Paraglider videos

MAGIC 2: Cross Country Magazine interview Bruce

06-03-2024

Cross Country Magazine's Ed Ewing spoke to Bruce Goldsmith at the Stubai Cup 2024, abut the brand new MAGIC 2 More

Hey Kid!

12-12-2023

Rene Falquier has been a paraglider pilot since 2016. For him, flying is freedom, "the original dream", and a faithful companion through all of life's ups and downs. More

#BGDSpot: Who won the wing?

05-10-2023

Congratulations to Jaroslav Jindra, who came first in our #BGDSpot film competition, winning a brand new ADAM 2 for the coming season. Nice work and kudos also to runners-up Yermek Amanbayev and Meysam... More

Lynx 2 – follow the footprints

12-09-2023

Looking for a Lynx? It won't be easy ... they leave no trace!
Track down our lightweight EN-C paraglider, and you'll find the Lynx 2 is light to carry, with performance and handling that inspires confidence. Made for adventure pilots and... More

ADAM 2: In The Beginning

27-06-2023

The ADAM 2 is a safe, easy and fun school paraglider. It is designed for fledgling pilots to take their first steps into the air and develop soaring and thermalling skills, without stress. More

Muzi's flight from Everest South Col

19-05-2023

On 18 May 2023, BGD Team Pilot Li Shengtao, known to his friends as Muzi, flew from the South Col of Everest, 8,000m, landing safely at base camp on his BGD Anda XS.



Muzi said, "Anda is a super nice glider, it flies so well even at such a... More

In Madness Lies Wisdom

20-04-2023

Produced by BGD Crew Ant Green, "In Madness Lies Wisdom" is a short lifestyle film with inspiration from Alain Watts. A few years in the making, it features some images I shot with Tim Green from some of our adventures in France, Spain, Maderia,... More

Valerio's wings!

18-04-2023

BGD's youngest team pilot Valerio Boggia is nine years old, and has always loved flying. His dad Luigi was a pioneer in the early days, and they have flown together since Valerio was very small. This is Valerio's story so far, and most definitely to... More

Lynx 2 Tech film

07-04-2023

The R&D team introduce the LYNX 2, our lightweight EN-C with excellent cross-country performance and a high comfort factor More

Anda Tech

15-03-2023

A safe and fun paraglider that weighs just 2.78kg in XS. But how? More

ANDA

01-03-2023

Take The Leap! Paula works through a childhood fear of heights with the help of flashbacks of her friends flying the Anda paraglider. More

Echo 2 Tech

30-09-2022

With the ECHO 2 we wanted to make something nice and light, that is easy to fold and carry. Tom and the team talk through some of its technical features. More

Echo 2

21-09-2022

The ECHO 2 is a multi-purpose superstar, a quiver of one with fun handling and good performance. Check out the official video! More

EPIC 2 - Technical Features

10-05-2022

Short film about some of the EPIC 2 technical features More

Epic 2 – La Dolce Vita

15-04-2022

The pleasure of flying, the beautiful life. The EPIC 2 has impeccable safety and fun handling. The perfect partner! More

Female Pilots fly the Cross Alps 2021

15-10-2021

The Cross Alps is a project devised by Manon DEPREMOREL to take female pilots on a trans-Alps adventure of a lifetime. The team did a amazing job making it all the way to Chamonix! Discover her adventure and watch the full film! More

Fassa Sky Expo 2021 - Day 2

28-09-2021

Another glorious day at the #fassaskyexpo2021 in Italy! Watch the team climb up the huge rock faces while testing out the Base 2 Lite! Thanks @kaybusemann for the superb film! More

Fassa Sky Expo 2021 - Day 1

28-09-2021

Absolutely amazing soaring conditions during the FASSA SKY EXPO! Check out his fun little short from #BGDTeamPilot Kay Busemann! More

Team Pilot Meeting 2021

01-09-2021

Enjoying the sport together – BGD pilots at the third Team Pilots' meeting, colouring the skies above Saint Jean Montclar and Laragne-Monteglin earlier this month. More

Cure 2 - Robins Remedy - Rody Charoud

20-04-2021

In a film by Rody Charoud, Robin is found sleeping on a snowy take-off by his worried friend acting crazy but he has already found his remedy! More

Base 2 - Technical Features

30-12-2020

Discover the Base 2 inside and out! More

Base 2 - Love at First Flight

23-10-2020

While hiking in the mountains a young girl finds a phone that dropped from the sky. Looking at the videos in the phone, she attempts to find the pilot who dropped it.

