hang gliding
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hang gliding
First recorded in 1970–75
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Other spots show the former WWE champion delivering similar messages while hang gliding with a raccoon and pummeling a large rock into a sculpture of his face.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
“He didn’t live a life like he was old,” said Ravanfar, who said Simoneau had recently been flying in Owens Valley, which is to hang gliding as Mavericks is to surfing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2025
Sure, they might not reach the sheer gravity-defying verticality seen in Mario Kart 8’s originals — the endless transitions from hang gliding and underwater driving to anti-gravity wall-riding.
From The Verge ● Aug. 8, 2022
The last full report, from 2017, included six fatalities from paragliding and one from hang gliding.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 11, 2021
“Tons of places. I wanted to do cool stuff, like surfing in Morocco, hang gliding in Rio de Janeiro, and maybe swimming with dolphins in Mexico—see? Dolphins, not sharks,” Rufus says.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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