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West Coast Soaring Club


The West Coast Soaring Club is the home to paragliding and hang gliding in the
Vancouver and Fraser Valley regions of British Columbia, Canada.  The coastal
mountains of southwestern Canada boast some of the best flying on the continent,
with soaring sites to suit all pilot skill levels and styles.  The club's primary
objective is to develop and maintain safe soaring practices in our area.


Enjoy the site, and come back often!

 

What's New ...




Springtime, and a new flying season begins ...

We enjoyed great spring flying in the Fraser Valley in April with lots of nice and high flights from Woodside and Bridal launches. Many new pilots are being introduced to flying by our local instructors. Lots of cross country flights were completed by the more adventures pilots. Several achieved personal bests by completing the 'Fraser Valley Triangle' (aka the Raymond Challenge). The lower Mackenzie launch in Pemberton has been free of snow for a few weeks and flying has picked up there considerably over the last weekends too.

Hope you will have the time to join us flying either at one of our sites or at one of the events posted below. Please let us know if you need any information where and how to get in the air! Contacts are on the ‘About Us’ page or use the chat box below.

Selected dates for upcoming Canadian events and competitions:

  • Lumby Air Race: June 7 – 8
  • Canadian National Hangliding Championships, Golden: July 12-20
  • Willi XC, Golden: July 27 – August 4
  • Canadian Nationals Yamaska: August 17-24

More here: http://www.westcoastsoaringclub.com/events/




Goodbye My Flying Friends ...

It's with much sadness that we say a final goodbye to Joe Miles, a wonderful friend of our local flying community, who passed away on December 13. We will miss you, Joe.

Please click here to visit Joe's last posting on the forum from a few years ago. If Joe touched your life in some way, please post your thoughts and condolences there.




WCSC 2013 Annual General Meeting - New Board of Directors

Thanks to all who came out to support the club at the 2012 AGM in Horseshoe Bay. There was some great discussion about the upcoming year, and some reflection on 2012 and its highs and lows. Congratulations to the 2013 board of directors. Thank you for your service!




Live Chat Box

Use this new live chat for up-to-the-minute weather reports from a launch or an LZ, ride and retrieve updates, and more.



There is new mobile link to use from your smartphone. Bookmark this link - http://www.westcoastsoaringclub.com/chat. Please advise the webmaster of any issues or problems with this page. It is very customizable.

Please email the webmaster with your suggestions, comments, or questions.




BC XC League - Finished for 2012

The BC XC League is finished for. Click here for the BC XC League page, and the final standings.





Paraglider Simulator

Check out this neat little app, written by our own Peter Spear. See if you can get your glider to tumble!

Click here for the PG Simulator





Interested in going for a Tandem flight?

Tandem Paraglider Flight

(Photo courtesy of Angus Tapper, Queenstown, New Zealand)

If you're just checking out paragliding or hang gliding, and would like to experience what it's all about, the best way is to take a tandem flight.  Almost anyone can do it, no experience or exceptional athletic ability required.  Click here for more details on what to expect from a tandem flight.  Paraglider? Hang Glider? Why not try both!

Click here for a listing of local tandem hang glider and paraglider schools and pilots who would be happy to take you up for a flight!


(Photo courtesy of Fly High Hang Gliding, New York)




 

Online Membership Application and Payment

You can submit your membership application and/or renewal online, and pay using Paypal.

Note that you do not have to be a Paypal member to pay online. One time credit card payments can be made using Paypal without signing up as an ongoing user. All you need is a major credit card.  You will be given the opportunity to become a Paypal member when you pay, but this is optional.

Also keep in mind that you will still need to mail in a signed waiver (or deliver it in person at a meeting, etc.), before your membership is active. The waiver wording is unchanged for this year, so if you have signed a waiver in the past 3 years, you should not need to resubmit a new signed waiver.

Click here for the online membership application / renewal page


 


Want to learn how to fly?

Our sponsor schools train all year round. Check out our local flying schools, and other sponsors on the Sponsors page. We have several local paragliding and hang gliding schools, as well as other options on Vancouver Island, in the Okanagan, and in Alberta.

See the links page for a listing of additional schools and clubs, or contact a club director for more information.




WCSC T-Shirts

Click here for all the different T-Shirts available for purchase from the WCSC. Very nice!




Looking for new gear?

  Have something to sell?

The West Coast Soaring Club has an active For Sale area, located on our forum page.  If you're looking for good new and used hang gliding and paragliding gear, accessories, clothing, electronics, and sometimes even vehicles, check it out.

Click here to view the For Sale forum.  Anyone can view ads, but you must be a registered forum user to post your own ads.  Ads are free to post.

Click here to register as a forum user.  You can then log in to the forum, and post your ads.




Want to contact a WCSC Club Director?

Click here for the About Us page and a full list of WCSC board members with contact info.



WCSC Forum - Pilot's Code of Conduct

  • Accidents and Incidents are not to be posted on the General Forum (or Chat Box). They may be posted on the Incident Reports forum only, and discussed in the Club Members or Registered Forum Users Only forums.
  • Pilots will not report or speculate on accidents/incidents that they did not personally witness.
  • Pilots will refrain from making negative or derogatory comments against other pilots on the WCSC public forums (or Chat Box).


Last updated:  18 Dec 2012