Hi guys! I am not totally happy with this video, I think I was having an off day. I was tired and I feel a couple of the tips weren't the way I wanted them to turn out or I may have not used correct terminology. I apologise for that! However, after investing our time into making it, we felt it was worth to share even if it helps one person! Here I want to develop the tips a little further so I can maybe correct my mistakes: Tip 1: Holding the risers - Cross control technique meaning that we should take the right brake in the right hand and vice versa. - You run your hand up the back of the riser to take the brake off the popper as this helps avoiding twists in your brakes. - Then you can choose to hold the risers either by grabbing the A's in one hand and keeping one free to use the brake. Or you can take an A riser in each hand. This can be done in a similar way to the brakes, right A in the right hand etc. Tip 2: Building the wall - Personally I think its good because it gives you another opportunity to check the lines, especially when there can be tension knots that you just didn't see previously - Of course, this doesn't work in lighter winds and therefore you can perform further checks as you launch. -In stronger conditions building the wall doesn't always help as it can cause an unintentional launch. Tip 3: Don't fight the glider - Walking towards the glider doesn't always work, walking towards the wing disapates energy and in lighter conditions it can take away the energy required for the wing to come up. -In varying conditions you will have to vary how you move your body. In strong conditions you may want to move to it fairly quickly as you launch, in light conditions you may want to walk backwards to provide some more energy. Tip 4: A release and brake -Sometimes you can see pilots over anticipate the wing launching fast and therefore release the A too quick and try to catch the surge too early resulting in the wing coming down. - Holding onto the A's for too long can result in the wing surging past you and picking you up off your feet in strong conditions and sometimes frontal in lighter conditions. -A release and brake timing changes due to conditions. In lighter conditions you may want to hold them until they are directly above your head and stronger conditions may mean you have to release the A's somewhere around 70-80 degrees and control it quicker. -In this video I said to release the A's above your head. As previously said, this can vary with ever changing conditions and often it isn't neccessary to hold them for so long. I was rather meaning to suggest holding onto them a little longer than usual. Tip 5: Take your time - Rushing yourself into the air really can cause mistakes. So take your time, relax and do everything step by step rather than all at once. Once you get the hang of it. It will help. I hope this clears a few things up. These videos are quite hard to shoot, spending hours in the field repeating sentences over and over again to give you guys the clearest picture of what I am describing. I don't always get it right but doing my best to try and help a few of you. I would really appreciate the constructive criticism and if you have any questions, I will gladly answer. Fly safe. Love, Jack

As a newly qualified pilot these videos are sooooo helpful thanks Jack (please keep them coming)

A very missing point is that there are many possible techniques and everyone should figure out on his own the way it works for him. I personally find the one shown here (each As held separately) more limiting then the one where you hold them in one hand and with the other you can simultaneously control either both Cs or each of the brakes.

Great, I am going to take my time and practice more, hope to become a pro pilot.

Super tips for any pilot. Nice. 👍🏼

Best tips yet before a morning of flying. I will share this video with the rest and certainly watch it again! Thanks!

I have learned many things by watching your video.

I learned reverse launching by watching videos like this. That's some nice content for beginners like me. Great continuation :)

The b roll though....

Great tips! Thanks for sharing Jack!

Lovely

Wanna learn paragliding.. Watching it again and again.. thanks a million..

I know this is old, but it's the absolute simplest, easiest to understand, and informative video tutorial I've found after watching paragliding videos for about 3 months! Thank you. One question, if you see this, how do you hold the A's and brakes at the same time in your hands and release the A's while shifting to holding the brakes smoothly? Maybe it'll be clear when I actually start, but it's puzzling now! Thanks for the series. It's great.

Training begins Friday. This video will make a difference in my preparation. Thanks

Cheers for going to the trouble Jack, look forward to more episodes buddy 🤓

Just found your channel, great info with good angles on video. Keep up the good work!

Love the series, dont get locked into the must be 5 tips, cant have more or less, keep these video's coming, looking forwards to you getting into more advanced topics

So bloody good and sharp bro! ✌🏽❤️

build the wall!

Thank you so much 🥰

Nice one JP......................

Would like to see more different techniques too! Maybe a follow up video? Love your new series though! Great job, thanks!

Great tips Jack. Looking forward to the next one already. At the end of the day to get to where you are and the skills you have and what you have achieved all the haters gonna hate. Keep up the good work.

I think it is better to turnaround while the glider inflates, before applying brakes. If condition are strong, you risk getting airborne while still twisted... So turning around should be a priority...

Thank you!!

Nice one mate :)

Nice work Jack, good structure and content. Don't be too hard on yourself, I didn't see any glaring errors. Maybe the explanation of how to sort out which brake is in which hand could be more detailed in tip#1 - it can be confusing as you're reversed. Re: tip#4, classic educational mantra when teaching skills is not to show how to do it wrong, but I think in this case (and the forward launch video) it's very useful to show the effects of the common errors, so it's very helpful here. Keep up the good work. Brian

Where is this byt the way? Theo de Blic has videos here as well

My dream since the last 10 years, only survives as a dream... unreachable for me :( ......

Where is this Jack?

Jack, with all due respect, can you explain me why you do not cross risers and cross lines 30 cm above risers?

Vidéo très utile ! Continuez ainsi, les images corrigent les fautes dites à l'oral ! Pas d'inquiétude !

Might have been worth starting with the different techniques with advantages of each, I personally hardly ever use that technique.

Music is ok. If I need to adjust the volume up, down and up. Not good

Camera man is terrible bro..stand back..get the bigger picture..