YX Paragliding

Mick is very passionate about paragliding and training. He and his team train us all sort of paragliding knowledge from flying skills to risk assessment. From their professional experiences,I make large progress with each training. I enjoy his teaching and definitely recommend to others.

I bought two tandems as a gift for my boyfriends birthday in July. Mick was extremely helpful when gathering information about the tandems and throughout the booking process. YX paragliding offer numerous dates throughout the year including weekends and there were plenty of occasions to redeem your voucher. On the day, the flight at long mynd was amazing lasting around 20 minutes and i got the chance to fly myself if I felt confident enough. Mick was extremely knowledgeable and between him, Hayley and the Yx paragliding team we were able to have an amazing day in the air. Highly recommend

I have just passed my Club pilot rating with YX paragliding over 8 visits between July and September. I cant recommend Mick and his team highly enough. Good selection of flying sites, good instruction with balance between safety, learning and having a good time.
Well worth the trek.
Thanks to Mick, Hayley, Dave and Chris.

Used my birthday voucher and did a tandem paraglide on Wednesday 3rd July. It was the most amazing experience. I couldn't stop smiling !!! Best birthday present ever. Mick couldn't have been kinder or more patient. He did everything possible to ensure it would be a day to remember. Thank you Mick and Hayley x

Fantastic day yesterday Tandem paragliding with my Son ,Gandson at Y Gryrn .Mick and his wife Hallie both so lovely and explained everything. It was so much more than I had expected just wonderful.I am 75yrs old and if anyone thinks they are too old l would say go for it Brilliant day .A big one for the bucket list .Thank you both Heather

I can't comment on the actual paragliding as we didn't get to do it and I'm sure if we had done it, that they would have been great. i have done paragliding with three other companies around the country so i know how it works by now. the weather often stops you from flying which is not their fault however a few points that i was not not happy with at all.
we are not well off and the money i spent on our vouchers was hard earned- i know that most vouchers have a expiry date, however most instructors will just continue to extend the voucher time until the experience is done, we've had many past times where weather hasn't been ideal and the instructors have been nice and just extended it and then we've done it at a later date. however this was not the case here and we were told the vouchers could not be extended so we spent money on nothing! They don't legally have to extend a voucher date, it's just a kind professional thing to do. And given the nature of this kind of activity, it seems mean to do this.
But what bugged me even more was when i had first booked the experience, i had asked straight out whether they flew in the area that we normally stayed with friends, the instructor said yes. Then when it came to the dates we were going to wales for, i texted as instructed and he had changed his tune, now saying that they only flew near Llangollen when he had clearly said that they flew all over Snowdonia and could fly much closer to us. Llangollen is way in land from where we normally stay and wasn't the area i really wanted to fly in. If i had known that they only flew there in the first place, then i would have not booked with them so i feel very misled by that as that was a deal breaker for me and i asked a very straight forward question and didn't get a honest answer.
So no paragliding done, that's that, next time, i will be booking much more carefully with a different company that hopefully have a more professional manner. done lots in the past and never had this issue so this is a big disappointment!

Can't praise Mick and Hayley highly enough what a lovely couple make you feel most welcome I had my Tandem flight with Mick the Bird very pleasurable and memorable experience scenery is stunning I urge all you bucket listers out there to book with YX paragliding you won't regret it Mick and Hayley run a very professional business

Fantastic experience with Mick for my tandem paraglide. It is a weather dependent activity. Our first attempt was at long mynd Shropshire...very sunny, not enough wind. Our successful attempt was at Y Gyrn Plas Moelfre barns. Good communication with Mick so my journey was perfectly timed to catch the ideal wind strength. Mick fitted my flight in between teaching students. Clear instructions. Felt very safe. Brilliant