Oludeniz SIV
5 Days of SIV training in Oludeniz turkey.
Day 1 – Gear check and intro flight. We’ll inspect everyones gear, pull out everyones reserves and go over the flying site, landing, etc. Afterwords, we’ll go up for an intro flight.
Days 2-5 – Two coached flights per day. Each flight will start with a briefing at the hotel then we’ll head up together. In the evening we’ll do a video debrief of both runs.
5 Days of SIV training in Oludeniz turkey.
Day 1 – Gear check, ground school, site briefing and 1-2 flights
Days 2-5 – Two to three coached flights per day. Each flight will start with a briefing. In the evening we’ll do an in depth video debrief of all runs.
Required Gear:
- Paraglider and Harness
- Reserve Parachute – I highly recommend 2 reserves)
- Helmet – duh
- PFD (life jacket) – You can rent these in turkey for around $3 a day if you don’t own one.
- Radio – Baofeng has $25 dollar radios on amazon that work and then its not a big deal if they go in the water.
Recommended Gear:
- Puffy Jacket – Although Oludeniz is quite warm the mountain we launch off of is about 6,000 ft tall and occasionally chilly
- Light Gloves – Paraglider lines can be sharp and you may have to pull on them so gloves help.
- Low B Wing – Unless you’ve SIVed before a low b wing is going to allow you the most progression.
- Open Harness – Learning maneuvers is a lot better in an open harness than a pod.
If you have any other questions on what to bring just ask.
The main thing here is the ability to launch and land. I won’t be on launch to coach you so you need to be comfortable launching from a large mountain. Landings are quite easy as you’ll have the entire beach to land on. Other than that just be ready to have fun and level up your paragliding.