WINGS ON WHEELS

November 10, 2012

Lars Taylor** was one of the top Canadian juniors, 17th at the 1989 World Championships, until a mountain biking accident left him disabled. After his accident, Lars became fascinated with paragliding, which, unlike hang gliding, allows Lars to pilot his free-flying wing from a sitting position in his wheelchair.

“When you’re disabled, there’s that element of losing control of your own life,” Lars says. “[Paragliding] is one of the few things in the world that, once I’m in the air, it’s a level playing field.”

In this short documentary, extreme sports filmmaker Peter “Peru” Chrzanowski captures amazing scenes of Lars Taylor in flight...

Article Link: http://www.thirteen.org/rolling/your-lifeyour-site/wings-on-wheels/#.UJ6a56OuUxI

**Lars Taylor is a former BC Ski Team athlete who competed for the North Okanagan Cross Country Ski Club (now the Sovereign Lake Nordic Club), Vernon, BC.