Horacio Llorens: The time has come to fly in a paraglider

How many of us have wished when we were young, and also when we were older, to be able to rise with the wind and start flying between the sky and the clouds. Perhaps, for many it is just a dream, but for Horacio Llorens it is a way of life. Horacio was born in Madrid on October 1, 1982, and from a young age he showed skill for acrobatics, as well as a fixation with paragliding. Years later, he would become a legend in this sport, and today at De Aventura we will tell you more about his amazing story.

It's time to paraglide!!

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The time to fly has come. Horacio, at just 12 years old, achieved what few children can: he made his first paragliding flight. Two years later, when he moved to Albacete, he began taking flying courses at his uncle's school. There, along with some cousins, they created the SAT (Safety Acro Team) team that traveled the world, achieving many successes and recognitions wherever they went. This helped Horacio reach heights in the discipline of acrobatic paragliding that no other paraglider had reached before.

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When he turned 18, he was able to participate in his first acrobatic paragliding competition, a discipline he would develop and perfect throughout his career. At that time, it was considered very high risk and therefore events were scarce. However, this did not stop him from venturing into the discipline and trying new maneuvers that helped evolve the sport. All of this paid off two years later, in 2002, when he placed 2nd in the Red Bull Vértigo, a synchronized flight, alongside his partner, the Argentine paraglider Hernán Pitocco.

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In 2012, ten years after that 2nd place, he broke the world record for Infinity Tumbling, an exclusive competition for acrobatic paragliding, in which he managed to perform 568 consecutive turns, enduring centrifugal forces of up to 6G per turn, after jumping from a helicopter at 6,000 meters above the ground. This competition took place over the Mayan ruins of Takalik Abaj in Guatemala.

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For all he has done, Horacio is considered a pioneer in acrobatic paragliding and a living legend of adventure sports. As if that weren't enough, Llorens has been crowned world champion in this discipline 5 times, making him the most successful paraglider in the history of the sport.

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It's time to leave fear aside and start flying, go out, live, fly, and share your paragliding adventure.