Fantastic Marc... Your language used and your explanations are spot on! My world is a better place having found your videos. Especially this one. Thanks a million for taking the time and effort to help your fellow pilots !
Repetition and more repetition. I love it. Instead of blowing through a topic and having me rewind trying to catch it all you just show us a few times. Couldn't be better.
Thanks pals happy with all the great feedback from all over the world, please spread the word to your pilot pals. 100 more and we have a 1,000 subscribers OMFG!!
Best explanation ever! Thank you, Marc! I think it will be also great to demonstrate - in a 100% safe manner, of course - typical beginner mistakes and the effects they induce in the wing, like inducing a frontal, symmetrical or asymmetrical, pulling on the wrong brakes inducing a wrong roll. Or tips on how to untangle the lines. Great channel! 👍💪👍Keep these awesome videos coming!🙏
Once and for all an accurate and stairt to the point demo of reverse launching. Never cease to amaze me how many instructors make it so much completed. Flying is relatively easy, a good grasp of ground handling is 80% of the game
You're the first instructor that I've seen explain that perfectly. Now I'm ready to go kiting. Thank you SO MUCH. I've been watching paramotor and paragliding videos for over a year.
Just getting back into paragliding after a 2 year lay off and only 12 hours air time and find this video which is an absolute game changef for me. Fantastic detailed and easy explanation. Great job.
Wow, these videos are just fantastic! Not only are you showing how to do everything correctly while explaining it very concisely, all the little tipps and tricks you insert here and there are also amazingly useful. I can only imagine how much work this all must have been, so thank you very much for your dedication to teaching and the sport. I am an ultralight pilot currently learning paragliding and I am trying to at least groundhandle a bit and practice until the training courses can contine as usual. This has helped me immensely! 👍
May thank you for this amazing instruction. Yesterday I made my first 2 flights here in Portugal, and during the ground handling training I had a difficult time to control the glider. Your video gave me so much more insights, thank you
What a fantastic instructor!! Clear concise and brilliant delivery. The filming angles and mic together with this depth of knowledge is just superb. Bravo Mark and Sian.
Fantásticos vídeos, muy bien explicados y didácticos, perfectos para alguien como yo que está empezando. Muchas gracias Marc, gracias por todo el trabajo y esfuerzo que has hecho para hacer que este deporte sea mucho más seguro. Fantastic videos, very well explained and educational, perfect for someone like me who is just starting out. Thank you very much Marc, thank you for all the work and effort you have done to make this sport much safer.
I'm glad I found your channel. I've been out of action for few years so these set up lessons are perfect for review. Well made video instruction. Thank you!
I’m amazed how you explain it in so many details and yet so easy to understand! I wish I an find a tutor like you around here! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!
Thanks Marc for all these clear and useful exercises and tips . I find your pedagogy wonderful and very reassuring . I shall try them tomorrow ! Thanks again for your patience and sharing ❤❤❤
Really good tip for the ground roll control. That's something I often would get mixed up in my head and the way you explain it makes it really easy, move to the right pull to the right
Man! I wish I watched this a long time ago. I struggled to understand how to grab the brakes getting into the reverse launch configuration with the result being a clean config when I spin around. No instructor could understand my concern. They just basically gave me the attitude to just grab the damn things and stop overthinking it! Now I feel more confident and safe.
I am about to start my paramotoring training and this video has fantastic tips and tutorials for ground handling, especially the "reverse launch". So simple yet not confusing way of going about it. Can't wait to get my wing and start practicing ground handling.
After watching this, I'm going back to wing-facing hook in. I was taught the "back to the wing/over the shoulder hook-in" method and both will work, but one reduces risk of being caught by surprise and getting dragged........thank you for all of these wonderfully clear instructional vids Marc.
The most simple and easy instructions for begginers. Congrats and tks. I´m a Brazilian Citizen and a new pilot. I like studye a lot of tipes of ground handling.
I am a complete beginner. Just recently started ground handling at the beach after watching this terrific video and following Marks suggestions. This video has been responsible for getting my training wing up into the air above my head this afternoon (after spending a fair bit of time building a wall and playing with brakes and risers as Mark suggests) - much to my surprise - admittedly after a little fluffing about and pulling the wrong riser/brake numerous times! So great to see my wing overhead and actually flying. I don't think I've come across a clearer, more detailed video for a raw beginner - and I've watched many. So a a HUGE thank you Mark and Sian from this trainee PG pilot for literally getting my wing into the air! Thank you both for your great work with these super clear videos.