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Kiss - Keep it Simple

21-10-2020

For rise-and-shiners, hike-and-flyers, mountain lovers, greet the day with a Kiss, a simple, fun and versatile mountain wing. More

Explore, Create, Share - BGD Nomads

22-09-2020

WE ARE A GROUP OF DIVERSE INDIVIDUALS UNITED BY A PASSION TO EXPLORE, CREATE AND SHARE. Follow our adventures as we attempt to share them through film and photography. More

Julien Millot - Flying les écrins

07-09-2020

Flying some of the highest peaks in the Alps, Julien explains some insights during a epic vol bivouac adventure around the Massif des Écrins.

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Experience Groundlessness - Magic Mo

26-03-2020

Recently, we have all become groundless. We are in times of change and the ability to adapt will make the difference. We hope this film will help you during these times and bring you to a space of freedom you may have never felt before. More

Paraglider Maintenance

12-02-2020

Everything you should know about packing, storing, and generally taking care of your paraglider. More

Vol et Ski - Challenge - Gate Crashed by the BGD Team

24-01-2020

BGD team pilots Anne-Sophie, Julie, and Sylvain fly the Vol et Ski Challenge - a competition of skiing and precision paragliding where pilots take-off from the top of the ski slope and follow a course involving touch-and-go, touching poles, and many... More

EN-C-Certifying Paragliders - Cure 2

20-12-2019

This is how a paraglider gets certified. From the flying lab Nicole, Alain, and Claude show and explain how they tested the Cure 2 during its certification. More

Mongolian SEED

20-11-2019

This is what happens when Etienne Cordeau (Flying Frenchies) takes his SEED out for a kite in Mongolia! More

Hanging in the Clouds

19-11-2019

Olivier, Sophie, Lou and friends converge in Martinique for a aerial circus extraveganza! You wont be able to not fall in love and get inspired by this adventure family as they show us their story and aerial dance. Hats off to @Shams for the... More

Paraslack & XRW in Oludeniz

18-11-2019

The Flying Frenchies head out to the Oludeniz Air Games for a week full of every stunt they could dream up (XRW, Paraslackining, rope jumping,...) Watch this is a compilation of the best. More

Cure 2 - Technical Features

27-09-2019

From simulations of virtual prototypes to anew B/C steering system discover the Cure 2 and all the technology built into this revolutionary paraglider. More

Vol Bivouac to the Mont Blanc

13-09-2019

Leonard shows his flight to the top of the Mont Blanc in 360 degrees of amazing! More

Hitching Flying Frenchies Style

12-09-2019

A lonely Flying Frenchy can't get a ride on a quiet country road until a paramotor flies his way. He grabs a line and gets hoisted high up into the sky. More

Hike & Cross - 120km with EN-B Riot

11-09-2019

Nice video from Léonard made during a 120km XC flight in May 2019, with the EN-B Riot! More

Cruising over Stromboli

09-09-2019

Cruising in from Volcano, Ant Green took off half way up Stomboli flying over one of the most active volcanoes. The volcano erupted a few times during the flight spewing out lava and causing shock waves from the explosions. A few days later the... More

Weightless - 2019

19-07-2019

Watch this stunning film covering the first paragliding competition where your weight doens't matter! The BGD Weightless is aimed at up and coming pilots looking to improve their XC, competition experience or just to enjoy a unique experience... More

The Flying Chairlift - Greenland

25-06-2019

Team pilots Tim and Ant Green fly out to Greenland to realized a adventure of a lifetime - Paramotoring and skiing the west coast of Greenland. They discover the isolated fjords and glaciers of one of the most desolate places on earth while have a... More

Kossen - 2019

06-06-2019

BGD team pilots take advantage of 3,200m cloudbase during a classic day at Super Paragliding Testival Kossen, Austria. Thousands of pilots decended on this event during one of the largest testivals in the world. BGD showcased their whole range as... More

