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Please Help Support The 2009 U. S. Paragliding Team!
 
U. S. Paragliding Team, a Nevada Non-Profit Corporation, has been set up under the rules of IRS 501 ( c ) 3 to  help subsidize the expenses of  the U. S. Paragliding Team’s participation in  the World Paragliding Championships which are held every two years.  The next World Paragliding Championships will be held in Valle De Bravo, Mexico in January of 2009.  

Several members of the 2007 U. S. Paragliding Team: Josh Cohn,  Kari Castle and Bill Belcourt will join the Board of Directors of the U. S. Paragliding Team Corportion to help raise funds for the 2009 Paragliding Team. This is their way of saying "thank you" and giving back some of their time to help the 2009 U. S. Paragliding Team. All future U. S. Paragliding Team members who accept funding from U. S. Paragliding Team, a Nevada Non-Profit Corporation will be expected to join the Board of Directors to help the next team. It is our hope that members of all future U. S. Paragliding Teams will help perpetuate this continued "Team Spirit".

The United States will be represented by our finest pilots who have proven their worthiness by competing for  a period of two years at competitions all over the world. The goal is to accumulate enough  points to earn their way onto the U. S. Paragliding Team. These paragliding pilots are amateur in status and compete in these paragliding competitions at their own expense. At the end of the two year period and based on the parameters set by the international paragliding competition sanctioning body FAI/CIVL, each country is allotted a certain amount of paraglider pilots who can compete at the World Paragliding Championships. 

We wont know who the next U. S. Paragliding Team will be until the end of 2008. We do know this though, whoever ends up on the 2009 U. S. Team will have worked extremely hard to earn their positions. It is now our job to help them in their quest to represent the United States of America in this World arena! 
 
This event is two weeks long. And besides being mentally and physically demanding, it  also demands a  substantial financial commitment.  The actual cost for our U. S. Team to participate in the 2007 World Championships was $14,900.00. And I am proud to say that this corporation was able cover 100% of all the team's covered expenses. It is  up to us to help lighten the burden for our team and for all U. S. Paragliding  Teams to come. Please show some pride in our team and help our cause by donating to this Non-Profit Corporation.
 
It is the purpose of this Non-Profit Corporation to raise funds through donations. All Officers and Directors of this corporation are volunteers. All the money raised through this Non-Profit Corporation will be used exclusively for the benefit of the U. S. Paragliding Team. It is our goal to cover all or most of the expenses of our team, including but not limited to, competition entry fees, airfare, transportation, lodging, food and misc expenses. The funds will be distributed evenly among the team members (as per submitted actual expenses or actual funds available). 
  
Tony Lang, of Landcor Properties, who has sponsored many paraglider pilots and paragliding  events over the years, set up this corporation so he could feel and be a part of the team. By making a donation of any size, you can also feel and be a part of "Our Team"!

Donations in any amount are welcome and appreciated. The Non-Profit corporation is also hoping to generate corporate sponsorship by offering the benefits of tax deductible donations through IRS 501 c 3.
 
The Board of Directors for the corporation are Tony Lang, Josh Cohn,  Kari Castle and Bill Belcourt.  They will remain on the Board until the end of 2009.
 
Donations can be sent directly to: U. S. Paragliding Team, 7272 S El Capitan, Ste 2, Las Vegas NV 89148. You can e-mail us at : info@usparaglidingteam.org.  And you can also call Tony Lang at (702) 379-4849 for more information. Remember that these donations are tax deductible. Thank you for your support. It is greatly appreciated!

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All members of this non-profit corporation are volunteers and are not paid for their time and services. All funds raised from donations go directly to the pilots of the U. S. Paragliding Team to subsidize competition entry fees, airfare, lodging, transportation, food and miscellaneous expenses. Thank-you in advance for your support and generosity! It is truly appreciated!!

It is now time to begin thinking about the 2009 U. S. Paragliding Team.   So please continue to show your support by making a donation today. Thank-you!



A Final Look at your 2007 U. S. Paragliding Team!!!!!



                2007 U. S. Paragliding Team
  Tom McCune, Kari Castle, Bill Belcourt and Josh Cohn


3/9/2007 A proud moment for the USA !!

"The results are in. Tom McCune takes third place overall and Josh Cohn takes eighth place overall at the worlds! These guys put us on the map at this meet and it was an honor to come here and fly with them."  Bill "BBC" Belcourt, 2007 U. S. Paragliding Team Pilot



2007 World Paragliding Championship Overall Results
1st Place: Bruce Goldsmith (center) GBR - 4178 points
2nd Place: Jean -Marc Caron (right) FRA - 4161 points
3rd Place: Thomas McCune (left) USA - 4080 points
8th Place (not pictured here) Josh Cohn USA - 3637 points

Team scores:
1: CZE
2: FRA
3: CHE
13th: USA 


Results for the 2007 World Paragliding Championships can be found at : http://www.manilla2007.com/Default.aspx?tabid=170


February 18, 2007  - The U. S. Paragliding Team's  Blog is up and running. Please visit the blog site regularly for updates from down under.    http://www.pgcomps.com/