We are lucky
to have an enthusiastic team who share a love of paragliding with
the ability to teach you at your own pace. Andrew does the majority
of the training but is supported by one or two of the rest of the
team on the busier days and on the trips.
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Andrew Pearse
Andrew started flying
when paragliding was in its infancy. He qualified as an instructor
in 1990 and gained the senior instructor rating in 1993. This was
the year that he moved back to Dorset and set up Flying Frenzy.
Throughout the 90's Andrew was active in the national and international
paragliding competition scene, coming 4th in the British Nationals
in '92. Nowadays Andrew prefers to mess around on the cliffs when
not out instructing and has recently started learning some of the
acro moves.
“I am often asked
if I get frustrated always instructing when its flyable, but amazingly
I don't – I always get so much out of teaching people to paraglide
– from the first time students ever leave the ground to seeing more
experienced flyers getting to grips with a new technique.” |
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| John Stuck
Has been flying since the early nineties
and started instructing soon after that. If you ever have a spare
moment John can scare you with his self-taught stunt man tales.
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| Paul Knibbs
Paul learnt with us just
a few years ago but quickly expanded his flying horizons having
flown abroad in France, Slovenia and Macedonia. Paul is soon to
be a Dad! |
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| Steve Cuddihy
Steve has been with us since the late nineties.
Apart from hill flying Steve does a bit of paramotoring and is often
underwater with his job as an underwater engineer. |
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| Mike Drew
Mike moved to paragliding
having learnt a love of the sky flying sailplanes. He has arranged
his life to make space for flying by becoming a postman. Flying
highs include getting to 14 000 feet above sea level at Piedrahita
in Spain. |
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| Kai
Coleman
Kai's first paragliding experience
was an unusual bottom to top flight but he didn't get put off by
this. In the late 90's he became a devoted XC pilot and in 2004
took the UK open distance record to an amazing 197km. |
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