When you think of the words ’attractive’ and ‘paramotor,’ they usually never belong in the same sentence. The butt fans we putt around in the sky on tend to make us look like awkward turtles, not race car drivers. There’s a new paramotor in town that may have officially changed that theory. [...]
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The Scout Carbon FIber Paramotor Now Available in the USA
Posted: 2nd May 2013 by Jeff in Extreme News, New Products, ParamotorTags: scout paramotor, scout powered paraglider
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This is Huge – SafeStart Paramotor Starting System – Avoid Prop Strikes on Start Up
Posted: 22nd March 2013 by Jeff in Accidents, Extreme News, Paramotor, TrainingTags: paramotor safety, prop strike accidents, scout paramotors safestart, scout paramotors technology, usppa
Every once in awhile a product comes into a market that has the potential to safe and change peoples lives. The new SafeStart system from Scout Paramotors is definitely one of those devices. This system is a small electronic unit that has the power to kill your engine on start up should it rev past [...]
Young Pilot Injured after Suffering Collapse on Ozone Glider
Posted: 14th March 2013 by Jeff in Accidents, Extreme News, ParamotorTags: ozone slalom collapse, powered pargliding crash, young pilot suffers collapse
This young pilot suffered a major collapse towards the end of the video. The cause looks to be heavy braking while in reflex mode while possibly getting waked at the same time. This is a major no no on most brands of reflex gliders. Unfortunately we see the severity of not adhearing to that. It [...]
Back from Salton Sea 2013 – Paramotor Fly In
Posted: 13th February 2013 by Jeff in Events, Extreme News, ParamotorTags: paramotor fly in, powered paragliding event, Salton Sea 2013, Salton Sea 2014, team fly halo
I had a chance to attend Salton Sea this year for the first time. I met up with my two flying buddies and Team Fly Halo owners for a killer week of fun. We started off at Glamis for some sand dune flights, it was pretty amazing. I felt like I was [...]
Heading Out To Oregon – Team Fly Halo Training
Posted: 28th August 2012 by Jeff in Extreme News, Featured, New Products, ParamotorTags: powered paragliding training, team fly halo training
ExtremePPG.com has teamed up with Team Fly Halo for the ultimate powered paragliding training. I will be heading out west to help Byron and Shane with the first official class for Team Fly Halo. Byron and Shane are awesome pilots and even better instructors. I can’t wait to see the first 5 students get [...]
