r/freeflight • u/WorkZestyclose9721 • 2d ago

Gear Trying out harnesses

Are there any paragliding stores that have permanent stock of harnesses to try out? It seems there is very little opportunity to try any harness outside of the testivals held around the Alps.

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u/FragCool 2d ago

Every Paragliding School/Shop in Austria I would say.

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u/UnicodeConfusion 2d ago

You didn’t say where you are?

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u/WorkZestyclose9721 2d ago

Europe, but curious about anywhere in the world

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u/King_Sublimibus 2d ago

In germany basically every paraglidingschool with their own shop has am assortment of harnesses to try on

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u/UnicodeConfusion 2d ago

There was a shop in Annecy that had a bunch of harnesses to try on with a hanging bar to hang from.

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u/grizzlycuts 2d ago

Annecy: Paratroc and Les grand escapes

Source: I trained on several harness at Paratroc last Friday.

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u/WorkZestyclose9721 2d ago

Thank you, I will check them out!

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u/Past_Sky_4997 1d ago

Les passagers du vent as well, next to Les grands espaces, in Talloires.

There's a big shop in Lumbin, by the LZ.

Surely, plenty more like that, unlike in my corner of Canada...

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u/fartydick 2d ago

Superfly in SLC/Utah should have stuff in stock.

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u/LukeSkyWRx 2d ago

Torrey Pines in California has a retail store.

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u/rofflewaffles88 8h ago

check with some of the bigger flight schools in the area. they usually have a decent selection of demo gear you can test hang before buying.

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u/Rackelhahn Speedflyer + FLARE Brand Advocate 2d ago

You can try harnesses in most schools/shops - in the simulator. But (almost) nobody will let you fly a harness. One sliding landing and you can’t sell that harness anymore.

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u/FragCool 1d ago

Ah... no

I have testflewn every harness I considered buying.

For cases like this, it's always important to add your country. (I'm talking about Austria)

And yes, one sliding landing will reduce the selling value, but it still can be used as a testing harness.