Paramotoring
paramotoring courses Spain

Extreme Sports Café is pleased to offer everyone a unique and exciting opportunity to master the sport of Paramotoring and Paragliding in the U.K. or abroad on a Paramotoring holiday. Extreme Sports Café’s partner Paramotoring center is a dedicated Paramotoring school. All the instructors are qualified and are highly experienced professionals. The Paramotoring Centre follows the Powered Flight syllabus and qualifies students as Paramotor Pilots; a world recognized Paramotoring qualification.

The courses on offer near Figueres in Spain include 1 and 2 Day Tasters for those who are interested in the sport and wish to have an action packed day out as well as 6 and 12 Day Intermediate Courses for those looking to learn how to Paramotor and acquire the Pilot qualification. All students need to arrange their own Insurance prior to sitting a Paramotoring course.
As ever this sport is governed by the weather, therefore, in the event of the weather postponing training all lost days are kept in credit to be used at a later date either in Spain or the UK. However, when not training there are plenty of other activities to keep everyone occupied. These include Skydiving, Go Karting, Scuba Diving, Kite Surfing, Paragliding, Water Skiing and many more.

For seven months of the year from April until October the school is based at a fantastic site in Catalunya in the north east of Spain. Due to the fantastic location and extra activities on offer it is possible to not only sit a Paramotoring course but also go on a family Holiday giving you a unique opportunity allowing people to learn how to fly and keep the whole family happy at the same time!
The site is a private microlight airfield with en suite accommodation, a cafe, hanger space, a swimming pool and a church! Less than 10 minutes away is the famous town of Figueres, the birthplace of Salvador Dali.
The AP-7 motorway makes the French border less than 1 hour to the north and Barcelona 2 hours to the south. There are two international airports less than 90 minutes away both of which are linked by regular bus and train services to Figueres. The Costa Brava coastline is 25 minutes to the east and provides a wide range of activities and attractions for the whole family. To the north the Pyrenees present a beautiful backdrop making Spain an even more fantastic place to learn how to fly!
In order to avoid disappointment we recommend that you contact us in advance in order to reserve your ideal dates.
Please be aware that any days that are unused will be held in credit for up to 12 months.

1-Day Parmotor Taster Course £165
The 1-Day Taster is suitable for complete beginners on holiday who wish to experience the sport and have a fun day out. They will receive a good insight in to the sport and start to learn the basic skills required.

2-Day Paramotor Taster Course £275
The 2-Day Taster is suitable for complete beginners on holiday who wish to gain more of an insight into the sport. They will start to develop more advanced skills required to fly a Paramotor and gain even more of an insight into the sport.

6-Day Paramotor Course £745
The 6-Day Course is for either Complete Beginners or Intermediate Pilots.
Complete Beginners will sit the first 6 days of the 12-day training syllabus. It consists of an introduction to the sport and equipment, launch and ground handling practice, motor usage instruction, basic lectures and, all being well, should culminate in at least one solo Paramotor flight. At the end of this course most students will have the ability of sitting a 6 Day Advanced course.
Intermediate Pilots who have sat a beginner’s course or Paraglider pilots with more than 20-hours, can sit the second 6-days of the 12-day training syllabus. The course includes more advanced practical flying and theory; culminating in an exam. At the end of this course students have the potential of acquiring a Pilot rating.

12-Day Paramotor Course £1145
The 12-Day course is designed for complete beginners or Paraglider pilots with less than 20 hours. The course is made up of both a 6-Day beginners course and a 6-Day Intermediate course.
The first week consists of an introduction to the sport and equipment, launch and ground handling practice, motor usage instruction, basic lectures and, all being well, should culminate in at least one solo Paramotor flight.
At the end of this course most students will have the ability of sitting a 6-Day Intermediate course. The second week consists of more advanced practical flying and theory; culminating in an exam. At the end of this course students have the potential of acquiring the Pilot rating.

