Monday, December 16, 2013

The Steps To Learning Paragliding Colorado

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By Eugenia Dickerson


Paragliding colorado is known to be one of the most exciting and adrenaline pumping activities of all time. When tourists go on a vacation, most of them would want to try this type of activity simply because not many places do offer it. Now if one is actually interested in taking up this sort of thing, then he would first have to know the basics.

Now before one would even attempt to glide, he has to make sure that he learns the basics from a certified instructor first. If one would even try to do this on his own, he might just go home with some broken bones or some other injury. Now if one would want to avoid any casualties, then always make sure to have supervision at the side.

The first lesson that one will be having would be about the gear and the equipment. Before even attempting to glide, one must first know the equipment that he will be using so that he will be able to control the glider properly. If he knows which parts he must use when in the air, he will be able to control himself better.

After learning the parts of the glider, then the instructor will teach the beginners about the three basic moves of this activity. These three basic moves are known as the launch, the direction turn, and the slow landing. Now these three moves are the most basic ones and all the advanced ones will be stemming out from these three.

Launching is the first move to learn because it is this move that will bring beginners up into the sky. To be able to perform a proper launch, one just has to run down a downhill slope and jump when he feels like he has made enough momentum. When he has made momentum and has already gone to the air, he will feel the wind lift him up.

The next basic move would be the turn and this will enable him to change directions when he is in midair. In order to do this, all he has to do would be to use the handbrakes and lean his body to whichever side he would want to go. The handbrakes will also help him control the speed so that his turns will not be so abrupt.

The last one is none other than the landing and would also be one of the most crucial parts. Landing is difficult simply because it is quite hard to have a soft landing when one is a beginner. So in order to have a smooth landing, pull both of the handbrakes hard and simultaneously and just land softly on the ground.

So as one can see, it is not very easy to do paragliding colorado. However, as long as one listens to his instructor, he will be able to glide safely and properly. It is only when he gets used to this activity that he may already do it without any supervision from an instructor.




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