What is "paraglide"

Usage examples of "paraglide".

Others wandered in and were introduced -- the foremen George Tsarong and Jigme Norbu, two sisters who were in charge of much of the decorative railing work -- Kuku and Kay Se, Gyalo Thondup in his formal silken robes and Jigme Taring in soldier's garb, the teaching monk Chim Din and his master, Kempo Ngha Wang Tashi, abbot of the gompa at the Temple Hanging in Air, a female monk named Donka Nyapso, a traveling trade agent named Tromo Trochi of Dhomu, Tsipon Shakabpa who was the Dalai Lama's overseer of construction here at the Temple, and the famed climber and paraglide flyer Lhomo Dondrub, who was perhaps the most striking man I had ever seen and -- I later discovered -- one of the few flyers who would drink beer or break bread with Dugpas, Drukpas, or Drungpas.

Windsurfing, paragliding, water-skiing and racing Jet Skis keep the surface of the turquoise water perpetually turbulent, and within the bay itself hundreds of snorkiers and resort-course scuba divers engage in their elegantly awkward amphibious ballets.

Synchronized paragliding, like synchronized swimming only up in the sky.