Flying Is Our Passion
About Us
Our goal is to provide our students with professional paragliding instruction so that they are 100% ready to safely paraglide on their own.
We also boast one of the best tandem paragliding safety records in the industry! Boulder Paragliding has over 6,000 commercial tandem flights under our wings and ZERO incidents.
Our Teaching style
When it comes to lessons we are known by our conservative style when it comes to teaching and flying. We adapt to each student and personalize lessons so it fits their unique learning style and their current mental and physical conditions. We love to see the bond and collaboration our students are able to establish with their peers.
When we fly
We start flying in early May and stop at the beginning the end of September, this is when weather conditions are most favorable for Paragliding.
Between November and March, we offer guided paragliding tours to all pilots who want to expand their skills and add more flying hours to their flight log. Some of the tours we offer during the winter are in Costa Rica, Nepal, South America, and Europe.
Our Story
After many years of living and working abroad as Professional Paragliding Instructor and Tandem Pilot in countries like Himalayas -Nepal, Indonesia, Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil, and Venezuela, Mauricio moved to Colorado in 2016.
When Mauri, first moved to Boulder he noticed a big opportunity to share the experience of flying with the local community and travelers visiting beautiful Boulder. That's when the idea of offering tandem flights and paragliding courses through Boulder Paragliding was born.
Our goal is to share the magic of flying and this sense of family and community with all our students and customers.
The Boulder Paragliding Team
MAURICIO FLEITAS
Owner - Lead Instructor - Pro Tandem Pilot - Tour Leader - Free Solo Pilot
@fleitas_mauricio
Mauricio is mostly known in the community as “Mauri”. He started Paragliding in 2007 and it immediately became his passion. Since then, he has dedicated his life to sharing the art of Paragliding with others.
Mauri has an excellent safety record with more than +6,000 commercial tandem flights without any incidents. He has participated in several international competitions in India, Nepal, France, Italy, Mexico, Argentina, and Ecuador. He lived 5 years in the Himalayas in Nepal, working as a professional tandem pilot for severals companies
He is a nature lover, world traveler, and adventure tour leader. He has been to more than 62 countries and is fluent in English, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.
He's fully certified with different international Paragliding organizations:
- USHPA (Advanced instructor and tandem pilot)
- FEDEVIP (Advanced instructor and tandem pilot)
Mauri is one of the founders of the Don't Panic Team, focuses in free fly and he's always looking forward to discovering new places to fly. He owns the paragliding takeoff "La Ballena" in Costa Rica.
When he's not flying, you can find him surfing, kitesurfing, or riding his adventure motorcycle around the continent.