Product Details

• Directors: Paul Hamilton
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• DVD Release Date: August 1, 2002
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1929795408
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #98,572 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Advice: an alternative to buying this DVD, August 28, 2004

By	Simon Waddington (Oakland, California) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have not seen the DVD hence the neutral 3 star rating. However $29.95 is a lot for 30 minutes, especially considering the reviews by others who have seen it. It is clear that no one learns, or should learn paragliding from a DVD. However if you really want to see instructional footage on a DVD my advice would be to buy the comprehensive, and perhaps definitive book "Paragliding: A Pilot's Training Manual" which includes an 80 minute DVD illustrating all of the critical paragliding techniques (but again is no substitute for instruction). This book is available from Amazon for $39.95 and if out of stock or on a extended delivery schedule you can find it at the USHGA store, and from several other paragliding and hang gliding organizations.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Amateurish--Save Your Money, January 9, 2004

By A Customer

Had I not been around other sky sports (sport parachuting and flying) I'd have learned nothing. As it was, I learned little.

The video was all shot on consumer equipment with an unsteady hand and poor sound (no narration, just chopped-up video of a guy talking people through disjointed parts of information). Worst of all, there was nothing that explained the mechanics of flight and paraglider flight in particular, how paragliders' shape affects their handling characteristics, where to learn more information, how to get started, costs of lessons, how long it takes (on average) to solo...nothing.

An extravagant price for 30 minutes of poorly done video.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poorly Done, February 22, 2004

By A Customer

Amateurish and poorly edited, the DVD was very disjointed. The material didn't flow well, there was no information on where and how to obtain lessons or puchase equipment, nothing on how lessons or equipment work.