Those stupid boys don't get it how serious this tool is!!! Just becouse you saw someone in some movie do something with a paraglider doesn't mean you even have a clue what to do!
You just got lucky, boys!
Keep up this way and we'll see how much luck you actually have!
You guys really did capture the "spirt" of why us adventure types or any type trys anything new in the first place..... Hell, the human race wouldn't even be here if each and every single one of us didn't try something new to us once.... Yes, that would be sex ! and I am sure this was almost as thrilling.... till you learned it was "dangourous" continue to keep the spirt alive guys.... and yourselves while your at it! Thanks again...
I just learned of this sport last night @ 1am and its 6pm right now... and cant stop researching it.... I have never commented before but really want to thank you guys for saving my life...... before seeing this, I thought I had learned all that there is to know.... and was going to dump 7 grand.... and give it a go myself... No longer... Thank you for not deleting this, Please tell the guys that I am nameing my first child either Barney or Sue... =)
I also taught myself to fly, but first you must learn the art of groundhandeling , how to take off in high winds and how to react if the parachute(wing) clolapse. You've got a lot of shots on the internet and they explain in detail how to operate a paraglider and to do this safely as possible.
A student of mine sent me this, if you are thinking of taking the sport up as serious occupation I suggest source a school through the BHPA near to you. freeflightbrighton.co.uk
Its clear none of you had a clue about the dangers you were facing... Had there been a spinal injury or death then once again people would habe been saying how reckless paraglider pilots are. Where as most of us have been trained and know the risks... you are all idiots who knew nothing of the risks you were facing,
What a hoot..........Now TAKE LESSONS! You made so many very dangerous mistakes, it is amazing that someone did not go home seriously broken. TAKE LESSONS. Read, learn, helmets, gloves, knowledge, intelligences. These things will help to keep you alive.
If you are someone thinking of doing this without lessons, DON'T!! These wings want to fly, but they are only bags of air and they need help from someone who is knowledgeable in control. Don't be stupid......
fuck me that was mental. some serios hieght with so many potentiol failures. obviously he unwittingly caught a large thermal and somehow did not get a canopy failure. jesus christ
@NevilleStyke I dont know if your being sarcastic or not sorry - but I can bearly see a harness let alone a reserve. they look to be useing a speed rider harness almost...
I think you guys did a great job, why don't you buy a helicopter off ebay and try flying that or build your own rocket and fly to the moon. Obviously very talented guys and not at all stupid.
Great video! Also scarry as hell. I'm a beginner, but watched a lot of PG accident on youtube. They happen quickly and unexpectedly.
I bought a glider on ebay for £120, tied myself to a pole for safety, went up 8 metre and then slammed into the ground twice. Never tie yourself, lockout will happen. Look it up.
My leg is better after two months. Still into the sport doing ground handling and trying to find instructor near Bristol.
I cant believe the comments on this site. Yeah they were taking a risk and yes they could have read up a bit before hand but a t least they were out there doing something... Crazy, possibly stupid but doing not hurting anyone... not keyboard warriors.. It looked like they had a great laugh!!!
@julioari you crazy buggers!! but hey thats how I started except it was in the sand dunes.. it goes to show you how stable our wings are. when with a basic understanding we can fly, even if it take one mate to tether, one to hold the "a"s and launch and one to hold the brakes.. thanks for a great post, I hope your all still flying and are now instructors ; )
Imagine yourselves in a wheelchair for the rest of your lives you retards. Spend 10 minutes reading a book about paragliding and you'll understand how careless and simple you are.
Everyone needs to come off their pedestal. By the time I get typing this. People have been killed in my country either by car or motorcycle. These guys have balls and it wasnt the smartist thing. But shit, thats living. There are flying alot better than other pilots I've seen with training.
OMG its not so much deaths door which they all were loitering around for some time.
its the fact that he went XC on his very first flight. lol
the odds of that not going wrong are amazing bigger than the lottery, on landing how did he avoid rotor without even knowing, no knowledge of tucs colapses,
It just goes to show how inherently safe a pg is....I mean what chance would any of us have in taking off and landing say a hang glider or ultralight 3 axis,especially in that wind! (with NO instruction)
The site looks good; where is it? The wing looks like an ITV Merak which was quite tasty in its day. If you look closely, you can actually see the Grim Reaper waiting at the bottom of the hill...
Spot on about the wing! The vid was on winder in the howgills. We learnt our lesson from a flight shortly after this one so it is no longer being used. planning on getting proper training when I get time
Funny as hell! FFS people get off your soap boxes and stop bitching about these guys and leave them to it. Its dangerous and stupid and could have killed but its a free country and their choice. They have not broken any laws as pargliding is 100% unregulated in UK. Live and let die!
Even very good pilots don't fly with winds so high. you didn't even need a towing with a rope to get airborne.
The slope was not that high but winds were too gusty to try this safely. Towing a pilot makes him lose control.
you at least should know how to control the wing , otherwise a stall is very possible. being that high did surely surprise the pilot, without knowing how to come back to earth.
I'm sorry, funny video but f*cking stupid. I am spending a lot of time training and you folks are just trying to kill yourself. Hope you didn't do it within a CTR..
there's just no keeping some people down, but it would SOOOOO help if even a little understanding of how to control a glider had been present, keep your arms out straight, why not try flapping them, oh, you might go higher even quicker. The higher the fewer and you're definitely in the fewest flewest, bet you lay eggs in other birds nests! Seriously friend, get some professional help or at least practice when the wind is less strong!
I see it again (12 time lol) and i think the guy in red is OK.He manage to do a Lazy&Eficient take off after he hit his had on the ground 3 times looool.
Disregarding my thoughts about power lines, no reserve parachute, stalling. Or smacking into a tree, cliff, or being shredded over a barbed wire fence......... I found this very entertaining and funny.
But...... as a kid in the 60's I had a habit of playing on mainline railways, using paddling pools as rafts on fast flowing river (could not swim) climbing horrendous ruins, making explosives, fires etc....... Therefore my comments are worthless.......
