Jakob Haavik
As a paragliding pilot, my main discipline and passion lie in acrobatic flying. I am constantly pushing myself to improve my skills and techniques in this challenging and exciting aspect of the sport. In addition to acrobatics, I also enjoy cross-country flights, hike-and-fly adventures, and sharing my love of paragliding with others through tandem flying and instruction.
The start and the never-ending learning
Guiding the Via Ferrata in Loen, Norway led me to meet "the Flying Chicken". A Paragliding Acro pilot. He was a colleague, and we lived in a complex together as guides for the Ferrata. Seeing him doing some weird dances in the living room made me curious!
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I joined to sit in the rescue boat and tried to understand what the fuss was all about. After a short while, one of the acro pilots took me for a Tandem flight as thanks for sitting in the Rescue boat.
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I'll never forget the feeling of being free in the air, the beautiful sunset, and being completely in the moment!
This flight led me to start my never-ending Learning adventure of Airsports. Signing up for my Para Pro license in 2020. Til now only 2 years later when I'm about to receive my Para Pro 5 license, which is the highest level of the Para Pro license. But is just the opening to be allowed to start going freely on long advanced Paragliding Adventures. Adventures where there is always something to learn from!
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Tag along to follow some of my adventures and how I'm preparing for them!