Tenerife's No 1 Paragliding company
Highly experienced professional paragliding instructors with over 30 years of flying experience. With over 20 of these paragliding in Tenerife.
Our international team of pilots represents the best from the UK, Sweden, Italy and Spain. All our pilots are fully certified by the World Air Sports Federation.
Your safety is of course our biggest concern. We have a 100% safety record.. We will never attempt to fly in questionable conditions and all decisions are made from a safety first basis. Paragliding in Tenerife is a wonderful, momentous experience and we ensure that at all time you feel safe and secure with your pilot.
Paragliding and flying with our clients is our passion. We strive to provide our clients with the safest and most memorable experience possible, not only in the air but from the moment we meet you until we say our good bye´s.
Several pilots in the team have been or still are active competition pilots and have been national champions in their own right within the sport of paragliding.
We work with a strict stress free policy. We make only three flight rotations per day allowing us plenty of time to provide a totally stress free environment for both our crew and clients. This improves both safety and pleasure.
Our vast knowledge as professional paragliding pilots with 30 years of flying experience, 20 of them on Tenerife has given us an unrivalled understanding of the weather patterns affecting the island, allowing us to make the most of the weather conditions increasing both safety and flight performance.
We will never attempt to fly in questionable conditions and all decisions are made from a safety first perspective. We fly with the safest, most up-to-date flying equipment available that is serviced and replaced at regular intervals.

Founder, managing director and instructor

I am originally from Wales, moved to Sweden in 1988 and started paragliding that same year after a trip to Chamonix. With some previous skydiving and sailplane experience, the transition to paragliding went relatively smoothly. I was hooked immediately and flew every moment I could. It didn’t take long before I became an instructor. I started working professionally with paragliding in 1991 and have never looked back, I founded Stockholm’s Paragliding school in 1995 which later on changed its name to Airsports. My love and passion for being airborne never weakened, it’s driven me to learn to fly most types of aircraft but paragliding is and always will be my favourite form of flying with its unbeatable feeling of freedom and “simplicity”.
Finally, I gave in to the long dark Scandinavian winters and moved to the Island of eternal spring, Tenerife in 2013 and founded Airsports Tenerife paragliding. Here the thermals really never end. We can safely fly all year round with an average of about 340 flyable days per year! A paragliding paradise!
When I´m not in the sky you will most probably find me camping with my kids, buzzing about on my motorbike or mountain bike, or busy in the kitchen cooking and mixing drinks 🙂
I hope to see you soon here in sunny Tenerife!
Our crew consist of an international team of highly experienced FAI certified professional tandem pilots representing amongst the best from The UK, Sweden, France, Italy, and Spain. Several pilots in the team have been or still are active competition pilots and have been National champions in their own right within the sport of paragliding. You can rest assure that you are in very safe hands when you fly with us at Airsports Tenerife.
Your safety is, of course, our biggest concern, the fact that our pilots fly on a full-time regular basis all year round means that their flying skills are always current and up to date with all modern techniques. We fly with the safest, most modern certified flying equipment available that is professionally serviced and replaced at regular intervals.
Our vast knowledge as experienced free flight pilots together with over twenty years of flying experience on Tenerife has given us an unbeatable understanding of the weather patterns affecting the island and therefore local flying conditions, allowing us to make the most of the weather conditions increasing both safety and flight performance. We will never attempt to fly in questionable conditions and all decisions are made from a safety-first perspective.




On the rare occasion of your flight being cancelled to bad weather conditions, we will reschedule your flight at no extra charge or offer a full refund if we fail to find a time that suits you. |
We set off from Ifonche, it is a stunning location. The first thing I can say is that the better you are at following simple steps and at dealing with... read more your thoughts the more you will enjoy this experience. Me and my partner Darren were unsuccessful at our first attempt at take off and got a bit off an assertive pep talk off our pilots. I would recommend that you watch videos and take note of not only what you have to do but what your pilot is doing at the same time and this will help. Once in the air you settle into a seat and can enjoy the ride. I flew with Simon and Darren flew with Armondo. Simon asked me if I was enjoying the experience and I replied "Ish" when I was able to relax and enjoy the views and the ride I was and when I was focusing on how high I was and the potential dangers I enjoyed it less . However at all times we were both in the hands of very capable men and were at all times safe. They did their best to keep us calm and point out places of interest and give us the best possible experience. We both did some "mild" aerobatics. Simon's description not mine and I felt a little motion sick afterwards but have thoroughly enjoyed watching the video. I found going from the chair back into standing position very scary. Just before landing you are able to soar and I found that and landing on the stunning beach of La Caletta very gentle and enjoyable. Overall I would say do it. It is a great experience even if you are a bit scared. I feel proud and buzzing and we are left with good memories and the photos and videos to remember it by. Darren would do it again in a heartbeat but I am happy to keep my feet on the ground
Excellent experience with experienced tandem pilots. Shout out to Lorenzo who was a perfect partner on the way down. Strong emphasis on safety. Very responsive booking via WhatsApp. Thoroughly enjoyed... read more from beginning to end.
Well, i'm usually not into writing bad reviews, but when things add up a bit too much, I guess something has to be said.
The first thing I should... read more say is, if you aren't able to be polite, and keep your stress to yourself, than maybe you shouldn't work with tourists. The major problem was the "boss", just not being polite at all, being very rude on the phone, very stressed the whole way, and putting up fake smiles when he starts filming the "joyful experience".
We were 4 clients on the trip, including 2 young chinese guys. In the trip up the mountain, they were just blatently talking about those boys and making fun of them. Maybe thinking those boys didn't speak english.
I got lucky and flew with a nice german guy, but wasn't the case with my friend who got to be with "the boss".
Then another akward thing is the filming part, which is kind of forced onto you. They dont ask you if you mind being filmed and make you hold the camera, and actually ask you to smile and put thumbs up when pictures are being taken. So while the flight is about 5-10 min long, you have to hold a selfy stick (whether you want it or not), which kind of ruins your own experience of being up there
Besides it all, the experience was actually good, I just think "the boss" had a bad day or something, and forgot he was dealing with humans and not walking wallets, or maybe has been doing this for too long and forgot how to transmit his own passion.
Hope your experience will be a better one.
This team is the best! They take time to give you the best paragliding experience. They wait for the best time, explain everything so well, and search for the longest... read more flying time. On top of this, you get to land at the beach 👌🏼 Do not hesitate to book with Simon and his team!
WOW! What an absolutely amazing experience! Super nice and friendly team, safety is top priority, so even the most scared will feel at ease (that would be me) !!! Myself... read more and my friend did this for my birthday and I had the best day. The pilots are AMAZING! We had Simon and Nils , you guys are awesome! We were lucky enough to make it to the beach landing , and we stayed there to watch these all day long. We had a few drinks with the team after the last landing, and I had one of the best birthdays ever, THANK YOU. Book with these guys, it will be brilliant ️
Gina and Mary
It was an excellent experience for us - one in a lifetime! 'Airsports Tenerife Paragliding' team was really the best choice for this activity. I'm so happy that we chose... read more them, as they are great experts in what they do, as well they are very friendly and understanding people. If you're looking who to choose for paragliding tandem, we recommend to definitely go with them.