SkyWings Paragliding & Paramotoring

11/08/2025

Look who is running for Franklin Local Board for Waiuku!!

I'm Hunter Hawker standing for local body election in Waiuku. Find out about me and what I can offer to Waiuku and surrounds.

01/12/2024

https://www.highside.nz/post/the-highside-creation-and-vision

Ryan Larraman from Reality Mechanic came for a visit and to fly with his good friend Weapon on a tandem flight with me. While there he surprised me with a short interview about the HighSide, its creation and vision for the future.The Highside community project with SkyWings Paragliding.

13/11/2024

🎥🌟 Check Out This Hilarious Movie Featuring local legend Weapon! 🚀🪂

Hey everyone! You won’t want to miss this entertaining film created by Ryan Larraman, showcasing the wild adventures of a legendary character known as Weapon, who’s going for a tandem flight at the HighSide! Weapon isn’t just a top bloke; he’s a riot and the mastermind behind Murdoch Contractors, an earthworks company that’s all about fun and laughter!

But here’s where it gets even more exciting—Weapon is on a mission to grow his YouTube channel filled with his hilarious antics and has made a BIG promise! If he can rack up enough subscribers from this video, he’ll actually build the road to the HighSide community project takeoff! 🤯

So let’s come together to support him! Watch the movie, like it, and subscribe to his channel. And don’t hold back—encourage EVERYONE you know to subscribe too! Weapon is serious about making this road happen, and together we can help him achieve it. As Weapon always says, let’s GET S**T DONE! 💪🔥

Let’s rally behind this incredible guy and turn this dream into reality! 👏🏗️

What's it like to fly? Join Weapon as he leaves the ground on a breathtaking adventure above Karioitahi Beach.

21/01/2024

What happens when you teach a photographer to fly who has a drone and videographer girlfriend. They whip something like this up in their spare time.

14/01/2024

Amazing day out at the HighSide on Saturday- had the opportunity to take old friends for a spontaneous tandem as the sun was setting. What a blast 🎉🤜💥.

09/01/2024

Hello Skywings Community,

I’m Hannah, Hunters partner and I’m taking on rehabilitation of the Highside. There are 15 hectares of sand blow on the land and if nothing is done there is a good chance the takeoff could be covered in sand within 10 years! This is based on comparison photos between 2011 and now. See pic below.

So I’m calling on all able bodied people who would like to volunteer their services and help save the Highside take off. I’ll be gathering Lupin seeds, transplanting marram grass and experimenting with other plants that show promise at holding the sand at bay.

I can’t do this alone and need volunteers for planting and gathering of seed.

There are two days coming up in January (16th &21st) for Lupin seed gathering and March - May will be the busiest time for transplanting. Can do as little or as much as you like, with stunning views and a fly and or swim to finish :)

If you can lend a hand to a great cause that benefits Auckland paragliding please send me on text at 022 6266 420.

24/12/2023

Merry Christmas to all our Skywings community. Wishing you safe and happy flights. Try and be better than Santa and his crew and avoid trees these holidays 🤕🌲🌳🎄🤣.

10/12/2023

Check out this awesome video made at the Highside this week, featuring some of NZs top speed flyers 👍😁

Crazy NZ Pilots: Shawn insta: shawnsingh_SpeedWing: C...

28/11/2023

Wee Power Nap before the next gust 🤪