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WayUp Parapente

  • School

WayUp Parapente is a piloting and SIV school in Doussard on Lake Annecy. It was founded and is run by instructor Nicolas 'Nico' Treins, who has taught paragliding since 2003 and SIV over water for sixteen years, holds the DES-JEPS diploma and a university qualification in mental preparation, and since 2020 has trained future piloting and SIV instructors at the national school ENSA.

The offer centres on piloting and SIV courses over Lake Annecy: three days as the recommended length, especially for a first SIV, two days for pilots who have done SIV before, and a four-day course combining SIV flights in the morning with mental preparation workshops in the afternoon. Groups are limited to eight pilots, flights are debriefed on video that pilots can download right after the evening debrief, and everyone leaves with exercises for further practice. Clubs can book their own group dates, and the school also runs SIV courses in Roquebrune.

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  • SIV

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France

WayUp piloting and SIV course on Lake Annecy

WayUp Parapente

A piloting and SIV course by WayUp over Lake Annecy. Three days is the recommended length, especially for a first SIV; the two-day version is meant for pilots who have done SIV before. The first morning is compulsory: issue of school equipment, check of your own kit and reserve extraction, a technical briefing and the choice of the first exercise. Each day brings up to three flights over the lake with a debrief after every flight, and an evening video debrief combined with harness adjustment and hang-rig practice; videos can be downloaded right after the debrief. Content is adapted to the pilot: from calmer flying and understanding the glider's movements to preventing and handling flight incidents, first steps towards aerobatics or SIV with a competition glider, with attention to the mental side as well. Groups are limited to eight pilots; clubs can book their own group dates.

  • SIV course

Dates from the organizer

Verified October 30, 2026
France

WayUp SIV and mental preparation course

WayUp Parapente

A four-day WayUp course at Lake Annecy combining SIV with mental preparation. Every morning pilots make two SIV flights over the lake as in WayUp's classic piloting course, giving roughly the same flying volume as a regular three-day course. Afternoons are for workshops in small groups and one-to-one, linked to situations from the flights or to the pilot's own story: attention management, self-belief and personal automatisms, goal setting, handling stress and emotions in flight, performance routines, breathing exercises, mindfulness and mental imagery. The course is run by two mental coaches holding a university diploma in mental preparation; the extra time for integration aims at deeper and more lasting progress.

  • SIV course

Dates from the organizer

Verified October 30, 2026
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  • Annecy / Lac d'Annecy · France

Verified October 30, 2026

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