Hi and welcome to my new page.
I started Paragliding in 1992/93. Many friends made and countless places flown. Always on the hunt for the perfect spot. Sadly, all the places I visited did not make me happy as they should. Always something wrong. To loud. To crowded. To dangerous, to far or else. The list is long. Than I came to the point to find my own spot. Build my own house and create a place just I think it should be right as far as to stay and of course to fly as much as possible. It took soooo many years and so many hours. Many people gave up on me. Made jokes about me, my dreams and plenty called me “a dreamer”.
Well. I worked very hard to make it happen. Traveling around the world twice. Till I found my spot. Right here at the finest place the Algarve Coast has to offer. Aljezur. A little village about an hour from Faro. I took the chance to get my own house to build my Bed & Breakfast. Super close to the best flyable cliffs and nicest beaches around. After over one year I got a opportunity to buy my own flying field with over 35.000 sq/meters. Close to the beach and those spectacular cliffs & beaches. I wanted to make a difference here at my place. Not “just” cliff soaring. I wanted to fly cross country. So again I had to come up with a solution to get up without any hillsides close buy. So I had to walked the extra mile and purchased my own paraglider tow-winches and tow equipment. Clear’d the landing field right and get also a recovery vehicle. All that was made without any guarantee that even one person or pilot will even show up at my at this time unknown place. This is now 2 years in the past. Now after 2 years my little plant I started is growing. More and more people show up and love what I have done. More ideas I turn in to reality. Now that I am the only one around 500km radius with own paraglider tow equipment makes my spot extra special. Most around here just fly at the cliffs (what makes them stuck right there) or travel way inland to catch some little hillsides. All this I combined in my place. Coastal soaring but also cross country flying.
No only that. I also go alternative sports equipment for my guests available for those relaxing day’s if in the event of none flyable weather. All over all, the place I created has something for everyone. Beginner pilots or advanced. Youth classes and girl’s only sessions.
Much more will come and I hope to see you someday soon.
Happy fly’n and always safe landings.
Greetings,
Marcel / WestCoast-Paragliding.com
One at last.
NEVER LET NEGATIVE PEOPLE PUSH YOU DOWN. NEVER EVER STOP DREAMING UNTIL YOUR DREAM BECOMES REALITY !