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  • How to Land Your Paraglider in Water

    Posted on May 9, 2012 by admin

    If you ever have to spash down, you'd better know how.
    Landing in water is not an exact science. For chrissakes, don't listen to those who pretend it is.

    Without a quick-release system, landing in a tree is generally preferable to landing in water. If you have no other landing option but the water, here's your plan [...]


    This post was posted in News and was tagged with paragliding tips, paragliding smart, paragliding safety, water landings

  • Flyin' in the Rain?!
    How To Minimize the Damage

    Posted on May 9, 2012 by admin

    The best advice? Think before you launch.
    Crazy springtime weather patterns, poor planning or just plain bad luck: if you're in the air, rain sucks. Do you know what to do if you're flying your paraglider and a raincloud suddenly pops up and soaks you? The following are, of course, totally dependent on how intensely the [...]


    This post was posted in News and was tagged with paragliding tips, rain, weather, paragliding in rain, paragliding safety, wing care

  • Welcome to May!
    Or, Two Ways Not To Break Yourself This Spring

    Posted on May 9, 2012 by admin

    The springtime sees more accidents than any other season -- generally, because pilots are rusty from a winter on the ground. If you've had a long season of sporadic flying (or none at all), there are plenty of factors you can address to put luck on your side.

    Prepare Yourself

    One of the reasons we see a [...]


    This post was posted in News and was tagged with dangerous, springtime flying, paragliding tips, paragliding smart, safety, be a better pilot

  • The Top Six Misconceptions About Paragliding

    Posted on May 9, 2012 by admin

    This is *not* parasailing. Sheesh.
    When you spend as much time in the sport of paragliding as we do, you hear a lot of nonsense. Today, we at Cloud 9 were inspired to set a few things straight.

    1. Paragliding does not occur behind a boat in Jamaica.

    That's parasailing (and you would not believe how often we [...]


    This post was posted in News and was tagged with paragliding, paragliding myths, paragliding answers, paragliding Q&A, dangerous, wind

  • Winter? Over. Water- and Traction-Kiting Season? On.
    Let Cloud 9 Toys Help You Prep.

    Posted on May 9, 2012 by admin

    Spring. Finally.
    Let's face it -- this was pretty much the crappiest snow kiting season on record (at least for us, in Utah). Between the complete lack of coverage and the super-short season, we were entirely out of luck.

    Happily, the short winter means that the traction-and-water-kiting season is coming up quickly. (A couple of athletes have [...]


    This post was posted in News and was tagged with ozone trainer kites, new ozone releases, snowkiting, traction kiting, kitesurfing, point of the mountain

  • Cloud 9 Speed Flying Demo Team rips it up at Snowbird at World Freeride Tour

    Posted on January 25, 2012 by steve

    Check out Steve, Kevin and Steve at Snowbird Utah.  The guys at the World Freeride Tour sent over this clip they put together.  I think we were all on Ozone Bullets for this outing.http://www.paragliders.com/speed-flying/ozone-bullet-gt-wing-only.html
    We have to get special permits through the USHPA and get clearance from Snowbird to fly here so please know Snowbird is [...]


    This post was posted in News, Events and was tagged with paraglide, speed fly, ozone, bullet, snowbird, mini wing

  • New product just in: The Quo Vadis!

    Posted on October 21, 2011 by admin

    Today we received the first shipment of the new Sup’Air reversible harness: the Quo Vadis. They look really nice!The designers have really done a great job; this harness has all the features you want and none that you don’t. If you’re looking for a full-featured, lightweight harness that comes complete with a seatboard, integrated reserve [...]


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  • A week of repairs...

    Posted on October 21, 2011 by admin

    The repair shop is swamped with a fresh batch of repairs. It seems like everyone tried to:

    land in trees
    match their glider against a 4-wheeler
    melt a nice set of holes in their wing with a hot exhaust pipe

    …all in the same week.  Yeah.
    It looks like our repair ninjas will be working around the clock to get [...]


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  • Epic Day for Cloud 9 Toys

    Posted on October 12, 2011 by admin

    An epic day for Cloud 9 Toys. It started with 15 tandems this morning on the south side of the Point of the Mountain, and one of my customers decided to put on a cape and carry a snake with him during the flight. (?!) Today’s four students all were from out of town, and [...]


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  • We Saved a Life Today!

    Posted on October 2, 2011 by admin

    We saved a life today! OK, we didn’t throw ourselves in front of a train to save a puppy, but close enough. This story used to play out as commonly as three or four times a year, but now this stuff only happens once in a while. It goes like this:
    We had a customer come [...]


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