I know you’ll never endorse self taught PPG piloting but you and some of the other guys out there fill us rookies heads with so much great info that it builds confidence (I wouldn’t even say false confidence) in going out and slow starting self taught flight. You da man Tucker Gott!!

Proud of you Tucker, and that comes from the heart. Lots and lots of people look up too you. Your are a good role model. Thanks for sharing this video.

Watching your videos of awhile now. Something I’ve noticed is, despite all the many hours of fantastic adventure flying and acrobatics you done around the country and the world, you really seem to enjoy just the simplest flying around your home in the pastures and crop fields. To your point in this video, that’s what the sport is really all about, the freedom of flying and having fun. Enjoying the simple moments of safe, stress free and uneventful flight. Thanks for your thoughtful tips for beginners.

Last week I had my first two flights. It feels amazing to see the view with my own eyes after watching your videos for more than a year. Thank you Tucker for the inspiration!

Count me as another you've inspired, you were definitely the first I saw of this sport, and I've got an instructor who is still working with me (I live locally), and I took my first flight in early August this year. Thank you, sincerely, for all you've done and made. I know I'm not alone in this, but I wanted to add my voice to the others you've inspired in saying thanks for spreading this sport as far as you have. Also, thanks for the reminder to be humble, I've only got 34 flights, each less than 20 minutes so far, so I definitely need to stay humble, and patient, so thanks for that.

As a dad of a 14 year-old with 50 PPG flights under his belt, I appreciate your comments. He had a 10-day class at High5 PPG in WI and has been working on his skills since, nice and easy and taking his time building on what he is learning.

Awesome message. As a new pilot (10 months flying) I find there is quite a bit of pressure to step it up. I constantly remind myself that I am not in a competition to advance. I want to learn and advance but only while exercising good risk management. Also "just putting around my home field" is still very satisfying and fun. Thanks again.

Like the advice components you are incorporating Tucker. The sport is growing and can use experienced voices. Great flying segment as well...good mix. Can’t wait to see the tandem with your mom. You and your dad were awesome.

Well said.. You are a perfect role model for anyone getting into this sport. Thank you for taking the time to share your experience and advice. Shows how much you care about the sport and the individuals you inspire to follow you through the skies on a wing and a prayer.

Super valuable video. Im a new PPG pilot (19 flights & about 10 hrs experience). However I am a much more experience sailplane pilot and can truly validate that your message is spot on. Things become totally different once you are solo and 100% reliant on your own decision making and skill set. With no instructor there to tell you what to do or not to do - its all you baby! Flying your body around is incredibly rewarding but the consequences for a bad decision can be physically, financially and emotionally devastating. ALL post instruction students - please take your time; develop your skills gradually, when in doubt stay on the ground and ask an experienced pilot or an instructor. Be safe - live long and prosper in this sport!

It’s awsome to see that you’re concerned about other people getting into the sport and just being very caring about others safety .... i very much enjoyed the vid btw

i started watching your videos just a few days ago. they are awsome !!! keep flying and makeing vidoes. great stuff

Loving the channel dude. I just stumbled across your channel by mistake and I have to say your videos are awesome. You've made me want to try parramotoring and I think I'm going to book up and try a tandem flight. Much love from the UK.

Hi Tucker. What an awesome video and excellent advise! Your maturity and common sense are way beyond your years. I've said it before and you continue to prove to be one of the best ambassadors for the sport of powered paragliding. I am one prospective pilot that is totally heading your advise. I'm still a little uncertain if I can pull off flying PPG's, but I am seriously investigating training and have such a desire to fly. Keep up the awesome work in producing these vids.

Tucker Gott=Paramotor Rockstar! Thankyou for this vid! As someone also influenced by you to wanting to start this sport this is so appreciated!

Very thoughtful. I appreciate the message of the "excerpts" you included along with your words of wisdom. I'm just twenty hours and loving the cruise. I returned from flight last Thurs eve alone and Fist pumped just for the joy of it! My first instructor (ballooning) said "Know your limits and the limits of your craft". Nuf said.

