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With Jérôme Canaud, our professional expert with an impressive CV.

In this free episode, discover WINGMASTER, and the advantages that this Masterclass can gives in you by updating your skills.
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The harness is the other essential element of the paraglider after the canopy. It is also an essential safety device. In this episode, both on the ground and in flight, Jérôme Canaud introduces you to different harnesses, explains the main settings, and shows you the correct positions for flying comfortably and safely. He gives you his professional tips on how to effectively adjust in flight a poorly adjusted harness.

In this episode :

Harnesses components.

Locking systems.

Tips to never forget locking your harness.

Right adjustments.

Adjustments on a hanger.

Reserve parachute in ventral pocket.

Adjusting the speed-bar on the ground.

Different types of harnesses.

In Flight:

The right position.

Adjusting your harness in flight.

The speed bar.

In addition:

Discover the cocoon harness.

Adjusting a cocoon on a hanger.

Right position and adjustment in flight.

How to use during takeoff, flight, landing.

Discover or rediscover the basic techniques of paragliding piloting.
In flight and thanks to the 6 cameras located on and around him, Jérôme Canaud shows you very precisely everything you need to know about piloting : how to hold the brakes, the best stance to have, how to turn efficiently, where to look, how to check brakes adjustment. A discovery for some, a reminder for others. This episode is fully rich in information from an expert.

In this episode :

Lines and risers.

The brakes. The different brakes holding. The best option.

Brakes in one hand.

Turns. The right position. The right hand position.

The look.

Check brakes adjustment.

The reserve handle.

Speed and range of the brakes.

In addition:

First drills with the brakes.

Who knows the joys of paragliding, knows the joys of untangling! Normally everything goes well... Normally! But when it gets tangled up, it's often a mess. Jérôme Canaud, your WINGMASTER expert, gives you real professional tips to get you out of any situation. And without cutting any lines! An essential episode, so effective.

In this episode :

A simple method to check your glider before the flight.

How to check the lines.

How to manage the harness rotation.

Finding the knots.

How to untangle an attached or unattached harnesses.

In addition:

Untangle lines quickly and efficiently.

Take-off is one of the critical phases in paragliding, along with landing.This is the first technique you learn before flying. It's more complex than it sounds. However, with simple gestures and an efficient posture, the windless launch technique proves to be very effective. Your WINGMASTER expert reveals to you all the secrets of a successful launch, without stress, without bad movements, without unnecessary running, in complete serenity. Whether forward or reverse (yes it is possible, even without wind!), you will discover or rediscover a way to launch your wing in complete peace of mind and above all in safety. Even experienced pilots will enjoy rediscovering these techniques with a brand new point of view.

In this episode :

Forward launch without wind:

Step by step analysis and instructions.

Detailed comments by Jérôme Canaud on slow motion video.

The good brake hold.

Right gestures for taking-off.

What not to do.

Re-centering.

Reverse launch with no wind:

Step by step analysis and instructions.

Correct brakes holding.

Right direction for the turn-over

Techniques from a pro.

Detailed comments by Jérôme Canaud on slow motion video.

Multiple ways to do it.

What not to do.

Getting into the harness after takeoff is essential. A badly adjusted harness, a bad support to get in, pulling on the brakes while sitting down... so many mistakes that must be avoided.
Jérôme Canaud shows you the right gestures and gives you his professional tips for a successful set-up, even in complex

In this episode :

Steps to get seated in the harness.

Getting seated with brakes in one hand.

Getting seated without brakes.

Incorrect harness settings.

What to do if you are stuck in your harness?

What not to do to get seated.

How to solve in-flight problems?

In addition:

Pre-exit and exit the harness for landing.

This may be the most difficult phase in paragliding. A phase that is divided into two distinct parts. The approach and the landing. Jérôme Canaud shows you in flight, in a very concrete and didactic way, everything you need to know to do a good approach. He also gives you his professional tips for a successful landing whatever the circumstances, and the landing sites, on an official landing or lost in the countryside. This is THE episode not to be missed, whether you are in initial training, progressing, or have been paragliding for many years. All the techniques of your WINGMASTER expert are incredibly efficient. There is little theory here, you will be at the heart of action.

In this episode:

Approach preparation.

Field recognition in flight. - Approach areas.

Doing S’s and 8’s

Steps to final.

