Paragliding World Record Set In Brazil
Brazil is having a good year for world records. Just a little less than a month after Marcelo Prieto, Donizete Lemos, and Frank Brown set a new paragliding world record for their 513km flight in...
Monarca Nextel Paragliding Open
For the latest in paragliding competitions, we head south of the border. It was good news for American Josh Cohn, as he brought home victory at the Monarca Nextel Paragliding Open last month, January...
USA Paragliding Distance Record
The summer months bring warm weather and thermals that are conducive to record-setting events in air sports. This summer is no different with a new record being set in the US for the longest...
Paraglider Jumps from 23,000 Feet
Paraglider pilot attempts to set an infinite tumble record from 23,000 feet. The oxygen feed pilot is hoping for over a thousand tumbles that would have smashed the previous record but stopped short due...
Paragliding off Everest
When Babu Sunuwar climbed Mt Everest on May 21st, 2011, he did not do it for the view, although when he reached the summit he probably did enjoy the view that less than 2500...
Florida Bill Intends to Strengthen Parasailing Safety
During the summer months the beaches in Florida are lined with adventure seeking tourist looking for a bird's eye view from a parasail. Little do they know that their adventure is widely unregulated in Florida...
Police S.O.A.R. to Catch a Thief
Palm Bay Police in central Florida are using a new technology to catch a thief. The Search Operation Aerial Response team (S.O.A.R) will use powered paragliders in their day to day operations to conduct...
Bear Grylls Goes Powered Paragliding
Bear Grylls goes powered paragliding during his spare time. Unless you follow Bear closely, you may not know that he set a record for powered paragliding when he went flew over Mt Everest in...
2011 Paragliding World Championship Cancelled
The 2011 Paragliding World Championship was cancelled after safety concerns.
Two competition pilots crashed and died on the first day of the competition in separate incidents. On that same day there were three other reserve deployments....
Canyon Pilot Plight
While Lionel De Antoni was landing his powered paraglider he noticed that his motor home was missing and police officers were waiting for his arrival. Dazed and confused, the pilot was arrested, his motor...
2010 East Coast Paragliding Championship
The East Coast Paragliding Championship was held from May 2-8, 2010 at the Florida Ridge Hang Gliding Park.
The competition is a flatland cross county, race-to-goal competition. Prize money consists of $500 distributed among the...
Wings of Kilimanjaro
It is a spiritual journey for some, a personal challenge for all. Created by the violence of volcanic eruption it dominates the landscape of East Africa. It beckons to those adventurous souls who would...
Top World Records Countdown of 2012
The summer of 2012 was marked by any number of hang gliding, paragliding and skydiving world record records; in fact, some records that have held their ground for decades were shattered. Let's take a...
2009 United States Paragliding Nationals
The 2009 United States Paragliding Nationals begins on Monday in Dunlap, California. Dunlap is a small community located about 40 miles east of Fresno and 20 miles west of the Sequoia National Park
The U.S....
Paragliding World Cup Tour, Brazil 2017
Between September 3rd and September 9th, 2017 the Paragliding World Cup Tour visited beautiful Pico Do Gaviao in Brazil. Pico Do Gaviao, Hawk's peak in English, is the summit of a mountain range near...
WingmanCam – A Different Perspective
Nothing enhances the thrill of a flight outing quite like recording yourself on video camera. What better way to share your adventures with the rest of the world? Filming one's own self is difficult for paragliding and...
Infinite Tumbles – World Record
There is a new paragliding acrobatic world record. Two time World Cup Champion, Horacio Llorens from Spain, has set a new World Record for Infinite Tumbles, one of the most difficult paragliding acrobatic maneuvers.
Horacio...
Red Bull X-Alps 2017
WINNERS OF THE 2017 RED BULL X-Alps RACE
1st - Christian Maurer (10 days 23 hours)
2nd - Benoit Outters (11 days 1 hour)
3rd - Paul Guschlbauer (5km from goal)
Red Bull X-Alps is a biannual race...
2014 US Paragliding Nationals
US Paragliding Nationals are on the horizon for 2014. White Owl Paragliding will be hosting the US Paragliding Nationals in Chelan, WA. The official dates have been posted, kicking it off with pilot registration...
Good Samaritan Pilot Attacked
When a paraglider pilot decided to be a Good Samaritan and talk to a group of troubled youths, he had no idea that his good deed would end up in a trip to the hospital.