Your are very wise Tucker and in my opinion a great ambassador for this sport. I learned to fly gliders in 1982 and went on to fly single engines in 1996. I have been interested in para motor flying for a few years now but your inspirational videos and common sense have finally convinced me to begin my baby steps in the sport. Thank you. Safe flying.

Awesome message. Thank you for spreading the word on safety

Good advice. Every time I watch your video' I'm smiling, I can only imagine how this feels, I love being up there. At this time in my life, it's just not possible to be doing what you guys are, so I'll just continue watching your adventures, and thank you for leaving the links.

Loved the vid Tucker. I've always loved flying, I'm a 63 yr old disabled Vet, I really want to try the paraflying I've flown ultralights, small single engines, all I want to do is fly and enjoy all the beauty that flying gives you. no acro for me just fly and get some amazing footage to share. an A wing would probably be all I would ever need. enjoy your youth young man and be careful. Happy Flying! #USAFVET

Hey Tucker, Great video to get people in the right mindset to enjoy a long career in aviation! After years in aviation flying corporate jets, working at dropzones, flying gliders, and flight instruction. Your videos have inspired me to join a Paramotor group here in Texas. Feels good to start training in something I'm unfamiliar with. Keep up the good work. Thanks, and stay safe!

Thankyou for sharing your experiences!

Safety is actually one of the things that immediately stood out in your videos for me. I've seen paramotoring for a long time in my area but didn't know what it was called and figured it was a lot of crazy risk taking. After finding your channel I see it doesn't have to be and I appreciate you dropping in the safety notes in so many videos or simply saying something is too sketchy and not doing it. I've watched quite a few videos from other people and there is a lot of risk taking going on out there. One guy who tried to teach himself on a homemade/pieced together rig made me cringe the whole time. Most of the mistakes I've seen do look like complacency. Still, I'm glad they were willing to post their mistakes. I forget which video, I'm pretty sure it was yours, someone else flying with you, drew a penis and you said something like "oh, that's nice", showed the briefest glimpse and edited the rest out. I wouldn't hold it against you for the clickbait with KZfaq the way they almost requires it now. If you're going to do something childish though might as well take it to the next level and do it over a high school football game or something.

You are very inspiring, and I am currently waiting me course to start. I am a former skydiver, speedlyer, basejumper and motorcycle rider, and I really enjoy your videos. The fact that you are not condescending about beginners or people who are not willing to put too much risk on the sport forces to respect you. On dropzones, on exits, I saw so many people that make fun of beginners, or push others to do some advanced shit, and we both know how taht can end. I also enjoy your honesty about the level of risks YOU are willing to take. I personally can't wait to cruise my aera safely like a dad that I am, and having done enough crazy stuff in my life, I think A wings are going to me for me forever ! Thank for the content mate, blue sky. (sorry for my english, I am from Baguette land...)

Great vid on self management and progression in extreme sports. Although I am not flying myself but scubadiver since 1984, I have the same experience going through levels of adoption to extreme situations you need to be able to manage and able to recognise them before going in the wrong spiral of events. Thanks for sharing this Tuck!

very nice info. your videos are so clear and awesome ty.

Great info Tucker! My risk profile(wife and kids) allows me flight through FPV planes and quads. So I get to fly every day:-) Love to watch you following your passion! Happy flying!

Another gr8t vid Tucker mate ! Keep em coming, yooze the best !!

Seriously I love your vids and very much appreciate them!

I am one of those that have been in awe of your videos and will be taking your advice. After 7 years active duty Army, everything is and was about safety. As a diesel tech, those same value exist, you need to use all safety measures. I want to start flying and will be going to Texas this march to start training. I would rather be taught how to be in control and what to do in certain situations. There hasn't been 1 single thing I have done in my 41 years of life that I thought was awesome and did not like it, so hopefully I will love flying paramotors. Thanks for the videos.

Great video dude. I got my gear this year and went through the training. But the weather has turned over here in the UK and its doubtful I will get out before the new year. Cant wait to get into it in the spring tho.

I’m in the beginning of training, Awesome topic and information! Thanks.

