Lucky you! You just missed getting wet. It goes to shows ya, altitude is everything when you're over water. Congratulations on a safe landing and thanks for sharing.
It is very safe, but he is doing risky flying out over the ocean at a low enough altitude that if the engine cuts you're making a bad emergency water landing in very rough water. That's called stupid in my book. Even in a real aircraft you never fly so that you can't make a safe landing (no injury to person or property) should you lose your engine. I know it must seem fun to fly out low over the ocean but if you can't make it back to land when the engine cuts you're a fool. Maybe even a dead fool if the rip tide takes you out or you can't get out of the harness fast enough. If you want to fly low over the water then fly up and down a beech.
calm, collected, picked the sand. Such an impressive emergency landing! Something I can show loved ones when they get nervous about me participating in the sport
Wow, just made it! Those waves were rough too. Glad you didn't have to land in that surf. Looked like calm and very thought out process of an emergency landing. Good voice over too. It really walked us through what was going on in your mind. The only thing missing is what happened to cause the netting to get into the prop. Generally if that happens, it is during take off, when there can be some shaking of the cage, etc. Thanks for posting and glad you made out alright.
sick landing... was I the only one that was anxious about the phone not being tethered? and did you just stash it under your leg after the netting caught? lol..
WHO GIVES A FUCK ABOUT WATER LANDING, you can fix water damage to the paraglide, and you can swim, but you cant fix our phone after dropping it in the ocean, it was killing me
I always see these videos of people using their phones on a paramotor untethered. Super irresponsible. I understand here you’re over water but a lot of the time these guys are over land and you could easily drop that phone and kill someone.
The second golden rule of powered paragliding: "Always have landable terrain within easy glide distance." Well, maybe it wasn't easy, but you made it work. Good job!
That was an INCREDIBLE landing! You've got a lot of confidence! I probably would have assumed it couldn't make it to the land and veered off into some deeper, calmer water!
dude your reaction to get to land and prep for water landing was amazing. really shows how experienced you are at paragliding. it is luck too, but only cause you knew how to take control. bravo
5 seconds between engine failure and the start to turn towards land. No hesitation on that critical reaction. That's impressive and definitely contributed to the dry landing. That's the kind of reactions you only get with training. Good job!
With hundreds of jumps under my belt I could tell you were good to clear the rocks and water. GTA 5 sure has made me a specialist at this type of situation.
Thanks for putting this up. Everyone is an expert online but this kind of vid gives us all a chance to put ourselves in a position and think about it. Glad you were able to make land. I can see that there was a no-man's land aspect to that glide, a bit like landing an aircraft on a one-way, sloping mountain strip. There was a decision point and either a turn around into the wind to land behind the breakers or continue to a shore landing. The breakers and submerged rock was going to suck. But this reminds me of the need to be brutal in those moments and to chose the calm water landing if stretching the glide is looking dodgy. From my lounge room it looked tight but good ... you turned land-ward very quickly. Risking a water landing in order to get closer to something like whales is simply a choice - so long as people actually decide and then mitigate the risks, that's reasonable. Again, thanks for the vid.
Ohhh myLord you did it!!!! I was almost at a point of heart attack!!!!!! Thanks God you r safe! Your water landing emergency procedure were impeccable! Awesome man…… so happy for you!
Brother, you nailed that patch- this is my second time watching this video and what a great save that was. You anticipated how much height you should fly at, and you did it. What motor was this? What was the cost to repair it?
I have been flying small air craft for over 30 years and I have been a P4 paraglider pilot for about 20 years so yeah, I have flown plenty. Heading for land as soon as your motor gets jacked is not skill it's called better freaking do it and do it now. He didn't do anything special to make it to that small beach, no speed bar and no big ears just headed for it. Like I said he got lucky with barely enough altitude to make it there. Now if he had been higher (like he should have been) while out that far from the beach then he would have had plenty of altitude to land higher up and not in the rocks and almost in the water.... LUCK
LOL...Obviously he is not a good judge of altitude or he would have not had to almost land in the water. You guys are fucking idiots for defending his bad judgment to start with.
Nice job dude. I was totally pulling for you and landing when I saw the rocks start speeding past. Cmon make the beach baby!!! Maaaaaake iiiiiiiiit!!! Yeah!!!!
The best way I know to lose a good cell phone is to fumble around with it while flying over open water in an emergency situation. Glad a perfectly good phone and a very good pilot were not lost to the ocean. Congratulations on a very difficult landing.
