Description
Dunlap, California ( 3 Days $995)
Dunlap has been the site of numerous paragliding competitions, and one of the locations for the Northern California Cross Country League. This site offers Great combination of both mountain and flat land thermal flying opportunities. Pilots can camp or stay at lodging near launch which makes for a nice relaxing morning before the days flying activities. Pilots who have join us for these clinics always end up coming back. The area is beautiful and due west of Kings Canyon National Park. Eagle Staff have won tasks, and ended up on the podium at the national championships held at Dunlap making flights south just short of Bakersfield. Let these pilots show you the area, and get you out on you next XC mission at this great paragliding site.
Marshall – San Bernardino, California ( 3 Days $995)
Marshall is one of California’s most consistent sites, and renowned for strong thermal conditions mid-day. We get newer pilots off early and late in the day at our clinics and fly through mid day with experienced pilots on XC missions. Marshall is a one of the eagle staff’s favorite sites to sneak way and do big XC flights when the weather and conditions line up for the site. Its a great place for our staff to get you airtime if your working on thermaling technique. We enjoy team flying down range at Marshall as well. Aaron Price organizes the Southern California XC League events, and Marshall is one of the go to sites for these races. Our clinic goals at Marshall are to allow you to become familiar with the area, and understand where the thermal triggers are located. We also hope to show you possible lines to follow when making moves down range on XC missions.
Owens Valley, California ( 3 Days $1295)
We fly the Owens in the spring and fall. The Sierra’s and White mountains provide excellent thermal and XC opportunities. We often partner up with Dave Turner at Sierra Paragliding or these clinics. Dave is also a guide on our tours in Colombia. The Owens Valley offers a variety of launch locations, and we will make a move to the launch which matches our forecast for the day. We can work as a group and team fly here as well, and put out some big distance numbers. The State distance record is held from a flight in this area by Dave Turner. The area is world famous and worth a trip in the fall or spring for some classic flying, and big distance opportunities.
Pine Mountain, California ( 3 Days $995)
Eagle has organized clinics at Pine Mountain off Highway 33 behind Ojai. Two local legends Tom Truax a.k.a. “Sundowner“, and “Diablo”, Tony Deleo each set the California state distance record from this site back in the 90’s. September is our favorite month to do clinics out there, and we held a clinic there years ago where a pilot flew 50 miles on his first Cross Country flight. We followed the Team Flying strategy we share at our clinics and on our tours with a group of pilots on this flight. The pilot wrote up a story of his experience for Paragliding Magazine called “50 Miles on my first XC Flight“. Our favorite time of the year to do clinics out there is September. The beautiful thing about the launch is its omni-directional. Pilots have made moves in just about every direction after getting up to higher altitudes.
Santa Barbara, California ( 3 Days $995)
Santa Barbara has a very long mountain flying season extending from September through early June. These clinics are aimed to get pilots familiar with the thermal triggers, and lines to take to get from lift source to lift source moving down the range. We often set tasks similar to race to goal events much like the SB HoeDown organized by local flying guru Aaron “Cracka” LaPlante. Have a look at his Cracka Sauce YouTube Channel to have a laugh while learning about flying all our flying sites. After attending this clinic you will have a better understanding of the moves necessary to get down range, and the confidence to get through the pass and fly to Ojai and beyond.
Topa Topa Mountains – Ojai, California ( 3 Days $995)
Our Ojai clinics happen May through October. These clinics take us away from the ocean air on the south coast, and has us flying the Topa Topa mountain range. We usually launch from Chiefs Peak. We can utilize other launches if needed. We fly around the Ojai Valley, and often push east flying XC toward Fillmore and Piru. We also launch Nordoff Ridge when Santa Ana conditions are present, and its possible to fly back to Santa Barbara on these flights. After attending the Ojai clinic you will have a better understanding of the moves necessary to fly the Ojai Valley, and the confidence to head eat toward Fillmore and Piru.
Woodrat Mountain, Oregon (7 Days $1895)
Woodrat Mountain in southern Oregon is where the Rat Race competition has been held over the years. The even is now called the Applegate Open. This clinic focuses on allowing pilots to become familiar with the area, and route flown during the competition held each June. We will set tasks, and incorporate the strategies, considerations, and mindset that are a part of XC and race to goal flying. This clinic is great as it prepares pilots for the competition the following week. The staff leading these clinics have been on the podium at the race to goal competitions held from this site, and know the area very well. The RVHPGA is the flying community who calls this their home site. This group of pilots and community members are organize, and super friendly. They make it easy to be an informed pilot, and to help preserve one of the best summer flying sites in the USA. Eagle Paragliding chose Woodrat Mountain and the local flying community as the location for the feature film shoot for “The Upside” starring Bryan Cranston, Kevin Hart, and Nicole Kidman which shot in the spring of 2017.
The Fine Print…
Deposits and full clinic payments are refundable only if a qualified replacement can be found. Clinic spaces are transferable to another individual. Eagle Paragliding reserves the right to modify, change, or delete any aspect of the tour programs or fees at any time. We strongly recommend that pilot have their own medical insurance, and travel medical insurance. If you have anything you feel may prevent you from having the physical or mental ability please contact us to inquire. There are no credits if we are unable to complete tour flying due to weather.
