{"id":78,"date":"2025-10-31T17:40:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T23:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whaletailparagliding.com\/?page_id=78"},"modified":"2026-07-06T11:08:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T17:08:03","slug":"quienes-somos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/whaletailparagliding.com\/en\/quienes-somos\/","title":{"rendered":"Who we are"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MAURICIO FLEITAS<\/b><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Founder and owner of Whale Tail Paragliding & Adventures \u2013 Paragliding Instructor \u2013\nProfessional Tandem Pilot \u2013 Adventure Guide, with 20 years of experience flying.<\/h5>
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Mauricio began paragliding in 2006 and quickly turned it into his passion. Since then, he\nhas devoted his full life to sharing the art of paragliding with others. <\/p>\n

He has an excellent safety record with over 6,000 commercial tandem flights<\/b> without any incidents.<\/p>


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Mauricio has participated in various international competitions in India, Nepal, France, Italy, Spain, Slovenia, Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela, and Ecuador.<\/b><\/p>\n


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He lived for five years in the Himalayas, Nepal,<\/b> working as a professional tandem pilot for\nseveral paragliding companies and hiking in the high mountain regions.<\/p>\n


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A true nature lover, world traveler, and adventure guide, Mauricio has visited over 62 countries<\/b> and speaks fluent English, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.<\/b><\/p>\n


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He holds certifications<\/b> from several international paragliding organizations:<\/p>\n

1. USHPA <\/b>Advance Instructor and Pro tandem Pilot <\/p>\n

2. FEDEVIP <\/b>(Advanced Instructor and Advanced Tandem Pilot)<\/p>\n


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He is also the creator and founder of \u201cBoulder Paragliding\u201d, a paragliding school based\nin the Rocky Mountains, USA, which he led for 10 years, training dozens of students and\nperforming countless tandem flights during that decade. <\/p>\n


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Currently, Mauricio is the owner of \u201cLa Ballena\u201d Paragliding Launch<\/b> in Uvita, Costa Rica,\nwhere he lives year-round in a self-sustainable and eco-friendly way. The site hosts\nparagliding activities, side by side tours in the jungle, and birdwatching excursions.<\/p>\n

When he\u2019s not flying solo or sharing the sky with others, you can find him surfing,\nkitesurfing, or traveling across the continent on his adventure motorcycle.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Alfredo Zingg<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Cross Country & ACRO Paragliding pilot, Surfer, Skydiver. Adventure motorcycle rider, Kiteboarder.\u00a0<\/h5>
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He has been flying since 2009 and loves cross-country and aerobatic paragliding. Alfredo is a pro paragliding pilot recognized by the FAI as the world top 100 best pilots in cross-country in 2026. He actively travels and competes around the world as part of the Swiss paragliding Team.\n\nHe has been training aerobatic paragliding in the off-seasons and can perform some of the most technically advanced maneuvers, making him a skillfull and complete paragliding pilot.\n\nHe brings technical knowledge, top skills and friendly admosphere to the team<\/p>

Tambi\u00e9n ha entrenado parapente acrob\u00e1tico durante las temporadas bajas y puede realizar algunas de las maniobras t\u00e9cnicamente m\u00e1s avanzadas, lo que lo convierte en un piloto de parapente completo y altamente habilidoso.<\/p>

Aporta conocimiento t\u00e9cnico, habilidades de alto nivel y un ambiente amigable al equipo.<\/p>

Cuando no esta volando lo podras encontrar en el mar cazando olas para surfear.<\/p>

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Justin Newman has been a passionate pilot for nearly 20 years. He earned his USHPA certifications while living in the Sierra Nevada mountains of Lake Tahoe, where he spent two decades flying high-altitude sites, snowmobiling through the backcountry, and racing dirt bikes and side-by-sides across the Nevada desert. He also provided support and retrieval for some of the top paragliding pilots in the United States.<\/p>\n


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Originally from Long Island, New York, Justin grew up by the ocean, where he discovered his love for surfing at the age of 12. A lifelong surfer and skateboarder, he has always been drawn to movement, flow, and adventure.<\/p>\n


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For the past 12 years, Justin has made his home on the west coast of Costa Rica. With deep local knowledge and a strong connection to the ocean and nature<\/b>, he\u2019s passionate about sharing great experiences with others\u2014whether it\u2019s flying above the jungle, catching waves, or building something beautiful and lasting.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Quienes somos MAURICIO FLEITAS Fundador de Whale Tail Paragliding & adventures \u2013 Instructor de Vuelo libre\u2013 Piloto T\u00e1ndem Pro \u2013 Guia de Aventuras, 19 a\u00f1os de experiencia. @fleitas_mauricio Mauricio comenz\u00f3 a practicar parapente en 2006 y r\u00e1pidamente se convirti\u00f3 en su pasi\u00f3n. Desde entonces, ha dedicado su vida tiempo completo a compartir el arte del … Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-78","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whaletailparagliding.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whaletailparagliding.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whaletailparagliding.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whaletailparagliding.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whaletailparagliding.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":110,"href":"https:\/\/whaletailparagliding.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1612,"href":"https:\/\/whaletailparagliding.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions\/1612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whaletailparagliding.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}