down hill paraboarding?

[Plugus Maximus]

That's one hell of a vid! Wow!!!!!

 

Are they definitely paragliders and not kites?

[rrc62]

You can't do that with a paraglider. A paraglider has too much lift and is too slow. In other words, instead of making a high speed run down the mountain a few feet off the snow, with a paraglider you would take off and fly...probably gaining altitude, especially if the wind is blowing up the mountain. This is actually standard procedure for launching a paraglider. Nothing extreme about it, unless you call paragliding extreme.

 

To do what they are doing, you need a smaller, faster wing that doesn't produce as much lift. It's been done with a kitewing and seems to work well. Look at the videos on the Kitewing website. It could also be done with a 4 line kite if you rigged the bridles, maybe with some short flying lines, to a jump harness and the brake lines to some steering handles. Rig it just like a paraglider and it should fly just like a paraglider, just not as much lift.

 

As with anything, start small and slow and work your way up. If you go for maximum speed with a big kite right from the start, you're probably asking for a trip to the ER.

[rrc62]

That's one hell of a vid! Wow!!!!!

 

Are they definitely paragliders and not kites?

 

They are high performance ram air parachutes. The type used for skydiving.

[Josh1599968683]

oooh what about the south downs? i'm going work on not work just boarding on a hill like that with a kite sounds perfect will take a buggy along too :D:D hmm doing a pendulum jump if the wind was blowing down the hill would be good! and i'm sure you'd get a little more lift and hang time if the wind is blowing up the slope! well thats coming to windy weekend near me! can't w8 to give it a go i'll report back :D:D

[Josh1599968683]

6.6 heading directly down slope with bugyy with wind blowing up slope and then when lift comes bye bye buggy and bye bye me :D:D

might get the balls to have go depending on conditions

[northern jim]

They are high performance ram air parachutes. The type used for skydiving.

 

this guy knows what he's talking about. True, I suppose a wing would be too slow. And probably too stable. May be best with something like a 7m busta and a para harness? Not very lifty, easy to control...

[james matthews]

so its a no then lol , (trying it with a blade) lol

thanx for all your replys ,

james