Paragliding Crash from Bullet Camera (POV)

After suffering a big frontal and losing too much height I tried to land on a small road beside the cliff and sea, I almost made it!

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[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.

[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

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)

[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.

[Alex1M6]

Hope you did not suffer any too serious injuries!

[bmradux]

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

[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..~!

[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.

[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.

[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 -_-