2021 Awards to “Special” Pilots

Instructor of the Year Dave Underwood(left) and Randy Rauck (right), HG instructor and owner of Freedom Flight Park in Lumby BC Solid Ground Awards Jerry Mason for his work on drone implications for the sport Award winner Jerry Mason in the middle, with Edmond Rivere...

Request for HPAC/ACVL Award Nominations

Our sport is made possible by its members, volunteers, and landowners. HPAC/ACVL has a system of awards to officially recognize valuable and important contributions to our sport: SOP 500-2 Association Awards SOP 500-2 Prix de l’association Please send your award...

Final Award of the Year

Winner of the Solid Ground Award Trevor MacMurray, with Norm Krcmar, owner of Paraglide Canada in Vernon (on left) and Glenn Derouin, HPAC Senior Instructor at Paraglide Canada (on right), for Trevor’s development of weather stations throughout the Okanagan...

Two New Master Ratings Awarded 2015

Congratulations go out to two new Master-rated pilots, Hang Glider pilots Ross Hunter of Calgary and Randy Rauck of Lumby, BC. The Master rating awarded by the Board of Directors is the highest rating in our sport. It is a distinction awarded to pilots who have not...

HPAC 2014 Awards

Randy Parkin: Cliff Kakish Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service to the Sports of Hang Gliding and Paragliding in Canada Michael Fuller: Jamie Christensen Memorial Award in Recognition of Long-Term Achievement Doug T. Nitchie: The Solid Ground Award for Excellence...