It's amazing how many nay-sayers are so eager to shake their bony fingers at everyone citing rules and regulations.
These people obviously have so little of interest in their own lives that they feel obligated to brow-beat some kids on YouTube over a video that was taken 5 YEARS AGO!!!
They were having fun! Try it sometime. All of life's risks don't have to be calculated in some manual you pompous bean counting morons! Pilots all think they're hot shit anyways...
Sensibleu you really have no idea. Its not a matter of finger wagging. Wait until you have attended a funeral or two of flyers who weren't so lucky as these idiots. Yeah they were having fun. They were lucky none of them were seriously hurt - not one helmet in sight. Proper training is essential in this sport. The wind can turn nasty quickly. You really should know a little about the sport before you have the temerity to criticise those who actually DO know what they are talking about. Twat!
Well, I do fly and I've engaged in quite a few high risk sports from motorcycling to scuba to paramotoring and I have seen friends die because they took unnecessary risks but that is something some folks are simply willing to do for fun. The folly of youth.
But still I will never have a place in my heart for fingerwagging grandmas who find it their place to brow-beat kids on YouTube comment pages. :) I'll refrain from calling you names Muttley
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' Proper training is essential in this sport'...
Mmmm it helps to remember that the vast majority of UK PG pilots who DO end up hurt did what most conside to be 'proper' training...
NB You can get a BHPA 'CP' rating with as little as 20 mins airtime!
75% of those who come to re-train with me first did 'proper training'... they come to me because 95% of what I teach directly contridicts BHPA 'training'!
I've been providing RE-training to 'qualified' PG pilots since the late 90's... based on talking to those pilots AND numerous other BHPA pilots I would say the average airtime total for EP AND CP courses is between one to two hours.. often spread over a year or two 'training'..
You may be think of BHPA CP RATED (so finished training) pilotswho are meant to fly with a 'Red Ribbon' until their total airtime reaches 10 hours... I've met a LOT of 5+ year CP's who have still not logged ten hours!
Got to say its people like this that fuck the sport up for REAL pilots.... Instead of spending money on a paraglider you should saved it for a brain implant...
'REAL pilots'..... and in the UK who would they be?
Ask your self one simple question.... how many 'real' BHPA pilots have died/been seriously injured over the years?
I've been providing re-training to BHPA 'trained' pilots for 10 years, most have spent over a grand on their first 'training'.. and most come to me with under one hours airtime over a year or two 'training'... and a skill set not much better than seen here!
Just like BHPA pilots who breach UK AirLaw by flying with a 2m radio etc. Also members who are 'CP' rated... if flying at a site where the LZ is out of sight of the launch or if flying XC.. they have no insurance for that flight....
BHPA members have a L O N G history of illegal activities not to mention poor accident history!
NB Most of the of the changes in BHPA 'training logs' were introduced to limit/remove any insurance pay out ...
Fair enough, some pilots do this and its wrong. But sounds like you have beef with the BHPA, again fair enough. I agree with you that pilots breaking the rules as such are as bad as the people in this video. But I have been flying a while, and I would rather see some one with BHPA insurance flying than some one with no insurance and no training what so ever, surely you can not compare the two. In every sport you have people that don't care, its up to the people that do care to save it/change it
Example: 'cloud flying' a ridge (so NOT possible to be under IFR) or even simply when NOT maintaining the required 'In flight vis' for VFR renders a flight illegal so invalidates BHPA (and any other) Air Sports insurance...
'Normal' PG training RESULTS in a lot of injured & dead pilots which is why I avoided the BHPA and have spent 10+yrs providing RE-training to EX-bhpa 'trained' pilots.
Far too often in practice BHPA insurance = NO actual cover!
The BHPA have made it VERY clear BY THEIR ACTIONS that they have zero intention of suddenly changing and slashing accident rates...
In the interests of SAFETY anyone thinking of training in the UK should be made aware that 'pilots' can get a BHPA 'CP' with as little as TWENTY mins airtime, the vast majority of BHPA CP's coming to me to RE-train have 40min - <2 hrs 'training' airtime!
Remember 'normal' training RESULTS in 'normal' accident rates...
Just keeping my skills up to par, weather in the uk sucks and we only manage to get a possible 2 days every 3 weeks to fly, so when we can we groundhandle and do what we can.
While PG to AVIATION standards results:
We fly on a about 260 days / average year, and over the last 10yrs the students (majority are PG pilots RE-training to escape BHPA 'standards'...) average around 19 flown days out of 20 days out on the hills... I clearly DO 'know what I'M talking about'..
I teach is based on physics as well as use of HP&L training, as such almost everything in my training DIRECTLY CONTRADICTS what is regarded as 'normal' theory/practice/procedures in paragliding, the obvious results from our training is that we do NOT suffer from the accident, injury & death rates that BHPA training RESULTS in.. hence the fact that most who choose to come to me are RE-training pilots.
Input (training) is reflected in Output (standards i.e. accident rates/flying hours etc.)
NB if by 'BH' you mean BHPA... 'only have that standard'....
There is in fact a wide range in the standards applied... with SOME (a few) BHPA instructors requiring at least a more reasonable (typ. 5 hours) airtime by end of CP..
In comparison that is about the same total as I've had students fly during JUST ONE DAY while training.. I aim to see students on 15-25 hours airtime by the end of the first stage of training with me.
NOTE: There still remains the serious issue of the PHYSICS taught!
Guys, I hope all of you are _still_ ok. I can't really say how many mistakes I've noticed in this vid but they were many. And I mean MANY. You were bloody lucky the glider was very forgiving because flying another glider with that amount of brake would have caused a stall followed by a painful or deadly impact. And you were also lucky with that thermal because it wasn't very violent and pretty wide... But remember... luck can rn out!
