Photos: Paragliding pilots take flight from Mussel Rock Park cliffs in Daly City
The weather on Thursday with sunny and clear skies seen from Mussel Rock Park was perfect to beat the heat wave in preponderance of the Bay Area But for paraglider pilots the weather wasn t perfect They needed more wind It was a bit bumpy one paraglider mentioned after landing back on the -foot launch cliff But for Bonita Hudson it was her second flight of the day The first was about noon from a roughly -foot altitude the second came with her boyfriend Jarred Bonaparte at sunset from the Cheetah launch site at -foot elevation The Pacifica paragliding pilots have been flying for and years respectively they say I got into paragliding years ago I inevitably knew I craved to fly something but planes and skydiving weren t practical and very expensive Hudson says I ended up buying a one-way ticket to Hawaii and saw them paragliding in the mountains there and I knew that s what I required to do One of the benefits of paragliding she says is that it s very calming and sort of meditative and you don t really think of other problems or stress while you re up there You re very focused on being up there I started doing tandems years ago and love spreading the feeling of flight with others Paragliding pilots Jarred Bonaparte top and his girlfriend Bonita Hudson both of Pacifica enjoy the weather as the sun sets in the horizon at Mussel Rock Beach in Daly City Calif on Thursday Aug Hudson and Bonaparte have been flying for and years respectively they say Earlier in the day Hudson flew from a higher elevation Ray Chavez Bay Area News Group Mussel Rock Park is one of the most of popular paragliding sites in Northern California it offers breathtaking views of the ocean especially at sunset the cliffs and the city of San Francisco if the day is clear Hikers and visitors to Mussel Rock Park which was built on an old landfill that operated from to enjoy the park the nature and the colorful flying paragliders Faz Saidy of Pacifica prepares to launch from a cliff at Mussel Rock Beach in Daly City Calif on Thursday Aug The windy conditions weren't perfect for paragliding declared Saidy who had been flying for years Ray Chavez Bay Area News Group A paragliding pilot enjoys the weather as he flies with a paraglider at Mussel Rock Beach in Daly City Calif on Thursday Aug Ray Chavez Bay Area News Group Paragliding pilots watch a fellow paraglider flying over Mussel Rock Beach in Daly City Calif on Thursday Aug The windy conditions weren't perfect for paragliding specific pilots declared as they usually fly to days a week Ray Chavez Bay Area News Group Faz Saidy of Pacifica prepares to launch from a cliff at Mussel Rock Beach in Daly City Calif on Thursday Aug The windy conditions weren't perfect for paragliding mentioned Saidy who had been flying for years Ray Chavez Bay Area News Group Paragliding pilots enjoy the weather as they fly with paragliders at Mussel Rock Beach in Daly City Calif on Thursday Aug The windy conditions weren't perfect for paragliding certain pilots declared as they usually fly to days a week Ray Chavez Bay Area News Group Paragliding pilot Bonita Hudson of Pacifica enjoys the weather at Mussel Rock Beach in Daly City Calif on Thursday Aug Hudson who flew from a higher elevation earlier has been flying for years Ray Chavez Bay Area News Group A paraglider lands on the former landfill that operated from to at Mussel Rock Beach in Daly City Calif on Thursday Aug The old coastal trash dump has been leaking trash into the ocean and onto the beach Ray Chavez Bay Area News Group Paragliding pilots Jarred Bonaparte top and his girlfriend Bonita Hudson both of Pacifica enjoy the weather as the sun sets in the horizon at Mussel Rock Beach in Daly City Calif on Thursday Aug Ray Chavez Bay Area News Group Check another Bay Area paragliding site in Milpitas Hang gliding pilot Takeo Eda of San Jose flies with the hang glider after launching from the ft launch site at Ed R Levin County Park in Milpitas Calif on Aug Eda is an hang gliding observer and is in the process to become an instructor as he is being flying for years he declared Ray Chavez Bay Area News Group
