i finally found the right board to ask about paramotoring on, for some reason transportation isnt listed on the homepage

i really want to get into paramotoring but im not sure weather its worth it to spend the money on real training and brand new gear or go the budget route by buying older second hand gear and self training which seems deceptively easy according to various youtubers

https://youtu.be/g8NONmxWEdo?list=FLiI_kRDyiPZ_8wGOYgUPV2w