Wow bloody impressive . I'm personally only just starting ..I wouldn't mind having to some one to one on this. .I struggle but . Went out today managed to get wing up . 😆
Very clear, excellent video! You are a good man! Suggestion: assuming strong wind conditions…when going to take “an hour break”, perhaps it would be a good practice to put the other tip of the wing under the other tip (the one you already had folded in your video) and the harness on top of both of them, in case the strong wind changes direction during your brake. I started to see your videos today and am a new subscriber. Thank you for your videos!
There are so many different methods and websites to look for weather before flying. Can you please create a very simplified method how a newbie can review weather? Covering - paragliding maps free vs commercial websites and merits/demerits what all to check (direction of wind, knots, any other things) Lastly providing some readymade checklist for beginner pilots to start with?
There is no simple way at looking at just one weather site really, I check 4 or 5 each day for my students and try to build a picture myself for the following day. Were also lucky to have a weather stn on top of one of our best hills that gives wind speed and direction with a camera too. A big thing to remember is most weather sites wind speed is at sea level NOT hill level so you need to work out the height of your hill and get some practise in knowing how much to add to the forecast, ie when my local area forecasts say 10mph I double it and this is roughly what it will be on the hill top.
thanks man for this awsome video I'm a beginner and it does help a lot you take time to explain again and again and again and it's very helpfull chears from France and keep going see ya in the air sometime😎
Marc I came across your connecting and launching part 2 video today , and I can’t thank you and your camera person enough for showing and explaining everything in so much detail. I have seen many videos but I certainly can say that you both have won me over. Keep motivating us newbies and hope to learn more from you. Regards from Australia
Marc I’ve watched many a para pilot go through the paces on UA-cam but by far you are the most fun to watch and you teach in a intuitive manner. I’m not a pp but just love learning from you. Your students are lucky to have you. Drop me a note if you ever get to Florida in the USA
One thing that is really important is the flight checks. Great video and great explanations. Very clear! One thing I noticed after watching it for a third/fourth time is that your chest strap is not buckled up ;)
You are a pedagogic’s master Marc! Decompose the movement and repeat it again and again is a fine art. You are showing to me what i spended so many time to descover by myself and to be skilled. Bravo for your nice videos and thank you! Pascal
Hello from Switzerland. Excellent, you explain so good and demonstrate thinks many times. When watching the video I have the feeling I practiced myself. Many thanks. For the connecting part, if you could also show how to connect de speed bar would be perfect. I love your videos and I wish to Fly one day in your area. Enjoy.
Thank you very much ! Your explanations are very clear (the : go to you wing where it rolls and break with the same arm is very intuitive!), and I like that you repeat the important parts - as a beginner I often struggle to remember all these new informations, and my instructors seem to think that once or twice are enough ;) You just got a new subscriber from Switzerland !
I’m in the U.S. I’ve flown before. I have about about 10 of flying time, but that was 4 years ago. I find this video very helpful in ground practice. I would take retraining classes again. Where are located? Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed watching. I now live in Central Florida. I subscribed and put notifications on, so that I can watch more of your videos.
Hi Jose, we have a chap coming from California starting 24th may so maybe you could join in on that course, email sian to see all info sianleavesley@yahoo.com We are based in a little town called bishops castle in Shropshire and only 10 mins from the hills, you would be best doing CP Plus with me, much cheaper and quicker to get you to a good std as you already know the basics, I will tell sian about this message and that I say CP PLUS she then will give you prices. Marc
@@leavesleyaviation we’ll be traveling to the Middle East on holiday in the middle of next month. Please keep in touch. We’ll see what develops. Thanks!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge in such a clear and professional way. Would be happy to be your student, I am starting now with this amazing sport.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and expertise, your videos helped me immensely during my P2 (CP) training recently. Looking forward to learning everyday for the remainder of my flying career. Happy Flying and 🍺
Fantastic Marc... Your language used and your explanations are spot on! My world is a better place having found your videos. Especially this one. Thanks a million for taking the time and effort to help your fellow pilots !
Thanks very much, more videos will be live soon.
Repetition and more repetition. I love it. Instead of blowing through a topic and having me rewind trying to catch it all you just show us a few times. Couldn't be better.
Thanks pals happy with all the great feedback from all over the world, please spread the word to your pilot pals. 100 more and we have a 1,000 subscribers OMFG!!
Thanks Mark this videos works a lot to improve my ground control and help to enjoy the practice of paragliding
Glad to help🪂
You made it ver simple to understand. Thanks
best tutorial ground handling ever.. thx..
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I'm in awe of how great of a teacher you are. I haven't seen anyone come close to your teaching ability. Thank you.