Glad you made this vid, been about 3 months since I've watched a PPG vid and I'm feeling inspired again to get into this sport. Just waiting to move to the west coast first in a few months.

Definitely an inspiration for me. Your videos At least what has kept me interested in pursuing training. And absolutely I'm going to be totally psyched just to be up in the sky. Appreciate this video.

Obvious that you had a good teacher that gave you a great foundation and understanding of the sport. Keep your videos coming!

A whole lot of people owe you a big Thanks! Somehow, your videos reached people like me who weren't even looking to get into the sport. And the funny thing is, I knew the sport existed in the deepest, darkest recesses of my memory. Training in September...Keep up the good work.

I’ve been watching a lot of your videos and am definitely taking an interest in the sport. If I don’t get into it this spring, I’m for sure taking lessons the following year. I’ve already picked up a copy of the PPG Bible. I do ride, and I find that many points you made here can be applied to motorcycles as well. Keep up the great content and stay safe up there!

Well said Tucker, thank you.

Good advise and video. Thank you.

A good video to get both new and old pilots thinking. The sky is to be respected and we should all learn from every flight. Iv'e certainly pushed my limits both in distance and height and I completely understand your sentiment . Keep them coming. Looking forward to your next video.

Thank you Tucker I've been a subscriber for a couple of years now and have always looked at this sport as just epic. This video has helped me because I've recently passed my club pilots paragliding licence and have about 1 hours flight time by myself so far and I get that drive to progress and want more from it but you've shown me that now I need to not chase that progress just to go out and get more time and skill comes with the experience, it's a time thing and your life is not worth risking just cuz you want to progress faster. I just need to enjoy it now as ive done the hard bit. Thank you sincerely ✌🏻

Well said. And you demonstrated humility in saying it.

thank you very much for making this man.

solid lessons. siiiic cameras angles and editing

Great Video Thank You.. very informative

Tucker.. I respect you even more! Great video!

Great video! More people need to listen to good advice. Get the training and run into the sky and don't die. Stay elevated stay safe

Not dying....is kind of important..... well said, words to LIVE BY.... Thank you!

Very Good Video Man, Loved it!!! When I Got My Private Pilot's License, The FAA Examiner handed it to me, and said: "Here's Your License To Now go out and Learn How To Fly." -Can't Wait to Get Lesson's For This!!!!"

I appreciate you candor. These maxims are applicable in so many situations that can get you hurt or killed quick. As an Army veteran it totally hits home and brings up memories of that were it not by the Grace of God I or one of my buddies would have been maimed or dead. Good show!

What an awesome vlog... love lots from PH

Excellent advice as always!!!

Great video, Tucker! I highly agree that training is essential in being a safe pilot. I just finished my ground school with AviatorPPG and have 5 flights under my belt so far. Such an AMAZING experience! For those of you thinking of getting into this sport, please get the training. There are so many things that need to be learned before heading into the sky...airspace restrictions, how to kite, what wind speeds are safe to fly in, when to do a reverse launch, how to use the equipment properly, etc. Simple trial and error with a 4ft. prop spinning behind you is NOT safe, nor smart. That being said, I hope to see you all in the sky above!

I really learned a tough lesson last week about progression and training. I took a fall from about 100' because of a stall. Luckily a bush broke my fall, and I walked away with just a few scratches. The most important thing about progression is having an instructor watching or with you. I was doing mild wingovers alone, slowly progressing, when a gust flung me higher than I had planned, and outside my skill set. I took about a 50% asymmetric collapse, couldn't correct straight with weight shift, and was spun towards the collapse, slacking the lines on the flying side. When the lines tensioned, the glider stalled, dropping me out of the sky. 10' to the left and I would have landed on rocks and be dead for sure. Really, you need someone to check in with at every step, its impossible to remember all the things at every stage. Videos like yours make wing overs and the like look easy, but there are a handful of very critical things to do to get there safely, and to handle anything that isn't executed perfectly. Thanks for the thoughts on safety :)

Very sage advice!

Nice job on the foot drag down the curvy path! That shows some excellent precision!

Thanks Tucker!!

Awesome stuff!