• All the Paramotoring courses in Spain include equipment hire and insurance, instruction and logbooks, fuel and transport from Figueres to the flying site.
• All the Paramotoring courses in Spain do not include accommodation, transport to Figueres, food, drink or personal insurance.
For more of an insight into the courses please view the syllabus just below.

Extreme Sports Café’s partner Spain Paramotor centre has its own on site accommodation, which is very convenient. The prices for these rooms also include the following: En suite rooms, breakfast, use of the swimming pool, transport to/from Figueres, use of the cafe facilities and the wifi.

Single Occupancy: 45 Euros/£30 per night 315 Euros/£215 per week
Double Occupancy: 60 Euros/£40 per night420 Euros/£285 per week

Further Information: Please note that there are only 4 rooms available and they do get booked up very quickly. We therefore advise students who wish to rent these rooms to book them as soon as possible.
The Aerodrome has its own little cafe where we have a chef who prepares all of the food. Included in the accommodation package is a 'serve yourself' continental breakfast, consisting of cereal, toast, tea, coffee etc. Lunch and Supper are provided separately at an extra cost. Lunch normally consists of a Mediterranean salad, cold meats and fresh bread. Supper is good honest home cooking and dishes vary from Spanish Paella and Chinese stir-fry to beef stew and chicken stroganoff. Wine is also served during supper, which is finished off with a pudding and some cheese.
Every week, weather permitting, we also prepare a BBQ. Lunch costs €10 and supper €15: a total of €25 a day. If you have any special food requirements please contact us in advance. On certain days we go to the beach to do some ground handling or go flying. In this case we normally eat out for both lunch and supper.

Getting There:
There are two international airports less than 75 minutes from Figueres, which are serviced by a wide variety of budget airlines:
Girona Airport is 1 hour to the south and is a Ryan Air hub. There are plenty of cheap flights available from a wide range of locations around Europe. There are train and bus services from the airport to Figueres. For further information on these flights visit the Ryan Air website.
Perpignan Airport is 75 minutes to the north of Figueres, just inside the French border.
It is serviced by Ryan Air, Flybe and BMI Baby. There are train and bus services from the airport to Figueres.

In order to avoid disappointment we advise potential customers to contact us now as courses get booked up very fast!

Personal Insurance
Extreme Sports Café’s partner UK Paramotoring Centre does not provide personal insurance cover. It must be noted that Extreme Sports Café’s partner Paramotoring Centre must see proof of personnel insurance cover for all customers; without this they will not be allowed to sit a course.
Check out Extreme Sports Cafes' insurance page

Who Can Come?
Paramotoring and Paragliding are potentially dangerous sports; Therefore The Centre has the right to refuse to accept those who do not meet the following standards:
• Customers must be at least 16 years old in order to come on a course. Those wishing to bring anyone under this age should contact us in order to discuss the options available.
• Customers must be medically and physically fit enough to take part in this sport. Paragliding and Paramotoring are adventure sports and therefore require students to be in a relatively fit physical condition. If in doubt please contact us.
• Those who suffer from potentially dangerous medical conditions must contact us before booking the course
• Those whose weight exceeds 16 stone/220lbs/100Kgs should contact us before booking.
• Those who have broken, fractured or dislocated a bone within the last year should also contact us in order to discuss their situation.
• Those who have been refused instruction at previous Paragliding, Paramotoring and other sports based schools are not permitted to sit a course at this centre.

Equipment Insurance
All of Extreme Sports Café’s partner UK Paramotoring Centre’s Paramotoring courses include Equipment Insurance. In the event of equipment damage there is a £200 maximum excess charge. Therefore, in the unlikely event of an accident students will only be charged a maximum of £200 no matter what the damage may be.

