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Breathe - Paragliding San Antonio Mountain HighDesertGlider 1,336 views Members of the Sandia Soaring Association and Mountain Flyers converged for a true New Mexico fly-in at San Antonio Mountain. I think we may have paradise at our backdoor!...
Return to Vail HighDesertGlider 286 views I can't believe it's been a whole year since I last flew in the Vail valley. Weather was very different this time around, no prevailing/sustained winds... so no ridge soar...
Clouds of Day in Santa Fe (Dawn 'til Dusk) ADD &fmt=18 to URL! AMAZING! HighDesertGlider 221 views A typical July day in Santa Fe during "monsoon" season. If you add &fmt=18 to the end of the URL, you get very high quality sound and video... really cool.
Spring Snowboarding in Santa Fe HighDesertGlider 600 views Filmed using the Oregon Scientific action cam. During Spring Break, my oldest son and I enjoyed our last snowboarding runs of the season. In the first week of April, the ...
Desert Training Hill (and the world's biggest rattlesnake) HighDesertGlider 32,058 views I've had this video sitting on my laptop for a few months... I figured I'd upload so one can get an idea of the MountainFlyers t-hill situated right next to the Sunport. O...
The Dark Side...I AM your fah-tha! (PPG) HighDesertGlider 1,081 views This is a (somewhat) comical remix of a fellow pilot's footage intended to be debuted at our annual BBQ. I couldn't make it, so I'm posting it here. A few inside jokes, b...
One fine day paramotoring in New Mexico (Crash) HighDesertGlider 6,689 views A fun fall morning paramotoring with friends at Rio Rancho, NM. A strong temperature inversion with high winds aloft meant cold down below and one helluva wind shear to go...
Cessna TO/L (Santa Fe, NM) and an AT-6/SNJ HighDesertGlider 1,371 views I finally got back in the air today. Flew a lunchtime flight out of Santa Fe and around Tent Rocks, Cochiti Reservoir, and La Bajada cliffs, then along the Rio Grande. Ab...
Cessna TO/L (KMMR/Aeroflex - Lake at both ends of runway) HighDesertGlider 838 views This is nowhere near as exciting as paragliding, but very rewarding nonetheless due to the wide variety of skills and knowledge required... especially if you learn in the b...
SIV (in clouds with awesome music) HighDesertGlider 1,284 views Due to various extenuating circumstances (including very high winds), participants got only a few tows up to as high as 3000+ feet. From there, we practiced what we could....

About High Desert Paragliding

This has become a video journal of sorts highlighting some of the paragliding adventures my son and I have experienced in the Southwest. All video compilations are set to music. This site is even more special to me now that my son no longer paraglides with me. I'm very grateful that we shared what we did when we did.

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