Not in a perfect mood that day, walked to the top and then some guys took me with them. Walked 1 hour with my gigantic bag, but not that bad after all.

The wind good and a bit strong when I arrived but then I was facing the wrong direction. Questioned a lot about taking off or not. Ended up failing twice while facing the canopy, not enough wind. Running ended up working!
A bit turbulent and not a single lift, only sinks! Took too much of a detour to get to the landing site and landed my canopy on thorns.

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlpaI_5oi1U

Track
https://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:m...

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According to meteo-parapente this should have been a nice a nice flight, around 15 in the afternoon. Turns out there was no lift anywhere, it was just turbulent.
Went a bit too far for my liking but managed to get back to the landing area just in time.

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ud-bln-yJc

Track
https://www.xcontest.org/world/fr/vols/details:mae...

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Good morning flight around 11. Thermalling wasn't too hard but couldn't find anything more than 1.5m/s. Super slow and knew I wouldn't get far. Went for landing after roughly 40 mins of fighting to stay up.

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loG9F2Z6HDw

Track
https://www.xcontest.org/world/fr/vols/details:mae...

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Very nice flight today! First of the year actually.
Managed to stay in the air for 1h30. I thought many times that I was too low and I'd have to land. I caught a single thermal that took me around 620 meters higher, even above the takeoff.
The clouds were very nice but I landed because I was a bit cold and mostly needed to pee.

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz2jd3PeVzA

Track
https://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:m...

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Same as the previous flight, just a plouf.

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https://www.xcontest.org/world/fr/vols/details:mae...

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First time flying from La Table to Le Coin. A bit stressful at the beginning but it works perfectly!
Didn't do much there, just a plouf.

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Took the first cable car in the morning, did a nice plouf!
I was confident enough for the takeoff and did some exercises in the air.
I landed right in the mowed circle!

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M6QXWQiZCk

Track
https://www.xcontest.org/world/fr/vols/details:mae...

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Second flight of the day, another plouf!
Tried to take some thermals at the beginning but went for the landing.
It's good to be back :)

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First flight after my accident! I was nervous at the takeoff but thankfully I had some friends with me to check that everything was OK. Took off facing the cliff, as there wasn't enough wind.
The flight was a typical plouf, straight line to the landing.
Landing was OK, I didn't loose too much of distance appreciation.

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Crashed just after taking off!
There was no wind that day and I guess maybe a bit of back wind?
I started sinking when I released the toggles, I probably shouldn't have.

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IwdZILf6J4

I didn't managed to find _the_ right thermal to go to the Dents de Lanfon.
I think I was high enough but still… I saw some tracks of people going there later in the day so I should have taken off later I guess.
I did again some 360 exercises above the takeoff, one felt really good, it's starting to be easier!

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggU4KJ9IusQ

Track
https://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:m...

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Did 360 and dynamic turns exercises. It went overall pretty well.

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL6uUnz9rbc

Track
https://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:m...

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Couldn't even soar on this flight! I had to land on a small football field because I was way too far from the landing.
I need to be more cautious about that.

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt4EUYwptaM

Track
https://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:m...

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Couldn't find much. Did some soaring but it eventually wasn't enough.
Really cloudy

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmYd6KAvHwg

Track
https://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:m...

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Couldn't go too high on this one...
Did some 360 exercises, there still is work to be done on those!

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnIakTS-u94

Track
https://www.xcontest.org/world/fr/vols/details:mae...

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Nice flight! Tried to go to the Mont Baret but was too low.
I touched the base of the cloud below the Dents de Lanfon, but that wasn't enough.

On the way back I didn't have enough altitude and needed to land in a field close to the takeoff.

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hbBxFVwTt0

Track
https://www.xcontest.org/world/fr/vols/details:mae...

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Went straight to find something, according to my instructors. There was nothing and I landed, RIP

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZOsI7dxXM8

Track
https://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:m...

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Tried to find some thermals but it was too cloudy, hard to find something interesting

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Dynamic turns, easy but interesting. Nice flare for the landing

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I was the only one to go above the takeoff in the group. We were only two pilots up there. Still, the max was only 1300m

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We modified my harness settings because it wasn't tight enough apparently. Now it was waaaaay too tight, it was really hard to turn. I decided to go land immediatly, kinda scarry.

