Arctic Acro Team is happy to be invited as sponsored pilots to the 2011 Ghana Paragliding festival. We will be going back with our x-plore.no tandems. Last years festival was epic and we can´t wait to go back! The festival will be even bigger than last year and all the pilots have started to do fundracing for the local community.

Have a look at he festival page: Ghana Paragliding Festival 2011

We are back in Norway again after a week loaded with tandemflying in beautiful Ghana! Soon, we should have a report from the festival. Currently we are going thorugh some photos that we will uplaod to the gallery.

"Have you ever done something that contradicts all basic Human instincts? Well the gauntlet to defy the general fabric of our being was laid before me; when I had to actively will myself to take a running jump of a big cliff!" Valerie Labi, tandem passenger (read more on her blog)

30 days until 5th Annual Ghana Paragliding Festival!
Easter weekend is just around the corner! Which means that many people have been working hard to get the final preparations in place for
the festival. Walter spent the week of February 14-20 in Ghana, meeting with the festival stakeholders and sponsors to make final arrangements for the festival and to smooth out the launch. During this week, he also made a presentation to a press conference attended by 200 government and media representatives, including chiefs from Kwahu, Ministers, the heads of companies like Ghana Airways, Ethiopian airways, Pepsi and many more. Furthermore, all of the national newspapers, radio stations, and TV channels were represented, as well as the BBC. The Minister of Tourism also gave an amazing address, pledging her support for this and future festivals, and volunteered to be the first tandem passenger to kick-off this year’s festival! Also, during the media outreach event, Walter flew a couple of tandem passeners as a precursor to build excitement within the local communities. Check out the included photos documenting the progress of the festival’s development.

Some attending tandem Pilots have also been working hard to promote
the humanitarian opportunities presented by the festival. Erlend Borge
Madsen and Frode Løtvedt (both from Norway) have teamed up with
X-plore, a Norwegian organization, to generate awareness of how youth can personally get involved in developmental causes in Africa. Check out their website at www.arcticacro.com. Erlend and Frode have also been communicating with a film crew to create a documentary about the festival, which will potentially air on t.v. stations in Norway, Denmark and Sweden. Likewise, Chris Hunlow (United States) has poured his energy into creating a not-for-profit foundation called the Wing of Hope, seeking donations to sponsor as many flights as possible for underprivileged youth of Ghana. The mission statement of the foundation is to promote youth development by helping individuals to believe that they can achieve what was once thought of as impossible, by introducing them to one of man’s greatest achievements: flight.

These projects, as well as the festival, consume many hours of
free-time and require much monetary assistance. If you are able to
donate to any of these causes, please contact the involved pilots
through their websites, or through the organizers of the Ghana
Festival. Just $50 sponsors the chance for one more individual to
experience free flight.

Many thanks! Sabrina

Our Ghana tandems are being made right now! Frode went for the Ozone Magnum09 38m2 and Erlend went for the Ozone Magnum09 41m2.

We would like to thank X-plore and Ozone for all the help! We will post photos and stories as soon as we get going. Departure will be around the 30th of Mars.

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"Preparations are being made for the next Ghana Paragliding Festival, scheduled for April 2-5, 2010. After a break in the event last year because of the elections and new government in Ghana, we are now trying to get things geared up for the paragliding festival again this spring. I have had the good fortune and privilege to attend the “Ghana Paragliding and Hang Gliding Festival”, three separate times. Each time I’ve been to the event as a tandem pilot, giving rides to those interested in launching into the skies. This festival is like no other paragliding event in the world and every time I have been to Ghana, it has been a great and unique adventure. The hospitality shown by the people of Ghana and the Ministry of Tourism is wonderful. Hundreds of cheering spectators and live music filling the air create an exciting setting for flying that I look forward to all year long. There is no better way to spend Easter than with the people of Ghana and soaring the skies over Kwahu!" Chuck's blog