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Fly Sun Valley
Fly Sun Valley conducts paragliding
flights through exclusive cooperation
with the Sun Valley Company & the US Forest
Service.
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P.O. Box 6632
160 W. 4th Street
Ketchum, ID 83340
208.726.3332
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Trips & Events
First "ABLE Pilot" Training Camp scheduled for August 8-12, 2011 in Sun Valley.
Our mission is to help people with disabilities (spinal cord injuries, amputations, and neuromuscular disease) to safely experience the freedom, joys and sense of accomplishment of free flight that paragliding offers.
The ABLE Pilot™ program is a research and instructional program designed to establish and support the development and testing of formal paragliding, hang gliding and ultralight instructional protocol and methods for student pilots with various physical disabilities.
Nearly $11,000 USD raised...
With your generosity the FSV-GoPro raffle raised $1060 for the CloudBase Foundation to benefit children in Ghana. Thanks to everyone who donated and the pilots that participated in the fund raising efforts through the CloudBase Foundation. In total, the tandem pilots that participated in the Ghana Paragliding Festival this year raised nearly $11,000!!! The monies were distributed amongst several different charities. Approximately $5000 was donated to the Village of Hope, $2000 to the Save the Children Orphanage, and the remaining amount went to water systems and filtration for several different villages.
Raffle to benifit children in Ghana...
In conjunction with GoPro, Fly Sun Valley is holding a raffle for some GoPro gear to raise funds for the Cloudbase Foundation. 100% of the funds raised will go specifically to children projects in Ghana, associated with the Ghana Paragliding Festival.
The items up for raffle are 2 GoPro Hero HD cameras ($300 retail each) and
2 LCD BacPac’s, ($80 retail each). The items will be raffled separately,
so there are 4 chances to win. Each raffle ticket is $10, 4 for $30, etc.
There is no limit to the number of raffle tickets that can be purchased.
The drawing will be on April 15th. The winners will be contacted directly
and their names posted on the Fly Sun Valley Facebook page. Anyone interested
in donating and entering the raffle should mail a check, (made out to the
"Cloudbase Foundation" ) directly to the CBF or to Fly Sun Valley.
In the memo area, please remember to print;“Ghana-GoPro/Fly Sun Valley”
to be sure you are correctly entered in the raffle. Follow the same “memo”
instructions if you make an on-line PayPal donation through the Cloudbase
Foundation website. Important: Contact Fly Sun Valley if
you make your donations directly to the CBF. Also contact
us with any questions or for more information.
Ghana Paragliding Festival April 22-25, 2011.
Once again, we will be returning (for the 5th time) to the equatorial air of West Africa to attend the Ghana Paragliding Festival, This annual event, which is sponsored by the Ghanaian government and Ministry of Tourism, is held at Easter. With its popularity growing every year, the festival has now become an integral part of the Easter holiday celebration in Ghana.
The primary purpose of our attendance is to give tandem paragliding flights
during the festival. This year we hope to give even more. As attendees of
the festival we are soliciting charitable donations to assist the children
of the area where the event is held. Last year a $3000 grant from the Cloudbase
Foundation was used to help the local orphanage with their drinking water
supply. This year we are raising funds in direct association with the Cloudbase
Foundation, an American registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. The Cloudbase
Foundation was founded by hang gliding and paragliding pilots, wanting to
help disadvantaged children, specifically the children that live in the
areas where we go to fly. It’s a small gesture, but a valuable one.
Please assist us with your support. Even a small amount of money goes a
long way in the underprivileged countries of Africa.
The Annual Ghana Paragliding Festival April 2-5, 2010.
We were invited by the Ghana Ministry of Tourism to attend the festival 3 times in the past. Images from the events are available at our website: Fly Sun Valley Ghana Paragliding Blog
Preparations are being made for the 5th Annual Ghana Paragliding Festival scheduled for April 2-5, 2010. After a break in the event last year because of the elections and new government in Ghana, we are now getting things geared up for the festival again this spring. I have had the good fortune and privilege to attend the "Ghana Paragliding Festival", three separate times. Each time I've been to the event as a tandem pilot, giving rides to those interested in launching into the skies. This festival is like no other paragliding event in the world and every time I have been to Ghana, it has been a great and unique adventure. The hospitality shown by the people of Ghana and the Ministry of Tourism is wonderful. Hundreds of cheering spectators and live music filling the air create an exciting setting for flying that I look forward to all year long. There is no better way to spend Easter than with the people of Ghana and soaring the skies over Kwahu!
One of the goals of the festival this year includes taking more local community members on tandem flights. The small fee usually charged by the Ghana Tourism Board is too great a sum of money for most of the local population. A donation program has been established for this purpose and can be found on the official Ghana Paragliding Festival website.
- US PARAGLIDING CHAMPIONSHIPS RETURN TO SV -
The 2010 US Paragliding Nationals were held again with great fanfare in Sun Valley August 30- September 5.
Two tasks, lots of fun. See the results: 2010
US PG NC SV
