Techniques and Skills

Helping you fly better with expert advice

Honorin Hamard

Masterclass: Honorin Hamard’s competition top tips

Honorin Hamard, PWC Super Final Champion and former World Champion, gives us his top tips for pilots new to competition
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ski and fly

Ski and fly: the joy of combo

Professional pilot and filmmaker Antoine Boisselier loves nothing better than combining paragliding and skiing in the mountains
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Battery care

Advice from AIR³ on battery health and storage

The AIR³ team's advice about storing the instrument with charged batteries, also applies to other devices with lithium-ion batteries
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How to ground handle – with Théo de Blic

Théo de Blic explains how to train to get better at ground handling – and shares his top tips for keeping it fun and interesting.
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An Angel Square reserve parachute. Photo: Ozone

How to throw: Deploying a reserve parachute

We asked some experts for their advice on reserve deployment – and how to give yourself the best chance of coming down safely
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How to look after your reserve parachute

Don’t just stick a reserve parachute in your harness and forget about it. You need to care for it, regularly repack it – and understand it
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Lean back and play with the wind and the glider – it’s what you’ve come to the dunes to do. Photo: Fabian Gasteiger

How to master flying at the dune

How to get the most out of your next flying trip to the dunes – Théo de blic gives us his top 10 tips to coastal nirvana
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Rogallo parachute

How to choose a reserve parachute for paragliding

Throw your reserve parachute and suddenly it’s the most important bit of kit you own. We asked some experts for their tips on how to choose a rescue
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Mac Para Aravis 2500

How to fly thermals in stable conditions

There’s nothing worse than a stable day with weak thermals and lots of turbulence, but Bob Drury explains how to fly in these conditions 
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Flying the Dutch sand dunes in winter

Strong-wind soaring the Dutch sand dunes

Bastienne Wentzel heads to Wijk aan Zee on the Dutch coast to power up the mini wing and finesse her high-wind skills
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