Reminds me of teaching myself to fly hang glider I built from plans in pioneering days in '75 (few rules, regs & silly things like proficiency exams, licences, etc.). Did have helmet but that was only protection. I crashed - lots. Usually fast into gorse bushes. One gusty day - steep stall, 40' dive - splat! Couldn't sit down comfortably for over a month. These guys didn't even sprain an ankle! Mad, naive but WE LIVED & some of us survived! Now take proper lessons you lucky sods! Great vid! ;-D
This is great!! I still haven't stopped laughing! Thanks for posting it. I did PPG for a short time, so can relate a little. I like the comments about "no helmet"....ha. I think that was the last thing these guys were worried about. You guys weren't "thinking", just doing. That is a bit dangerous, to say the least, but, OOOOO what a fun, funny vid!! Thanks!!!!!!! :)
hi from venezuela, well i going to do the same shit, but i`M study a lot of vid`s and i`ll go to fly with another pilots, you are something don`t you JAJAJAJ, LIVE TO FLY AND FLY TO LIVE,
is this one of those british hang gliding and paragliding training videos ? I think some of the training methods used might need a re think!! But Hey he enjoyed himself....(This time )
LOL I cant believe these guys...hehe "you can hear him shout" someone says... PMSL its like something off of "Only Fools and Horses" or "Some Mothers Do Have Them!" shame we couldnt see his face when he realized he just wasnt coming down... he must of been in tears lol... Did you guys buy a reserve along with your harness and wing?
If you only knew how close you are to looking into the abyss. You motherfuckers have lost your goddamn minds. I sure as hell hope this was a spoof!!!!!! Real good for the image of the sport........Thanks
If you are in Cumbria look up a school or at least buy a copy of sky wings or touching cloud base from ebay ,also practice ground handling your wing.have fun and a long life.
You guys a re a bit crazy and I know I'm supposed to say all sorts of rude, discouraging remarks like everyone else but I have to say I really enjoyed the video and found it hilarious! I'd loved to have been there but there's no way in hell I'd have gone up in that thing without all the training first! You're a brave guy Barney! You'll remember that day for the rest of your life and having it on video almost makes the risk of certain death it worthwhile haha ;)
U guys are the shit. Just started my training and kinda thinking maybe its a waste of money?? . Seriously though, your boy Barney ain´t gonna die a good death. Brain sized balls and ball sized brain. How does he do in School???
effing brilliant! most of us go for formal instruction when we paraglide, but you guys are the punks of the air. Lucky, stupid, and great. Barney!!!! You rock!
What a idiot way to try an accident. This is a dangerous sport and demands intensive instruction. I hope you understand that. DANGEROUS!!!! RISK OF DIE!!!!
'Normal' PG training will of course RESULT in 'normal' PG accident, injury & death rates....
In fact paragliding can easily be one of the safest forms of personal aviation, personaly I've now flown well over 4,500 hours in the last decade, fly 'high end' wings, don't use a padded harness & rarely wear a helmet (unless it's cold)
Paragliding it's self is NOT a dangerous sport... however dangerous instruction makes it so for far to many UK pilots!
Remind us all Scot... just how many BHPA pilots, coaches & instructors is it who have had serious accidents or died in the last decade?
The BHPA keeps saying in FAI's:
'No failure in training, No breach of procedures, it was just 'Pilot Error'... never the fault their training kills & injures... BHPA 'standards' are the reason 75% of my students are RE-training pilots... as 95% of my training DIRECTLY CONTRIDICTS bhpa 'normal' teachings...
Mr Scott Mathers never lets the truth get in the way of the opportunity to attack on those that stand up against the BHPA in their aim to MAINTAIN the appalling accident, injury & death rates in the UK...
BTY Scot is referring to the time one of the club members, EX-bhpa 'trained' and who had finished RE-training and so was NOT a student!
NB Unsafe REGRESSION from bhpa 'training' is ALWAYS a risk factor!
The truth is Ian flew INTO the L wing tip of my glider while I was on the ground!
I think we did very well!!! Better than the next time, tried it in a force 4. Went up like a rocket! Was a bit uncomfortable to say the least. Great to see the clip again. Will have to get it going again, Ians built a paramotor from a chainsaw engine. Who's up for the summer?
whata jurks i can belive it i'm warching this are you crazy people she was so high because she is out of weight range for that paraglider she or anyone of you could get killed go find youre self an apropiate wing and god instructor then you can go and fly
You're finally getting the "star recognition" you deserve ;-) You guys know this was a crazy stunt, I'm glad you're ok! Thanks again for posting this great video, 5 stars just for the entertainment factor!
I've just started paragliding training, and I think if I'd gone up that high on my first day, I'd have been shitting myself. I have to say it was hilarious to watch, particularly when the cam zooms out, and poor Barney is revealed to be a small speck in the sky rapidly heading up to the jetstream. Judging by the sound on the vid, it was way too windy. Glad your all safe, was very funny, but don't do again without training and pro advice on your kit.
very luck guys..paragliding crayz sports and danger..
yppilot 1 month ago
Those stupid boys don't get it how serious this tool is!!! Just becouse you saw someone in some movie do something with a paraglider doesn't mean you even have a clue what to do!
You just got lucky, boys!
Keep up this way and we'll see how much luck you actually have!
MrFearless84 3 months ago
FUCKING MORONS OF THE YEAR !