Training Rules and Regulations
• When under instruction with the Centre customers must accept that the instructors’ word is final.
• Customers must adhere to all site rules and regulations when under training with the Centre and act in a safe manner at all times.
• Customers must be aware that they are taking part in adventure sports and accidents can and do occur.
• Customers must accept that they are responsible for their own actions and accept to not hold the Centre responsible for any accident or injury that may occur while under training.
• Customers must act in a safe and responsible manner at all times whilst under instruction with the Centre.
• Customers must obey the 8-hour rule; they must leave at least 8 hours in between consuming alcohol and instruction or flying.
• Customers must not smoke when under direct instruction or in the proximity of flying equipment and fuel.
• The Centre reserves the right to refuse to teach any student or not to qualify any student, until that student satisfies the appropriate standards and call a halt to training in the interest of safety, as they see fit.

A) Introductory Course: Paramotor Day 1
1. Introduction to the Sport
2. Air the Element Lecture
3. Principles of Flight Lecture
4. Parts of a Wing
5. Untangling, folding and care of the wing
6. Motor Check List
7. Safe starting procedures
8. Wearing the motor and running it
9. Hang test, adjustments and pre flight checks

B) Introductory Course Continued: Paramotor Day 2
1. Launch practise
2. Ground Handling; both forward and reverse
3. Low Hops or Hand Towing or Tandem Trial Lesson
4. Further rig work with the motor
5. Debrief and log entries

C) Student Level Course: Paramotor Days 3-5
1. Further launch and ground handling practise; demonstrate proficiency
at both forward and reverse launch.
Either:
2. Low hops continued; consistently demonstrate correct launch, control
and landing procedures with the wing from a slope no higher than 75ft.
Or:
3. Correctly complete the Paramotor Dual Flight Exercises

Training Continued:
4. Demonstrate the correct pre flight checks on the motor and wing
5. Demonstrate the correct methods of clipping into the motor and wing and
the correct safety checks prior to launch
6. Launch practise with the wing whilst attached to motor with motor off
7. Launch practise with the wing whilst attached to motor with motor on
8. Pre flight checks and Solo Flight Plan with the instructor
9. First Solo Flight with a Paramotor

D) Pilot Level Course: Paramotor Days 6-12

Practical:
1. Site assessments and organisational skills
2. Weather or not!
3. Multiple circuit patterns
4. Multiple take-offs and landings
5. Multiple emergency and spot landings
6. Multiple power on and power off landings
7. Three basic navigational tasks
8. In flight restarting
9. Two limited fuel tasks
10. 30kms triangle cross-country flight
11. Equipment Maintenance
12. Awareness of certain equipment combinations
13. Precision flying

Theory:
1. Navigation
2. Flight Management
3. Fuel Management
4. Basic Air Law
5. Basic Meteorology
6. How to repair a wing
7. Further Air Law
8. Further Meteorology
9. Precision flying
10.Pilot Level Exam

Extreme Sports Café’s partner Paramotoring Centre uses the Parajet Volution paramotor, the Paramania Revolution, Swing Arcus and the Apco Thrust wings in the training school. This allows students to test the products that are on sale before deciding whether they wish to purchase them. All students’ are eligible for certain discounts if they sit a course and purchase equipment. Extreme Sports Café’s partner Paramotoring Centre sells all of the previously mentioned products as well as the Paramania Action GT wing, Gin One G Reserve and a wide range of other accessories.

What to Bring?
Customers are advised to bring the following:
• Any evidence of previous experience. E.g. a logbook.
• Boots, which cover and give support the ankle.
• Long trousers, warm jumpers, jackets, gloves, hats etc.
• Any personal flying equipment. E.g. a wing/paramotor.
• A camera, sun cream and lots of water if the weather is good.
• Proof of their own insurance cover for the duration of the course.
• A determined and safe attitude!

Once we have received your deposit and booking, customers will receive further information regarding the course structure, contact details and information regarding meeting us on the first day. It is therefore fundamental that those wishing to sit a course must book in advance of the course.

All of our Paramotor courses can be Booked Online.