Swing Mistral 1 Groundhandling in Künsebeck Windspeed 4 knots

"Groundhandling" in way to low wind. just around 2-4 knots with small gusts up to maybe 6 or 7 knots.
not too much fun in so little wind. anyway: beeing there, getting some practice in.

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Sports

Tags:

• Künsebeck
• paragliding
• Swing
• Mistral
• groundhandling

[hercion]

in a flat area with no obstacles and no slopes it is quite safe to practice groundhandling. in a certain windrange (15 - 25 km/h) you can also make very floaty jumps. But a word of warning: those 24 sqm paragliders are no toy. better carefully watch many groundhandling videos, before you try it yourself. or start in very low wind conditions - not above 15 km/h. and get yourself a lightweight and small paraglider (<5 kg). in fact, the smaller a glider you can get (<22 sqm) the better.

[quedecree]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I would assume a paraglider like this (trainer ?) would make a much better 'kite' for jumping than most kites would. For smaller floaty jumps (say under 10ft) how safe are these 'generic ground handling' paragliders?