Fly the Summit - Full Episode - The Green Brothers

29-05-2019

Tim and Ant Green head to Chamonix to break a world record and drop Leo Slemett off on Mont Blanc du Tacul. More

PPG trans-Maldives

21-04-2019

During a 1000km open ocean traverse of the Maldives BGD team pilots Ant and Tim Green captures these stunning images of our DGAC certified Echo and Luna PPG wings. More

EN-A - Magic - Technical Features

16-04-2019

Bruce and Tom discuss some of the technical features incorporated into the design of the Magic. More

EN-A-Magic - It's that feeling

03-04-2019

Progress with the Magic, and join the flying community. More

Dual 2 - Technical Features

23-01-2019

Remember that feeling, the first time your feet leave the ground and you are soaring, feet in the clouds, viewing the world from a different perspective? If you could bottle that feeling and share it around … that’s what the DUAL 2 is for –... More

Altitude Jazz Festival

23-01-2019

The Flying Frenchies take to the sky over Briançon with musical instruments and paragliders. Check out the spectacle! More

EN-B-Riot - Walk on the Wild Side

20-11-2018

Presentation movie of our new 2018 lightweight sport glider, the Riot! It has more performance with the extra comfort of a light and compact glider! More

Riot - Teaser - Walk on the Wild side.

12-10-2018

Discover the lightweight EN-B RIOT, our new performance light B glider ! Based on the Punk, the Riot will take you to new skies ! More

Coupe Icare - 2018

30-09-2018

Bright sunshine and fluffy clouds graced this years' Coupe Icare festival where we launched our newest product the EN-B RIOT (the PUNK's lighter twin). Although the colour scheme may change for the final product a few prototypes could be seen flying... More

Weightless - BGD's Serial Competition

18-07-2018

Pilots from all over the world competed in this one of a kind competition. More

Brucetube E07 - Inflating on Takeoff

01-07-2018

Bruce explains you how inflating on the take off can help you to understand what will happen once you're in the air. More

Brucetube E06 - The Rock Takeoff

01-06-2018

Bruce and Kārlis are back in the BGD kitchen, this time discussing the Rock Technique: it’s a means of employing a rock to keep your wing in place while you get your kit ready, and can be very useful on windy launches. More

Punk - EN-B - Time for Change

22-05-2018

Rebellious, fun, and enlightening. Not just talk, the Punk actually tells you the truth about the air. Stay informed, make your own choices, fly the Punk. More

Kossen - 2018

21-05-2018

The Super Paragliding Testival in Kossen Austria has done it again! Probably the only site in all the alps that was flyable everyday awith a epic XC day on Sunday. Pilots from all over flocked to this beautiful valley to test every paraglider under... More

Brucetube E05 - Accidental Deployment

01-05-2018

Have you ever launched and had your reserve accidentally deploy? Believe us, you don’t want to, but it happened to BGD team pilot Karlis. He hosts Brucetube episode 5, which is all about how to stop this from happening to you. More

EN-B-Punk - Technical Features

25-04-2018

The Punk has loads of new techy bits. Bruce shows us a few in this video! More

Seed - Ground-handling - Grow your skills

12-04-2018

Blown out? Grab a SEED and refine your skills! Ground handling is never a waste of time, even for professionals. You can learn essential skills that directly relate to in the air flying. Deflations, stalls, brake pressure and active piloting can all... More

Brucetube E04 - Flying with Wraps

01-04-2018

FLYING WITH WRAPS - Brucetube Episode 4 Release! From the flying kitchen Bruce Goldsmith analyzes the different techniques to paragliding with wraps and mentions his preferred method. More

Sherpa Rucksack - Push the Elements

13-03-2018

The Sherpa Rucksack is our stripped down rucksack designed for competitors and pilots who want the lightest possible kit. Every gram on this rucksack has been optimized for weight and performance. The Sherpa Rucksack utilizes ultra lightweight D30... More