Nicely done, man. Very nice save of a potentially very dangerous situation. Don't wanna end up in the water and getting slammed against razor sharp rocks with every wave that hits you.
Don't worry guys, that's Oahu right at the tip of the north and west shore. He landed at a bird sanctuary, I went hiking there before. It's a long walk to the airport though from there.
Good video, instant thumbs up. I am glad you made it back safe. Man, you had barely enough altitude to get back to land, and even then, you needed to, avoid rocks, avoid falling, and landing while facing downwind, and with only one leg strap on, all while remaining calm! Great job!
What is encouraging is that even in an emergency situation, as a only interested potential paramotorer is that it always seems like a safe descent. I know there are big injuries in paramotor but it seems it generally happens from crashing against walls, hotdogging or something. Rarely from conservative flight.
You are one lucky guy ... when going over the water; keeping altitude for an engine out is really inportant and you just had enough mixed in with some cleanish ground and some good footwork ... nicelly done !
I'm a fixed winger that has no time on a PPG but just a strong interest and when the motor died I heard that wind knowing how Hawaii wind can be. I thought for sure you were not going to make it. Good job! Thank god you had the altitude if you were just 200 feet lower you would've been short.
Dude....Dude.....Dude......Holy Smokes.......I was on the edge of my seat, and could not believe the awesome landing you pulled off. I know Kaena Point, a water landing would have been way worse!!!
Look we all know that low flying over water, or anywhere with no easy landing is not, ideal. However the thing that i noticed the most in this video was how well you responded to the problem. At the end of the day thats what gets you home, dangerous flight or easy flight. You immediately turned to land, prepped for a possible emergency water landing then checked to see if you could restore power. It was very obvious you were prepared for the worst and knew just what to do. You kept your head and it saved your ass!
Well done my friend! glad you made and are up flying again. new to the sport with about 30 flights. goofed up this morning on landing and bent my cage. nothing but cage and pride damaged, lol!
#1 tool that aided your safe emergency landing? You didn't panic. I saw experience and confidence. I wonder if you were able to repair and relaunch back to base. Fine work sir.
That looked tight getting it on that small (soft) sand. I was worried youd flare, overshoot the sand and land in the rocks.Glad it worked out and glad you didnt have to sink your engine.
Wow, that's amazing. Hit that patch perfectly, even more amazing considering there looked like there was a good breeze that day and you landed WITH the wind! Crazy how fast you landed and stayed up right.
That is quite an amazing tight precision landing there, and with a tail wind too. Trying to land there on purpose, not in an emergency situation, would have been extremely difficult, and would probably end of with some broken bones..... Goes to show that keeping a calm state of mind together with a good amount of experience, could save your life. Applause for the handling and execution of the situation🏆
Awesome video and narration! Thanks for sharing and glad you are okay. Great immediate reaction and made it to land by the skin of your teeth! Awesome!
Lucky you! You just missed getting wet. It goes to shows ya, altitude is everything when you're over water. Congratulations on a safe landing and thanks for sharing.
Yep same thing I was thinking. He wasn't all that low, but still to low for a safe and proper landing.
Could also have been pretty dangerous getting caught in the waves smashing against the rocks.
It looked like he was going to hit the rocks and rough waves
Really hope I can afford this hobby one day
LegendLength it seems reasonably safe.
Start with paragliding, cheaper. Don't worry, everybody can afford that. It just needs a lot of dedication.
Thats my plan! Plus it teaches a lot of skills that would be very beneficial to paramotoring.
Derrick Haze you will. Maybe buy used equipment
It is very safe, but he is doing risky flying out over the ocean at a low enough altitude that if the engine cuts you're making a bad emergency water landing in very rough water. That's called stupid in my book. Even in a real aircraft you never fly so that you can't make a safe landing (no injury to person or property) should you lose your engine.
I know it must seem fun to fly out low over the ocean but if you can't make it back to land when the engine cuts you're a fool. Maybe even a dead fool if the rip tide takes you out or you can't get out of the harness fast enough. If you want to fly low over the water then fly up and down a beech.
I get stressed out because how he is holding his phone
That landing approach had me holding my breath the whole time. Great recovery!
And not a sound out of him. I would have been screaming like a little girl.
dillan fagan same
gumbymofugga same
You just held your breath? I pissed my pants
calm, collected, picked the sand. Such an impressive emergency landing! Something I can show loved ones when they get nervous about me participating in the sport
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Keaton Kines your so just, I cant describe it.. idiotic isn't enough
He picked it? LOL...He had no choice and was lucky to make it back.