Calibra280 7 months ago
You guys really did capture the "spirt" of why us adventure types or any type trys anything new in the first place..... Hell, the human race wouldn't even be here if each and every single one of us didn't try something new to us once.... Yes, that would be sex ! and I am sure this was almost as thrilling.... till you learned it was "dangourous" continue to keep the spirt alive guys.... and yourselves while your at it! Thanks again...
mathewlang 8 months ago
I just learned of this sport last night @ 1am and its 6pm right now... and cant stop researching it.... I have never commented before but really want to thank you guys for saving my life...... before seeing this, I thought I had learned all that there is to know.... and was going to dump 7 grand.... and give it a go myself... No longer... Thank you for not deleting this, Please tell the guys that I am nameing my first child either Barney or Sue... =)
mathewlang 8 months ago
I also taught myself to fly, but first you must learn the art of groundhandeling , how to take off in high winds and how to react if the parachute(wing) clolapse. You've got a lot of shots on the internet and they explain in detail how to operate a paraglider and to do this safely as possible.
domen10 9 months ago
crazy, did Barney fly again???
spiridulla 9 months ago
although im still amazed by your persistence and sheer determination to win a darwin award, you were very close of actually getting it
commandro 10 months ago
its people like you who are giving the sport a bad reputation
commandro 10 months ago
holy bejezuz good for you, very very risky but thats the spirit that created the sport.
milolouis 11 months ago
A student of mine sent me this, if you are thinking of taking the sport up as serious occupation I suggest source a school through the BHPA near to you. freeflightbrighton.co.uk
freeflightbrighton 11 months ago
Its clear none of you had a clue about the dangers you were facing... Had there been a spinal injury or death then once again people would habe been saying how reckless paraglider pilots are. Where as most of us have been trained and know the risks... you are all idiots who knew nothing of the risks you were facing,
crador99 11 months ago
crazyyy but Fun......
marsillante 1 year ago
crazyyyy
marsillante 1 year ago
Did any of you take it up after this?
weirwolfarroo 1 year ago
this is one of the best vids on utube lol
riru69 1 year ago
Very stupid thing to do.
19caribou61 1 year ago
Raga... ma siete fuori? Prendi una chiusura a 10 metri e sei morto!
ilvalter1 1 year ago
What a hoot..........Now TAKE LESSONS! You made so many very dangerous mistakes, it is amazing that someone did not go home seriously broken. TAKE LESSONS. Read, learn, helmets, gloves, knowledge, intelligences. These things will help to keep you alive.
If you are someone thinking of doing this without lessons, DON'T!! These wings want to fly, but they are only bags of air and they need help from someone who is knowledgeable in control. Don't be stupid......
teaohar2 1 year ago
fuck me that was mental. some serios hieght with so many potentiol failures. obviously he unwittingly caught a large thermal and somehow did not get a canopy failure. jesus christ
nickoswoos 1 year ago
@nickoswoos "somehow did not get a canopy failure. jesus christ" Well, I guess he had a reserve, or two, stowed in his harness for safety.
NevilleStyke 11 months ago
@NevilleStyke I dont know if your being sarcastic or not sorry - but I can bearly see a harness let alone a reserve. they look to be useing a speed rider harness almost...
nickoswoos 11 months ago
@nickoswoos Yes, there was a little irony in there; I rather thought they were throwing caution to the wind!
NevilleStyke 11 months ago
is pretty funny though. schools would cringe :P
nickoswoos 1 year ago
guys - wear a helmet. get profesional instruction. you can die.
nickoswoos 1 year ago
god - how it didn't stall I've no idea .. brave but pretty stupid all the same ..... Darwinism at its finest!
jamiefly 1 year ago
Fuc...g crazy , fuc...g lucky and fuc...g stupid !
sylvek78 1 year ago
Are any of you boys still around?...
MrTom423 1 year ago
Well thank goodness the dog didn't latch on to the tether and go for a unwanted ride ride
Pokedude11111 1 year ago
Brilliant guys!! Yes it was dangerous, but at least you got off your butts & had a go. Just wish more people had the spirit you displayed.
Busaboy1955 1 year ago 5
looooooooool how he will get down thats the question
vivasant 1 year ago
I think you guys did a great job, why don't you buy a helicopter off ebay and try flying that or build your own rocket and fly to the moon. Obviously very talented guys and not at all stupid.
notpaulbutian 1 year ago
god looks after ppl like this. but i really suggest getting proper training, and a new glider that WASN'T purchased off ebay.
101JBird 1 year ago
Great video! Also scarry as hell. I'm a beginner, but watched a lot of PG accident on youtube. They happen quickly and unexpectedly.
I bought a glider on ebay for £120, tied myself to a pole for safety, went up 8 metre and then slammed into the ground twice. Never tie yourself, lockout will happen. Look it up.
My leg is better after two months. Still into the sport doing ground handling and trying to find instructor near Bristol.
Your guys have balls that's for sure. Be safe!
janaatube 1 year ago
@janaatube good flying schools in wiltshire,not too far away?
gilessmokey 1 year ago
I cant believe the comments on this site. Yeah they were taking a risk and yes they could have read up a bit before hand but a t least they were out there doing something... Crazy, possibly stupid but doing not hurting anyone... not keyboard warriors.. It looked like they had a great laugh!!!
gazza0209 1 year ago
You are lucky you did not sustain a serious head injury... or broken back!
groganzolla1 1 year ago
Lucky Lucky .....have to thank the wing that save your life
julioari 1 year ago
@julioari you crazy buggers!! but hey thats how I started except it was in the sand dunes.. it goes to show you how stable our wings are. when with a basic understanding we can fly, even if it take one mate to tether, one to hold the "a"s and launch and one to hold the brakes.. thanks for a great post, I hope your all still flying and are now instructors ; )
flynchub 1 year ago
They don't look any different to the experienced PG pilots I see around. Well actually a bit better actually.
gasdive 1 year ago
why
arturro1967 1 year ago
Wear a helmet guys......
saxophonetim 1 year ago 5
@saxophonetim wear a helemet shit...for this guy wear a brain is first ;-)
HotGaSoLine 1 year ago
You are lucky you didn't lose him. A lot of people die that way--they just never make it back down.
scottdavene 1 year ago
Hey boys all of you are renowned now
parasutadiguma1 1 year ago
kamikaze stayle. Must to be crazy make this. Need curses not like that. Lucky is not enybody dead. Please stop dooing like this.
