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Sarawak Flying Tupais caught on film
Paragliding and paramotoring enthusiasts from Brunei, Limbang, Bintulu, Kuching, Sibu and Miri got together at an open field near the Lutong Old Airstrip yesterday for a special reason. The gathering...
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The Top Paragliding Sites in the World
Paragliding and hang-gliding is possible almost anywhere in the world. If there’s a mountain you can fly off it. If there’s a cliff with some wind you can soar along it. Even if it’s flat, you can...
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Efforts to stop excavation at Point of the Mountain at a standstill
A hang glider at Point of the Mountain in Salt Lake County, Friday, June 14, 2013 Point of the Mountain is home to some of the best wind in the world, but efforts to preserve this recreational haven...
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Paragliding tourist stuck in tree
A German woman is giving thanks to local search and rescue volunteers who staged “a spectacular and elaborate” rescue operation earlier this month after a paragliding crash stranded her 100 feet up in...
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Most paragliders are careful pilots
Recent events have once again cast a dark light on the sport of paragliding—another accident, another rescue. This seems all too common as of late in our small valley. Is this sport so dangerous that...
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‘Illegal’ paragliding in Manali area curtailed
The unorganized and dangerous sport of paragliding in Manali, which was mostly being operated by Nepalese and youths from outside the state, came to an end on Tuesday with formation of a paragliders’...
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BRITISH PARAGLIDING OPEN 2013 PORTUGAL: FIRST FEW DAYS
“3500m cloudbase and light NE wind. A perfect day”. Photo: Bruce Goldsmith Marcus King reports from the sweltering heat and blue skies of the British Paragliding Open in Manteigas, Portugal. As has...
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Styrian student goes extreme paragliding
A 21-year-old student from Styria has developed a lightweight paraglider in order to travel to Kyrgyzstan and jump from the Abuali ibni Sino Peak in the Pamir mountain. Patrick Gollnhuber is an...
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Paragliding over Cromer
Every Tuesday I shall be showcasing a new gem from YouTube’s vast library, but with a Norfolk twist. This week’s video is from YouTube user mbf1958. Here we see a paraglider taking in the sights of the...
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Red Bull X-Alps
The Red Bull X-Alps is one of the world’s toughest adventure races. Athletes must either hike or fly over 1,000km across the Alps from Salzburg to Monaco in the fastest time possible. Every kilometer...
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Parahawking – A Unique Combination of Paragliding and Falconry
Parahawking unites the excitement of paragliding with falconry. You soar through the skies on a tandem paraglider, following thermals chosen by a hawk or another bird of prey who is leading the way....
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First air sports festival held in Azerbaijan
A festival of air sports was held in Azerbaijan in July for the first time. 11 athletes from Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Netherlands and Belgium traveled the country on July 9-13 and tested several sites...
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See You At the Bottom
Reblogged from Separate Medium: “An unexamined life is not worth living” – Socrates As I write this, there are 7,168,667,849 people on our earth. And that number is growing every second. More than four...
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We will find a way or make one.
Reblogged from Fragments: Paragliding at 1,900 meters in Ölüdeniz, Turkey Photo by Sina Demiral, 2007 Read more… 13 more words fantastic shot
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This just got put on my Bucket List. On second thought, Naw.
Reblogged from PlanetSellas: This is called Trapeze paragliding. It's only for the few, the proud, and the crazy. Read more… 12 more words
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Touch the Sky
Reblogged from vancouversguide: Everyone visits Grouse Mountain. It’s practically a prerequisite when passing through Vancouver. Standing 3,300 feet above the city, the attraction is obvious. But if...
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Parasailing vs Paragliding
Reblogged from Smiley Ky Adventures: A step down from sky diving. No planes, no free falls, no wondering if your parachute will open. Parasailing vs paragliding. Parasailing - you're pulled behind a...
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Adventure Junkie’ Sets North American Paragliding Record
Adventure Junkie’s Awesome Flight Gavin McClurg is a self-proclaimed adventure junkie: He has sailed the world twice; he kayaks, rock climbs, kite-boards; and he is the co-founder of Offshore Odysseys,...
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New Vario from Digifly simply called 'Air'
Reblogged from Paramotor News .com: This sweet looking vario has a long list of features. GPS, G-meter, compass, GSM tracker, 5D visualisation, bluetooth, micro sd. After three years of development,...
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Paraglider made fatal error
A TRAGIC tandem paragliding accident that claimed two lives off the coast of Nirranda was the result of a mistake by a veteran pilot, an investigation has found. “I think he just misjudged it and paid...
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