Brucetube E03 - Let it Fly

01-03-2018

Over the last 10 years paragliders have evolved a lot. Originally it was advised to fly with 20-30cm of brake on as the neutral position to keep the wing open. Now with modern designs it is best to fly with as little brake as possible. In this... More

Lynx - EN C - Be the Predator

15-02-2018

The Lynx was designed for the predator in every pilot. This brand new paraglider is for serious adventurers and XC sport pilots. the Lynx offers top performance in a bite-sized package. The Lynx is a streamlined, lightweigth, and a fully-fledged XC... More

Brucetube E02 - Learn to Kite

01-02-2018

EPISODE 2 - BRUCETUBE – As a child, Tyr Goldsmith spent a lot of time around paragliders, hanging out at take-off and the LZ. He took the opportunity to play with wings and practise ground-handling, something we should all do a bit more. Maybe... More

Stubai - 2018

15-01-2018

Stubai Cup 2018 we officially released our new high EN-B for demo. Our mission to put taste, control, and attitude back into gliders worked. Stubai gave us more amazing flying and we captured the money shots check out this video! More

Brucetube E01 - Frontal Collapse Recovery

01-01-2018

EPISODE 1 RELEASE - From the flying kitchen, Bruce Goldsmith analyzes an aggressive frontal deflation/collapse and teaches pilots how to effectively recover and avert a serious accident. This is one of the most extreme frontals we have ever seen and... More

Echo - EN B - Bounce from one flying style to another

18-12-2017

A young boy in the French Alps yells ECHO into to mountains, there is no reply. After a few tries the ECHO finally bounces back to him with flying colours. The ECHO then bounces back across France to the Dune de Pyla for wagga soaring and back to... More

Fly light - Fly BGD LITE - Lynx, Riot, Echo, Dual LITE

14-09-2017

For lovers of hike-and-fly and vol-bivouac, and those whose passion is travelling and flying the globe, BGD now have a complete range of lightweight gliders and accessories. The Echo, Base Lite, Lynx and Dual-Lite tandem have all the performance and... More

Kossen - 2017

20-05-2017

Bruce Goldsmith Designs view of the 2017 Super Paragliding Testival in Kossen, Austria. The event was a huge success, with four flyable days and gliders colouring the sky from dawn until dusk every day. BGD’s team were there with the whole range... More

Epic - Live the journey

13-05-2017

When will your journey begin?

Camera - Ant Green, Rody Charoud, Maeva Giacometti
Voice Over - Alan Watts (Philosopher)
Talent - Kārlis Jaunpetrovičs, Signe Lillienskjold Knudsen, Bruce Goldsmith, Timothy Green
Music - Lossless - Bright Eyes -... More

Snug Harness - Fits like a glove

20-03-2017

Optimized for versatility and comfort, the Snug is our premier recreational harness featuring a semi-cross brace system, our EASY EXIT reserve deployment system, a smooth aerodynamic shape, 18cm foam protection, and some vibrant new color schemes.... More

Cure - EN-C - BEAT THE BUG

25-01-2017

Are you finding it hard to stay up? Suffering from flight sweats, bomb-outs, or launch anxiety? Feel like you’re not making goal? There ARE treatment options. If you or someone you know has been experiencing some or all of these symptoms, maybe it... More

Stubai - 2017

15-01-2017

The 2017 Stubai Cup was a hoot! Perfect flying conditions with pilots climbing to over 3,000m and making brilliant XC flights all over the valley. At the stand we had hundreds of pilots trying our new products. This year we had the chance to meet... More

In Search of the Cure

24-10-2016

A brilliant short film about a institutionalized person who finds the EN-C Cure. - Produced and Edited by Mae and Rody More

Fassa - 2016

20-10-2016

Amazingly shot film with BGD team pilot/son Tyr Goldsmith flying over the Dolomites, Italy. More

Road Trip in Andaloucia

12-09-2016

Flying BGD, Rody takes to the open road and captures his view of Andaloucia, Spain during a stunning 10 minute film filled with eye candy. More

Adam - EN-A - Safety in Colors

20-02-2016

The Adam is our EN/LTF-A certified wing, designed for beginners or leisure pilots. Durable Dominico D30 tissue constructs 34 enhanced clean cells into a safe, 4.8kg paraglider. More