Skydiving vs. Paragliding — What's the Difference?

To jump and fall freely from an airplane, often performing various maneuvers, before deploying a parachute.

Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure. The pilot sits in a harness or lies supine in a cocoon-like 'speed bag' suspended below a fabric wing.

The practice of performing acrobatic movements during the freefall phase of a parachute jump.

The sport or activity of flying by means of a paraglider.

Present participle of skydive

The sport of gliding with a paraglider.

Performing acrobatics in free fall before pulling the ripcord of a parachute

The use of a paraglider in other settings, such as surveillance or military applications.

Present participle of paraglide