Paragliding Crash from Bullet Camera (POV)

[Alex1M6]

Hope you did not suffer any too serious injuries!

[WingoverVideos]

@ sixstringmania

The road was my first choice and once I realised the car had taken this chance away I only had a split second to choose plan B. Remember I was decending at 1000' per minute, downwind, in rotor, 35Mph forward speed and almost on the stall point. I had never seen that part of the coast before so had no idea of what to expect until it came in to view. The water was not on my list and nerver will be unless on an SIV course. All worked out well and not a single bruise or ache.

[sixstringmania]

well.. looks like the back protection did its job hehe.. To tell you the truth i`d head for the beach...Or the road...

The most unluck was the timing that the car HAD to pass..~!

Of course you did well not trying to head for the water.. It would be too dangerous if the water is deep (to get tangled and drown) and too dangerous if its shallow and try to jump of the harness (you might had broken something when hitting the bottom)

The safest rout was to land on the beach after the big rock

[sixstringmania]

well.. looks like the back protection did its job hehe.. To tell you the truth i`d head for the beach...Or the road...

The most unluck was the timing that the car HAD to pass..~!

[Haleria]

why did you not head to the water? that would have been the save spot....

[WingoverVideos]

@Haleria

You are joking right? You obviously don't fly paragliders as you would know that most unplanned water landings are fatal?

[Haleria]

@WingoverVideos

nope, i do fly paragliders.

Maybe the Paraglider training in germany is different... but our safety training is over a lake so after we pull our safety parachute we land into water...

so i would try to hit the open water rather then just crashing into the ground and brake all my fucking bones -_-

[flyparagliding]

@Haleria Safety training (SIV) with a boat is not the same.

Most SIV Instructors will advise you to remove the foam back protector.

Water landings KILL.

[bmradux]

@Haleria Yes, the fucking bones are important. But now, there is Viagra ;;)

[Haleria]

@WingoverVideos

oh and btw: Why are Acro competitions also over lakes?

[WingoverVideos]

@Haleria

We were not doing Acro? Landing in very cold water in winter with no one around to help you is going to be fatal. Paragliders and water do not mix unless you have a safety boat and you are prepared for it. I had 5 seconds to make a decision which turned out to be the right one as I was not injured - I was also very lucky and I know that.

[ricksteffey123]

Hope that hurt, you deserved every bit of that! So many morons that push their ability doing stuff like this?

[WingoverVideos]

@ricksteffey123

Gasp! What an incredible nice person you are. Have a nice day now (not)

[flyparagliding]

@ricksteffey123 Troll. You are such an idiot.

Refering to other coments above.

For the record, most paragliding harneses have a foam protector that will turn you face down if you land in the water straped in, hence the reason not to land in the water.

Acro pilot have a diferent arangment and have a stand by boat. Just incase.

[rosso84731]

I agree with Joe

[joefaetheblock]

Nothing worse than big sink when your on the cliff, glad you walked away from that grinder.

[lgarvey]

Loads of sink. =(

[Pier2pie]

in my frontal stall crash i broke every finger on my right hand

[ocosmos]

Even in fall and broken, you aprosimou rest of the FAES right? could have gone to water? Hildegndes in Brazil...

[ocosmos]

Even in fall and broken, you aprosimou rest of the FAES right? could have gone to water? Hildegndes in Brazil.

[juanrede]

shit,,,, a glad you are ok,,,, lucky men ¡¡¡

[BerlinBunker1]

You are one lucky Son Of A Gun. Glad that it all ended well for you.

[pgpete]

" Oh bugger ! "

[nerblebun]

Wow...glad to see you came out of this without an injury.

[kidnaproduction]

Hard Lines! Where were you flying (or not)?

[upnupnup]

wow dude Im glad you are ok :)

[VodkaFanClub]

Nice that you are OK! Try landing smoother and somewhere else next time ;) Thanks for uploading!

[lkolenc]

wow... you're lucky you didn't kill yourself... if you were a few meters higher you would have made it...

[flyingaardvark]

Your lucky you didnt break anything i landed in the sea onec flying on clifs with no beach its amazing how quickly things go tits up. Anyway live and learn and any pilots out there always have a landing option ! Check out my video Responce

[MaxxDiver]

FUCK

[grenadianmed]

This is what some of my dreams look like.

[zane6791]

Oh bugger turned into F@*K when it turned very bad :-P

[rusty2222]

Yeah, I can see how that would. Lucky escape, the old where do I go if it all goes wrong thing was out having a cuppa this time! Still, any landing you can crawl away from is a good one!

[rusty2222]

Nightmare sink monster. been there a few times. Well done on surviving. In hindsight, would have gone for a downwind on the road? Hindsightb being an exact science...

[WingoverVideos]

The downwind option was my 1st choce. The car that came in to view distracted me at the last moment. My sink rate was just over 1000' per minute. I was in rotor zone and just leeping the wing flying. It ended well which is what is important.

Thanks

[ogicabp4u]

I overshot my LZ a few weeks ago with not enough altitude or speed to turn around. Decided to go for a crash landing since there was a big drop pull hard right and hopefully fly parallel to the slope so that when I hit I'll only get partially hurt one side.

The vegetation slowed me down a lot. One side of the wing hit first and flipped me over. I got one tiny scratch only.

similar looking to your crash but I didnt even recall flipping just realised i was facing the other direction.

[dorbie]

Thanks for explaining, because it looked like the best option and you turned wide hosing your options.

Great video, thanks for the upload.

[foggdogg7]

did you have any injuries from this?

[WingoverVideos]

Hi, no, the wing caught the wall and slowed the fall. The actual drop over the edge was 35 feet. The wind did a brilliant job of saving me but was trashed in the process. I know I was very lucky in deed. Not a single scratch, bruis or ache! Result.

[hclholt]

Still a good watch - it all happens so fast when things go wrong. I bet your mind has replayed that flight hundreds of times. Glad you escaped injury. Some how this video doesn't need music :)

[GWfreakj]

U dont have much time to think but i think i would have tried to land at those rocks near the water, and then flare rlly deep at the end;)

[skysurferuk]

Must've hit that sink I get on final...;-)

[Flyboyuk40]

That could have been a whole lot worse with all that concrete and Rock around. Hope you were ok! That was a hell of a sink rate.

[jorn89]

Damn that must have sucked. At least you tried :)

[arp1978]

Glad you're ok!

Whereabouts is this? Looks like Great Orme, Llandudno?

[TeTNavis]

"ehh fuck" haahahah

[C0LL1N]

i would have landed in the water

[WingoverVideos]

If you had landed in the water then I suspect you would not be writing your comment as I suspect you might be dead?

Most water landings are not survivable.

[C0LL1N]

how come? because of getting tangled in the gear?

[MrBentor]

He was sure descending fast. Looked like he may have been going down wind and or in rotor?

[WingoverVideos]

Correct, 1000' min down and in rotor

[johnnwhite]

ps. is that a 'sky systems' flight suit ? i have one myself in the same colours!  fly safe , j .

[WingoverVideos]

Hi John,

the flight suit is a Montura Pro and not a Sky Systems.

Thanks

[johnnwhite]

why did the car have to come right at that moment:) ive been there my self !!!! the sink was rather rapid ? glad you are ok . j.

[WingoverVideos]

Pilot was 100% OK, walked away without a scratch or bump

[SoarSD]

Pilot OK?