[Rick Masters]

[Bill Cummings]

Rick,
For sure. You can’t do that in a hang glider.
My reasonable suspicion is that this video portrays a Self Induced Victim clinic maneuver. (Way too close to the surface.)
I took note of the extreme arm movements just before the short plunge.
Also note that this falling human, "JUST MISSED THE BOAT!" (Which was a good thing.)

[Rick Masters]

Taking up paragliding instead of hang gliding is definitely "Missing the boat!"

[Rick Masters]

It's the second-to-last turn on your approach that is most important.
In hang gliding.
http://twimg.edgesuite.net/images/ReNews/20140817/453123_2_360.mp4

[Rick Masters]

[Frank Colver]

Amazing that he can still walk around. It looked like he was coming down pretty fast just before impact. It must have been slower than it looked.

FC

[Rick Masters]

Yeah. You can tell a paraglider junkie who had a close call that he's been warned and should pay attention.
Then they tell you "collapse is a safety feature."
That "paragliders recover but hang gliders don't."
And off they go, paragliding again.
They break their legs; they break their backs.
It doesn't matter.
Off they go, again.

Paragliding is bigger in countries with socialized medicine.

[Bob Kuczewski]

Paragliding is bigger in countries with socialized medicine.

[Rick Masters]

Seriously. Helicopters and socialized medicine. It's obvious.

Since we have lots of helicopters in the USA, you can expect paragliding to explode like an L5 vertebrae under Obamacare.

[Rick Masters]

"Houston: We have a problem..."
Nope. You can't do this on a hang glider.