LocoMadMarius 1 year ago
@LocoMadMarius
:)) Fara suparare , dar nu ai vrea sa stii ce ai zis :))
papucimurdari 1 year ago
Imagine yourselves in a wheelchair for the rest of your lives you retards. Spend 10 minutes reading a book about paragliding and you'll understand how careless and simple you are.
rightinthelight 1 year ago
Everyone needs to come off their pedestal. By the time I get typing this. People have been killed in my country either by car or motorcycle. These guys have balls and it wasnt the smartist thing. But shit, thats living. There are flying alot better than other pilots I've seen with training.
MrWaRmouth 1 year ago
Man who teaches himself to fly has a fool for a student.
forknuts 1 year ago
OMG its not so much deaths door which they all were loitering around for some time.
its the fact that he went XC on his very first flight. lol
the odds of that not going wrong are amazing bigger than the lottery, on landing how did he avoid rotor without even knowing, no knowledge of tucs colapses,
FCbisleybob 2 years ago
It just goes to show how inherently safe a pg is....I mean what chance would any of us have in taking off and landing say a hang glider or ultralight 3 axis,especially in that wind! (with NO instruction)
NigelLoller 2 years ago
You are just such an idiots that it is great fun to watch :) lovely video!
EftelFan 2 years ago
what are you doing...you only need a few day to take a lessons from any paragliding club...what you do Its dangerous and stupid....i am serius man...
asriparagliding 2 years ago
The site looks good; where is it? The wing looks like an ITV Merak which was quite tasty in its day. If you look closely, you can actually see the Grim Reaper waiting at the bottom of the hill...
paraventure 2 years ago
Spot on about the wing! The vid was on winder in the howgills. We learnt our lesson from a flight shortly after this one so it is no longer being used. planning on getting proper training when I get time
spankedbyrottenfish 2 years ago
Funny as hell! FFS people get off your soap boxes and stop bitching about these guys and leave them to it. Its dangerous and stupid and could have killed but its a free country and their choice. They have not broken any laws as pargliding is 100% unregulated in UK. Live and let die!
0eden0 2 years ago
@0eden0 live and let die... How accurate expression!
milanthepilot 1 year ago
have guy mercy parachute?..who shure the wing dont break..?crazy :)
merlin905 2 years ago
these people are lucky no one died this day.
ziggafoola 2 years ago
Even very good pilots don't fly with winds so high. you didn't even need a towing with a rope to get airborne.
The slope was not that high but winds were too gusty to try this safely. Towing a pilot makes him lose control.
you at least should know how to control the wing , otherwise a stall is very possible. being that high did surely surprise the pilot, without knowing how to come back to earth.
Being careful when trying this is not enough.
explorateurdesairs 2 years ago
I'm sorry, funny video but f*cking stupid. I am spending a lot of time training and you folks are just trying to kill yourself. Hope you didn't do it within a CTR..
EftelFan 2 years ago
1:32 XD.. But seriously.. U should take lessons. thats just dumb..
tquix94 2 years ago
I'd recommend paying the extra quid for lessons. ;)
Lojikbom 2 years ago
You are unconscious, I have never seen weak the similar, one of you would have been able to have a grave accident. We see that you are beginners.
You of the idiots.
atuyuparapente 2 years ago
I see no one unconcious here? idiots maybe, but all in perfect health.
spankedbyrottenfish 2 years ago
Not clever or funny
tommcb6016 2 years ago
Only one way to describe this ....... a potential suicide attempt. PLEASE DO NOT TRY THIS SHIT AT ANYTIME FOLKS.
iftyshifty 2 years ago
What`s with the arms straight out?
Busaboy1955 2 years ago
Funny as hell, Stupid thing to do. get some training, helmet and and enjoy what looks like an awesome hang :)
SweTrekki 2 years ago
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paraglideuk 2 years ago
there's just no keeping some people down, but it would SOOOOO help if even a little understanding of how to control a glider had been present, keep your arms out straight, why not try flapping them, oh, you might go higher even quicker. The higher the fewer and you're definitely in the fewest flewest, bet you lay eggs in other birds nests! Seriously friend, get some professional help or at least practice when the wind is less strong!
OgwrDragon 2 years ago 2
Yes but we must admit they do one thing good: they buy a great glider.
HotGaSoLine 2 years ago
luckily for them, imagine if they'd bought a 2/3
i wonder if any of them were inspired to learn more
OgwrDragon 2 years ago
it is a 2!
spankedbyrottenfish 2 years ago
looks like a 1/2 to me
OgwrDragon 2 years ago
LoooL "arm straight" and go into the light asshole... loool now u can proceed to next step in yours training: "reverse landing"
HotGaSoLine 2 years ago
I see it again (12 time lol) and i think the guy in red is OK.He manage to do a Lazy&Eficient take off after he hit his had on the ground 3 times looool.
HotGaSoLine 2 years ago
Mother fuckers u try to make me shit on me....looooooool u r goood keep do this....hahahahahahaha....hey can u believe this shit? hahahahahha
HotGaSoLine 2 years ago
this was hilarious!! :-)
dearing but not to be repeated i think, not even for them;
too bad we didn't see the last guys comment on his huge high flight!!
hannesdobbelaere 2 years ago
hahahaha,good on you,giving it a go next week,have decided to go on a course,this looks a bit shit or bust to me
ijr900 2 years ago
j'ai jamais vu des inconscients pareil, de vrais débiles mon pauvres.
Il on t eu énormément de chances que rien de grave ne soit arrivé.
atuyuparapente 2 years ago
haha that's fucking crazy! legendary disregard for personal safety. what an experience that must have been!
Bergunthera 2 years ago
Disregarding my thoughts about power lines, no reserve parachute, stalling. Or smacking into a tree, cliff, or being shredded over a barbed wire fence......... I found this very entertaining and funny.
But...... as a kid in the 60's I had a habit of playing on mainline railways, using paddling pools as rafts on fast flowing river (could not swim) climbing horrendous ruins, making explosives, fires etc....... Therefore my comments are worthless.......