Final.

U shapped approach

Approach and landing with wind.

Doing a nice approach.

Glide angle.

Pumping.

Big ears.

Landing with rear risers.

Landing without standing up.

Landing unexpectedly.

In addition:

How to land in a stadium.

In this episode on ground, your WINGMASTER expert, Jérôme Canaud, tells you everything you need to know about the equipment. From the type of glider to its certification (EN-A, EN-B, ...), including all the essential accessories for flying. He gives you advices to make the right choices and fly better and safer.

In this very busy episode, Jérôme Canaud shows you ALL his techniques for ground handling. This episode is filled up with many information, tips and tricks to succeed in ground handlingl in windy conditions. Your WINGMASTER expert teaches you, in a playful way, how to evolve under your canopy, while testing dozens of different techniques. By mastering the canopy on the ground, you will become master of all take-offs, whatever the conditions and whatever the site. An essential episode to become an experienced pilot.


In this episode :

The required gear.

Planning your practice.

Pre-inflation with rear risers.

Reverse launch techniques.

Hands position.

Controlling your glider on ground.

Moving under your canopy.

Without brakes.

Learn to bring your canopy to the cobra launch position.

The turn-over.

Manage the canopy with back lines.

Flip the sail over without moving.

Advanced piloting techniques.

Detailed comments by Jérôme Canaud on slow motion video.

In addition:

How to test your glider on ground.

Testing flight incidents on ground.

Thanks to your WINGMASTER expert you will not forget anything in the different steps of your flight preparation. A preparation that begins at home and continues on the field with a precise check of the environment prior to takeoff. Jérôme Canaud gives you his professional tips for an efficient preparation, sign of a successful and safe flight. An episode on the ground that lists everything you need to do before flying, and that every paraglider should know.

Taking off in strong winds requires mastering of the reverse launch (Episode 9 : Ground handling). Once inflation has been mastered, you must know how to prepare yourself for a windy take-off, position your glider at the right place, and finally adopt the right technique.
Thanks to your WINGMASTER expert, Jérôme Canaud, you will discover all the secrets of a successful windy launch. He explains and shows you effective techniques in windy conditions. The gestures are precisely shown and you will have no difficulty to reproduce them like a pro, for an efficient and safe take-off..

In this episode :

Choosing the right place for take-off

Weather and regulatory checks

Wing preparation

Pilot preparation

Where to inflate your wing?

Pre-launch

Launch techniques in windy conditions

Launch in a ball

Cobra launch

What not to do

Crosswind an de-centering

Techniques in strong wind

What not to do in strong wind.

In addition:

Getting assistance in strong wind

Using the slope in strong wind.

In this episode, Jérôme Canaud, your WINGMASTER expert, shows you many advanced piloting techniques. For example the mastery of twisted a half-turn or the different flight regimes which allows you to understand that the pilot really chooses the speed he wants to fly.

You will also find the first exercises that mark the life of a paraglider pilot such as pitch and roll.

Jérôme Canaud brings a lot of information and complementary techniques that allow you to understand that these exercises are essential to learn how to control your glider in turbulent conditions.

He gives you many tips from the pros to fly better and safer. A rich episode that you can watch all your paragliding lifetime. A must!

In this episode :

Flight regimes.

Pre-stall alerts.

Dissociating arms and body.

Back-up flying.

Pure roll.

Rolls exercices.

How to stop rolls.

What not to do when doing rolls.

Rolls with rear risers.

Improve your turns.

Pitching.

A better pitching technique.

What not to do when pitching.

Pitching tips from a pro.

Dynamic turns.

In addition:

Pitch and speed bar.

Rolls and speed bar.

In this episode on ground, your WINGMASTER expert makes you aware of the risks associated with paragliding. In this risky sport, risk-taking can sometimes flirt with danger, a red zone in which you should not venture. How can you progress in paragliding without going beyond your own limits? Jérôme Canaud brings you precious information and particularly relevant lines of thought.
A must see, whatever your level.

This is the main safety feature in paragliding. An often invisible object stored in the harness that few pilots dare to open or check. To demystify the rescue parachute, Jérôme Canaud shows you a very simple packing that every pilot should know. To avoid being annoyed one day if the reserve parachute falls or opens by mistake on the ground.
In this episode your WINGMASTER expert also shows you what happens in flight when a reserve parachute opens, in two different configurations, thanks to numerous cameras around him. An episode fully informative for all pilots.


