by Jeff Goin | Oct 14, 2020 | 19: Risk & Safety, Covid-19 Coronavirus, Parapinions, Recent
There’s a raging pandemic going on. I get it. Covid-19 is deadly and must be taken very seriously. Once you’re confirmed to have it, you have between a 1-in-50 and 1-in-1000 chance of dying depending on a bunch of things. Those are not great odds. But...
by Jeff Goin | May 2, 2020 | 19: Risk & Safety, Parapinions
Paramotor pilots talk about doing barrel rolls at low altitude as being stupid. Airplane pilots talk about how strapping a spinning prop to your back with 2 gallons of gasoline below a hot exhaust is nuts. Desk jocks talk about flying single-engine, single-pilot...
by Jeff Goin | May 17, 2019 | Parapinions
My brother asked this question, “If you could do anything you want regarding education, what would you do?” This is a subject on which I’m passionate about given how I spend copious amounts of time trying to make really effective training products....
by Jeff Goin | May 12, 2019 | 01 Training, Parapinions
Click here for the reality of “Free” Powered Paraglider Training & Kurt Fister (or Pfister) Think about it for a moment. How much value will an instructor put on something they’re giving away? More likely you’ll be treated like...
by Jeff Goin | May 17, 2011 | Parapinions
On founding the US Powered Paragliding Association Be leery of any instructor railing against the USPPA. There’s a good chance they’re objecting to its training standards which were established to improve training safety and thoroughness. They require more...
by Jeff Goin | Sep 19, 2010 | Paramotor Pariahs, Parapinions
Feeling sorry for, but not falling for it I saw this headline and knew exactly who it was written for. Spot on. See also Dell’s many other travesties/dishonesties inflicted on our precious freedom. Unfortunately Dell does great harm to real efforts at improving...
by Jeff Goin | Aug 19, 2010 | Paramotor Pariahs, Parapinions
If you’ve searched for Powered Paragliding on the internet you have, no doubt, come across Dell Schanze, who has made it his mission to inundate YouTube with incessant videos making ridiculously grandiose claims and spewing complete fabrications. Even more...
by Jeff Goin | May 17, 2010 | Parapinions
The effect of copying designs in niche markets When a company expends great effort and expense to create something new, especially something we personally benefit from, it’s nice to see them profit from it. Partly because the developer deserves it, and selfishly...