Barney should join the SAS
brickwall53 2 years ago
LMFAO, classic! Shows you how easy our sport is...
mverhagen 2 years ago
It's amazing how many nay-sayers are so eager to shake their bony fingers at everyone citing rules and regulations.
These people obviously have so little of interest in their own lives that they feel obligated to brow-beat some kids on YouTube over a video that was taken 5 YEARS AGO!!!
They were having fun! Try it sometime. All of life's risks don't have to be calculated in some manual you pompous bean counting morons! Pilots all think they're hot shit anyways...
SensiBleu 2 years ago
Sensibleu you really have no idea. Its not a matter of finger wagging. Wait until you have attended a funeral or two of flyers who weren't so lucky as these idiots. Yeah they were having fun. They were lucky none of them were seriously hurt - not one helmet in sight. Proper training is essential in this sport. The wind can turn nasty quickly. You really should know a little about the sport before you have the temerity to criticise those who actually DO know what they are talking about. Twat!
00Muttley 2 years ago
Well, I do fly and I've engaged in quite a few high risk sports from motorcycling to scuba to paramotoring and I have seen friends die because they took unnecessary risks but that is something some folks are simply willing to do for fun. The folly of youth.
But still I will never have a place in my heart for fingerwagging grandmas who find it their place to brow-beat kids on YouTube comment pages. :) I'll refrain from calling you names Muttley
SensiBleu 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
' Proper training is essential in this sport'...
Mmmm it helps to remember that the vast majority of UK PG pilots who DO end up hurt did what most conside to be 'proper' training...
NB You can get a BHPA 'CP' rating with as little as 20 mins airtime!
75% of those who come to re-train with me first did 'proper training'... they come to me because 95% of what I teach directly contridicts BHPA 'training'!
murrayhay 2 years ago
i thought the minimum was 10 hrs - it was with paraventure. 20 mins IS rediculous, might as well direct wannabe pilots to ebay......
OgwrDragon 2 years ago
I've been providing RE-training to 'qualified' PG pilots since the late 90's... based on talking to those pilots AND numerous other BHPA pilots I would say the average airtime total for EP AND CP courses is between one to two hours.. often spread over a year or two 'training'..
You may be think of BHPA CP RATED (so finished training) pilotswho are meant to fly with a 'Red Ribbon' until their total airtime reaches 10 hours... I've met a LOT of 5+ year CP's who have still not logged ten hours!
murrayhay 2 years ago
Looks like the dog is the smartest creature on this video.
americobrites 2 years ago 2
nemate mozak
paraken1 2 years ago
Awful. Persons without responsibility. No helmet and no reserve parachute. So our sport is full of accidents and deaths.
Gustavo Muniz
Serra da Moeda - Brazil
gmrjones 2 years ago
You guys are bonkers. Lucky you didn't up in a wheelchair.
bobflyman 2 years ago
extrememly lucky...Too large glider too much wind no speed bar no helmet no knowledge whatsoever...Go buy a lotery..
Looks like barney had a mind blow up!
sixstringmania 2 years ago
Got to say its people like this that fuck the sport up for REAL pilots.... Instead of spending money on a paraglider you should saved it for a brain implant...
JosephJordan 2 years ago
Of course what is seen here IS dangerous BUT...
'REAL pilots'..... and in the UK who would they be?
Ask your self one simple question.... how many 'real' BHPA pilots have died/been seriously injured over the years?
I've been providing re-training to BHPA 'trained' pilots for 10 years, most have spent over a grand on their first 'training'.. and most come to me with under one hours airtime over a year or two 'training'... and a skill set not much better than seen here!
murrayhay 2 years ago
One word ........ 'Insurance' did 'they' have it? Doubtful.
Real Pilots = with BHPA insurance are threatened by this sort of blatant disregard for the sport.
JosephJordan 2 years ago
Hi I agree it's unlikely they had insurance.
Just like BHPA pilots who breach UK AirLaw by flying with a 2m radio etc. Also members who are 'CP' rated... if flying at a site where the LZ is out of sight of the launch or if flying XC.. they have no insurance for that flight....
BHPA members have a L O N G history of illegal activities not to mention poor accident history!
NB Most of the of the changes in BHPA 'training logs' were introduced to limit/remove any insurance pay out ...
murrayhay 2 years ago
Fair enough, some pilots do this and its wrong. But sounds like you have beef with the BHPA, again fair enough. I agree with you that pilots breaking the rules as such are as bad as the people in this video. But I have been flying a while, and I would rather see some one with BHPA insurance flying than some one with no insurance and no training what so ever, surely you can not compare the two. In every sport you have people that don't care, its up to the people that do care to save it/change it
JosephJordan 2 years ago
Hi Joe, (no names, no pack drill ;-)
Example: 'cloud flying' a ridge (so NOT possible to be under IFR) or even simply when NOT maintaining the required 'In flight vis' for VFR renders a flight illegal so invalidates BHPA (and any other) Air Sports insurance...
'Normal' PG training RESULTS in a lot of injured & dead pilots which is why I avoided the BHPA and have spent 10+yrs providing RE-training to EX-bhpa 'trained' pilots.
Far too often in practice BHPA insurance = NO actual cover!
murrayhay 2 years ago
Have to say 'blah blah blah' they were still stupid
JosephJordan 2 years ago
This is gettting old now Murray! leave BPHA Alone and CP EP Student and their training and get on with your own flying.
Word to the wise should be sufficient. You know what we are talking about.
paraglideuk 2 years ago
VERY 'old' and VERY expensive in human lives!
The BHPA have made it VERY clear BY THEIR ACTIONS that they have zero intention of suddenly changing and slashing accident rates...
In the interests of SAFETY anyone thinking of training in the UK should be made aware that 'pilots' can get a BHPA 'CP' with as little as TWENTY mins airtime, the vast majority of BHPA CP's coming to me to RE-train have 40min - <2 hrs 'training' airtime!
Remember 'normal' training RESULTS in 'normal' accident rates...
murrayhay 2 years ago
Quote from ParaglideUK:
Just keeping my skills up to par, weather in the uk sucks and we only manage to get a possible 2 days every 3 weeks to fly, so when we can we groundhandle and do what we can.