Soaring, couldn't go too high again, everyone was stuck above the takeoff. I decided to go away because it became boring. My compensation for the 360 exit is apparently a bit early so is the breaking. This breaking could also be stronger.

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A bit of soaring again without too much success.

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A bit of soaring but nothing too interesting, couldn't go too high.

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Camp flight, calm air. Some pitch exercises, nothing too hard.

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Trained for some 360. I'm starting to get the hang of it.
The harness was a bit looser since I changed the chest length. It's way more maneuverable now :o
There was absolutely no wind for the takeoff, I'm not used to that, had to run quite a bit!
The landing was ok, but I didn't know there was a fence during the summer??

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN5bBx_A9Jc

Track
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Some guy at the takeoff stressed me quite a bit, I ended up having a twist on the left riser but meh, it flies.
The wind was really turbulent and kinda strong so it was hard to get up without ending up far. I decided to land after 35 mins or so because it was too tiring and not that interesting. I did takeoff and land nicely though.

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEga-39onWI

Track
https://www.xcontest.org/world/fr/vols/details:mae...

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Only took 1h40 to get to the top!
Bad takeoff, needed more speed.
Trained for 360° and actually managed to get a nice exit. At least I think so.
The landing wasn't that good, I tried to pump but forgot the paraglider would regain speed: landed on my ass.

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTyc5zHws-o

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Awesome flight! I finally managed to go to les dents de Lanfon :). I tried soaring for a while near the take off but I couldn't find anything. I didn't get the minimum 100m required to transition to the north but I did it anyway! I saw people flying there and it seemed good. I managed to find pretty good thermals there. I did some soaring to find good thermals and it paid off! The last one I took helped me gain about 400 meters :D. I was pretty happy to fly at 2000m and I even managed to go higher, to a max of 2268m. On the way down I did some 360 exercises.
After talking to Pauline, I think I don't compensate enough the exit, might try that next time.
Other than that, really good take off and landings.

Starting from this flight the 'elevation' will be the gained altitude. I guess I can use it that way now, it makes more sense!

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmZlQVCtDZg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAaqKdjxTyw

Track
https://www.xcontest.org/world/fr/vols/details:mae...

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Second long flight in Planfait! I managed after some time to get one nice thermal and decided to go for a certain rock more north. I didn't get any lift there sadly so I decided to come back. I always fail my take off for the same reason: pull the canopy harder, it's heavy!

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfM4DGHT7uQ

First long flight in Planfait! I only did some soaring here, it's scary to fly that low above the trees :o.
Always the same problem at takeoff: PULL. I did some 360 exercises for the exit, I think it was working well?

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg4p_wd3BrI

Small hop in the morning, nothing too interesting about this one.
Tried some 360 exits but they weren't amplified enough.

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHaT0paUlSQ

First flight with the leGPSBip! It's a nice vario but wasn't configured to my liking. It still worked and really was helpful.

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95suQwwevXM

Nice takeoff! The site is a bit turbulent but it's not so bad.

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEZLni_y9n4

Awesome flight! Definitely one of my bests at the Salève. It was super easy to get up and even kinda hard sometimes to get down :).
I think I really need an altimeter though, I went above the limit of 1700m, oops.

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx4joUim3Lg

Nice flight in Vesancy! The air really is turbulent there…
I managed to get up but not above the take off like Luca.

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OGBPmFhoWg

Bad take off. I really need more groundhandling. I had some knots in my canopy because I was too lazy so I had to re-do it several times. Finally took off facing the cliff, it was easier. The air was really turbulent and I didn't really like it at first. I found some thermals near the landing site and it was nice! I landed correctly but my canopy got stuck on a rosebush and I riped it :(. I'll try to fix it with a ripstop.

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kycKJUj9jKA

Nice long flight :)! Take off wasn't perfect but the flight was good. I managed to take the thermals at some points but it's still a bit hard! Also the gopro shut off again because of the battery...

