PARAGLIDING IN SA  |   FLYING SITES  |   REVIEWS  |   AIRLORE  |   STORIES  |   GALLERY |   CARTOONS PERFORMANCE FLYING by Jocky Sanderson (www.escapexc.com) Jocky Sanderson is the world's most renowned paragliding SIV instructor, having produced both the Security In Flight and Speed to Fly videos.  You might also like to read: Other DVD reviews on this website. Jocky Sanderson SIV explained I've watched many paragliding DVDs, and I'm always breathless with anticipation when I slide them into the player and press >  . We're going flying! On the first pass, I just let it all wash over me - the great visuals, the altitude, the awesome piloting. Performance Flying is a visual feast, with some excellent camera work and creative angles. Having worked on a few productions myself, I know how much work it is to produce even the simplest sequence of moves, and trying to film while giving instructional dialogue and performing the moves at the same time is more frustrating than trying to untangle a knotted winch-line with your hands tied behind your back. The disappointment with most instructional DVDs is that being pitched for the broadest possible market, they are designed for the intermediate pilots, which means that most beginners can find something useful in the content, but experienced pilots are left feeling somewhat let down. With all the promises of 'this will improve your flying' we're left thinking that there wasn't anything new, and that we could have made the DVD ourselves. Not so with 'Performance Flying'. It is an advanced pilot's delight. Using the Ozone Team pilots to get the real expert advice, this DVD takes you through the most difficult and downright insane acro moves available. Asymmetric Spirals, SATs, Tumbles, Helicopters, all narrated in such calm voices that you'll know they are all certifiably nuts. There's some absolute poetic imagery, shot in slow motion and in black and white, of a tumble going wrong. Oh, how he dives through the air like a flying fish. Oh, how he falls into the glider. Oh, how beautiful his reserve parachute. Chills down the spine, they've managed to give acro flying a Gothic edge. Man, this DVD made me want to go out and perfect my flying! It is inspiring, beautiful to watch and downright addictive. It's well worth the retail price - you can get it from Jocky's Site or from Cross Country magazine. Whatever you do, be an original - respect copyright. Don't burn some dodgy copy on your PC. We want Jocky to earn as much as possible from this production, so he can make us another one. Please, Mr Sanderson, can you make us Alpine Flying - understanding the Alps?