Global visual aid to the earths wind patterns

http://earth.nullschool.net/#2013/12/16/1500Z/wind/isobaric/1000hPa/orthographic=-94.10,43.59,1208

Ozone Delta 2 vs Gin Carrera

This is such a beautiful launch and great demonstration against two of the top wings on the market today!  I'm really hoping to be here at some point and do some austrian flying perhaps on a carrera too!

Colapsos em voo duplo. Efeito cascata! Collapses in tandem flight. Rippl...

Paraglider Crash: How to Avoid the Rotor (+playlist) Every paraglider must watch this!

Grampa Ninja B&B Paragliding destination Costa Rica

This looks like a cool vacation destination and getaway for those of use in the northern climates that are getting pretty cold about now.

http://www.paraglidecostarica.com/index.html

REAR-RISER CONTROL AND HOW TO USE IT

This is a great tip from master paraglider pilot Bruce Goldsmith on using rear risers while on speedbar and how to prevent collapses while doing so.  http://www.xcmag.com/2013/11/rear-riser-control-and-how-to-use-it/  his book is a must read for all paragliding pilots.

An oldie but a goodie, recent test flight of an Advance Sigma 6 paraglider

This wing is sitting in my friends garage for quite a good price and taken very well care of.  So why not off the flight park to test another wing.

I have always resisted the Advance wings because I think the fins look "dorky" ha ha.  So I was surprised by how much I liked this wing.

First thing I noticed is it is fast or least felt fast to me.  Many of the cells are closed or partially closed this would seem to produce better penetration and also maybe re-open slower?

It is a 4 liner and with a lot of lines as you can expect from just about any wing from a few years ago.  That is one thing I love about the new wings, the super clean and few lines of new wings.  But anyways so what it has a lot more lines let's see how she flys.

I was able to take off in almost no wind and thermal up the mountain when no one else did this late in the day and I give credit to myself and also this wing!

It gives good feedback but not too much I felt that the wing stays overhead pretty easily and I didn't feel knocked around even tho it was a thermal day.  Speed bar felt very smooth not requiring too much pressure and brake pressure felt just about right as well.

Spirals and wing over feel solid without too much enthusiasm.

Overall I like this wing a lot even tho it has a few years on it and it seems like it has good cross country potential.  Have not been able to find any good data on how it performs in turbulence or any good siv videos of it in major collapses which is a very key indicator in how comfortable I am on a wing.

here is a link to some specs and photos http://www.para2000.org/wings/data/advance-sigma6_uk_01_01.htm