Dan smith no, wrong, hes just so good He makes skill look like luck
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I can not believe how close that was! Damn! PS, +1 to Ben Darke's comment.
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Wow, just made it! Those waves were rough too. Glad you didn't have to land in that surf. Looked like calm and very thought out process of an emergency landing. Good voice over too. It really walked us through what was going on in your mind. The only thing missing is what happened to cause the netting to get into the prop. Generally if that happens, it is during take off, when there can be some shaking of the cage, etc. Thanks for posting and glad you made out alright.
sick landing... was I the only one that was anxious about the phone not being tethered? and did you just stash it under your leg after the netting caught? lol..
Chris, yes, first I put the phone under my leg, than before landing I put it into my harness pocket.
I was full sure the phone was gonna go
WHO GIVES A FUCK ABOUT WATER LANDING, you can fix water damage to the paraglide, and you can swim, but you cant fix our phone after dropping it in the ocean, it was killing me
I thought the exact same
I always see these videos of people using their phones on a paramotor untethered. Super irresponsible. I understand here you’re over water but a lot of the time these guys are over land and you could easily drop that phone and kill someone.
holy shit seeing those waves smash into those rocks was intense af. glad you didn't die
The second golden rule of powered paragliding: "Always have landable terrain within easy glide distance." Well, maybe it wasn't easy, but you made it work. Good job!
That is right. Safety first. I was right on my safety margin, some would call it the edge 😉
I wanna ask what the first golden rule is but I feel like it's goona be something dumb like "wear your seatbelt"
John Doe
Its "don't die".
That was an INCREDIBLE landing! You've got a lot of confidence! I probably would have assumed it couldn't make it to the land and veered off into some deeper, calmer water!
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dude your reaction to get to land and prep for water landing was amazing. really shows how experienced you are at paragliding. it is luck too, but only cause you knew how to take control. bravo
5 seconds between engine failure and the start to turn towards land. No hesitation on that critical reaction. That's impressive and definitely contributed to the dry landing. That's the kind of reactions you only get with training. Good job!
Holding your phone over the water like that gave me more anxiety than the emergency landing itself. Kudos, sir.
Im glad you were able to land dry and safe. close call like that get my heart pumping
That was SO close haha, great piloting 👍🏼
The fact that he landed about one meter after the huge rock barrier is amazing
Awesome piloting skills Benny! Glad you made it to ground safe!
FK me, you are so lucky to make it to that island. I was on the edge of my seat watching this. Glad you landed safely (big thumbs up).
With hundreds of jumps under my belt I could tell you were good to clear the rocks and water. GTA 5 sure has made me a specialist at this type of situation.
Thanks for putting this up. Everyone is an expert online but this kind of vid gives us all a chance to put ourselves in a position and think about it. Glad you were able to make land. I can see that there was a no-man's land aspect to that glide, a bit like landing an aircraft on a one-way, sloping mountain strip. There was a decision point and either a turn around into the wind to land behind the breakers or continue to a shore landing. The breakers and submerged rock was going to suck. But this reminds me of the need to be brutal in those moments and to chose the calm water landing if stretching the glide is looking dodgy. From my lounge room it looked tight but good ... you turned land-ward very quickly.
Risking a water landing in order to get closer to something like whales is simply a choice - so long as people actually decide and then mitigate the risks, that's reasonable. Again, thanks for the vid.
Ohhh myLord you did it!!!! I was almost at a point of heart attack!!!!!! Thanks God you r safe! Your water landing emergency procedure were impeccable! Awesome man…… so happy for you!
Brother, you nailed that patch- this is my second time watching this video and what a great save that was. You anticipated how much height you should fly at, and you did it. What motor was this? What was the cost to repair it?
Thank you brother. It is a moster 185P in a power2fly cage. Repair cost was $40 only the netting got damaged.
He didn't nail anything he just got real lucky as he barely made it back from being way to low for being so far out over the water. Not smart.
I have been flying small air craft for over 30 years and I have been a P4 paraglider pilot for about 20 years so yeah, I have flown plenty. Heading for land as soon as your motor gets jacked is not skill it's called better freaking do it and do it now. He didn't do anything special to make it to that small beach, no speed bar and no big ears just headed for it. Like I said he got lucky with barely enough altitude to make it there. Now if he had been higher (like he should have been) while out that far from the beach then he would have had plenty of altitude to land higher up and not in the rocks and almost in the water.... LUCK
Don't read it then fruit cake.