In this episode :

A simple packing technique for the reserve parachute.

Variant.

Advices from the pro.

The opening of the reserve during a straight flight.

The opening of the reserve during a spin.

Whilst the parglider has been designed to have exceptional glide, and to be able to take advantage of thermals to maintain flight, in some situations it is essential to descend very quickly. To get back on the ground, for technical or meteorological reasons, or to avoid other gliders.
In this very instructive episode, your WINGMASTER expert shows and explains all the fast descent techniques. Their advantages and disadvantages. For each technique a difficulty level is indicated, as well as a speed gauge that shows the speed reached by the pilot and his glider.
A very visual and technical episode. Essential to master your paraglider, in complete safety.

In this Episode :

Ears.

Big Ears.

Accelerated Ears.

Accelerated Ears and rolls.

Fast descent from the cloud ceiling.

360 or spiral dive.

Spiral dive with one ear.

Spiral exits.

The importance of the sight.

Fast descent with B lines.

Advices from the pro.

We don't always suspect it, but paragliding is a sport that requires a very important mental investment.

Sometimes the brain can play bad tricks on any pilot, whatever his level.

Your WINGMASTER expert, Jérôme Canaud, gives you in this episode on ground, a lot of essential information to fly serenely. He discusses the different stressors in flight and gives you his professional tips to reduce them, and to fly in a rational and above all safe way.

A particularly interesting episode based on Jérôme Canaud's expertise in this field which affects human factors.

A paraglider can be confronted in his life as a pilot with flight incidents. Most of the time harmless, they can go wrong if wrong actions are taken or if over-piloting occurs. What are the most frequent flying incidents? How will the glider react? What should the pilot do?

Your WINGMASTER expert, Jérôme Canaud, shows you in flight, with his multi-camera device, the main flight incidents, the glider behavior and the right actions of a pro pilot. A very demonstrative episode, essential for flight safety.
Exercises not to be reproduced alone, but only under the supervision of a professional.


In this episode :

Incidents due to aerology.

Asymmetric colapse.

Right gestures.

Flight incident management.

Front colapse.

Where to look at?

Canopy behavior.

Incidents due to the pilot.

he dangers of over-piloting.

Spiral dive start.

bad entry in turns.

Stalling.

Rolls out of control.

Slipping

Resolve a tangle line in flight.

Incidents on a recreational glider.

In addition:

Mastering flight incidents.

Tips from the pro.

You thought folding your glider was long and complicated? Jérôme Canaud, your WINGMASTER expert proves you wrong.

He shows you many folding techniques to preserve your wing as well as possible, and gives you a whole series of tricks to pack your wing quickly and correctly without any hassle. Even in strong wind!

An essential episode where you will discover many little tricks.

The paraglider Holy Grail is finally within your reach! Thanks to Jérôme Canaud's professional techniques, exploiting thermals will become child's play. In this episode, your WINGMASTER expert shows you how to visualize the thermals, how to approach them, in which direction to turn, how to improve your turns to stay in the heart of the hot air lift ...
A very didactic flight demonstration. Enough to become a thermal champion!


In this episode :

Good gestures.

Turns.

Managing the turns.

Right timing.

What not to do.

Should you turn flat?

Feel before the vario.

Turning with and without wind.

Turbulences.

Adjust your piloting.

Visualize the thermals.

Manage the drift.

Fly to the cloud ceiling.

The danger of clouds.

Landing on the take-off area.

In addition:

Tips to improve your skills in thermals.

In this episode on ground, your WINGMASTER expert explains all the ways to progress as a paraglider pilot, whatever your level is. It's all about the permanent update of your skills, while the equipment and the piloting techniques are constantly evolving.
An essential episode to understand the importance of continuous training, to avoid putting yourself in danger, to gain more confidence and to always fly safely.

Through 2 examples of flights: a hike and fly at 3000m from the top summit of Reunion Island, and a dynamic ascent flight on Maïdo's rampart in Reunion Island, your WINGMASTER expert, Jérôme Canaud, shows you what it is possible to achieve when you fully mastered your paraglider.

It is also an opportunity to show you light gear for mountain flying, and to give you essential advices to fly better.

While waiting for new episodes of WINGMASTER.