"Professional, friendly, and most of all fun from start to finish, I must thank Flying Frenzy for getting me started, I wish I had done it years ago."

All our training courses follow the excellent BHPA paragliding hill syllabus which lays out a structured and progressive programme with enough flexibility for us to tailor your training to fit you. Our courses on offer are as follows:

Taster Day £120

The FFPG taster day is the best way to experience paragliding. We work hard to get you progressed as far as possible - usually by the end of the day you will have had a solo flight from the main slope.
The day will include:

• Introduction to the sport and paperwork
• Basic theory of paragliding aerodynamics and local airflow
• Daily canopy and equipment checks
  Safety procedures
• Pre-flight checks
• Canopy inflation and control on the ground
• Take-offs
• Low hops
• First flights from main slope if time and your rate of progress allow

Taster Day Vouchers
If you'd like to buy a Taster Day as a gift for someone we can send you a voucher  - click here

Elementary Pilot (EP) £450

The EP is the first BHPA level of competence.
By the end of the EP, you will be able to:

Club Pilot £550

The BHPA level of competence required to fly without direct instruction, within a club environment.
By the end of the CP, you will be able to:

You will also have at least 30 minutes of soaring flights and will have gained further theoretical knowledge of Meteorology, Principles of flight, Airlaw and General Airmanship. You will have passed the CP exam and shown your instructors that you have an attitude to paragliding sufficiently responsible to leave the school environment.

Booking form links

We do like to talk to you if at all possible before booking up but if you are ready to make your booking click on one of these links...

Please note that these are all Microsoft Word Documents and so should print out nicely on two sides of A4 on most systems.If you are able to print it onto one sheet of paper that makes our filing very much easier -thanks! If your computer produces an unusably strange looking document, contact us and we can post you out a paper versions.

What is included and what is not

Equipment ~ The EP course fees include hire of all the equipment you need - Paraglider, Harness and Helmet. As you start the Club Pilot course you will need to buy a helmet and will be thinking about getting your own equipment. We stock the best of the new wings around and have a good range of second-hand canopies. We will make sure your purchases suit your paragliding style, abilities and aspirations.

BHPA membership ~ In order to paraglide in the UK , you must be a member of the British Hang-gliding and Paragliding Association (BHPA). One-day membership is included in the price the Taster Day. As you start the Elementary Pilot course you will need to become an Annual member. This costs £92 for your first year and £77 per annum subsequently. As a member of the BHPA, you are given 3rd party insurance and with annual membership, you receive a training magazine and the monthly magazine Skywings.

When you have completed the CP there is a £10 registration fee.

We offer two great deals to make your Taster Day more sociable and even better value. (Please note only one of these deals can apply at a time!)

Couples Deal ~ If your husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend or partner wants to come too, they pay half the normal rate. (Please don't embarrass yourself by trying to get this deal for a friend or family member!)

Group Deal ~ If you get a group of six or more at the same time, one of you comes free.

Progression through the Courses:
Many people start with the Taster Day to check that Paragliding is for them before committing to the Elementary Pilot Course (EP). If at the end of your Taster Day you want to continue training (lots of people do!) you can then pay the balance of the EP course. You have six months to take your Taster Day after paying the deposit or buying the voucher. For the EP and CP, you have six months from the first day of the course. Progress is fastest when you can take your training days as close together as possible. If you exceed the six months or the maximum number of days you can continue your tuition by paying a £30 Daily top up fee.

On the day

At around Nine o'clock on the day you have booked you will need to ring us to find out how the day is looking for training. The weather conditions need to be just right for safe paragliding - sometimes it will be obvious that it is too wet or windy so be ready with some new dates so we can re-book you. If it is looking good, we will give you directions to the site we will be using. Usually we start the day's training at Eleven o'clock though sometimes a later start makes sense, especially in the summer. (If you have more than two hour's travelling to reach the West Dorset area then it is a good idea to call us the evening before, just to check on the forecast as it may make sense for you to set off before the ring in time.)