LOL...Obviously he is not a good judge of altitude or he would have not had to almost land in the water. You guys are fucking idiots for defending his bad judgment to start with.
Man.... You are born under lucky star! Good that everything finished without any injuries
I can imagine the relief when you realized you were going to make it back to land. Well done
Nice job dude. I was totally pulling for you and landing when I saw the rocks start speeding past. Cmon make the beach baby!!! Maaaaaake iiiiiiiiit!!! Yeah!!!!
Well done! You totally kept your wits and made the most of every inch of altitude.
As soon as your motor went out, I think I literally held my breath until you landed! Scary!
This guy handled that like a pro! He stayed calm and made preparations for hitting the water all the while heading to land. I would have been a wreck.
I just held my breath for 2 and a half minutes. Nice job. Kudos for keeping altitude over the water.
WOW! What a lucky landing. the paragods were looking out for you on this beautiful day. nice work man.
Thank you brother. I'll make a video of the quick fix and takeoff soon.
Attila Benoit what's the damage report? are you back up in the sky yet?
$40 for netting and a few hours of elbow grease. And yes sir, I'm getting airtime as much as I can.
Glad you made it and didn't fall when you came towards those rocks at the end!
So now you can NOT deny there is a supreme being my amigo!! Good job on keeping calm in order to make the right moves. Great vid!
Wow, that was close! Great landing and how you kept a cool head. I agree training is so important for dealing with situations like these.
Great job - and very exciting footage too! I'm glad you're OK.
Ok...my heart was racing something fierce. I can only imagine what you must've been thinking. Glad you landed safely.
Nice video! I chewed my pans watching it! So darn close!
Whoa! that had my heart pounding. nice work.
I'm new to the sport and this is a great lesson for all PPG pilots. Thanks so much for sharing!
The best way I know to lose a good cell phone is to fumble around with it while flying over open water in an emergency situation. Glad a perfectly good phone and a very good pilot were not lost to the ocean. Congratulations on a very difficult landing.
Wow! Text book! I was waiting for those legs to look like hamburger on the rocks. I'm glad you made it!
Perfectly executed emergency landing. A little close for my comfort with all those rocks! Glad you made it safely.
Nicely done, man. Very nice save of a potentially very dangerous situation. Don't wanna end up in the water and getting slammed against razor sharp rocks with every wave that hits you.
Attila Benoit - Fantastic job! You didn't panic, remained in control, and saved the day. Thumbs up!
Don't worry guys, that's Oahu right at the tip of the north and west shore. He landed at a bird sanctuary, I went hiking there before. It's a long walk to the airport though from there.
While you were gliding down I was clenching the entire time. Glad you made it to land safely.
That was a close one! Glad you were able to make it to the shore!
Sweet touchdown on the only strip of mildly less rocky sand there. Cheers!
Good video, instant thumbs up. I am glad you made it back safe. Man, you had barely enough altitude to get back to land, and even then, you needed to, avoid rocks, avoid falling, and landing while facing downwind, and with only one leg strap on, all while remaining calm! Great job!
vadermike777 Barely enough height to make it too shore is enough. Great video. Super tense!
Excellent job. I'm glad you were able to avoid the water.
Nicely done. Stayed come and collective. Down wind landing. Man that white wash was looking pretty scary going across it. Good job with everything.
What is encouraging is that even in an emergency situation, as a only interested potential paramotorer is that it always seems like a safe descent. I know there are big injuries in paramotor but it seems it generally happens from crashing against walls, hotdogging or something. Rarely from conservative flight.
Well done man. Prime example that you should always be within range of land. What a rush that must have been!
That turn around was timed perfectly
Excellent recovery and landing despite your situation... All I can say is WOW.
Glad you made it, that was cutting it close. Thanks for sharing!
Great reaction! Undoing the belts anticipating a water landing and all that... Textbook!
Somebody was watching over you that day. Glad to see you didn't get hurt or drown your engine👍😉
You are one lucky guy ... when going over the water; keeping altitude for an engine out is really inportant and you just had enough mixed in with some cleanish ground and some good footwork ... nicelly done !
Well done man, perfect landing between all the rocks onto the only patch of sand available
Shewww, one lucky guy! Congrats on a great landing!
Holy hell! My hearth skipped a bit at the end there! Didn't think you were going to make it!!!
You 're a skilled pilot. You knew to go high enough to glide back to the island just incase something happened.
