Extreme paramotor crash

My biggest crash till today
After a long slalom training session, i was really tired and supposed to go for landing , my heavy hands at this moment didn't really have the precision.
I faced a hard impact and lost the horizon for a sec when i end up in the water ( not the first time ) i was waiting for the lifejacket to explode, but it didn't.
Immediately tried to release the chest strap and have my hands free, had only some seconds with my mouth out of the water, in these few seconds i tried to release the throttle cable from my hand but was stacked under the glove and jacket ( my 34 kgs ppg took me half-meter under ) at this point your only hope is the rescue boat .
The last part I remember is that there is no more oxygen left so I just lifted up my right hand with the hope that the boat will catch me and that's what happened, felt his hand pulling me out , when i got to the surface had no eye contact with the environment.


1.Finally, the bottle on the lifejacket was not fully in place so the air just got out. (Double-check your equipment before take-off)
2.If you fly close to water (chill-slalom -whatever) is good to have 1 leg free
3 . When you feel your energy is gone,go for landing ! ( slalom pilots )

And the MOST IMPORTANT :
If you think you can escape from your paramotor going down to the Deep you are Mistaken!!!!!!!

Dimitris Kolliakos
Pro paramotor Pilot