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Bo Criss

Bo Criss started flying in 1995 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He immediately fell in love with the sport and immersed himself into the many disciplines paragliding has to offer. After a bit of success making cross country flights he started travelling to Valle de Bravo, Mexico where he advanced his cross country skills. He set the site record at Valle de Bravo, Mexico with a flight of 54 miles back to Mexico City.

In 1999 Bo had his longest flight of 72 miles from Snowbird, Utah to Evanston, Wyoming. Later that year he placed 5th at the US Nationals held in Aspen, Colorado. By 2001 he had earned enough competiton points to land a position on the US Team and competed at the World Championships in Granada, Spain.

He earned his basic instructor rating in 1999 and his advanced instructor rating in 2001. He also has a great interest in maneuvers training and has coached over a dozen over-the-water maneuvers clinics the past 5 years. He completed his first paragliding loops in the spring of 2003.

Bo moved to Santa Barbara in the Spring of 2002 and fell in love with the area and the community of pilots. On December 1st, 2002 Bo flew 61 miles from the Skyport launch in Santa Barbara to Magic Mountain near Santa Clarita. In all honesty he truly enjoys teaching as much as flying. Bo feels that safe, thorough, patient and individualized instruction is the key to the students' success.

Irene Revenko

Irene Revenko learned to fly in her native country of France 10 years ago. She earned her Basic USHGA Instructor Rating in the spring of 2003 and her Advanced Instructor Rating in the spring of 2005. She is an amazing thermal and cross country pilot and has competed for the last 4 years. Irene placed 3rd for women at the 2001 US National Paragliding Championships and 2nd at the 2003 nationals held in Telluride, Colorado. Irene loves teaching paragliding.

Articles by Irene:
What Flying is for Me
Risk Management in Paragliding
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