I'm a fixed winger that has no time on a PPG but just a strong interest and when the motor died I heard that wind knowing how Hawaii wind can be. I thought for sure you were not going to make it. Good job! Thank god you had the altitude if you were just 200 feet lower you would've been short.
Dude....Dude.....Dude......Holy Smokes.......I was on the edge of my seat, and could not believe the awesome landing you pulled off. I know Kaena Point, a water landing would have been way worse!!!
Wow, this is amazing! I used to live on Maui for 1.5 Years. Love Hawaii and miss the Aloha Spirit! Great video
I live next to Stuttgart now :-) Where are you at?
Oh really? :) I live in Hamburg
What's so amazing about it? He should have never been so low to start with that far away from land.
Attila Benoit oh i live in Hamburg
Van Girl i live in Hamburg too haha
Way to stay cool. Calm. And collective! That was an awesome landing man, glad you're okay!
Look we all know that low flying over water, or anywhere with no easy landing is not, ideal.
However the thing that i noticed the most in this video was how well you responded to the problem. At the end of the day thats what gets you home, dangerous flight or easy flight.
You immediately turned to land, prepped for a possible emergency water landing then checked to see if you could restore power. It was very obvious you were prepared for the worst and knew just what to do.
You kept your head and it saved your ass!
Thank you brother.
Very lucky. I am glad your safe
That small piece of sand appeared just at the right moment! Glad it ended well
I have actually been to Oahu, and those waves you do NOT want to mess with
Well done my friend! glad you made and are up flying again. new to the sport with about 30 flights. goofed up this morning on landing and bent my cage. nothing but cage and pride damaged, lol!
this guy has balls of steel to be able to hold his phone in one hand like in the beginning.
thanks for sharing love watching these kind of videos thought it wasn’t for UA-cam we wouldn’t see the stuff
Two things that made me anxious because of this video.
1. The cell phone not being tethered to his wrist
2. Sharks
#1 tool that aided your safe emergency landing? You didn't panic. I saw experience and confidence. I wonder if you were able to repair and relaunch back to base. Fine work sir.
Amazing landing! I can't wait till I buy mine one day...
Jesus that was close. You so nearly wasn't here to post that video. Glad you kept calm and managed to walk away from that. 👍🏻
Can we just appreciate this blokes landing, didn't stack at all and completely nailed it.
I would have accepted my death mid flight
As cool as the other side of the pillow. Impeccable piloting! Thank you for posting video.
Holy cow that was close. I've never seen the netting catch in the prop before.
That looked tight getting it on that small (soft) sand. I was worried youd flare, overshoot the sand and land in the rocks.Glad it worked out and glad you didnt have to sink your engine.
You are the man! Well done. I got the charger also. Your video has made me very happy with my purchase. LOL. Looks like your training paid off!
I have flown a lot of brands and I can tell you that you will not be disappointed.
WOW! Glad you made it down save that was crazy!
Very well done ... as soon as I heard your engine stop, I was willing U on, to reach that small patch of sand 😊
Those where some kick ass pilot maneuvers!!!!
Wow! Of all the places u could have landed. U found a perfect spot. Almost as if u didn't have a choice. So so lucky. Well done.
Wow! I was scared you were going to land in that very rough surf. Glad you are ok!
Beautiful landing my friend! glad to see it ended up ok
Great piloting, situational awareness and control in a rockin downwind! (no pun intended)
First rule of single engine aircraft - always fly with glide back altitude to a landing spot. That was close, glad you landed ok.
Wow, that was so lucky on the landing, my heart was in my mouth!
Holy crap, I could just see you fighting that nasty coral just before land. Damn what luck
That looked so perfect. Nice landing.
Hey Nice man , you where Flying Just at the Right Place , on the Edge of what you can glide , Good job :) Sea Shore Flying is so mutch Fun !
Wow, that's amazing. Hit that patch perfectly, even more amazing considering there looked like there was a good breeze that day and you landed WITH the wind! Crazy how fast you landed and stayed up right.
Damn dude that was lucky Landing man it's a good thing you didn't get that whole setup wet good job that was kind of intense watching that Landing too
That is quite an amazing tight precision landing there, and with a tail wind too. Trying to land there on purpose, not in an emergency situation, would have been extremely difficult, and would probably end of with some broken bones..... Goes to show that keeping a calm state of mind together with a good amount of experience, could save your life. Applause for the handling and execution of the situation🏆
Wow, you really handled that gracefully.
Awesome video and narration! Thanks for sharing and glad you are okay. Great immediate reaction and made it to land by the skin of your teeth! Awesome!