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBkcnpXiIQQ

Nice takeoff, but push even harder! Couldn't stay too long in the air, made a few bad turns

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAjfX4MebFY

Pretty nice flight! A bit scarry near some ridge but ok. Must be quite turbulent during summer weather. The landing was way better, as was the take off :)

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvlT-B9kfSE

When there isn't a lot of wind: puuuuuusssshh to take off! The landing area was quite small but manageable. I didn't find much to stay up in the air but the others told me the same

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IXWmN_Xyuw

Nice flight! A bit thermal but not too much, not stressed at all this time :). I decided to head to the landing site because I didn't know how high I was and how hard it'd be to get to the landing site. I had no problem getting there really

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVqJNSyaLYg

Second flight of that day, a bit more turbulent but less stressed overall. We had to move people from the take off site :)

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8Egsg7wZuM

First flight of the season, feels goods! Nothign special to note apart from a bit of stress. Everything went smoothly and I landed correctly.

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNwvQMMJ4js

Vol vers 17:30. Les conditions étaient pas ouf l'après-midi donc j'ai attendu, un bon paquet de temps. Au final c'était encore pas mal thermique, on pouvait bien monter, mais c'était pas si turbulent que ça. Par contre j'étais fatigué de la journée et j'avais la flemme de me battre avec les thermiques qui faisaient de la merde avec ma voile donc j'ai fait un petit plouf pépouze. L'attero est différent l'après-midi et plutôt restreint, c'était marrant

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IgZ_cJwwgQ

Second vol de la journée au Grand Bo, super ! J'ai enroulé quelques thermiques et j'ai réussi à repasser au dessus du déco, c'était sympa. Une fois passé en dessous par contre j'ai eu la flemme de me battre pour remonter donc je suis allé poser. Il faut que je pense à avoir une batterie externe pour la gopro, elle tient pas longtemps…
Petit flap à 12:30

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leYrzURrchU

Premier vol au Grand Bornand ! J'ai attendu bien 40 minutes que quelqu'un se présente au décollage histoire de voir un peu comment on vole dans le coin. Le déco est effectivement très pentu mais ça décole du coup tranquille. Petit plouf sans prétention, l'attero était sympa mais faut esquiver la tyrolienne…

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTLYW_lEJKA

Conditions un peu turbulentes pour un vol de 10h, pas mal de nuages. Exercices de roulis plutôt OK, il faut y aller progressivement. Posé un peu technique, y'avait pas mal de roulis.

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4ea9VrMvRw

Vol de reprise après un mois. Assez mal dormi et un peu stressé. Premier déco foiré mais deuxième ok ! J'ai passé beaucoup de temps à tout vérifier histoire d'être sûr. Exercices en l'air : roulis avec contre, "serpent". Remise à plat sur certains virages, bizarre, à retester

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZxrxdXDL8c

Vol looong ! J'ai galéré bien 10 minutes à chercher les thermiques mais une fois parti c'était bon :D. Je suis passé au dessus du Roux et c'était magnifique.
Penser à garder du contact en permanence sinon ça fait des fermetures.
Checker à @1:40 et @44:45

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOdVHqwcBXM

Recherche de thermiques, vol un peu plus long que d'hab. Bon déco, ne pas bourriner la voile, juste l'accompagfner en restant statique.

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U9rdH5-ewU

Exercice oreilles, ça marche mieux qu'en EN-A :). Petit tangage pas trop engagé. Bon posé cette fois

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwh1aW9Ds8U

Thermiques bien turbulents pour une matinée. Faire gaffe aux dégueulantes. Encore bien regarder le sens de poser...

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ-sUjiG-Eg

Roulis bien engagé ! Attention aux thermiques pour pas faire une frontale, garder du contact. Bien regarder le vent et la brise pour poser, là c'était vent dans le cul...

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ure_se62v4A

Voile perso ! :D Ça envoie un peu plus que l'alpha 6

Roulis, tangage et posé cible !!!!

Thermiques ! Lourd. Vol long et sympa, faut juste faire gaffe aux guignols qui regardent pas où ils vont

Attention aux turbulences derrière le relief, ne pas trop faire de la merde

Thermiques, tangage, virages et oreilles

Petites prises de thermiques pour tester, ça marchotte

Roulis engagé ok

Tangage tranquille et oreilles

Virages à perfectionner, atterro de mieux en mieux

Tangage, bien posé

Roulis, ça envoie :)

Long vol, test virages

Il pleuvait, pas ouf

J'ai rien compris à la finesse