Eli told me once his kiting skills helped him a lot when he started paragliding. I wondered about using a paraglider for those low wind days but it seems they need about 8mph to be able to kite them. Still it would be crazy to have that big of a kite up. How big do you suppose the bar would need to be? I wonder if Powerzone is up to the challenge of converting a paraglider to a depower kite.

I think only certain models can be adapted to a practical "kite" - otherwise the design/glide ratio or something or other isn't appropriate.

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Originally posted by lad I think only certain models can be adapted to a practical "kite" - otherwise the design/glide ratio or something or other isn't appropriate.

Probably is true. I know that practicing on the ground with no intent of flying is called kiting. That is what I am doing in the pic. I just kind of assumed that they would fly like a kite too. That is as far as I have gotten. I won't try and fly without the training.

Here is a guy using a Kite as a paraglider/kite
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I think this is the same gut but I'm unsure if its a kite or paraglider, seems like a flysurfer to me
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Originally posted by stetson05 Eli told me once his kiting skills helped him a lot when he started paragliding. I wondered about using a paraglider for those low wind days but it seems they need about 8mph to be able to kite them. Still it would be crazy to have that big of a kite up. How big do you suppose the bar would need to be? I wonder if Powerzone is up to the challenge of converting a paraglider to a depower kite.

If Adam was a crappy old parachute, what do we call these new paraglider kites? Jesus?

My dad is a paraglider and he was trained by this guy named kurt.
Go to www.flightjunkies.com
Like I said the guys name is Kurt and he trains for free, you pay for his plane ticket and he will train you for a weekend or however long.
He's a REALLY cool guy and he has a group of people which he calls the Flight Junkies (I know, go figure), and this year the whole group went on a cruise in Florida and went flying at a field that he bought down there.
He organizes fly-ins all the time.
People in the group are from all around the U.S and it ALOT of fun.
You should definitely check it out.


If you have any questions send me a U2U.


EDIT: Also im about 99% sure that he can get you certified, so you don't have to go to a school.

Seen some crazy paragliding videos lately. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=70c_1265509961 paraglider tricks? Awesome!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZn_gliSMhQ parahawking. Using trained birds of prey to lead them to thermals.