Wow shane thank you very much.👊👍🪂
As a beginner pilot, I’ve watched lots of ground handling videos but this is absolutely the best. Thank you Marc 🙏
Wow thanks.👍🪂🙏
@@leavesleyaviation I agree. I was having a lot of problems launching and maintaining a wing prior to watching this. Best instructor out there!
You are an excellent communicator and instructor. Much thanks for this content!
Thank you thats very nice of you.🙏🪂
Best explanation ever! Thank you, Marc! I think it will be also great to demonstrate - in a 100% safe manner, of course - typical beginner mistakes and the effects they induce in the wing, like inducing a frontal, symmetrical or asymmetrical, pulling on the wrong brakes inducing a wrong roll. Or tips on how to untangle the lines. Great channel! 👍💪👍Keep these awesome videos coming!🙏
Glad you liked it!
what a wonderful presentation Marck
Once and for all an accurate and stairt to the point demo of reverse launching. Never cease to amaze me how many instructors make it so much completed. Flying is relatively easy, a good grasp of ground handling is 80% of the game
Hehe thanks man 👍👊🪂❤️
You're the first instructor that I've seen explain that perfectly. Now I'm ready to go kiting. Thank you SO MUCH. I've been watching paramotor and paragliding videos for over a year.
Thank you pal.
What a great video!! I loved the repetition. I just ordered my first wing and I’m very excited to get started!!
So helpful thanks a lot, great vid
this really helped clear some things up for me. i’m earning my P1 right now. loving this sport
Excellent video thank you so much for your time and professionalism.
Thank you.
What a thorough explanation of manipulating a kite!! So glass to have found this channel!
Thanks very much.👍🪂
Thank you very helpful
Just getting back into paragliding after a 2 year lay off and only 12 hours air time and find this video which is an absolute game changef for me. Fantastic detailed and easy explanation. Great job.
Thanks for the message means a lot.🙏👍🪂
Very good tutorial...maybe the best...i am from Germany...thx
Thanks and welcome buddy.👍🪂
Excellent training
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Great video. Keep doing what you do 👍👍👍
Thanks buddy
Very informative an useful video for me as a beginner, will practice your teachings at the first good windy day waiting for. Thank you very much.
Excellent video, thanks Marc
Cheers mate.
Wow, these videos are just fantastic! Not only are you showing how to do everything correctly while explaining it very concisely, all the little tipps and tricks you insert here and there are also amazingly useful.
I can only imagine how much work this all must have been, so thank you very much for your dedication to teaching and the sport.
I am an ultralight pilot currently learning paragliding and I am trying to at least groundhandle a bit and practice until the training courses can contine as usual.
This has helped me immensely!
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Thank you very much buddy.👊👍🪂
better and easier explanation than most other channels. Thank you!
Thanks you 👍🪂
May thank you for this amazing instruction. Yesterday I made my first 2 flights here in Portugal, and during the ground handling training I had a difficult time to control the glider. Your video gave me so much more insights, thank you
Thats great news and well done on your first flights.👍🙏🪂
Very useful, thanks a lot.
subscribed
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By far the best instructional vides ever made on this planet.
Thank you very much, a new one should be here soon.
Thanks Marc! Very helpful video! I am a beginner and learning a lot from this!
What a fantastic instructor!! Clear concise and brilliant delivery. The filming angles and mic together with this depth of knowledge is just superb. Bravo Mark and Sian.
Those comments make it all worth while buddy.🙏👍🪂
Brilliant Mark, loving your videos 👍😎
the best ever ground handeling i have seen, thanks Marc
Wow thank you.🪂
Great work Marc…thanks for keeping it simple amigo!
The best kiting training video! Thanks!
Thank you very much.
Fantásticos vídeos, muy bien explicados y didácticos, perfectos para alguien como yo que está empezando.
Muchas gracias Marc, gracias por todo el trabajo y esfuerzo que has hecho para hacer que este deporte sea mucho más seguro.
Fantastic videos, very well explained and educational, perfect for someone like me who is just starting out.
Thank you very much Marc, thank you for all the work and effort you have done to make this sport much safer.
Thank you for the kind words and I am happy you enjoy the channel.👍🪂
@@leavesleyaviation Thanks for you !!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm glad I found your channel. I've been out of action for few years so these set up lessons are perfect for review. Well made video instruction. Thank you!
Thanks so much. Excellent video.
Thank you very much it was real helpful great video by the way I am from San Diego California USA
Heah Miguel thanks buddy.
I’m amazed how you explain it in so many details and yet so easy to understand! I wish I an find a tutor like you around here! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!
Thanks very much thats very kind of you.
