The paragliding season is just cranking up here in Central Washington. The summer of 2010 will be an exciting one for paragliders with two major events taking place at Chelan Butte. The first event will be U.S. Paragliding Nationals (part 1), the second a Paragliding World Cup event. Both will be heavily attended and will bring the best PG pilots in the world to our backyard. We'll be publishing more details about those events soon. For a tease of what paragliding is about, to learn what flying opportunities are available near Cashmere and Leavenworth, and for some knowledge on how to get started in this sport, we've got this video created by Shane Wilder.