Paragliding courses
(reserved for practicing pilots)
Established for more than 20 years on the Dune du Pilat (Pyla), Waggas School is THE benchmark for paragliding schools specializing in wind piloting. Located on a unique site with laminar wind conditions, our school specializes in wing management in the wind, learning and perfecting inflation techniques. Our paragliding courses are organized from April to early July.
Improvement courses
- Introduction to inflation facing the wing
- Learn to manage your kite in the wind
- Symmetrical phases
- Understand & integrate the different steps
Who is our paragliding improvement course for?
This course is aimed at pilots immediately after the introductory course as well as pilots who are not comfortable in the inflation phases facing the wing.
Content of our paragliding course
- Perfection of inflation gestures facing the wing
- Management of the wing in the wind
- Control of trajectories in the wind (moving and maintaining course) and body positions (stability)
- Theory & explanations of the different phases
- Personalized video debriefing after each session
Piloting courses
- Refine your technique
- Discovery of the window edge (statistical + dynamic)
- Improve and refine your technique
- Asymmetric phases
Who is our paragliding pilot course for?
This course is aimed at pilots accustomed to inflation facing the wing and wishing to improve their techniques & understanding on the ground.
Content of our paragliding course
- Introduction to the window edge (asymmetrical inflation)
- Introduction / Improvement of window edge gestures
- Control of all asymmetric phases of the wing
- Control of window edge trajectories(dynamic)and body positions
- Theory & explanations of the different phases
- Personalized video debriefing after each exercise
Waggas courses
- Barefoot
- Air/ground – ground/air trajectories
- Introduction to waggas
Who is our waggas course for?
This course is aimed at pilots who are comfortable in the wind (inflation phases facing the wing well acquired) and who know how to practice the window edge (= wing on the side with a controlled stroke and trajectory).
Autonomy in the air and good physical condition required.
Content of our paragliding course
- Getting started with dynamic right/left window edges (=barefoot)
- Barefoot transition right / left / right (Jibe)
- Control and understanding of trajectories close to the ground (in flight)
- Sequences of flight/ground/flight phases
- Introduction to sail reversing leading edge facing the ground
In the field
Adapted and personalized exercises will be set at the start of each session.
The “practical” part varies between 3 hours and 6 hours over the entire course depending on the wind conditions and the technical and physical level of the pilots.
Video images will be produced in the field to support the debriefing
Indoors
The exercises carried out and filmed in the field will be debriefed and dissected in an individual and personalized manner.
Theoretical explanations will be provided in addition to the debriefing.
The “theoretical” part varies between 4.5 and 5 hours over the entire course personalized in the room.