While PG to AVIATION standards results:
We fly on a about 260 days / average year, and over the last 10yrs the students (majority are PG pilots RE-training to escape BHPA 'standards'...) average around 19 flown days out of 20 days out on the hills... I clearly DO 'know what I'M talking about'..
murrayhay 2 years ago
actually BH Pilots only have that standard what standard do you use.
paraglideuk 2 years ago
I teach is based on physics as well as use of HP&L training, as such almost everything in my training DIRECTLY CONTRADICTS what is regarded as 'normal' theory/practice/procedures in paragliding, the obvious results from our training is that we do NOT suffer from the accident, injury & death rates that BHPA training RESULTS in.. hence the fact that most who choose to come to me are RE-training pilots.
Input (training) is reflected in Output (standards i.e. accident rates/flying hours etc.)
murrayhay 2 years ago
NB if by 'BH' you mean BHPA... 'only have that standard'....
There is in fact a wide range in the standards applied... with SOME (a few) BHPA instructors requiring at least a more reasonable (typ. 5 hours) airtime by end of CP..
In comparison that is about the same total as I've had students fly during JUST ONE DAY while training.. I aim to see students on 15-25 hours airtime by the end of the first stage of training with me.
NOTE: There still remains the serious issue of the PHYSICS taught!
murrayhay 2 years ago
This is one of my favorite videos for sure!!
I laugh every time I see it. I just got my wing and I'll think of Barney every time lol
SensiBleu 2 years ago
I'm flying paraliders for 12 years.
This is very very very lucky.
I was watching this and thinking - when is he finally going to crash?
mgrzemow 2 years ago
That is hilarious! I wish I had friends as crazy!!!
SensiBleu 2 years ago
Belive me : friends that crazy don't exist! In fact i wonder if this kids is still alive?
HotGaSoLine 2 years ago
ahahahahahh 1:30
BelajBL 2 years ago
Very Lucky. One guy gained lot of altitude, collapse would have been VERY bad.
Good old Edel Atlas saved the day.
PersonCommon 2 years ago 4
With a few pointers you would be well on your way! Don't be dragged down by these safety monkeys! Some of us want a life still!
smad333 2 years ago
Guys, I hope all of you are _still_ ok. I can't really say how many mistakes I've noticed in this vid but they were many. And I mean MANY. You were bloody lucky the glider was very forgiving because flying another glider with that amount of brake would have caused a stall followed by a painful or deadly impact. And you were also lucky with that thermal because it wasn't very violent and pretty wide... But remember... luck can rn out!
6monos6 2 years ago
I laughed, then i cried, then i laughed again
jtmarlen 2 years ago
Looks to windy for a beginners but then again I'm only a beginner.
beau5757 3 years ago
Reminds me of teaching myself to fly hang glider I built from plans in pioneering days in '75 (few rules, regs & silly things like proficiency exams, licences, etc.). Did have helmet but that was only protection. I crashed - lots. Usually fast into gorse bushes. One gusty day - steep stall, 40' dive - splat! Couldn't sit down comfortably for over a month. These guys didn't even sprain an ankle! Mad, naive but WE LIVED & some of us survived! Now take proper lessons you lucky sods! Great vid! ;-D
jezeroo 3 years ago 2
hehehe very god for a first time but does are not conditions for a beginers
mihajlo777 3 years ago
oO... doesn't good!
FlyBirdArcus 3 years ago
This is very sad.
aquachrono23 3 years ago
Your right! I'm in floods of tears watching this. In fact I've lost the will to live! Why do people post such sad things?
spankedbyrottenfish 3 years ago
É isso ai ! mano !!!
mrmagoohi 3 years ago
Sorry you are crazy please visit a flight shool its very dangerus to fly
lookalikegstar 3 years ago
No helmet, no boots, no back protection.
They also have no ideea how to handle a paraglider. A good receipe to kill yourself. They also do not look like they are aware of the danger.
aromanro 3 years ago
were did this take place
have you perfffffffffffffected the P.L.F yet
hotelgardennepal 3 years ago
Oh, I forgot to mention.....they had an instructor....I could hear him...."Keep your arms straight out to the side".....ha!!!
whistlingbirds 3 years ago
This is great!! I still haven't stopped laughing! Thanks for posting it. I did PPG for a short time, so can relate a little. I like the comments about "no helmet"....ha. I think that was the last thing these guys were worried about. You guys weren't "thinking", just doing. That is a bit dangerous, to say the least, but, OOOOO what a fun, funny vid!! Thanks!!!!!!! :)
whistlingbirds 3 years ago
ide say barny shat es pants.
nel766 3 years ago
Looks like you had awesome time! LOL
browntrousersmoment 3 years ago
hi from venezuela, well i going to do the same shit, but i`M study a lot of vid`s and i`ll go to fly with another pilots, you are something don`t you JAJAJAJ, LIVE TO FLY AND FLY TO LIVE,
SORRY FOR MY ENGLISH
BOTHROP 3 years ago
is this one of those british hang gliding and paragliding training videos ? I think some of the training methods used might need a re think!! But Hey he enjoyed himself....(This time )
garyfreefly1 3 years ago
; - )
Nice one!
murrayhay 2 years ago
helmet!!!!!
cruelangeltesis 3 years ago
The reserve it is the ground!
mrmagoohi 3 years ago
LOL I cant believe these guys...hehe "you can hear him shout" someone says... PMSL its like something off of "Only Fools and Horses" or "Some Mothers Do Have Them!" shame we couldnt see his face when he realized he just wasnt coming down... he must of been in tears lol... Did you guys buy a reserve along with your harness and wing?
