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A curated list of awesome paragliding resources with focus on North America west coast
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A curated list of awesome paragliding resources with focus on North America west coast
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/jeksys/awesome-paragliding
- Owner: jeksys
- License: mit
- Created: 2019-12-31T01:29:38.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2021-04-08T18:12:31.000Z (over 3 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-05-21T08:08:19.311Z (7 months ago)
- Size: 508 KB
- Stars: 1
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 2
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- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# Awesome Paragliding
A curated list of awesome resourses for paragliding with focus on North America West coast
## Flying Locations
### British Columbia
- Benny
- [Little Nic](sites/little_nic.md)
- Bridal falls
- [Grouse Mountain](https://gmft.westcoastsoaringclub.com/flying-grouse), P3 only
- Pemberton
- [Woodside Mountain](http://www.flybc.org/siteoftheday.htm) by Jim Reach - Woodside mountain, BC, near Harrison Hot Springs
- [Lumby](https://www.freedomflightschool.com/) - Lubmy, BC, 5 hour drive from Vancouver, camping
- [Savona](https://www.flyok.ca/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=121), 3.5 hour drive from Vancouver, camping
- [Sun Peaks, ski resort](sun_peaks.md)
- [Revelstok](http://revelstokeparagliding.com/visiting-pilot-info/)
- [Hedly]
- ~Whistler Blackcomb~ :(### Washington, US
- Mailbox
- [Tiger Mnt, Seattle](http://nwparagliding.com/PilotInfo/TigerMountain/tabid/236/Default.aspx)
### California, US
- [Mussel Rock Park, Paragliding Site aka “The Dumps”](http://www.paragliding-lessons.com/mrsg/)## Paragliding Tours
### Mexico
- [Sea to Sky Paragliding](https://www.seatoskyparagliding.com/tours/) by Guy Herrington
### Nepal
- [Let Fly Paragliding](http://www.letflyparagliding.com/nepal-clinic-and-tours-1) with Ivan Ripoll
### World
- [Unique Paragliding Vacations](https://paragliding.bstoked.net/)## Clinics
### SIV
- [Let Fly Paragliding with Dilan Benedetti](http://www.letflyparagliding.com/siv)- 3.5 days, $1150 USD, Napa Valley, CA, USA
- [iParaglide](http://www.iparaglide.com/paragliding-siv-acro-vancouver/) - $1200 CAD, 2+1 days, Pitt Lake, BC- [SIV Clinic](https://www.sivclinic.com) - $950USD, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- [Paraglidingmexico with Marko Hrgetic](https://www.paraglidingmexico.com/en/courses/siv-courses-yelapa) - 2-4 days, $600CAD - $1100CAD -> [Yelapa, Mexico](https://goo.gl/maps/VQuLpDhtimQXytyy6)
- [Passion Paragliding](https://www.passionparagliding.com/siv) - £765, [Oludeniz, Turkey](https://goo.gl/maps/c4PMG3tYY8CnUGM7A)
- [Fly Spain](https://www.flyspain.co.uk/paragliding-holidays-courses/pilotage-siv/) - [Oludeniz, Turkey](https://goo.gl/maps/c4PMG3tYY8CnUGM7A)
- [Flyeo](https://flyeo.com/en/siv-course-2/) - [Annecy, France](https://goo.gl/maps/RHgJmSfgcjbHb1wN8)### XC
- [Eagle Paragliding, Inc](https://paragliding.com/services/clinics/thermal-xc-clinic/) - 3 days, $795 USA, mostly in California, USA
- [Passion Paragliding](https://www.passionparagliding.com/siv) [Oludeniz, Turkey](https://goo.gl/maps/c4PMG3tYY8CnUGM7A)
- [SeaToSky paragliding](https://www.seatoskyparagliding.com/), Guy Herrington### Ground handling
- [Groundhandling retreat](https://www.groundhandlingchallenge.com/retreat) - 890 Eur, Silver Coast, Portugal## Clubs and associations
### Canada
- [West Coast Soaring Club](https://www.westcoastsoaringclub.com/)
- [Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association of Canada](https://www.hpac.ca/pub/)
- [Fly BC](http://www.flybc.org/siteoftheday.htm) by Jim Reach - Woodside mountain, BC, near Harrison Hot Springs
- [The Freedom Flight Park](https://www.freedomflightschool.com/) - Lubmy, BC, 5 hour drive from Vancouver
### USA
#### Washington
- [Seattle Paragliding, Seattle](http://www.seattleparagliding.com/tiger.php)## Planning
- [Paragliding Planning and Airspace](https://flyxc.app)
- [Paragliding Map](https://www.paraglidingmap.com/app/)
### Weather
- [Canada RASP](http://canadarasp.com/windgrams/select-windgram.htm)
### Navigation
- [How to read nav charts](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2016/06/08/how-to-read-an-aeronautical-chart/)
- [How to read RASP](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHksP0QCPW0)
- [Windgram explained](http://wxtofly.net/windgramexplain.html)## Logbooks and flight analyse tools
- [Leonardo - paralog](http://www.paraglidingforum.com/leonardo)
- [Flying track visualiser](https://ayvri.com/)## Learn
### Yotube
- [Flybubble](https://www.youtube.com/user/FlybubbleParagliding)
- [Andre Bandarra](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzYf1cmKwDMSiII9SSp6IJw/featured) - ground handling
### Blogs
- [Dust of the universe - Testing recent paragliders and flying gear](http://ziadbassil.blogspot.com/)
- [Flybubble](https://flybubble.com/blog/gearguides/paraglider-reviews)
- [Groundhandling challenge](https://www.groundhandlingchallenge.com/retreat) by Andre Bandarra
- [Упал – отжался. Главное правило в горах.](http://www.para2000.ru/xc/xcfly/upal-otzhalsya)
- [Я есть ГРУТ! – Главное правило равнинного пилота.](http://www.para2000.ru/xc/xcfly/plants_rules/)## Pilot Requirements
### [P3 Canada](https://hpac.ca/pub/?pid=363#PG3)
- minimum of 30 flying days
- at least 90 flights
- minimum of 60 hours of airtime
- HAGAR and P3 exam## Safety
### Insurance
### Tracking## Paragliding equipment
- [Ozon](https://www.flyozone.com/paragliders/)
- [Nova](https://www.nova.eu/en/home/)
- [SupAir](https://www.supair.com/en/)
- [Niviuk](http://niviuk.com/en/)### Vario
- [SkyDrop and SkyBean](https://skybean.eu/) - 230 EUR and 80 EUR# TODO & ideas
- how to setup inReach for paragliging, including insurance
- If I buy a new ENB paraglide today
- https://paragliding.bstoked.net/listings/fly-over-adriatic/