Paragliding on Maui, Hawaii, Haleakala Crater - Beach, Alex Merk 

Nicely done…!

cool thanks :) This is definitely on my to do list when I come to live in Hawaii

yeah, you definitely want to fly with the locals, proflight is the school on maui. haleakula launch is at 10,000 feet, so you fly through several different layers of atmosphere, creating a greater risk of wind shear. But occassionally the waves line up, and off you go! That was an Aloha video for sure!

from about 9500 got up to almost 12000, then down to 0, i guess average was 6K )))

Great video! Will be there next week.

Very sweet!

love it, did u need to ask permission or is it just go up and fly

OMG That was soooo amazing!!! I would love to do that one day! Is it hard to maneuver? Do you have to be a professional to work the paragliding thing?

Man that was awesome. I used to live in the Kehei area, so it was nice to se some familiar landmarks. Question though - I'm just looking into getting my P2, so I'm not familiar with the flight rules yet. But I thought the approach into Kahului was from the SW, which you are coming fairly close to. Do you have to familiarize yourself with the airspace quite a bit? Or does GPS help with this? What about the tourist helicopters? I'm sure they are VFR, so they have to give you the wide berth?

nice fly Maui and Big Island pardise Gruss Georg, Germany

Haleakala looks like the greatest paragliding spot because of the thermals and elevation.

one of the coolest YT vids out there. figure a way to bring along a paying customer & this is a license to print money.

yes

Awesome video, what was the average altitude?

nice!

Are you still flying there? I would love to fly Maui again. :-)

flew there 85,wish had my paraglider then flew comet 1 landed makena

You start off the top of the Volcano at 10,000 feet then descend to sea level.

just go and fly! If you are a certified paraglider...if not find a paragliding school in your area, its about $2K to get signed off plus all teh gear $4-6K

Hello! Is it forbidden right now to fly from Haleakala? When it was possible?

landing at sidewalks beach nice

Curious what the law or liability is regarding landing on the beach where people may not suspect that something may be landing from the sky? It be horrible to land on an adult or child and injure them.

Hi! Very glad that u like it, should join us then. Its not that hard, gotta go to paragliding school, get certified (3-6 weeks), get all the gear (total $6000-8000 school included) and you ready for a cool adventure anywhere in the world. Have any questions call (808 280 6755