Thanks Marc for all these clear and useful exercises and tips . I find your pedagogy wonderful and very reassuring . I shall try them tomorrow ! Thanks again for your patience and sharing ❤❤❤
Thanks buddy hope it helps tomorrow.🤞🪂
Really good tip for the ground roll control. That's something I often would get mixed up in my head and the way you explain it makes it really easy, move to the right pull to the right
That’s it, simple as thats mate.👍🪂
Yes, when facing the wing on reverse launch. When facing forwards you pull the brake under the high side, as Marc demonstrates.
Brilliant videos Marc really clear and thorough really helpful definitely the best videos I've watched . Wish I had done my training with you.
That's real cool of you matey, thank you, messages like that make me keep doing them.
Man! I wish I watched this a long time ago. I struggled to understand how to grab the brakes getting into the reverse launch configuration with the result being a clean config when I spin around. No instructor could understand my concern. They just basically gave me the attitude to just grab the damn things and stop overthinking it! Now I feel more confident and safe.
Well thats great news your getting there now buddy.🙏🪂👍
I am about to start my paramotoring training and this video has fantastic tips and tutorials for ground handling, especially the "reverse launch". So simple yet not confusing way of going about it. Can't wait to get my wing and start practicing ground handling.
After watching this, I'm going back to wing-facing hook in. I was taught the "back to the wing/over the shoulder hook-in" method and both will work, but one reduces risk of being caught by surprise and getting dragged........thank you for all of these wonderfully clear instructional vids Marc.
Thanks for the message, new video coming real soon.
Thanks so much, best explanation I've found
Thank you.👍🪂
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and expertise, easy to follow instructions.
These videos are so valuable in between lessons. Hoping the weather is on our side next weekend 🤞🪂
The most simple and easy instructions for begginers. Congrats and tks. I´m a Brazilian Citizen and a new pilot. I like studye a lot of tipes of ground handling.
Thank you Foschi 👍👊👍🪂
I am a complete beginner.
Just recently started ground handling at the beach after watching this terrific video and following Marks suggestions.
This video has been responsible for getting my training wing up into the air above my head this afternoon
(after spending a fair bit of time building a wall and playing with brakes and risers as Mark suggests) - much to my surprise - admittedly after a little fluffing about and pulling the wrong riser/brake numerous times!
So great to see my wing overhead and actually flying.
I don't think I've come across a clearer, more detailed video for a raw beginner - and I've watched many.
So a a HUGE thank you Mark and Sian from this trainee PG pilot for literally getting my wing into the air!
Thank you both for your great work with these super clear videos.
Heah thats really great John and well done to you, you need to get booked in with us and lets get you sorted asap.🪂🪂🪂
Watching this video multiple times .. Thanks a lot for your efforts put it in to make it easily understandable..
Thank you I am happy it’s helping you.👍🪂
Wow bloody impressive . I'm personally only just starting ..I wouldn't mind having to some one to one on this. .I struggle but . Went out today managed to get wing up . 😆
Excellent!
Very clear, excellent video!
You are a good man!
Suggestion: assuming strong wind conditions…when going to take “an hour break”, perhaps it would be a good practice to put the other tip of the wing under the other tip (the one you already had folded in your video) and the harness on top of both of them, in case the strong wind changes direction during your brake.
I started to see your videos today and am a new subscriber.
Thank you for your videos!
Thank you for subscribing.
There are so many different methods and websites to look for weather before flying. Can you please create a very simplified method how a newbie can review weather?
Covering -
paragliding maps
free vs commercial websites and merits/demerits
what all to check (direction of wind, knots, any other things)
Lastly providing some readymade checklist for beginner pilots to start with?
There is no simple way at looking at just one weather site really, I check 4 or 5 each day for my students and try to build a picture myself for the following day.
Were also lucky to have a weather stn on top of one of our best hills that gives wind speed and direction with a camera too.
A big thing to remember is most weather sites wind speed is at sea level NOT hill level so you need to work out the height of your hill and get some practise in knowing how much to add to the forecast, ie when my local area forecasts say 10mph I double it and this is roughly what it will be on the hill top.
Thanks for taking out the time to film this, super helpful and appreciated.
You're just Awesome!! That Re-deploying wing after a break is 🔥
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Very great - thank you Marc
thanks man for this awsome video
I'm a beginner and it does help a lot
you take time to explain again and again and again and it's very helpfull
chears from France and keep going
see ya in the air sometime😎
Thanks for that.🙏🪂
Wow!!! Happy to encounter this video
Marc I came across your connecting and launching part 2 video today , and I can’t thank you and your camera person enough for showing and explaining everything in so much detail. I have seen many videos but I certainly can say that you both have won me over. Keep motivating us newbies and hope to learn more from you. Regards from Australia
Thanks so much glad it works for you.
this is the video i was searching for! Thank you very much!
