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What Is Powered Paragliding?

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Summary: No wind, no worries! Paragliding with a motor keeps you in the sky. Learn how to get started in powered paragliding in this free video clip on extreme sports and stunts.

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Hugh Murphy Hugh Murphy has been paragliding and powered paragliding since the very early days of the sport. He has been a Powered Paragliding champion, but has since t... read more

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Hugh Murphy is my paragliding instructor. I highly recomend if you want to get into this sport to contact him. He really works with you on all the subtle details of this sport. A

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What Is Powered Paragliding?

Welcome to Expert Village. My name is Hugh Murphy with Surf the Sky Paragliding. In this clip, we're going to talk about how to get started in powered paragliding. One of the best ways is to watch some of your friends or neighbors who are powered paragliding pilots and ask them how they got involved. Because you always want to start with a good school. One of the best books that you can read about powered paragliding is 'Running Into the Sky' by Chris Wolf where the pilot starts out and takes you all through from his first days and learning how to control the paraglider to actually his flights in a powered paraglider. This is one of the best, highest recommendations to really thoroughly know what the sport is about. And Chris Wolf talks about in his book 'Running Into the Sky' how important it is to find a paragliding instructor to teach you the basics of the paraglider and that can also teach you the motorized aspect of paragliding. Because if you're out there in the sky and you've ran out of gas or had another situation with your motor, it's nice to know how to control a paraglider without a propeller spinning.

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