SIV Lake Garda – Italy
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Latvian Paragliding Federations Instructor P581
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LPF SIV School — Nr.01/2024
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Former BGD test pilot 2016–2018
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Modern SIV progression based.
SIV is the most valuable investment you can make for your paragliding progression and continues safe flying for many years to come.
Price – 945 euro
What do we offer?
Small groups - Individual appoach
Location - Why Lake Garda
Years ago when we looked for a place to run our SIV courses we considered many locations. Here’s why we choose Lake Garda.
- Best local support, from boats to emergency response
- BOX height, it’s just the right altitude ~900-1200 m
- Infrastructure – one of the largest take-off areas in Europe, cable car, plenty of hotels, logistics.
4K VIDEO
During your practice your run will be recorded at 4K resolution with audio from instructor. This footage will be used for de-brief as well as you will be able to keep it to re-watch after the course.
Small groups - personal touch
We keep the groups small. 8 pilots maximum. Our goal is your progression, this means individual attention. Every run will be tailored for you, for where you are right now in your progression.
300 NT Life vest
We provide you with life vest that is capable of floating in the water with all of your paragliding gear, it will keep you afloat – even if you don’t know how to swim.
Radios
Communication during your flying is crucial, we don’t like to leave anything to chance. You will be given a pre-programmed, charged, waterproof radio with an earpiece.
How do we run our SIV clinics?
We start with the Pre Course Knowledge base
We base our SIV clinics on these:
The Core Skills
Our SIV courses are based on Four Fundamental principles—these are the cornerstones of becoming an experienced pilot. The great thing about these principles is that you can master them without attempting high-intensity maneuvers. If you’re not ready for stalls, back flying, or nose-down spirals, that’s perfectly fine—we can still work on many valuable skills together.
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BASE OF SUPPORT
Trusting your harness means using it as designed—this fundamental skill is essential for developing all others. Just as a rally driver needs a proper bucket seat rather than an exercise ball for control, paragliders need proper harness support.
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DISSOSIATION OUR ARMS
Fighting our natural instincts is one of the biggest challenges in paragliding. Since childhood, we’ve learned to extend our arms when falling – a reflex that’s deeply ingrained but must be overcome for safe piloting.
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FULL BRAKE RANGE
Most pilots only use about 15% of their brake range – they avoid both deep brakes (30-100%) near the stall point and full release (0-15%) up to the pulleys. This limited range, especially avoiding full release, can create recovery problems.
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SITUATIONAL AWARNESS
While the first three fundamentals are essential, situational awareness determines when to apply them. This awareness comes through training and repetition, helping you understand your position in 3D space and anticipate what comes next.
SIV – Simulation d’Incident en Vol
Malcesine – Lake Garda
Structured approach
Everything you’ll learn will be in a way of building blocs. You only move on to the more advanced things, once the fundamentals are clear.
Tailored for you!
We make sure that each and every one of our students are able to progress at their own speed.
Radio
As part of the course you will be provided with waterproof radio, pre programmed, charged – ready to go.
Saftey Protocols
We are cooperation with local experts that been support SIV courses for decades.
4K Video
Everything you will do over the lake, will be filmed with instructors radio instructions recorded.
Perfect location
Lake Garda offers in our opinion the best location to run SIV courses in Europe.
Dates for our SIV course.
September 2026
23rd – 25th
27th – 29th
October 2026
1st – 3rd
5th – 7th
To Do List
- Read Terms & Conditions
- Registration Form
- Make the payment
- Pre course Knowledge Base
- Book your flights
- Book your accomodation
- Study Pre cours material
- Meet at Lake Garda
F.A.Q.
What's included in the course fee?
Included in the fee – tuition, boat in the water with a running engine, 300 NT inflatable life jacket, waterproof radio with ear piece, dry bag for your electronics.
Extra – Accommodation, cable car 10 or 17 euro per flight (depending on the time of the day), Taxi from LZ to cable car 3 euros per flight.
What can I expect?
Day one – Before the flying.
At 7am we will meet at the Landing zone to check your equipment and provide you with the life-vests, radios and waterproof bag. After the gear check we will have a short 30-40 minute briefing to re-fresh the concepts you will learn before the course, through our Pre-Course Knowledge base.
Who is it for?
There’s a lot of discussion online about when to take your first SIV course. At Flying Karlis, we see it quite simply: the sooner, the better. This dose not mean that you should not do it if you been flying for a while. Our SIV’s are tailored for each individually, whereever you are in your paragliding journey we are confident that our SIV courses can help you get to your next level.
Where should I stay?
You should look for a place near the Cable Car, as we only will meet for day one at the Landing Zone. There are a lot more restaurants and shops near the Cable Car than there are near the Landing zone.
What should I bring?
You should bring your own flying gear. Please pack a bag of dry cloth with you and put your name on it, in case you go into water you will have dry cloth to wear.
There are no need for your own radio, we will provide you with one.
We recommend not to take too much flying electronics, as we are going to fly top to bottoms, and if you end up in water you might drown them.
No helmet cameras these are not allowed.