Paragliding
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You can now learn Paragliding with Extreme Sports Café in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Extreme Sports Café has teamed up with well know Paragliding school in Australia. Their reputation worldwide and nationally of teaching students to a high level is contributed to these factors. We believe in using only the latest, newest and proven training equipment for our training courses, along with small class sizes for the comfort of course participants and ease of learning.

Our training sites are the best in the country, our school has the best safety record in the country, we don't experiment with your learning experience using apprentice instructors, and we operate all year round offering a 12-month service not a seasonal service. We are the only place where you can learn all aspects of the sport. On most weekends (year round) we run continuous follow up training after your course at No extra cost. Our goal is to make your course or flight a Holiday learning experience to be remembered.
Located on the dynamic and pristine Holiday coast of NSW, only 20 minutes south of Port Macquarie and just 31⁄2 hours drive north of Sydney. The North Coast was voted best all year round climate in Australia by government researchers, the CSIRO! You can travel easily to our area by plane, train or bus, we are located in a major tourist destination not miles from nowhere.
With all our training courses we complete the license requirements set by the HGFA and Civil Aviation Authority's recognised standards and more! The Hang Gliding Federation of Australia endorses our training program. We teach by a method not found in other locations as we have training sites that are on the coast in smooth uninterrupted air, which allows the students to go tandem and take the controls whilst the instructor sits in the back seat guiding you through the finer art of flying a paraglider.

Paragliding Tandem Flights in Sydney, Australia.

After a pre-flight briefing on paragliding and what you are about to experience, you are coached on how to work with your pilot to launch and land successfully. Once in the air you can relax and enjoy the view and commentary from your pilot.

We fly from several locations in the Port Macquarie area, choose from two different flights.

Coastal Tandem Paragliding Flights - Flying high over coastal headlands
Mountain Tandem Paragliding Flights - Flying from 2000-foot high mountain ranges.

One-Day Introductory Paragliding Course
Get familiarised with the great sport of paragliding!
This course is for people who want to give it a go and see if paragliding is for them. It includes an Instructional Tandem Flight, as well as several hours ground handling.
This course can be deducted from a full Paragliding license course. It also covers the first day of our normal License courses. It’s a great introductory to Paragliding and gives the new Pilot a great insight into the sport. Third-Party Insurance is Included.

$A225 Course Only

If you have three or more in your group, you can book this introductory paragliding course ANY weekend. If coming individually, this one-day course starts with any of our weeklong courses.

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Two Full Days of Paragliding Action!
It’s a great introductory to Paragliding and gives the new Pilot a great insight into the sport. Practical starts day one with placing you in our classroom simulator in which you are shown the basics of ground and in flight manoeuvres/controls. Then onto controlling the paraglider close to the ground. Expect bunny hops from a gentle slope. In the afternoon or the following day we go to a suitable site for the first major solo flights, normally from 50 - 500 feet sites depending on personal progress.
This course can be deducted from a full license course. It also covers the first 2 days of our normal License courses.
It’s a great introductory to Paragliding and gives the new Pilot a great insight into the sport. Third-Party Insurance Included and New High Adventure DVD.

$330 Course Only

If you have three or more in your group, you can book this introductory paragliding course ANY weekend. If coming individually, this 2-day course starts with any of our weeklong courses.

Paragliding course booking online coming soon... Please contact us for more info, or to book now.

Get to do solo paragliding flights in Australia!

This course is for people who want to give it a go and see if paragliding is for them. It includes an Instructional Tandem Flight, as well as several hours ground handling. You should in 4 days be flying solo.

This course takes in the first 4 days of the International requirements and gets you to a stage in which you will do flights from up to 1000 feet solo!
Budget and moderate accommodation can be arranged if you require it. This 4-Day course can be done during any of the normal 7 to 9 day course dates or select you own 4 days (please contact us to arrange unscheduled days)!

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HGFA and International Paragliding Certificate Course

Do this course on weekends or in a Block time frame. This is the HGFA license program covering, ground and high flight basics from 500 - 1500 feet, Mountain or Soaring on the Coast! We teach by an accelerated learning process by using tandem instruction on the first day or two as found similar in Parachuting. This is the only course in Australia, which consolidates both Inland and Coastal Skills! It’s important to learn both skills, as winds are generally stronger on the coast. We are the only place where you can do BOTH in a week. This course takes you to a level beyond that of the Club Pilot.
On average most people reach the certificate standard in just in 7 days.
Includes: 7 days of training and 7 nights accommodation
Does not include HGFA Insurance membership fee of $101!

This course is for our 2007 scheduled Dates only.

Scheduled Paragliding Course Dates - AUS$1490

For an extra $200 get 10 days of training and 9 nights accommodation

Please contact Extreme Sports Cafe for more info, or to book now.

Live-in International Paragliding Rating Course

This paragliding course is aimed at the serious pilot wanting the most out of a course!

14-Day Package course with Glider and accessories!
The HGFA Novice License and IPP Course! This course is for persons wanting the certificate that allows you to fly without instructor supervision plus obtain the International Pilot Proficiency card enabling you to fly worldwide! This is a comprehensive course covering all the requirements to achieve certificate level plus we add more to give you the best skills available to enter the sport. We teach Coastal, Mountain and Inland thermal soaring skills, separate skills are needed for all these.

This extensive paragliding course offers little pressure on deadlines and takes you to a higher level outside the certificate requirements. With our selection of over 15 flying sites from our small top landing beach sites to 2000 feet high mountains, we offer the full spectrum of the sport No other location can be found anywhere in the country like ours!

This Paragliding Package Includes
• New UP (Ascent) take you pick of colors, these are gliders that you can grow into..
• New Highway harness from Apco the best harness on the market today, so many extras that other harnesses dont have.
• Charly Full-face helmet.

Does not include HGFA Insurance membership fee of $101!

$6790 New Paraglider, New Harness and Helmet!

NOTE : The best time of year to come and do this paragliding course is between September and May whilst thermal conditions are still abundant...

With the 14-day course it is a 9-day course block and then to qualify for the remaining 5 days of training it has to be completed on your own wing be it new or second hand.

Learning to Paraglide is not all hands on; some days are utilized doing theory classes when weather is unsuitable for practical training and most mornings theory is done prior to practical days as we need to complete a 40 page work book with all our courses set by the Hang-gliding Federation of Australia.

Your instructor will take you through each step of this workbook in great detail and will ensure you understand all the theoretical requirements. Do not be alarmed by the theory component, no one has ever failed including dyslexic pilots!

As our class sizes are no greater than six persons at a time, each student pilot gets his or her personal, near new flight gear to be used for the duration of your course. You are suited appropriately to your gear depending on your weight and height and will be familiar with all your gear by day two.

Note:
Our courses do not cover any accident insurance please see our web site insurance pages for more information.

Please contact Extreme Sports Cafe for more info, or to book now.