Great video Tucker. I was explaining your site to a friend and said you do dangerous stuff, but you always have a disclaimer about the dangers and why you shouldn't do them. Although I wouldn't consider flying one of these para-motors, I find the videos very entertaining. I will keep my adventures to two wheels and be happy. Keep the videos coming

This is a great video. I checked out your biography on your web page and you had a ton of training before you even went into paramotor. Like anybody that is great in sports we don't see the hours of practice that have been put in to get to your level and make it look so easy. Driving a racecar does not maketh a racecar driver. I also like how you access situations and you don't let peer pressure affect your decisions. A good example was when you didn't fly through the arch in Iceland. I think your sky drawing idea is really not good. (BAD) It could damage your great reputation and have more limits put on the Paramotor folks that just want to enjoy the the great the opportunities that you have had to enjoy the sport. Just because you can do it doesn't mean you should do it. Anyway, I love this channel and keep on flying!

Great video Tucker.

Hey Tucker, i sent you some coffee from Japan a while back. Ive had my top80 for over a year now thanks to you. I fly super cautious and just enjoy the flying. I think ppg even free flight isnt for everyone. If you lack discipline, self control, humbleness they should be prerequesits to work on before you attempt flying. Ive even caught myself contemplating sketchy launches just to get up. Always remember you can fly another day, great when things go right but in exteme sports when things go wrong they can be bad, even worse if its your own doing.

Very very useful and valuable. Thanks!

This is an absolutely good advise session!

You're a good man - putting back into the sport you love. The problem in your sport is that you and your team colleagues make it look so easy - as you have said several times you have been flying for years and gained knowledge and experience. I couldn't do what you do I the "oh my Gods" just climbing the ladder to the roof. Keep up the great flights, videos and stay safe oh and yes get that ring on Jaclyn's finger asap mate she's a keeper :)

I just got my wing in the mail and cant wait to start ground handling. While I am not getting formal training at a school I do have another PPG pilot who is going to train me. Really looking forward to getting started with the sport!

Wise words, hopefully people will heed them. Keep making the killer videos man

Tucker, that was very well done!

Thanks for the video, I'm gonna carry out this soon when I'll start paragliding

It's very important that you keep this kind of information and advice coming Tucker. You're an extremely credible representative of this sport, and it will keep a lot of people from getting overly bold as beginners.

Great points

Enjoyed it thanks

That flight looked so fun! Just buzzing around and blowing some smoke!

Tucker, thank you so much for this video and all your videos! What an awesome sport!! You are so correct about being Humble in the beginning. May Our Father watch over you each day and keep you safe.

Most impressed with Tucker's sensible approach to his flying, he's far more mature at 23 than I was at the same age when I got my private pilots licence. 100 flying hours is an interesting number, when I reached it I thought I knew everything then had a bunch of incidents that luckily didn't kill me or anybody else but I was able to learn from. The most important lesson was that you never stop learning. Now, 33 years later, I've taken up paramotoring (can't afford fixed wing any more) and Tucker Gott's winning the 2017 Icarus trophy was the inspiration. Peace out (as Tucker says ;-)

I am a C Licensed USPA skydiver and former MFFJM. I have been wanting to get back under a parachute. This is energizing my spirit. I am aggressively looking into this and am seeking as much info to become a beginner. Being an older man I am not looking to push limits other than basic flying. Thank you for the bad ass videos.

That Quote reads true to not just flying but life in general... Every sport has risks and you have to at times be The FASTEST Risk analyst EVER. New to the Channel and Love all the work you do to help keep people safe. I'd LOVE to Fly one day myself.

I'm loving your tow cam pod 👍

Holy shit, man. You're getting all poetic, then an ad comes up for tomb raider "because I could not stop for death, he kindly stopped for me". Beautiful.

Ur awsome man.. i like ur talks! Tnq for vids.

Thanks Tucker, Great stuff, you inspired me to take up PPG, im going out for training in a couple of weeks.

Love it bro ✊🏿😊

very well done tucker

Starts off with cautionary serious chatter … then takes off with a string of aerobatic shenanigans. AWESOME!!! Thanx for sharing