Today was the day! High cloudbase, tail-wind, low chance of over-development. So what went wrong? As I transitioned from Mt Elden, above Flagstaff, AZ to the Peaks about 15 km north, I felt confident and chose a straight line towards the highest part of the mountain. What I failed to consider were both, the westward venturi of crosswind building up between the two mountains and that, when I arrived at Humphrey's that the base-terrain around it would be much higher, quickly turning my 2000 m of clearance into a 100 m, low-save type situation. Ultimately, I was forced to bomb out in a meadow halfway down the mountain. Do you ever bomb out on good days?
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Join Benjamin Jordan as he sets a new World Distance Record in Powered Paragliding, flying across Canada and inspiring youth at summer camps all along the way.
Four desperate twenty-somethings,
Two paramotors,
A cheap van,
And no clue..
None..
Like oil and water, a Canadian and a Brazilian attempt the first crossing of British Colombia by Powered Paraglider, following the epidemic spread of the Mountain Pine Beetle. What they ultimately discover has nothing to do with insects.
In search of the perfect place to build Malawi's first paragliding school, three friends search out the county's most remote regions in order to ultimately find something they had carried with them all along.
One summer, four young men chose to travel across their country by skateboard to raise funds and awareness for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Having set out with barely enough resources between them to make it half way, five months later, they'd set a new World Distance Record, raised over one million dollars and inspired an entire nation. This is their story.
A photographic companion to the award-winning documentary film. Benjamin Jordan ventures to Malawi to teach kids the joys of kite building and while there, finds a young man who, with Jordan's help, will ultimately become his country's first paraglider pilot.
XBC - 1000 km Canadian Vol-Biv
During the summer of 2016, Benjamin Jordan became the first person to paraglide over the entire span of Canada's southwest mountain ranges.
This is a growing body of images celebrates the 39-day, solo, unsupported journey from Vancouver to Calgary and the first Canadian vol-biv, from Pacific to Prairie.
The Endless Chain - 1200 km Canadian Rockies Vol-Biv
From Montana to Prince George, BC, in the summer of 2018, Benjamin Jordan became the first person to Paraglide along the entire length of Southern Canada's Rocky Mountains, including the first flight above Jasper National Park's famous "Endless Chain" ridge.