PenhillNews 3 years ago
The best amateur video I have ever seen!
mrmagoohi 3 years ago
If you only knew how close you are to looking into the abyss. You motherfuckers have lost your goddamn minds. I sure as hell hope this was a spoof!!!!!! Real good for the image of the sport........Thanks
sakoshooter48 3 years ago
Where helmet, Crazy!!!!!
lukaszszpak 3 years ago
If you are in Cumbria look up a school or at least buy a copy of sky wings or touching cloud base from ebay ,also practice ground handling your wing.have fun and a long life.
alamcculloch 3 years ago
You guys a re a bit crazy and I know I'm supposed to say all sorts of rude, discouraging remarks like everyone else but I have to say I really enjoyed the video and found it hilarious! I'd loved to have been there but there's no way in hell I'd have gone up in that thing without all the training first! You're a brave guy Barney! You'll remember that day for the rest of your life and having it on video almost makes the risk of certain death it worthwhile haha ;)
kiala00 3 years ago
U guys are the shit. Just started my training and kinda thinking maybe its a waste of money?? . Seriously though, your boy Barney ain´t gonna die a good death. Brain sized balls and ball sized brain. How does he do in School???
finallyonenottaken 3 years ago
effing brilliant! most of us go for formal instruction when we paraglide, but you guys are the punks of the air. Lucky, stupid, and great. Barney!!!! You rock!
chelonia44 3 years ago 3
Haha, cheers dude :-D
jamesbarnett 3 years ago
I suppose some people learn the hard way. DEATH should do it.
iftyshifty 3 years ago
What a idiot way to try an accident. This is a dangerous sport and demands intensive instruction. I hope you understand that. DANGEROUS!!!! RISK OF DIE!!!!
murthafly 3 years ago
'Normal' PG training will of course RESULT in 'normal' PG accident, injury & death rates....
In fact paragliding can easily be one of the safest forms of personal aviation, personaly I've now flown well over 4,500 hours in the last decade, fly 'high end' wings, don't use a padded harness & rarely wear a helmet (unless it's cold)
Paragliding it's self is NOT a dangerous sport... however dangerous instruction makes it so for far to many UK pilots!
murrayhay 2 years ago
Hey Murray,
You must have been reminiscing about that time I saw you collide with student.
paraglenner 2 years ago
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murrayhay 2 years ago
'opportunity' & appalling etc... Oops! At times (esp. when busy at work!) YouTube doesn't have a spell check!
murrayhay 2 years ago
Remind us all Scot... just how many BHPA pilots, coaches & instructors is it who have had serious accidents or died in the last decade?
The BHPA keeps saying in FAI's:
'No failure in training, No breach of procedures, it was just 'Pilot Error'... never the fault their training kills & injures... BHPA 'standards' are the reason 75% of my students are RE-training pilots... as 95% of my training DIRECTLY CONTRIDICTS bhpa 'normal' teachings...
Hence for me 4,500+ hrs SAFE flying is EASY!
murrayhay 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Mr Scott Mathers never lets the truth get in the way of the opportunity to attack on those that stand up against the BHPA in their aim to MAINTAIN the appalling accident, injury & death rates in the UK...
BTY Scot is referring to the time one of the club members, EX-bhpa 'trained' and who had finished RE-training and so was NOT a student!
NB Unsafe REGRESSION from bhpa 'training' is ALWAYS a risk factor!
The truth is Ian flew INTO the L wing tip of my glider while I was on the ground!
murrayhay 2 years ago
Dangerous and crazy but so funny lol.Thanks glad it ended safely. See my vid. Lol
geniennis 3 years ago
I think we did very well!!! Better than the next time, tried it in a force 4. Went up like a rocket! Was a bit uncomfortable to say the least. Great to see the clip again. Will have to get it going again, Ians built a paramotor from a chainsaw engine. Who's up for the summer?
olliesuggies 3 years ago
whata jurks i can belive it i'm warching this are you crazy people she was so high because she is out of weight range for that paraglider she or anyone of you could get killed go find youre self an apropiate wing and god instructor then you can go and fly
Deviancebrother 3 years ago
FYI, there are no girls in this video.
jamesbarnett 3 years ago
To think I wasted money on an instructor and safety gear. Shows just how forgiving this sport can be. Greatest sport on earth.
ancoraluna 3 years ago
You're finally getting the "star recognition" you deserve ;-) You guys know this was a crazy stunt, I'm glad you're ok! Thanks again for posting this great video, 5 stars just for the entertainment factor!
aerodynamicle 3 years ago
nice,organ donator
foxflycroos 3 years ago
jajajajaj
BOTHROP 3 years ago
Tell him to practice 90% with his wing on the ground (ground-handling). Then he would be 80% ok if he's not stupid enough
ParaglidingManiac 3 years ago
looks just like Guatemala paragliding team!
take care, get a instructor soon
magic4ml 3 years ago
this is funny XD "i can see sue" :-D he probebly had fun up ther ^^
AAnthony89 3 years ago
I've just started paragliding training, and I think if I'd gone up that high on my first day, I'd have been shitting myself. I have to say it was hilarious to watch, particularly when the cam zooms out, and poor Barney is revealed to be a small speck in the sky rapidly heading up to the jetstream. Judging by the sound on the vid, it was way too windy. Glad your all safe, was very funny, but don't do again without training and pro advice on your kit.
lonefoxilluminus 3 years ago
Great video!
Glad to see nobody got hurt!
flyhghgy 3 years ago
Oh My Gawd !
I won't rant & rave about how close you all came to meet the grim reaper.
Glad you all didn't get hurt and now understand how serious things may have become.
In the end it's a VERY VERY funny movie (LMAO) and thanks for sharing it.
I think Barneys got some skills BTW ;)
FegrusMojo 3 years ago 2
Ditto! James, I think you're never gonna hear the end of it. Thanks for posting and don't let the nay-sayers get to ya ;-)
aerodynamicle 3 years ago
You Guys are LUCKY to be alive!
This is a how NOT to video.......
What are you a bunch of Nutters?
jeffparkerinsb 3 years ago
man how mutch did it cost ? ;D lol
megapwn333 3 years ago