POO POO POINT, Tiger Mountain — For one brief, glorious moment, I flew above the top paraglider pilot in the United States. In the blink of an eye, though, he hooked into a small thermal and climbed ...

Issaquah’s Thomas McCune flew his way to a bronze medal at the Paragliding World Championships in Australia last week, becoming the first American to medal since the competition began in 1989. Over ...

First responders partnered with a tree climbing service to rescue the paraglider from the tree. The paraglider was reportedly able to walk on his own with non life-threatening injuries. Poo Poo Point, ...

A veteran paraglider died Friday afternoon after crashing into a tree in the Tiger Mountain area south of Issaquah, authorities said. The man launched from Poo Poo Point and hit the tree about 4:20 ...

ISSAQUAH, Wash. -- Local paragliding instructor pilots are banding together to help the victims of the devastating earthquake that hit Nepal in late April. The instructor pilots are raising donations ...

ISSAQUAH, Wash. — A paraglider is safely on the ground after being stuck in a tree on Tiger Mountain for more than an hour and a half. “The conditions are really strong up there – you launch and you ...

Eric Jansen was a veteran paraglider who enjoyed soaring in the air off Tiger Mountain near Issaquah. He loved taking in sweeping views of Lake Sammamish, trees and eagles on late afternoons, ...