Your videos are fantastic. Valuable advice!
Marc I’ve watched many a para pilot go through the paces on UA-cam but by far you are the most fun to watch and you teach in a intuitive manner. I’m not a pp but just love learning from you. Your students are lucky to have you. Drop me a note if you ever get to Florida in the USA
thanks buddy.
Thanks 🙏🏽
One thing that is really important is the flight checks. Great video and great explanations. Very clear! One thing I noticed after watching it for a third/fourth time is that your chest strap is not buckled up ;)
Look closer buddy, it’s a get up conection, hard to see but In 36 years I have never forgot to do up all my straps.
Fantastic training video! This is helping me a ton!
Thanks matey
Very enjoyable your videos are. Thank you
Hi Marc , thanks for great tutorials..👍
Can’t wait to get back into this great channel 👍
You are a pedagogic’s master Marc! Decompose the movement and repeat it again and again is a fine art. You are showing to me what i spended so many time to descover by myself and to be skilled. Bravo for your nice videos and thank you! Pascal
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Very kind my friend.
Very informative material. Thank you.
Thank you good info video
You really are a great teacher! Very clear and precise! Thank you for your time, it is so much appreciated!!!
Thank you very much for those kind words Terry.🪂
Very good. Thanks for taking the time to make this.
Fantastic Mark. I have learnt a lot. Thankyou
Well that’s great news steve.👍🪂🙏
Hello from Switzerland. Excellent, you explain so good and demonstrate thinks many times. When watching the video I have the feeling I practiced myself. Many thanks. For the connecting part, if you could also show how to connect de speed bar would be perfect. I love your videos and I wish to Fly one day in your area. Enjoy.
See if this helps and thank you for your comments 👍🪂 ua-cam.com/video/TkgxwIrhMoQ/v-deo.html
As always you awesome 👌
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Your videos are extraordinary, excellent teaching material, thank you for the efforts
Thanks pal.🙏🪂
Excellent video dear master 👍
Thank you.🙏👍
@@leavesleyaviation 🤝
Thank you very much ! Your explanations are very clear (the : go to you wing where it rolls and break with the same arm is very intuitive!), and I like that you repeat the important parts - as a beginner I often struggle to remember all these new informations, and my instructors seem to think that once or twice are enough ;) You just got a new subscriber from Switzerland !
My favourite country❤️🪂
thanks for the great lessons
now i can understand more and make my skill better.. thank you
Really useful and detailed like Mark.🪂
Thanks buddy 👊👍🙏🪂
incredible great explained!! its nice to watch your content! Many Greetings from Germany!!!
Thanks very much.
I’m in the U.S. I’ve flown before. I have about about 10 of flying time, but that was 4 years ago. I find this video very helpful in ground practice. I would take retraining classes again. Where are located? Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed watching. I now live in Central Florida. I subscribed and put notifications on, so that I can watch more of your videos.
Hi Jose, we have a chap coming from California starting 24th may so maybe you could join in on that course, email sian to see all info sianleavesley@yahoo.com We are based in a little town called bishops castle in Shropshire and only 10 mins from the hills, you would be best doing CP Plus with me, much cheaper and quicker to get you to a good std as you already know the basics, I will tell sian about this message and that I say CP PLUS she then will give you prices. Marc
@@leavesleyaviation we’ll be traveling to the Middle East on holiday in the middle of next month. Please keep in touch. We’ll see what develops. Thanks!
Amazing videos very helpful.
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Very usefull and clearing explanation.Big up to you!regards from Bordeaux
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Thanks for shearing ❤️
I fly Paramotors and all your tips have helped me tremendously. Thank you 🙏🏻
Well that’s fantastic news Sergio.👍🪂
Nice one
Excellent video. Very clear! Is this filmed in South Wales?
Thank you for sharing your knowledge in such a clear and professional way. Would be happy to be your student, I am starting now with this amazing sport.
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Well done, helps a lot!!!! Thank you!
All the best with it 🤞🪂
@@leavesleyaviation how do I untangle the lines ?
@@juanstvcrshop ua-cam.com/video/LuLwObPKZYE/v-deo.html
Learning so much from this style of instruction! This is going to up my ground handling, thank you so much!
That’s great to hear mate.👍🪂
Thanks!
Nice job! Good description of forward handling. Please do a video on that topic only.
Thanks John and all the best with it.
Incredible vid!
Great videos, subscribed 😊
Wicked thank you.👍🪂
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and expertise, your videos helped me immensely during my P2 (CP) training recently. Looking forward to learning everyday for the remainder of my flying career. Happy Flying and 🍺
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