Barry Pedersen is passionate about everything to do with paragliding. Barry has 25 years of experience, thousands of flights and has trained hundreds of students and is still just as excited to go flying as you are.

In 2000, he co-founded Birdmen Paragliding to share his love of flying with his business partner and wife Candice Pedersen. Accomplished, patient and easy-going, Barry simply wants to see every pilot soar to greater heights. Barry often says that he is living his dream, so he never needs to take the day off. On the rare occasion that Barry is not flying, he enjoys spending time with his family, woodworking, and planning paragliding holidays. .

Candice Pedersen is always there to take care of business so that you can spread your wings and fly. Innovative, experienced, and energetic, her more than 30 years of experience founding, and operating adventure-based SMEs ensures that Birdmen Paragliding as a business climbs to greater heights.

Candice’s secret to success? If you love what you do, and have fun doing it, success will follow. Candice's hard work ensures that our clients always have fun and enjoy the beauty of the Western Cape without worrying about logistics. In her spare time, Candice loves to scuba dive, windsurf, sail and woodwork. .