The power-off glide ratio of a powered parachute ranges from 3:1 to 6:1.

The skater prepared to push off and glide gracefully across the rink.

So he's with the instructor and they glide off, straight off the cliff.

the mud hits, the concrete hits, and it glides right off.

Today, fishermen along the country's coastline fashion simple fishing boats in a centuries old tradition while, a few miles away, motor vehicles glide off conveyor belts in state-of-the-art factories.

It's an umbrella of air all across it, and that layer of air is what the water hits, the mud hits, the concrete hits, and it glides right off.