Dmitry Balabanov tells cross-country flying stories and examines his routes, decisions and things that went wrong.
Cross-country flying
Safety
Weather
About their work
Paragliding XC Stories is Dmitry Balabanov’s channel, previously known by the nickname Dymanoid. Alongside flight stories, it offers guides to XC routes in the Alps and Colombia and detailed accounts of his own incidents. It draws on the pilot’s personal experience, and viewers can also support his work through voluntary contributions.
This is a detailed and structured report on my most severe incident and my first ever reserve deployment. This video focuses not only on what happened and how, but also on why it happened in the first place - and most importantly, what I learned from it. If you are a paragliding pilot yourself, maybe some of those lessons will be useful for your own flying too - this is why I share this incident analysis.
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00:00 What happened?
01:48 The pilot
04:24 The gear
05:28 The place
06:31 The weather
08:15 The incident
11:30 The cause
14:18 The learnings
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How to fly 120 km in Bassano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFh6jJqgS00
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BGD Diva 2
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Pulling big ears on modern 2-liner wings is not that comfortable and also not really efficient. I prefer to fly some gentle rolling maneuvers to lose a bit of height. Have you tried it?
Some landings are more spicy than the others. I needed to fly a tight turn to give some space to another wing to the right, but got into unexpectedly sinking air, so nearly touched a tree.
How does a typical paragliding year look like? 2025 was full of adventures for me. I flew far, I f*cked up, I was happy, I was mad. How did it go for you? Share your stories! Wanna see mine? Welcome to my 2025 recap!
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BGD Diva 2
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Think experience protects me from repeating mistakes? Think again. In this story, I show how pushing too hard, too fast turned into a facepalm and a reality check.
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Flight:
https://www.xcontest.org/2025/world/en/flights/detail:xc-stories/18.6.2025/09:09
Flying site:
Staller Sattel, Austria (not an official flying site)
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BGD Diva 2
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Lost Star by Filo Starquez https://soundcloud.com/filo-starquez
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Cross-country flying
Safety
Weather
Verified November 1, 2026
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