by Jeff Goin | Jun 18, 2011 | Tributes
One of my early memories of Bob Armond was in Mexico. He had just started instructing and decided to have a casual just-for-fun gathering at Baja Seasons resort in La Salinas, Baja California, Mexico. A lot off his students showed up but so did a lot of other with...
by Jeff Goin | May 17, 2011 | News
For a period in 2011 I harbored the delusion that I would be able to output periodic news articles from around the sport. It was cool while it lasted but other projects took too much time and I think had greater contribution. These are retained for possible historic...
by Jeff Goin | May 17, 2011 | Parapinions
On founding the US Powered Paragliding Association Be leery of any instructor railing against the USPPA. There’s a good chance they’re objecting to its training standards which were established to improve training safety and thoroughness. They require more...
by Jeff Goin | May 9, 2011 | Reviews: Paragliders
MacPara has a solid reputation for building easy inflating wings with good handling and the tradition continues. Like many manufacturers they haven’t made really small sizes for general sales but the Chronos changes that. An number of pilots like to fly more...
by Jeff Goin | May 9, 2011 | Reviews: Paragliders
Dudek has come up with another innovative Reflex wing, the Hadron, to entice competition pilots and anyone wanting speed with good handling. I’ve heard several pilots say it wasn’t intended to be fast but, as you’ll see from the results, it’s...
