Eagle Paragliding / Elings Park
Santa Barbara · near Santa Barbara · Central Coast
Paragliding
At a glance
- Skill level
- beginner-friendly
- Best season
- Year-round · 7 days/week
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Paragliding detail
- Flying types
- training · thermal · coastal-soaring
- Conditions
- Thermal flying inland, coastal ridge soaring on the cliffs. Elings Park training hill is accessible regardless of coastal conditions. Multiple launch sites including VOR, Alternator, EJ Bowl, and Skyport in the mountains above town.
- Ushpa
- P1 and up for students. Training hill at Elings Park is the entry point — no experience needed for intro day.
- Intl tip
- Santa Barbara's waterfront is a 10-minute drive from Elings Park. Combine a lesson or tandem flight with time on State Street and the harbor for an ideal Central Coast day.
The guide
Eagle Paragliding has been shaping California pilots since the 1990s, and Rob Sporer's school at Elings Park is one of the most…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Eagle Paragliding / Elings Park — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 34.4, -119.74